Horizon Zero Dawn review: a beautiful post-apocalypse

By Tim Biggs
Updated February 28 2017 - 11:23am, first published 9:37am
The game's look is an interesting mix of primitive and sci-fi.
The game's look is an interesting mix of primitive and sci-fi.
Aloy's Focus lets her tap into the way the machines work for a tactical advantage. In this case, it's highlighting a Scrapper's path so she can avoid it more easily.
Aloy's Focus lets her tap into the way the machines work for a tactical advantage. In this case, it's highlighting a Scrapper's path so she can avoid it more easily.
Different machines react differently to being overridden. Some can be used as mounts.
Different machines react differently to being overridden. Some can be used as mounts.

I knew Horizon Zero Dawn was going to be visually impressive. I knew it was going to be huge, filled with robots and gear upgrades and quests, and I knew that at the very least it had the markings of a game with something interesting to say. But I didn't expect this.