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Horizon Forbidden West (2022)

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Horizon Forbidden West is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on 18 February 2022.

The sequel to 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West is set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Western United States recovering from the aftermath of an extinction event caused by a rogue robot swarm. The player can explore the open world and complete quests using ranged and melee weapons against hostile machine creatures.

Horizon Forbidden West received generally positive reviews from critics, and had sold over 8.4 million units by April 2023. An expansion, Burning Shores, was released for the PlayStation 5 version on 19 April 2023. The game and the Burning Shores expansion was collected together and re-released as Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition for PlayStation 5 on 6 October 2023, and released for Windows on 21 March 2024.

Horizon Forbidden West is an action role-playing video game played from a third-person perspective. The player controls Aloy, a hunter in a world populated by dangerous, animalistic machines who must venture into an uncharted frontier known as the Forbidden West, a post-apocalyptic version of the Western United States to investigate a mysterious plague. Aloy's primary weapon of use is bows and arrows with different ranges and rate of fire. Other weapons in the game include a blastsling which allows Aloy to slingshot bombs towards enemies, and a Shredder Gauntlet, which launches serrated discs useful for tearing armor and components, among others. She can also lay down traps and tripwires, as well as using the ropecaster to tether enemies to the ground, immobilizing them.Certain weapons in the game have different ammo types, allowing players to inflict elemental damages towards enemies. For instance, acid ammo may melt an opponent's armor, while shock ammo can stun enemies. Elemental damages can also be chained. For instance, purgewater arrows may result in a "drenched status" for a machine, making them more vulnerable to shock arrows and stopping them from inflicting elemental attacks of their own on Aloy. Elemental status of a machine will gradually accumulate, and the machine will be significantly affected or damaged by that elemental status for a brief period of time.The player can use Aloy's Focus to tag an enemy, and scan them to identify their weaknesses.Aloy may also detach parts of the machines through her attacks, crippling a large amount of their health, remove their attack capabilities, and occaisonally being able to use their own detached weapons against them.

Melee combat is significantly expanded when compared with Zero Dawn. Aloy, with her spear, can now chain up her attacks with various types of combos. For instance, the "Resonator Charge" ability allows players to release charged enemies against their opponents as they attack enemies with their spear.Stealth is also a viable tactic, as Aloy can hide in tall grass, distract unsuspecting enemies, and silently strike enemies without drawing attention.As Aloy progresses in the game and completes various quests, she earn more experience points (XP).With sufficient XP, Aloy's health will increase and skill points may be unlocked. Skill points can be spent on one of six skill trees targeting six different playstyles: Warrior (melee combat), Trapper (using traps), Hunter (ranged combat), Survivor (scavenging resources), Infiltrator (stealth) and Machine Master (overriding machines).By playing the game tactically (such as performing headshots against human enemies or tearing components off a machine), players are granted with additional combat XPs, ultimately enabling them to unleash "Valor Surge", a powerful special attack that inflicts a large amount of damage towards enemies.

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