Horizon Forbidden West: Part 3 | The Point of the Lance
1Horizon Forbidden West is an action role-playing video game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. A sequel to 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, it is a single-player open world game set in a post-apocalyptic version of the western United States. The player must travel and complete missions using survival skills, melee attacks, and long-distance weapons in a world overrun by a deadly plague, hostile machine creatures, and other survivors.
Horizon Forbidden West was released on 18 February 2022 and received generally favorable reviews.
Horizon Forbidden West is an action role-playing game in the third-person perspective. The player controls Aloy, a hunter in a world populated by dangerous, animalistic machines. In an open world, she explores the mysterious frontier known as the Forbidden West, a post-apocalyptic version of the western United States, specifically the states of California, Nevada, and Utah. The map is larger than in the previous game, filled with secrets that lie beneath ruins of the Old Ones. A multitude of recognizable locations include a ruined San Francisco and the Yosemite Valley with various biomes. Underwater exploration is a primary addition. The game has enhanced melee combat, revamped climbing mechanics, and improved traversal options with the Valor Surge system, freeform climbing, and tools such as the Shieldwing, Focus Scanner, Diving Mask, and Pullcaster. The mission structure for quests better supports variety in objectives with compelling reward systems. The game has improved animation works and cinematics.