Zero Dawn, while not perfect, was good enough in its own rights, but Forbidden West is an improvement on almost all fronts.

The environments are still undeniably beautiful, more unique and challenging enemies, more weapons and weapon types (though I’d probably argue that there a few too many different weapons), and many more ways to customize Alloy to accommodate for different play styles.

Once again, in my opinion, the game’s biggest weaknesses are Alloy and the story. The game starts with some of the story beats as Zero Dawn, and Alloy doesn’t really get developed too much, but both of those points get better around the last few hours of the game.

If you enjoyed Zero Dawn, you obviously need to play Forbidden West.