The DeanBeat: Why flying and swimming bring the world of Horizon: Forbidden West to life

I loved the story, open world, and battles of Horizon: Zero Dawn, the big PlayStation 4 hit from Sony’s Guerrilla Games. I wasn’t surprised at all that the title starring the woman character Aloy sold more than 20 million copies since its debut in 2017.

Nor am I surprised that the sequel Horizon: Forbidden West is an outstanding game. I played through on the PlayStation 5 and finished the story after dozens of hours of play. And I was shocked to find that I had only completed about 30% of the content in the game after the credits rolled. I probably put a good 50 hours into it (my timer wasn’t accurate at 167 hours). I should have remembered that when I completed the first game I was only 32% of the way through the content.