New enemies such as Scorchers and Frostclaws will throw you around like a rag doll. One of my favorite aspects of the base game was the unique tactics required for each encounter. I found that the DLC definitely ramped-up the challenge. My trusty synthetic ram Hemingway, before he got his horns blown off by a rampaging Fire Bellowback (see below). Want a review of Frozen Wilds? Well here it is: if you liked HZD, this is basically just more of it. It’s my favorite game of the year, and I figured what better way to salute it than to share with you all a gallery of my favorite screenshots? All of these are taken by yours truly. My idea for today’s post is not so much to review the game as to celebrate it. So beautiful, in fact, that I had to keep pausing the game during missions to indulge the Photo Mode. I recently played through the Frozen Wilds DLC and like the game proper it’s beautiful. And that’s where we reach the subject of today’s post. Guerrilla Games’ vision of a post-apocalyptic Earth is resoundingly imaginative and the spectacular artistic design is realized with slick, cutting-edge graphics. Horizon: Zero Dawn stands as the best title I’ve played this year because of its excellent storytelling, voice acting and world building. It falls short of the standard of The Witcher 3, but comparing any game to such a complete masterpiece feels a little unfair. It’s not a perfect game- and there are flaws to be found such as the lack of interesting side-quests and the somewhat empty feeling to its gorgeous cities. I got it on March 1 st and within a week I had the platinum trophy. There’s no other game of 2017 I’ve enjoyed anywhere near as much. Horizon: Zero Dawn is my game of the year.
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