Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition review

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What is noticeable is how the performance tanks as soon as you reach the DLC expansion, the Burning Shores. The included DLC was only available on PS5 on consoles, eschewing the PS4 release. If there was ever any doubt as to why, the reasoning is clear in this port. The denser foliage, large amounts of water , and hordes of enemies forced me to adjust settings down to keep a steady framerate.

While allies from the first game do return, Aloy’s abrasiveness means you don’t spend as much of the game with them as you’d like. It’s especially frustrating as Varl—one of the best and most underutilised characters from the first game—is constantly pushed aside by Aloy. Even though he ultimately adds a lot to the game, it feels like a lot of his character development happens off-screen as a result.

Much was made of the glider pre-release, but it adds very little to exploration, with its best function being to save you from fall damage. It’s hard to get much distance with it given how quickly you descend, and a lot of the map simply doesn’t make much use of it. Perhaps the result of the game being developed to support PS4 platforms, though an end-game unlockable flying mount suggests this isn’t the case.

Even returning weapon types have been given fresh forms in Forbidden West. Each mode of fire gets its own slot on the weapon wheel now, meaning your five pieces of gear can in practice feel like ten. Brand new weapons are great additions, from the shredder gauntlet that hurls a prickly orb that rips off armour plating, to the spike thrower that hurls explosive javelins.

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