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Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Zero Dawn is an Action RPG by Guerrilla Games. The story is rich & deep, it’s beautifully voice acted & has some very recognisable voice actors (including Ashly Burch & Lance Reddick), & the world is spectacularly gorgeous. The lighting alone will take your breath away, though the heights likely will too.

The photomode in this game is one of my favourites. It’s fully developed, well considered, & the controls feel like a real camera. This game saved me countless times, as I compensated for missing getting out with my camera due to lockdowns & then after losing my ability to walk.

Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. Aloy aims her bow to the right of image, a flame on the arrow tip. She stands under a jungle canopy.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. Aloy looks over her shoulder toward the camera, while standing submerged to her waist in a river. The sunset is reflected off the water
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. A machine bird sits on a boulder under a mostly overcast sky.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. Aloy pauses, crouched in a deep snow drift, with the sun setting like fire in the background.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. Aloy aims her bow to the right, with a flame at the tip of the arrow.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. A "stormbird" machine looms overhead, its claws reaching down to the camera
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. An extreme close up of Aloy's face where only half is visible. A blue tinted night sky is behind her.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. A rusted & disused playground, overgrown with weeds & flooded with water.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. A landscape showing old, rusted wind turbines.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. Aloy reclines on her back on the ice, her hands beneath her head. Behind her is a large machine animal she has destroyed.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. A mummified corpse lies on a bed of soft grassy groundcover, & is lit from a break in the cave ceiling.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. A flame burns on a stick that is braced in the centre of an underground river.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. A large number of cables line the walls & floor of a triangular shaped corridor. It has an ominous, creepy feeling.
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. A landscape of light fog along a path beside a cliff, with red grasses & shadey trees
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. Soft golden dappled light surrounds a tree branch reaching over water
Screenshot of Horizon Zero Dawn. Aloy sits with her chin resting on her hand, her elbow braced on her lap. A ruined city lies behind her, overgrown & lit with the gold of sunrise