Horizon 3 Can Finally Perfect Something The Series Has Always Struggled With

Horizon Zero Dawn was a significant departure for Guerrilla Games, setting aside the linear, first-person shooter genre in favor of something more expansive. In 2017 the developer took players to a distant United States and put them in the shoes of Aloy, a Nora outcast who has stronger ties to the land than anyone, and she desperately tries to save the world that has been taken over by machines. Though its release was overshadowed by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, it has earned many devoted fans. The 2022 sequel, Forbidden West, improved on the first in most key areas, but as a third mainline entry is all but revealed, there are still improvements that can be made.