Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

The perfect next chapter in Aloy’s story, Burning Shores embodies what DLC should be. Featuring epic battles, new foes, and a whole lot of heart, it expands the world of Horizon in every way.

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is a full blown expansion. It feels somewhat short for what the series usually is, but it has quality content. We have new areas, weapons, enemies and of course ways to kill them. After checking its graphics, it is understood why PS4 was not part of the equation.

With Burning Shores you get a great expansion for the already convincing main game. Only the story could have been a little more exciting.

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores may be more Horizon, but if that’s what you’re looking for, then you’ll be very happy with this new content. With an excellent story, interesting new characters, awesome new weapons, and enemies, as well as some of the most exciting sequences in the entire game, Burning Shores makes Forbidden West an even stronger experience than it already was.

Ultimately, Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores feels like a good tease. It flirts with the concept of some biggest things yet in this story, but doesn’t quite commit to most of them in full. It’s always great getting to spend more time with Aloy, and while I wish a couple of things were explored further, it’s still a fun ride that hints at some of what is to come.

While Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is more Horizon mechanically, narratively it's the strongest story told in the series with excellent new characters and vital plot developments that set the stage for Horizon 3.

The most significant addition is Quen marine Seyka, with whom Aloy forms a bond that goes beyond friendship. Yet the two fight more often than they flirt, and the need to either level or stock up between story missions means they don't spend enough time together for the would-be emotional climax to fully land. [Issue#385, p.120]

Equivalent to the Frozen Wilds DLC from Zero Dawn.

La trama è davvero coinvolgente e arricchisce la storia principale. I nuovi nemici e le nuove armi sono fantastici, ve lo consiglio vivamente!

Survive two mass epic boss battle and die on a janky jump (game issue in general). Adds more tech and gear to the base game found in the new area. The Two stage final boss fight was visually messy and confusing. So I was more fighting against bad confusing visuals than felt like being actual challenged in the game. The general game play was about as challenging as the base game, but I was already level 50. Story wise I got more of the Quen an uninteresting faction. The final boss for all his long life was kind of petty human. Hoping for something grandiose and not pathetic in my villains. Sam Witwer can really sell a video game character, but even he is still at the mercy of the writing. The base game Zenith were very much fun evil grandiose villains than this DLC one. Nice to see Sylens being mostly Sylens. He's always a good intellectual and moral foil for Aloy's naive do gooder nature.

The base game was beautiful and breathtaking taking and then Guerrilla come out with this woke dumpster fire. They just made Aloy gay to be inclusive. Like Aloy and Seyka just kiss out of nowhere, forced romantic tension, and forced chemistry. Aloy and Seyka could have been besties not girlfriends. the world is beautiful the boss fight is super cool and Walter Londra (the villian) is well written but everything else is just boring and not cool. The many times when she turned away Erend (a cool character that Aloy would be good with) and kisses a woman after meeting her like a week before is just outrageous. I am all for people liking who they want and believe that if a woman likes another they have 100% to no doubts but this? trash. Absolute woke dumpster fire. do not waste your time. I loved the base game 10/10 but this? nope never again.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]