The media embargo has lifted andHorizon Forbidden West reviewsare live across various publications.
Following numerous Pandemic-induced delays, theGuerrilla Gamessequel will finally release forPlayStation 5andPlayStation 4on Friday, February 18.
Ahead of reviews going live, VGC’s critic Jordan Middler and Hamish Black of popular YouTube channel Writing on Games linked up to discuss their thoughts on Forbidden West, after dozens of hours reviewing it for their respective publications.
In the video, Black confesses to not usually being a fan ofSony’s big, blockbuster first-party games, but he saysHorizon Forbidden Westeventually won him over. You can watch his own review over onWriting on Games.
You can read VGC’s ownHorizon Forbidden West reviewin written form, or ourvideo review.
“When it comes to sequels that are significantly better than the original, a game that often comes to mind isAssassin’s Creed2,” Middler wrote of Forbidden West.
“The jump from the first Assassin’s Creed to its sequel perfectly represents what a studio can do once it’s found its feet with the first instalment of a franchise – expanding on what worked, listening to what its players didn’t like, and taking advantage of not having to learn to walk at the same time.
“While Horizon Forbidden West just falls short of replacing Assassin’s Creed 2 in this analogy, it gets very close. With better combat, a compelling story and a jaw-droppingly beautiful world, it’s an improvement on the original in every way, even if it does hold on to a few open-world tropes that we could have left behind. “
