#but in hfw i hardly ever did that
Just a random, late-night thought about the Horizon franchise: It’s literally become a glorified combat simulator with a weak story to justify it being a combat simulator. Looking at the subreddit is depressing as hell because it’s full of “git good” gamers and the story is literally an afterthought.
Meanwhile other games have ran circles around Horizon Forbidden West and Guerrilla is still scratching its head why. No one talks about Horizon Forbidden West like they do Horizon Zero Dawn. The story, lore, and characters it invested so beautifully and heavily in for the first game have become simple plot devices and jokes. No one cares about the aforementioned anymore. Now it’s all about fighting and combat combos. Weapons and modifications. Combat strategies and leaderboards. Hit boxes and arrow types. Glimmer and performance mode.
HFW is just another, bloated, open-world combat simulator with some story and characters to keep it moving.
For context? The Resident Evil franchise wasn’t revived by Resident Evil 7 because of the combat. It was revived because it went back to its roots. Guerrilla could stand to learn from Capcom.
I’m so saddened by what this franchise has become. HFW is an okay game. But it’s wasted so much of what it could’ve been.
