Gameplay - 8/10
I love the hunting mechanic in Horizon Zero dawn and all the fights with the big machines are very fun and release at least 1 serotonin (yes, i did have to look up how to spell 'serotonin')
Graphics - 9/10
This game looks beautiful and rivals games such as Red Dead Redemption 2 in terms of detail.
Performance - 6/10
You will need a fairly decent PC to play this at a constant 60 fps at high/ultra settings.
This game however, runs perfectly on my mid-high range PC (RX 6600 XT, R5 5600X, 16gb 3600MHz RAM) with over 80 fps all the time on Ultra graphics settings.
However, I did have some major stutters in Meridian (The Big City). This could just be as it was loading as it only happened after fast travelling to Meridian and fixed itself after 10-20 seconds.
Edit: Fixed the stuttering almost completely by just enabling the AMD Radeon anti-lag feature in the AMD Radeon Software settings for HZD with only minor stuttering now that fixes itself in about 10 seconds (Nvidia users will have to find the Equivalent to the anti-lag Feature)
Story - 8/10 (No spoilers)
Great so far but i will not spoil. I will give my full opinion without spoilers once i complete the game.
Some of the mission, however, recommend that the player should be level 7 or over when they have a level 18 boss at the end. This does also happen in some of the side content such as the Sigma Cauldron that recommends level 7 but has a level 18 boss at the end but most of the time this doesn't happen as the side content doesn't have as many bosses at the end of each mission.
Edit: I have finished the story and it is great
Sound - 10/10
The noises that the machines make are something out of a Jurassic Park movie if the dinosaurs were robots.
World - 8/10
The world is pretty big and has a lot of things to do. I have completed many side quests which are very immersive and don't feel like the usual, 'Oh no, the world is going to end, but sure i can fetch some flowers for you'.
I love the hunting mechanic in Horizon Zero dawn and all the fights with the big machines are very fun and release at least 1 serotonin (yes, i did have to look up how to spell 'serotonin')
Graphics - 9/10
This game looks beautiful and rivals games such as Red Dead Redemption 2 in terms of detail.
Performance - 6/10
You will need a fairly decent PC to play this at a constant 60 fps at high/ultra settings.
This game however, runs perfectly on my mid-high range PC (RX 6600 XT, R5 5600X, 16gb 3600MHz RAM) with over 80 fps all the time on Ultra graphics settings.
However, I did have some major stutters in Meridian (The Big City). This could just be as it was loading as it only happened after fast travelling to Meridian and fixed itself after 10-20 seconds.
Edit: Fixed the stuttering almost completely by just enabling the AMD Radeon anti-lag feature in the AMD Radeon Software settings for HZD with only minor stuttering now that fixes itself in about 10 seconds (Nvidia users will have to find the Equivalent to the anti-lag Feature)
Story - 8/10 (No spoilers)
Great so far but i will not spoil. I will give my full opinion without spoilers once i complete the game.
Some of the mission, however, recommend that the player should be level 7 or over when they have a level 18 boss at the end. This does also happen in some of the side content such as the Sigma Cauldron that recommends level 7 but has a level 18 boss at the end but most of the time this doesn't happen as the side content doesn't have as many bosses at the end of each mission.
Edit: I have finished the story and it is great
Sound - 10/10
The noises that the machines make are something out of a Jurassic Park movie if the dinosaurs were robots.
World - 8/10
The world is pretty big and has a lot of things to do. I have completed many side quests which are very immersive and don't feel like the usual, 'Oh no, the world is going to end, but sure i can fetch some flowers for you'.