Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Zero Dawn is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by
Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The
game was released for PlayStation 4 in 2017 and Windows in 2020. As the
first game of the Horizon video game series, the game follows Aloy, a
young hunter in a world overrun by machines, who sets out to uncover her
past. The player uses ranged weapons, a spear, and stealth to combat
mechanical creatures and other enemy forces. A skill tree provides the
player with new abilities and bonuses. The player can explore the open
world to discover locations and take on side quests.
Horizon Zero Dawn is Guerrilla Games' first intellectual property since
Killzone in 2004 and its first role-playing video game. Development
began in 2011 after the completion of Killzone 3, with director Mathijs
de Jonge considering it the riskiest idea pitched at the time. The game
engine, Decima, was developed for Killzone: Shadow Fall and altered for
Horizon Zero Dawn. Being set in a post-apocalyptic setting,
anthropologists were consulted to authenticate the world's decay over a
millennium. The soundtrack was led by composer Joris de Man, featuring
contributions from The Flight.
Horizon Zero Dawn was praised by critics for its open world, story,
visuals, combat, characterization, and the performance of voice actress
Ashly Burch; however, the dialogue, melee combat, and character models
received some criticism. The game won numerous awards and sold over 24.3
million units by April 2023, making it one of the best-selling
PlayStation 4 games. An expansion, The Frozen Wilds, was released in
November 2017. A sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, was released for
PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on 18 February 2022. Events in the game
are reinterpreted in Lego Horizon Adventures, which is set to be
released in 2024.
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