Horizon Zero Dawn е RPG open world action game (open-world), developed by Guerrilla Games and issued by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4 (PS4The game was released in 2017.
The action is focused on Aloy (Aloy) – a female hunter, hunting with a bow, who lives in a world inhabited by robots. She has lived abroad all her life, encountering various dangers on her way. The character uses melee and ranged weapons, uses various cover tactics, thus entering into battle against mechanized creatures and using their remains to obtain various resources. Building a set of skills contributes to improving the gameplay.
Development of the game began in 2011, led by game director Matthijs De Jong, who considered it the "riskiest" idea he had ever conceived. The concept explores the contrast between beauty and danger in the game's setting. Guerrilla Games emphasized "trial and error" as the basis for the gameplay, opting for no tutorials. The game is powered by Decima, which was previously developed for Killzone Shadow Fall and adapted for Horizon Zero Dawn – the first new intellectual property developed by Guerrilla Games since Killzone in 2004, and also the studio's first attempt at developing an RPG game.
Horizon Zero Dawn received favorable reviews from critics, with praise for the open-world environment, story, visuals, combat mechanics, enemy design, and Aloy's character, although some minor flaws, such as facial animations and parts of the script, were also noted. As of March 2017, the game has sold 2.6 million copies.
