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    Review: 'Horizon Forbidden West' brings a personal saga to a primal post-apocalypse

    A personal journey underpins a new video game about a post-apocalyptic American West reclaimed by nature and stalked by bestial robots.
    by Swapna Krishna Feb 16, 2022 3 minutes
    Aloy surveys a vista from 'Horizon Forbidden West.'

    Horizon Forbidden West returns to a post-apocalypse brimming with wondrous scenery, bestial robots, and scrappy civilizations that arose a thousand years after ecological catastrophe. It's topped my most-anticipated games list for years — and I know I'm not alone in saying that its predecessor, Horizon Zero, is one of my favorite games of all time. Yet, I had some trepidation when I finally got my hands on the game. After all, could this sequel measure up to the majesty of the first? I didn't have to worry; surpassed my incredibly lofty expectations.

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