Horizon: Zero Dawn - Complete Edition
About the Game
Horizon Zero Dawn follows Aloy, an outcast hunter investigating her origins in a world where animal-like machines dominate the wilderness. Tribal settlements stand among the remains of an older civilization, and the mystery connects personal discoveries with the question of how the world reached this point. The Complete Edition combines the main adventure with The Frozen Wilds expansion.
Exploration and combat reinforce each other. A machine is more than a moving health bar: its components, elemental weaknesses and behavior suggest different approaches. Taking time to study an encounter can be as valuable as improving your aim.
Gameplay & Experience
Aloy’s Focus scans machines and highlights information you can use to plan a hunt. Bows, tripwires and other tools let you prepare the ground, separate threats or attack a vulnerable component. Tearing parts from a machine can change what it is capable of doing, making precision and positioning valuable even against large enemies. Stealth offers another way to choose when the fight begins.
A world worth investigating
Ruins, side quests and conversations gradually reveal the setting’s history. Climbing Tallnecks and exploring Cauldrons connect the landscape to useful discoveries and expanded machine-related capabilities.
The Frozen Wilds
The expansion takes Aloy into the snowy Cut, where the Banuk and dangerous new machines introduce another region and story. Its encounters build on the hunting systems learned in the main game.
Growth without abandoning tactics
New skills, equipment and modifications expand your options, but reading a machine’s movement remains important. Better tools reward a good plan rather than removing the need for one.
Standout Features
- Main Horizon Zero Dawn adventure plus The Frozen Wilds
- Tactical hunting against machines with distinct components
- Aloy’s Focus, stealth, traps and varied ammunition
- Open-world exploration and story-driven side quests
Please note: Original digital extras or promotional codes are not guaranteed with a pre-owned copy.
Quick Specs
| Platform | PlayStation 4 |
|---|---|
| North American Release | 2017-12-05 |
| Publisher | Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Developer | Guerrilla Games |
| Genre | Action / Role-Playing |
| ESRB | Teen |
| Physical Media | PlayStation 4 Blu-ray Disc |
| Players | 1 player |
| Average Critic Rating | 81% — 2 exact-platform critic ratings, MobyGames |