I really appreciate the way he reviews these. Better breakdown than a lot of other reviewers. Includes sound and music which half of them just... forget to acknowledge.
+ Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME." In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ." Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I played it for the first time a month ago and can say whatever bugs there were at launch, they've been drastically fixed. This game is so immersive and amazing. Loved it.
Horizon zero dawn was the first game in a long long long time that I had no idea what it was, and played the living hell out of it. Probably since final fantasy 7 on the PS1. Looking forward to the second one.
Amazing game with some warts also Correction Perf is 1800p Dynamic) Come on by the best damned group talk and discord ever by joining the patreon. First 100 new people will have good luck for at least 37-39 minutes afterwards www.patreon.com/AngryCentaurGaming
The "why" has civilization collapsed in HZD was one of the greatest stories, and eerily can translate to today. Glad guerilla has only further improved this sequel. Brilliant
The 'why' is way more interesting than the actual story and lore. For me, the reason why that is good is that it mirrors many aspects of Battlestar Galactica lore that also translate well today.
Horizon definitely has the potential to be a long lasting franchise with all the subordinate functions that became self aware and escaped; each installment could be chasing down each function to put a stop to their shenanigans.
I would even go for a spinoff prequel that takes place during the creation of Zero Dawn. I'd love to see those massive battles even if there's no hope of winning.
I remember when I bought my PS4 and Zero Dawn was one of the free games offered and I was like "meh, sure why not. I'll probably not play it that much". Then I absolutely fell in love with it. Probably one of my favourite game story lines ever. So good and cannot wait to play this. I usually avoid day one purchases but for me, this will be a must have for day one.
I put 120 hours into the original before I completed it, I never wanted it to end. Can't wait to check out round 2. Wonderful review as usual, miss your insight on Defining Duke
Not to "brag" but just to chime in on that, I thought I spent about 150 but my PS5 has a log thing and it said 180. Seems a bit high but I remember having 150 at least. That's with the Frozen Wilds. It's my second highest playtime only after AC Origins. Anyway point is I loved exploring and doing everything, like it took a long time to feel like you had enough with the game. In fact this was my first Platinum and I had never really cared about trophies. It was just organic as I wanted to do every single thing in the game. Now I use trophies to guide me to do everything possible in games I really love, if it doesn't just happen as I play (that is the best way).
@@Wingnut353 Interesting. All I remember is that the perk tree in the original became kinda useless by mid game and I barely payed attention to it by end game. I probably won't play the sequel until a year or so from now when I can get it on discount because Elden Ring will probably be the only game I can fit into my currently limited free time. But I plan to seeing how Horizon has improved at some point.
The good thing about having a game where the only problems are few bugs you occasionally experience is that it can always be updated. Once the bugs are updated, this would be perfect.
You know the game is that good when Sony, who hates releasing unfinished product, actually hands out review copies despite knowing they'll tell people there's some issues.
ACG you legend. Knowing your review landed had me loading up TH-cam like a kid on Christmas day. Not disappointed. I loved the first game and dlc. I am not into trophies in the slightest but it was one I managed to platinum. Will play and wait for further patches. Cheers mate
Watch the Gamespot review. They said there is too much crap in regards to weapons and it becomes really annoying too many times during combat. There is also no clear way to distinguish quickly whether the next weapon you get is better than the one you have etc. Why they couldn't just do a clear comparison like so many games these days when you go to pick something up is anyone's guess. Tombraider still does this better than most with their skill system. They gave the game just an 8 out of 10 which is hardly Game of the year worthy lol. I really thought they would prioritise gameplay over anything else this time around as there were so many boring holes in the first game that needed to be plugged but now they went too much the other way.
@@DEVILTAZ35 just play the game first yourself and build your own opinion, maybe it'll be Goty for you, maybe not. Reviews are subjective, another Player may love the variety during combat. Most reviews I've seen gave the game at least a 9
@@DEVILTAZ35 I didn’t know gamespot reviews decided goty. Not to invalidate your opinion, but I’ve watched quite a good amount of reviews that say otherwise. Idk, I’m not about to judge it before I play it though since I plan to.
Love your reviews bud! I feel like you’re the most....real when compared to other reviewers. What I mean by that is, you’re not trying to be edgy or purposefully opposite just to stand out lol. You give your honest opinion straight up with no bull crap. Respect ACG!
There’s no real bugs. He complained about the first one too the same way. He didn’t even want to recommend it as a buy. He only changed his mind when his 1080 running on a 760 at 330 on backwards g53729 can get the ray tracing turned on
@@lootbird There's plenty of bugs my guy. I'm OG Ps4.... I still LOVE the game..... BUT.... there's DEFINITELY bugs and pop in is just standard (embarrassingly bad pop in btw)
This is one of those games where as soon as I finished it, I immediately wanted the sequel. The world building was amazing and the story was captivating. Hoping this one continues that magic
Getting this game and God of War Ragnarok in the same year is a great treat for PlayStation players. Gran Turismo 7 drops in a few weeks too. Damn! I’ve been loving SIFU, but once this game drops I’m moving on to Forbidden West. 🔥
That eye bug is hilarious. Hopefully, that bug and the other major ones are fixed. I can't wait to dive into this game. The original remains one of my favorites of last gen and I suspect the sequel will be one of my favorites for a good long while.
To watch a 23 min review by a man that talks faster than Eminem, (so it could have been 43 mins when it was me talking), is amazing. Your reviews are always very thorough. Keep up the good work and don't ever change!
Can't wait for this sequel to one of my all-time favorite games. Great review as always. You just know it's going to be a great time when the best in-depth reviewer has to split hairs to find something/anything 'critical' to say about it.
There's plenty wrong with the game. Watch other reviews. Infact so so much wrong with it I'm gonna wait awhile. Sounds pretty frustrating in alot of ways.
@@andrewtt03 then you don’t know what you’re talking about. Skill up has pop in issues and a few frame drops here and there but said it’s a must buy. “Oh there’s a lot wrong”, yeah those people don’t know what they’re talking about either. Oh there’s a lot wrong is there? Ok go and make a better game. Yeah that’s what I thought.
@@andrewtt03 Watched/read plenty. The (very) few negative came from a. ‘Reviewers’ who didn’t appear to have any love for HZD (go figure), or b. Had a handful of minor issues that got their panties in a twist - much ado about nothing. On the whole and at worst the hits were nitpicking. Can’t wait ‘til Friday.
@@Thevikingninja117 "Oh there’s a lot wrong is there? Ok go and make a better game. Yeah that’s what I thought." People still use this argument? What are you? 12? The inability to create something better doesn't mean you can't critique.
ACG is and probably will always be my go-to for game reviews. When I am un-decided about a game I just have to watch an ACG review to make my decision final!
I don't always agree with your reviews, and I know my preferences sometimes differ from yours, but I know every time I listen to an ACG review I am getting nothing but honesty, sincerity, and a wonderful attention to detail and appreciation for the work that was put into making a game. Well done. Can't wait to play Forbidden West.
Best video game reviewer on YT, has been for YEARS! I truly hope devs watch your videos and take note of things to fix / improve. You are an asset to gamers and devs alike.
It's checkerboard 1800p which is very close to native 1080p if you know how checkerboard works. Still better but let's not pretend this is native 1800p
@Van Dammage it's running at 3200x1800p with drops to 2880x1620 in demanding areas. 2k resolution is 2560x1440p So that means Horizon Forbidden West runs always at higher res than 2k in 60fps mode. So what are you talking about when it comes to 1080p? (Source: IGN)
@@MacikSeba It's checkerboard 1800p, not native, which means it's constructed from a base of 1600*1800 per frame, not a native 3200*1800. However I disagree with him in that it can definitely look a generation ahead of native 1080p depending on implementation.
@@MacikSeba no it's not. You're either misinformed or don't know how checkerboard works. 30fps mode is NATIVE 4K = 8.3m native pixels 60fps mode is checkerboard 1800p = 2.88m native pixels Huge difference and not even close. 1080p = 2.1m native pixels So basically native rendertarget is VERY close to 1080p. If camera is completely still and no objects/assets are moving then you get 1800p quality. But that's not happening in any game. Checkerboard needs motionblur which is all over this game and typical for CB games because it smears/blurs those checkerboard artifacts but also defies the purpose of high resolution and high framerate. Not saying CB is bad just saying it's not comparable to native resolution, and checkerboard 4K would have been a better choice. Higher native fidelity and no need for further scaling.
Epic review! Xbox player here, but definitely Sony knows how to be on the top of this console generation with releases like this one. It looks fantastic! It' safe to assume that single player experiences are protected. Peace to you all.
Ive always been a Playstation player since the very first 1, but I will admit, I really want a Series X for Starfield, been following that game since it was just words on the screen..
@v cam Thats the plan, just had to choose one over the other, and since Ive been a PS person for so long, choose it first, but now that everything is being bought buy MS or Sony, gonna need both systems..
Hearing you go through the audio section as you describe testing it through different setups had me yelling at my phone: God, I fucking LOVE this guy! Thank you for all your hard work especially when it comes to this area!🙏 I don't know of any other reviewer that is as detailed and thorough in this area as @ACG.
I just had an urge to say this: thanks for all of your hard work and your great content! No matter if I agree or disagree with your assessment I am always entertained and I feel better after watching your videos. Massive kudos!!! 👍
With Aloy's eye bug, that seems to be a automatic LookAt bug where her eye lookAt's looks at another dialogue actor in the scene and not the one she is suppose to talk to. Thats just an educated guess and given the size of the game and no of systems at play some things where bound to slip trough the cracks in terms of bugs.
Another one like this was when I landed a scrapper or something on top of the area where I was having a dialog with the salvage collector .... for half the cut scene I was staring at the back of a robot.
@@TFalconwing I work with game animation and I know both feel and the pain that someone at GS must be feeling when this happens and I find it hilarious :)
My god I love this channel and your content. Thank you! Even just going out of your way to shout out another TH-camr is such a nice change. You’re awesome!
"Sure, and being drawn and quartered is just having fun with four horses." lmao, I'm dead. I loved the first game enough to buy it twice (well, one and half times accounting for the discount for the PC version), but I'm probably going to wait this time and just get it for PC in a year or two. Hopefully.
@@Patrick-tw7nr i wouldnt say 3 years as sony themselves have said they want to speed up the ps-pc releases so i would say max 2 years. Probably like 1.5
The visuals alone make me want to buy this game...Wow. Even with TH-cam compression, all the 4K gameplay I've seen of this game on the PS5 looks better then most PC games I've played lately. Sony is not messing around when it comes to impressive visuals this generation.
Yeah was on the fence but due to your reviews, I usually base my library off of your reviews and I really appreciate you taking the time to provide some awesome videos. I'll be picking this up tomorrow.
Crazy to think that Guerrilla cut their teeth on FPS games. I’m not all the into Horizon, personally, but I understand that it is a great game. And I commend them for stepping out of their comfort zone to make a gorgeous and eminence world and got it right the first time.
I believe Sony just trust their first party devs and give them full creative freedom to create what they’re want to create.And not every devs has the balls to even create something new and out of their confort zone.Coming from corridor first person shooter to openworld action rpg is a hard thing to achieve.
@@sakuragi1062 Well of course of Sony trust their first party studios. If they didn’t trust their studios we never would have gotten God of War(2018), Returnal, The Spider-Man(2018)/Miles Morales, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, and many others.
I played Horizon Forbidden West for 68 hours without having it crash. I also only ran into a few issues with quests but it was nothing too bad. The new update with new game plus has a few issues with people who have played over 100 hours right now but it will probably be fixed soon.
When it comes to a video game of the scope there is one thing I have learnt throughout the years. No game is perfect. I originally got horizon zero Dawn knowing nothing about the game. just taking a chance from what a friend told me. I know for a fact this game will not come out 100% bug proof because let’s face it it’s not even possible. One of my favourite games for the PS5 so far is ratchet and clank with the part and even that had a couple bugs but none of them were game breaking. The main thing that’s drawing me to this game is it’s exactly the same as the original with added improvements so I know what I am getting. A fun game I can play at my own pace and it’s going to have a good story and the story is the main thing that matters to me most. February 18 cannot come quick enough
Y’know, I’ve been watching these reviews and using their information for years. It’s mind blowing you don’t have millions of subs yet. They’re on the way. This is my favorite review source. Thank you for the upload, mate ✊
I said i will get Elden Ring for these months, too much of a backlog here... i was kidding myself i am getting this as well dammit. P.s.: Cauldrons totally impressed me in its predecessor. I mean the world building was absolutely amazing. The lighting...oh man
I usually like to just walk around in Horizon Zero Dawn world, i know some really beautiful places there. Now i imagine i will spend like 200 hours probably just looking at this gorgeous world of Horizon FW, just slowly walking in these amazing locations while some ambient music is playing in the background. I actually got so overpowered in zero dawn that killing machines became somewhat boring regardless of the combat being the most unique experience among the games.
The video title had me concerned because I'm very excited to play this game, but I half expected your review to say that it's so buggy that I should just wait for the game to be patched sometime in the near future. I'm relieved that, apparently, that does not seem to be the case. Great review. Can't wait to play it.
ACG seems to be following the current trend of "if its Sony exclusive find something negative and focus on it" like many other tubers on Microsofts payroll. (Not saying he is). But why else would you put THAT in the title? Same with the barely glossed over "bit of a wet blanket " comment. Not the first time in recent I've noticed these things.
Another god-tier review. These sorts of breakdowns of each individual system are unheard of outside or your channel and I appreciate you. Excited for this game; even more excited for Elden Ring; and almost as excited for your review of Elden Ring as I am for the game itself. Especially knowing I can trust you to break it all down while also respecting a player’s desire not to be spoiled. Thanks for all of your work.
I can wait for the day 1 patch, the week 1 patch, the big bad patch, the expansion, the definitive edition, the PC port, the patches for that, and the deep sale, np. Just modern AAA game things.
@@HighLanderPonyYT lmao, that is so true now days. That said I will be beta testing this game as it is the only reason my ps4 has not been put back in it's box.
Don't excuse poor workmanship , they don't deserve money for broken crap. Nobody does. If it wasn't ready they they should have delayed it and cleaned up these issues with crashing as much as possible but those eyes make the game unplayable lol. The exact same issue people had with Mass Effect Andromeda and now it's crept into this engine as well lol
9:41 Really? Interesting, I never heard that, I always thought she was amazing, perfectly sarcastic and confident. Aloy's voiceactor was one of the highlights from the first game for me. It also helped I think she was written amazingly, her reactions to all the weird things felt very natural and I remember thinking many time, "Yeah, that's pretty much what I would say"
Pumped for this. The first one was one of the best open world games I’ve ever played. The story is one of the most underrated sci-fi stories too. But I think I’ll wait a year before playing. I really want to play this game after all the bugs have been ironed out. Reminds me of the Witcher 3. I waited a couple years after multiple patches and when I finally got around to playing it, I had a really seamless technical experience.
I was flabbergasted when you said performance was 1080p, then Digital foundry said 1800p and my brain exploded with confusion. Thanks for clearing that up and fixing my brain :)
Wonderful video review as always Karak. After the slight disappointment that is Dying Light 2, I am so glad Horizon Forbidden West is picking up the slack for the remainder of February 2022. Can't wait to watch your review on Elden Ring next!
I’d like dying light 2 better if the dialogue skip bug was patched out. That aside the games a 7 off of the gameplay alone since the story is barely interesting.
@@mjtechnoviking44 agreed. Hardcore fan of the first one but even I have to admit DL2 falls short in a number of the in-game activities especially the copy paste GRE, windmill, electricity/water and metro locations. Whole world feels rushed and it shows sadly.
@@MagTheMercenary you know DL1 was the same so I think the big difference many don’t like is that night time in DL2 is far less risky and scary you just need to stay off the ground really and avoid howlers
@Phillip Collins yep yep that's true too. I didn't feel any dread when night-time falls at all. In fact, I spent most of my nights outside the entire playthrough, never fast-forwarded time to morning even once.
I always appreciate your reviews. They have a level of detail appreciated by people who really have a passion for these games. The few bugs you mentioned doesn't stop this game from being what looks like a masterpiece. Every review I've seen thus far praises the hell our of it and I can't wait to get my ps5 so I can play it.
You have to be joking lol. It was terrible , clunky animation , terrible climbing, awful Human AI and next to no environment interaction. At least some of that has been addressed in the sequel but the QC is severely lacking.
My issue with games that give you that " ohmy god i can go there" thought usually comes to me with " but do I have to and wanna?". Zero dawn was good but damn exploring that world was a boring chore. Hope this is better.
@@Shige2213 Skyrim always gave me a feeling of reward for going out of my way that felt worth it and encouraged it. Zero dawn would usually end with me just realizing I have to walk farther to go where I’m supposed to now and all I got was more crafting stuff I have tons of.
Pretty much. There wasn't any kind of mysterious or cool reward that made exploration viable. Most of the weapons you could pretty much find at the merchant, which is bad business.
Great review as always. Funny enough, the first video of yours I ever watched was your original Horizon Zero Dawn Review and I've been subbed ever since. Keep up the awesome work!
I loved the first game, despite some shortfalls. This looks great and the bugs, maybe not all of them, will be patched quite soon. So I am happy to go on another adventure with Aloy and explore a very post-apocalyptic world. Great review, as always!
That's cool man. The first ones on my backlog still, but really waiting for a PS5 for those upgraded visuals on the first title to experience it the best way possible.
@@blinkq_530 the dialog trophy is ridiculously stupid.... you have to choose every dialog type.... Meaning you need to play the game at least 3 times? Potentially 4? Making sure to use all the correct dialog choices. Which.... if you finished the game before knowing this..... you may have to play the game 5 or 6 time.... Yeah.... some of us are adults my guy
I went back and played the DLC of the first game recently and while it still holds up and is very fun, there are a few clunky open world designs. I hope GG remedied those in the sequel.
the first game was beautiful, I wanted to play it, but ultimately with open-world fatigue I barely made it out of the tutorial area. It feels like the ultimate far cry open-world (like most) and I think sadly I'm just over those games. I want to revisit and try and get over the open-world trappings but we'll see
@@deskmanatee A big criticism of HZD is that it takes quite a few hours of the campaign before it shows how good the gameplay loop and story is. I gave it another go last month, even though I bought it back at launch, and I am glad I did.
@@deskmanatee I'm with you 100%, same experience I had. Game looks beautiful but, at the end of the day, when every open world game has the exact same hand-holding, copy and pasted structure, it starts to feel less like you're playing a new game and more like you're playing the same game with a new coat of paint. Far Cry 3 but with robo dinosaurs, y'know? It's especially bad given that the entire appeal of an open world is discovery, novelty, and freedom and the Far Cry 3 formula isn't that conducive to any of the three when you've played it ten times already.
@@BlueisNotaWarmColour Woah funny you say this im playing far cry 3 rn. I've heard a lot about it creating an impact on the next ubisoft games after it but i didnt know it left a huge one on open world games in general. It is a very good game indeed
I very much liked how the music would change when a fight was close. I liked being warned that danger was near. Allowed me to prepare vs being blindsided by a surprise attack.
Ngl, this is better than GOWR and Elden Ring for me. Its utterly amazing, stunning to look at and really fun. Id even put Zero Dawn as my favorite game ever.
Another masterpiece review, Karak! You're the best dude! Can't wait for this one! The first Horizon is in my top 5 favorite games of all time. Thanks again for the awesome work you do!
Love that the video is time stamped. always enjoy these reviews for their content as well as their off the wall comedic asides (really enjoyed your take on robot dino procreation)
Great review as always. As usual, you manage to cut the crap and give a solid breakdown of all the aspects of the game you like and dislike with none of the bs. The only reviewer I trust. Keep 'em comin'
As some websites have mentioned make sure you buy the PS4 version for $60 and upgrade to the Ps5 version for free rather than buying the $70 Ps5 version.
I want your Love ACG! haha.. Thanks for sharing the video man! Also OMG at 6:00 that creeped me out a little. Although i preordered... in think ill wait a day or 2... maybe.
About those weird eye rotations, if i were to fancy a guess - id say the rotation orders of the eye joints in their skeletons might not be the default xyz. That or something in the face rig's eye constraints is causing the eye's Euler rotations to go whack.
@@bostontowny4life744 gaming hasn't been interesting to me since before Cyberpunk, so I stopped keeping up with gaming news. I knew Forbidden West was gonna release but I didn't think it was this close. A pleasant surprise
I loved the first one, I haven’t been excited for a game in quite awhile, but this and elden ring have me feeling excited like I did back in the day for games.
@@CHRISTisKing197 dying over and over until you finally overcome a huge challenge is one of the best parts of fromsoft games, but i can see why some people wouldn't enjoy that
@@CHRISTisKing197 I'm with you on this one. I have started Demon souls, and it is an interesting change of pace. It takes a little more time to learn than what I would appreciate. I might try and get back into it at some point, but it's not very high on my backlog.
First releases are, even with the best, always a bit buggy. It's the games job to keep you in anyway, some fail but looks like this doesn't and will in time fix that!
@@Dreadpirateflappy games have way too much detail nowadays making it damn near impossible to look for every bug so they rely on the playerbase to find the bugs and report them its unfortunate but its just how it is
Its all about optimisation and dedication of developers. Almost every game studio nowadays are fucking liars that cant make a game run on last gen yet they fucking demand $60 for it. Now with Guerilla showing that they can make their game run like that on ps4 is proving that game devs are spoiled greedy assholes that dont want to do their job but still want to get paid
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I really like the blurring of the objectives. Have no idea how spoilery it is but I appreciate the respect to your viewers.
Yup, a really nice touch that he could've not do but did regardless out of respect, greatly appreciated.
Cant be watching spolieries while on the toilery ay big fella 😁
Big facts.
"Happy Birthday Issac! Daddy sure does love his little big man!!"
That scene really gets to me
"Look, daddy can't be there with you and mom but, we can still have a party. Right? Sure we can!"
"Show me, show me again!"
I was having a good day why did you have to do this
That... Hits different... When you know...
I really appreciate the way he reviews these. Better breakdown than a lot of other reviewers. Includes sound and music which half of them just... forget to acknowledge.
Agree. Prerdered this... Looks insane. I dont care about metacritics (which is still 89), first one was GOTY for me.
I come here for the sound review especially
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The man in Luke 16:24 cries: ". . .I am tormented in this FLAME."
In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: "And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
In Matthew 25:41, Jesus says: "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting FIRE,. . ."
Revelation 20:15 says, " And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE." And please repent of all of your sins and be baptized by the Holy Spirit before it is too late, you will never know when the time will come 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen 🙏!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I played it for the first time a month ago and can say whatever bugs there were at launch, they've been drastically fixed. This game is so immersive and amazing. Loved it.
“Basically the missionary position of weapons, effective, but boring as hell.” That one really came outta nowhere and got me. 🤣
Ha! "Came outta nowhere".
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"They feel pretty good and combo well."
Lmfaoooooo
@@TheTraveler980 ...and it got me ;-)
Missionary is my favourite position
Horizon zero dawn was the first game in a long long long time that I had no idea what it was, and played the living hell out of it. Probably since final fantasy 7 on the PS1. Looking forward to the second one.
Amazing game with some warts also Correction Perf is 1800p Dynamic)
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The "why" has civilization collapsed in HZD was one of the greatest stories, and eerily can translate to today. Glad guerilla has only further improved this sequel. Brilliant
I remember finding the main story pretty meh, but the story of humanity's downfall was great and Ted Faro was such a despicable villain.
@@matwang1 agreed. The pre-apocalypse lore is really well done and gripping. The post-apocalypse story and lore really undercooked, though.
The 'why' is way more interesting than the actual story and lore. For me, the reason why that is good is that it mirrors many aspects of Battlestar Galactica lore that also translate well today.
It would be interesting for them to do a prequel set in the 21st Century.
@@glibsonoran I think that would be an amazing prequel series they could do like they are with the Last of us on HBO.
Horizon definitely has the potential to be a long lasting franchise with all the subordinate functions that became self aware and escaped; each installment could be chasing down each function to put a stop to their shenanigans.
Mehhh story and chars
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 sure, that's one opinion.
I would even go for a spinoff prequel that takes place during the creation of Zero Dawn. I'd love to see those massive battles even if there's no hope of winning.
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 could easily just write the characters better in future installments anyways
I remember when I bought my PS4 and Zero Dawn was one of the free games offered and I was like "meh, sure why not. I'll probably not play it that much". Then I absolutely fell in love with it. Probably one of my favourite game story lines ever. So good and cannot wait to play this. I usually avoid day one purchases but for me, this will be a must have for day one.
Really this is one of the reasons I bought a ps4 and it didnt dissapoint!
Same here but on PC. I was so addicted and finished it a couple of months ago. Now I have to wait as I do not have a PS 4/5 :(
Same
I put 120 hours into the original before I completed it, I never wanted it to end. Can't wait to check out round 2. Wonderful review as usual, miss your insight on Defining Duke
Not to "brag" but just to chime in on that, I thought I spent about 150 but my PS5 has a log thing and it said 180. Seems a bit high but I remember having 150 at least. That's with the Frozen Wilds. It's my second highest playtime only after AC Origins.
Anyway point is I loved exploring and doing everything, like it took a long time to feel like you had enough with the game. In fact this was my first Platinum and I had never really cared about trophies. It was just organic as I wanted to do every single thing in the game. Now I use trophies to guide me to do everything possible in games I really love, if it doesn't just happen as I play (that is the best way).
HZD was one of the few games I'd aimlessly stroll through the world just because of how fun it was.
Same ✊🏽👍🏽
@@connorkenway09 really? If I wasn't on a mission the open world felt dead! I am sad as I really feel like I missed something with the first one.
@@liquidvapour just killing machines was fun enough for me to keep playing... xD
I love that you are protecting my tender eyes from spoilers, great addition to an allready great channel. Thanks man!
The main character looks fatter and more manly. That is the only thing I need to know that this game is too woke for no good reason.
@@chibanni14 They stuck to a female protagonist, too!
@@JBrandonMercer123 no one minds a female protagonist as long as she isn’t trying to look like a guy
@@chibanni14 And she isn't even wearing your favourite loli costume! Must be all those woke SJWs cancelling your satisfaction.
The leveling system was my only let down from the first game. Great to see how much they expanded it in this one
Expanded it... but nerfed a bunch of things also even at max level.
@@Wingnut353 Interesting. All I remember is that the perk tree in the original became kinda useless by mid game and I barely payed attention to it by end game.
I probably won't play the sequel until a year or so from now when I can get it on discount because Elden Ring will probably be the only game I can fit into my currently limited free time. But I plan to seeing how Horizon has improved at some point.
I’m really pleased to see so many views - well deserved!
The good thing about having a game where the only problems are few bugs you occasionally experience is that it can always be updated. Once the bugs are updated, this would be perfect.
And if there's only a few bugs for a game that isn't released yet, that means a tiny day one patch. This is excellent news!
You know the game is that good when Sony, who hates releasing unfinished product, actually hands out review copies despite knowing they'll tell people there's some issues.
Modern gamers are such push overs. Bugs equals trash, not future perfection. Hopefully this game fails hard
@@logansaxby7224 lol you can hope as much as you want. You go play something else while we enjoy this one.
@@logansaxby7224 Name one open world game that never had a bug
ACG you legend. Knowing your review landed had me loading up TH-cam like a kid on Christmas day. Not disappointed. I loved the first game and dlc. I am not into trophies in the slightest but it was one I managed to platinum. Will play and wait for further patches. Cheers mate
“Traps are the missionary position of weapons, effective but boring”
It’s quotes like these that further my love for ACG’s content.
😂
So what's the doggystyle of weapons? Slingshots?
Watch the Gamespot review. They said there is too much crap in regards to weapons and it becomes really annoying too many times during combat. There is also no clear way to distinguish quickly whether the next weapon you get is better than the one you have etc. Why they couldn't just do a clear comparison like so many games these days when you go to pick something up is anyone's guess. Tombraider still does this better than most with their skill system. They gave the game just an 8 out of 10 which is hardly Game of the year worthy lol.
I really thought they would prioritise gameplay over anything else this time around as there were so many boring holes in the first game that needed to be plugged but now they went too much the other way.
@@DEVILTAZ35 just play the game first yourself and build your own opinion, maybe it'll be Goty for you, maybe not.
Reviews are subjective, another Player may love the variety during combat. Most reviews I've seen gave the game at least a 9
@@DEVILTAZ35 I didn’t know gamespot reviews decided goty. Not to invalidate your opinion, but I’ve watched quite a good amount of reviews that say otherwise. Idk, I’m not about to judge it before I play it though since I plan to.
Love your reviews bud! I feel like you’re the most....real when compared to other reviewers. What I mean by that is, you’re not trying to be edgy or purposefully opposite just to stand out lol. You give your honest opinion straight up with no bull crap. Respect ACG!
Acg and skillup seem be best out there good full detail
Thought thats what most reviewers do! But what would I know
i loved the original game (and never really experienced any bugs) and was really glad they did a sequel... hope its bugs are ironed out quickly
There’s no real bugs. He complained about the first one too the same way. He didn’t even want to recommend it as a buy. He only changed his mind when his 1080 running on a 760 at 330 on backwards g53729 can get the ray tracing turned on
@@lootbird ?
@@lootbird a lot of pop in, game crashes, and at end he mentions the melee isn’t great.
@@lootbird There's plenty of bugs my guy.
I'm OG Ps4.... I still LOVE the game..... BUT.... there's DEFINITELY bugs and pop in is just standard (embarrassingly bad pop in btw)
Love how in depth you get with your reviews! Really puts the reviews from big media outlets to shame
"Fun at all times" - the only thing I needed to hear.
Thank you for your work, Jeremy! And thank Sony for doing *it* again.
I just wanted to hear the release date.
It's not true though.
@@DEVILTAZ35 you played it?
This is one of those games where as soon as I finished it, I immediately wanted the sequel. The world building was amazing and the story was captivating. Hoping this one continues that magic
How long did it take you to finish the second one?
@Andy lol no
@Andy dude it's called a sequel, it builds off of the prior game
Getting this game and God of War Ragnarok in the same year is a great treat for PlayStation players. Gran Turismo 7 drops in a few weeks too. Damn! I’ve been loving SIFU, but once this game drops I’m moving on to Forbidden West. 🔥
If you think god of war is coming out this year you are happy
God of war 2018
Horizon zero dawn 2018
Ragnorok 2022
Forbidden west 2022
Hmmmm there’s a pattern here lol
GOW ragnarok will be delayed
@@Sirfluffy51 horizon zero dawn was early 2017
dyinglight 2 & gonna get this at launch cantwait 4 days
That eye bug is hilarious. Hopefully, that bug and the other major ones are fixed. I can't wait to dive into this game. The original remains one of my favorites of last gen and I suspect the sequel will be one of my favorites for a good long while.
I mean I think its a fluke I've yet to notice it... the main glitches I have seen have been pop in related (shouldn't happen on a PS5 you'd think).
To watch a 23 min review by a man that talks faster than Eminem, (so it could have been 43 mins when it was me talking), is amazing. Your reviews are always very thorough. Keep up the good work and don't ever change!
Can't wait for this sequel to one of my all-time favorite games. Great review as always. You just know it's going to be a great time when the best in-depth reviewer has to split hairs to find something/anything 'critical' to say about it.
There's plenty wrong with the game. Watch other reviews. Infact so so much wrong with it I'm gonna wait awhile. Sounds pretty frustrating in alot of ways.
@@andrewtt03 then you don’t know what you’re talking about. Skill up has pop in issues and a few frame drops here and there but said it’s a must buy. “Oh there’s a lot wrong”, yeah those people don’t know what they’re talking about either. Oh there’s a lot wrong is there? Ok go and make a better game. Yeah that’s what I thought.
@@andrewtt03 Watched/read plenty. The (very) few negative came from a. ‘Reviewers’ who didn’t appear to have any love for HZD (go figure), or b. Had a handful of minor issues that got their panties in a twist - much ado about nothing. On the whole and at worst the hits were nitpicking.
Can’t wait ‘til Friday.
@@Thevikingninja117 "Oh there’s a lot wrong is there? Ok go and make a better game. Yeah that’s what I thought." People still use this argument? What are you? 12?
The inability to create something better doesn't mean you can't critique.
The only game review I trust! Keep it up I’ve been watching your channel for over five years now.
ACG is and probably will always be my go-to for game reviews. When I am un-decided about a game I just have to watch an ACG review to make my decision final!
I don't always agree with your reviews, and I know my preferences sometimes differ from yours, but I know every time I listen to an ACG review I am getting nothing but honesty, sincerity, and a wonderful attention to detail and appreciation for the work that was put into making a game. Well done. Can't wait to play Forbidden West.
Best video game reviewer on YT, has been for YEARS! I truly hope devs watch your videos and take note of things to fix / improve. You are an asset to gamers and devs alike.
Incredible review as always!
Edit: had a mini heart attack when I saw 1080p, glad it's 1800, just saw the correction!
It's checkerboard 1800p which is very close to native 1080p if you know how checkerboard works. Still better but let's not pretend this is native 1800p
@@vandammage1747 looks Nothing like 1080
@Van Dammage it's running at 3200x1800p with drops to 2880x1620 in demanding areas.
2k resolution is 2560x1440p
So that means Horizon Forbidden West runs always at higher res than 2k in 60fps mode.
So what are you talking about when it comes to 1080p?
(Source: IGN)
@@MacikSeba It's checkerboard 1800p, not native, which means it's constructed from a base of 1600*1800 per frame, not a native 3200*1800.
However I disagree with him in that it can definitely look a generation ahead of native 1080p depending on implementation.
@@MacikSeba no it's not. You're either misinformed or don't know how checkerboard works.
30fps mode is NATIVE 4K = 8.3m native pixels
60fps mode is checkerboard 1800p = 2.88m native pixels
Huge difference and not even close.
1080p = 2.1m native pixels
So basically native rendertarget is VERY close to 1080p.
If camera is completely still and no objects/assets are moving then you get 1800p quality. But that's not happening in any game.
Checkerboard needs motionblur which is all over this game and typical for CB games because it smears/blurs those checkerboard artifacts but also defies the purpose of high resolution and high framerate.
Not saying CB is bad just saying it's not comparable to native resolution, and checkerboard 4K would have been a better choice. Higher native fidelity and no need for further scaling.
Epic review! Xbox player here, but definitely Sony knows how to be on the top of this console generation with releases like this one. It looks fantastic! It' safe to assume that single player experiences are protected. Peace to you all.
Ive always been a Playstation player since the very first 1, but I will admit, I really want a Series X for Starfield, been following that game since it was just words on the screen..
We the consumer are the winners
@v cam Thats the plan, just had to choose one over the other, and since Ive been a PS person for so long, choose it first, but now that everything is being bought buy MS or Sony, gonna need both systems..
If you have a high end pc, you can experience it too. Sadly in a couple years 😞
Really super appreciate you're witty and engaging reviews. Keep up the phenomenal work bro.
Hearing you go through the audio section as you describe testing it through different setups had me yelling at my phone: God, I fucking LOVE this guy!
Thank you for all your hard work especially when it comes to this area!🙏 I don't know of any other reviewer that is as detailed and thorough in this area as @ACG.
LOVE
I just had an urge to say this: thanks for all of your hard work and your great content! No matter if I agree or disagree with your assessment I am always entertained and I feel better after watching your videos. Massive kudos!!! 👍
With Aloy's eye bug, that seems to be a automatic LookAt bug where her eye lookAt's looks at another dialogue actor in the scene and not the one she is suppose to talk to. Thats just an educated guess and given the size of the game and no of systems at play some things where bound to slip trough the cracks in terms of bugs.
and also thankfully something that should be (relatively) easy to patch up. For now though it's hilarious.
Another one like this was when I landed a scrapper or something on top of the area where I was having a dialog with the salvage collector .... for half the cut scene I was staring at the back of a robot.
@@TFalconwing I work with game animation and I know both feel and the pain that someone at GS must be feeling when this happens and I find it hilarious :)
This is definitely a game I'll be getting in 2025 once I get my hands on a PS5.
Both Sony and ACG deliver once again. Can't wait to crack this one open!
My god I love this channel and your content. Thank you! Even just going out of your way to shout out another TH-camr is such a nice change. You’re awesome!
Dude YOU ARE AWESOME. I love the fact you have no problem and go out of your way to help promote smaller and lesser know youtubers.
Cool shoutout to Kyle Hill! I enjoy watching him play magic!
"Sure, and being drawn and quartered is just having fun with four horses." lmao, I'm dead.
I loved the first game enough to buy it twice (well, one and half times accounting for the discount for the PC version), but I'm probably going to wait this time and just get it for PC in a year or two. Hopefully.
Yeah it's nowhere near a reskin lol, but it'll definitely be coming to pc at some point.
@Andy definitely not just a reskin lol
lol play it day 1, stop with this 'wait' game
It will be 3 years minimum before comes to PC and if you have a backlog like mine probably still won’t get it by then
@@Patrick-tw7nr i wouldnt say 3 years as sony themselves have said they want to speed up the ps-pc releases so i would say max 2 years. Probably like 1.5
The visuals alone make me want to buy this game...Wow. Even with TH-cam compression, all the 4K gameplay I've seen of this game on the PS5 looks better then most PC games I've played lately. Sony is not messing around when it comes to impressive visuals this generation.
Yeah was on the fence but due to your reviews, I usually base my library off of your reviews and I really appreciate you taking the time to provide some awesome videos. I'll be picking this up tomorrow.
the blurring out of the text during video segments to help prevent spoilers. 10/10 sir, thank you for a great review (as always).
Crazy to think that Guerrilla cut their teeth on FPS games. I’m not all the into Horizon, personally, but I understand that it is a great game. And I commend them for stepping out of their comfort zone to make a gorgeous and eminence world and got it right the first time.
So agreed
I believe Sony just trust their first party devs and give them full creative freedom to create what they’re want to create.And not every devs has the balls to even create something new and out of their confort zone.Coming from corridor first person shooter to openworld action rpg is a hard thing to achieve.
@@sakuragi1062 Well of course of Sony trust their first party studios. If they didn’t trust their studios we never would have gotten God of War(2018), Returnal, The Spider-Man(2018)/Miles Morales, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, and many others.
I played Horizon Forbidden West for 68 hours without having it crash. I also only ran into a few issues with quests but it was nothing too bad. The new update with new game plus has a few issues with people who have played over 100 hours right now but it will probably be fixed soon.
When it comes to a video game of the scope there is one thing I have learnt throughout the years. No game is perfect. I originally got horizon zero Dawn knowing nothing about the game. just taking a chance from what a friend told me. I know for a fact this game will not come out 100% bug proof because let’s face it it’s not even possible. One of my favourite games for the PS5 so far is ratchet and clank with the part and even that had a couple bugs but none of them were game breaking. The main thing that’s drawing me to this game is it’s exactly the same as the original with added improvements so I know what I am getting. A fun game I can play at my own pace and it’s going to have a good story and the story is the main thing that matters to me most. February 18 cannot come quick enough
Y’know, I’ve been watching these reviews and using their information for years. It’s mind blowing you don’t have millions of subs yet. They’re on the way. This is my favorite review source. Thank you for the upload, mate ✊
LOVE that you are providing time stamps now, very useful!
I said i will get Elden Ring for these months, too much of a backlog here... i was kidding myself i am getting this as well dammit.
P.s.: Cauldrons totally impressed me in its predecessor. I mean the world building was absolutely amazing. The lighting...oh man
I usually like to just walk around in Horizon Zero Dawn world, i know some really beautiful places there. Now i imagine i will spend like 200 hours probably just looking at this gorgeous world of Horizon FW, just slowly walking in these amazing locations while some ambient music is playing in the background. I actually got so overpowered in zero dawn that killing machines became somewhat boring regardless of the combat being the most unique experience among the games.
i do the same and make screenshots :). did you play RDR2? this was also an amazing experience for exploring.
The video title had me concerned because I'm very excited to play this game, but I half expected your review to say that it's so buggy that I should just wait for the game to be patched sometime in the near future. I'm relieved that, apparently, that does not seem to be the case. Great review. Can't wait to play it.
ACG seems to be following the current trend of "if its Sony exclusive find something negative and focus on it" like many other tubers on Microsofts payroll. (Not saying he is). But why else would you put THAT in the title? Same with the barely glossed over "bit of a wet blanket " comment. Not the first time in recent I've noticed these things.
@@MrSwitchblade327 Conspiracy theory nonsense
@@MrSwitchblade327 you say "he seems to be following the current trend" but then turn around and say "saying not that he is" which one is it bro 🤣
@@kagekun7689 on Microsofts payroll? Gotta read and comprehend my dude
@@roqsteady5290 thought people stopped using such words these days 😆
Another god-tier review. These sorts of breakdowns of each individual system are unheard of outside or your channel and I appreciate you. Excited for this game; even more excited for Elden Ring; and almost as excited for your review of Elden Ring as I am for the game itself. Especially knowing I can trust you to break it all down while also respecting a player’s desire not to be spoiled. Thanks for all of your work.
"Weapons made out of Saltines" i laughed and cried at that.
I can wait for the day 1 patch, the week 1 patch, the big bad patch, the expansion, the definitive edition, the PC port, the patches for that, and the deep sale, np.
Just modern AAA game things.
Day 1 buy here
@@KrakenZzzz Thanks for beta testing! :D
@@HighLanderPonyYT lmao, that is so true now days.
That said I will be beta testing this game as it is the only reason my ps4 has not been put back in it's box.
@@jarredvoss8580 glhf!
@@HighLanderPonyYT damn right! Gang gang
The bug with Aloy's eyes is called "the Mass Effect 2 PS3 experience"
Buggy or not this is the main reason I wanted a 5. I’m going to enjoy this.
And the game autosaves alot so not huge time lost
@@ACGreviews you haven't said how long is the main story. 🤔
@@bogdanpali probably wants to keep that a surprise for the people that wanna experience it.
@@bogdanpali I have heard it's a 20-40 hour depending on how relaxed or aggressive to play the story.
Don't excuse poor workmanship , they don't deserve money for broken crap. Nobody does. If it wasn't ready they they should have delayed it and cleaned up these issues with crashing as much as possible but those eyes make the game unplayable lol. The exact same issue people had with Mass Effect Andromeda and now it's crept into this engine as well lol
9:41 Really? Interesting, I never heard that, I always thought she was amazing, perfectly sarcastic and confident. Aloy's voiceactor was one of the highlights from the first game for me. It also helped I think she was written amazingly, her reactions to all the weird things felt very natural and I remember thinking many time, "Yeah, that's pretty much what I would say"
@@paulmoreaux9828 Was it because you thought she did a bad job as a voiceactor? Or that she was written poorly? Or something else entirely?
I appreciate the blurring of spoiler-y text. I don't see a lot of people do that
Only reviewer I trust, even when he loves and recommends games I don't like I get it, I get why it's good and why he recommends it.
Never change man
the _only_ one? is he the only one you watch?
@@StayFractalesque Woof.
I really can’t wait for this, looks absolutely breathtaking
Looks nice but probably is boring like first one
Pumped for this. The first one was one of the best open world games I’ve ever played. The story is one of the most underrated sci-fi stories too. But I think I’ll wait a year before playing. I really want to play this game after all the bugs have been ironed out. Reminds me of the Witcher 3. I waited a couple years after multiple patches and when I finally got around to playing it, I had a really seamless technical experience.
waiting a year to play a great game just to avoid a minor bug or two? ummm
I was flabbergasted when you said performance was 1080p, then Digital foundry said 1800p and my brain exploded with confusion. Thanks for clearing that up and fixing my brain :)
Love all your reviews, super appreciate the blur on subtitles too man, thanks for everything
Wonderful video review as always Karak. After the slight disappointment that is Dying Light 2, I am so glad Horizon Forbidden West is picking up the slack for the remainder of February 2022. Can't wait to watch your review on Elden Ring next!
I’d like dying light 2 better if the dialogue skip bug was patched out. That aside the games a 7 off of the gameplay alone since the story is barely interesting.
@@mjtechnoviking44 agreed. Hardcore fan of the first one but even I have to admit DL2 falls short in a number of the in-game activities especially the copy paste GRE, windmill, electricity/water and metro locations. Whole world feels rushed and it shows sadly.
i didnt encounter a single bug till now in dyinglight 2 and i've been playing it alot since launch
@@MagTheMercenary you know DL1 was the same so I think the big difference many don’t like is that night time in DL2 is far less risky and scary you just need to stay off the ground really and avoid howlers
@Phillip Collins yep yep that's true too. I didn't feel any dread when night-time falls at all. In fact, I spent most of my nights outside the entire playthrough, never fast-forwarded time to morning even once.
I always appreciate your reviews. They have a level of detail appreciated by people who really have a passion for these games. The few bugs you mentioned doesn't stop this game from being what looks like a masterpiece. Every review I've seen thus far praises the hell our of it and I can't wait to get my ps5 so I can play it.
Great review; I’m glad the game turned out well despite a few bugs, this has been on my radar since it was announced, great channel and content.
Great content as usual man! I can't wait for Friday. Took the day off for this one.
I’m extremely grateful to you, sir, for excluding all spoilers. Bravo!
HZD was one of my favourite games of the decade a few years back, so its so good to hear this is going to be just as good. Cannot wait for Friday.
You have to be joking lol. It was terrible , clunky animation , terrible climbing, awful Human AI and next to no environment interaction. At least some of that has been addressed in the sequel but the QC is severely lacking.
@@DEVILTAZ35 rdr2 is better ngl but horizon is also gud
@@DEVILTAZ35 rdr2 and GoT is better
How does it feel to have trash taste?
@@Kserijaro xD
My issue with games that give you that " ohmy god i can go there" thought usually comes to me with " but do I have to and wanna?". Zero dawn was good but damn exploring that world was a boring chore. Hope this is better.
yup, exactly. modern games give you that option but no reward other than vistas. That's why skyrim is so good
@@Shige2213 Skyrim always gave me a feeling of reward for going out of my way that felt worth it and encouraged it. Zero dawn would usually end with me just realizing I have to walk farther to go where I’m supposed to now and all I got was more crafting stuff I have tons of.
Pretty much. There wasn't any kind of mysterious or cool reward that made exploration viable. Most of the weapons you could pretty much find at the merchant, which is bad business.
Well yea games do need reasons, incentives, to explore the crooks and crannies if it's world.
A boring chore? This is your brain on FPS
Soooo excited for this game! Great to see that it looks like everything I wanted it to be and then some!
Really looking forward to this. And it just so happens that I have five days off before night shift, beginning exactly when this comes out! Lucky!
Great review as always. Funny enough, the first video of yours I ever watched was your original Horizon Zero Dawn Review and I've been subbed ever since. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks for sticking by me
I loved the first game, despite some shortfalls. This looks great and the bugs, maybe not all of them, will be patched quite soon. So I am happy to go on another adventure with Aloy and explore a very post-apocalyptic world.
Great review, as always!
Such a gorgeous game can’t wait to play it! Went back to platinum the first game just for this!!
That's cool man. The first ones on my backlog still, but really waiting for a PS5 for those upgraded visuals on the first title to experience it the best way possible.
Damn u got a lotta free time. I'm jealous.
@@milotherocket it takes less then 30 hours to get it its been out years not that long
@@blinkq_530 the dialog trophy is ridiculously stupid.... you have to choose every dialog type....
Meaning you need to play the game at least 3 times? Potentially 4? Making sure to use all the correct dialog choices.
Which.... if you finished the game before knowing this..... you may have to play the game 5 or 6 time....
Yeah.... some of us are adults my guy
@@yme3267 no you fucking dont tf you mean check the trophies its takes one playthrough i gotta the plat you must be on about a different game bud
I went back and played the DLC of the first game recently and while it still holds up and is very fun, there are a few clunky open world designs. I hope GG remedied those in the sequel.
the first game was beautiful, I wanted to play it, but ultimately with open-world fatigue I barely made it out of the tutorial area. It feels like the ultimate far cry open-world (like most) and I think sadly I'm just over those games. I want to revisit and try and get over the open-world trappings but we'll see
@@deskmanatee A big criticism of HZD is that it takes quite a few hours of the campaign before it shows how good the gameplay loop and story is. I gave it another go last month, even though I bought it back at launch, and I am glad I did.
I need to play that dlc, never got around to it
@@deskmanatee I'm with you 100%, same experience I had. Game looks beautiful but, at the end of the day, when every open world game has the exact same hand-holding, copy and pasted structure, it starts to feel less like you're playing a new game and more like you're playing the same game with a new coat of paint. Far Cry 3 but with robo dinosaurs, y'know?
It's especially bad given that the entire appeal of an open world is discovery, novelty, and freedom and the Far Cry 3 formula isn't that conducive to any of the three when you've played it ten times already.
@@BlueisNotaWarmColour Woah funny you say this im playing far cry 3 rn. I've heard a lot about it creating an impact on the next ubisoft games after it but i didnt know it left a huge one on open world games in general. It is a very good game indeed
I very much liked how the music would change when a fight was close. I liked being warned that danger was near. Allowed me to prepare vs being blindsided by a surprise attack.
The casual hype I had for this review alone was insane, thanks for another great one.
Thanks for making your reviews standout in an ocean of homogeneity. Appreciate your creativity and articulate descriptions of all aspects of the game!
Ngl, this is better than GOWR and Elden Ring for me. Its utterly amazing, stunning to look at and really fun. Id even put Zero Dawn as my favorite game ever.
Another masterpiece review, Karak! You're the best dude! Can't wait for this one! The first Horizon is in my top 5 favorite games of all time. Thanks again for the awesome work you do!
Love that the video is time stamped. always enjoy these reviews for their content as well as their off the wall comedic asides (really enjoyed your take on robot dino procreation)
Great review as always. As usual, you manage to cut the crap and give a solid breakdown of all the aspects of the game you like and dislike with none of the bs. The only reviewer I trust. Keep 'em comin'
love that “weapons made of saltines” line lol
"Like a period on their life sentence." The writing never fails to impress me, ACG.
As some websites have mentioned make sure you buy the PS4 version for $60 and upgrade to the Ps5 version for free rather than buying the $70 Ps5 version.
Or just buy it in a store bout about 25% less than digital
I got the digital deluxe edition, costs the same on both systems
I want your Love ACG! haha.. Thanks for sharing the video man! Also OMG at 6:00 that creeped me out a little. Although i preordered... in think ill wait a day or 2... maybe.
Thank you for taking the time to bring us this amazing review.
About those weird eye rotations, if i were to fancy a guess - id say the rotation orders of the eye joints in their skeletons might not be the default xyz. That or something in the face rig's eye constraints is causing the eye's Euler rotations to go whack.
I had no idea Horizon FW was releasing this year, my kind of game since I played the first one and absolutely loved it. Definitely getting it
@@samexoldx lol seriously, how the hell?
How did you not know that? Do you literally never go in the Internet ever?
@@bostontowny4life744 gaming hasn't been interesting to me since before Cyberpunk, so I stopped keeping up with gaming news. I knew Forbidden West was gonna release but I didn't think it was this close. A pleasant surprise
@@samexoldx nah, just burned out from games' terrible releases year after year
@@LucidOreo so Elden Ring isn’t interesting?
I loved the first one, I haven’t been excited for a game in quite awhile, but this and elden ring have me feeling excited like I did back in the day for games.
Dying repeatedly over and over and over doesn't sound nearly as fun as horizon forbidden West
@@CHRISTisKing197 then don't die
@@CHRISTisKing197 dying over and over until you finally overcome a huge challenge is one of the best parts of fromsoft games, but i can see why some people wouldn't enjoy that
@@CHRISTisKing197 you clearly dont know the point of those games
@@CHRISTisKing197 I'm with you on this one. I have started Demon souls, and it is an interesting change of pace. It takes a little more time to learn than what I would appreciate. I might try and get back into it at some point, but it's not very high on my backlog.
I really really like the motion sensor aiming on the controller. Such a nice touch
Amazing review thanks a lot already pre ordered the special edition I can't wait for it
My most anticipated game of the year. It looks so gorgeous!
Its impressive as hell at times
@@ACGreviews which is/was your most anticipated of February?
Nice, I'm really glad to hear that you like it. Unfortunate that its buggy but it seems to be an improvement on every way to the first game!
First releases are, even with the best, always a bit buggy. It's the games job to keep you in anyway, some fail but looks like this doesn't and will in time fix that!
Big open world games are always buggy at first, look at red dead and red dead 2.
Pretty much impossible to make them 100% stable.
This is review code remember so prob be a day one patch and I agree with others about hard not too for the size of the game
@@Dreadpirateflappy games have way too much detail nowadays making it damn near impossible to look for every bug so they rely on the playerbase to find the bugs and report them its unfortunate but its just how it is
Cyberpunk has made me immune to these teeny bugs.
This game, for me’ is a testament of the incredible potential devs can get out of the PS4.
True. But imagine what it would look like if it was developed purely for PS5!
Its all about optimisation and dedication of developers. Almost every game studio nowadays are fucking liars that cant make a game run on last gen yet they fucking demand $60 for it. Now with Guerilla showing that they can make their game run like that on ps4 is proving that game devs are spoiled greedy assholes that dont want to do their job but still want to get paid
@@lemming9984 The next Game will answer that question.
Kyle Hill is so great. The most watched channel for me hands down.
It’s cliche around these parts, but here for the only review that really matters. Thank you!