

Then there are the really big amblers like the gigantic Bellowback, which spews out blasts of fire equivalent to a dozen flamethrowers. And a huge robo-bird called a Glinthawk swoops down out of the skies to shoot out icy, reaction-numbing breaths. Planet of the Robo-beastsĪlong with ridable robotic species that look like horses and bulls, there are constructs such as the tiger-like Ravagers, for instance, that pack cannons on their backs. And they also keep any human interference at bay with powerful weapons and pack-mentality attacks. As they rumble across the landscape, with their self-sustaining power supplies glowing, they seemingly have some task to perform. These giant robots resemble a wide variety of animals and dinosaurs. But if you look closely enough at the beautiful, dense foliage and overgrown hills, you’ll spot hints of the crumbling tech and calcifying structures of our own civilization.Īnother ominous element of our legacy is the massive machines we apparently left behind. It’s an age of human tribesmen who hunt with handmade bows and spears in a land that’s barely familiar to anyone from our time. Horizon Zero Dawn opens a digital door to a future that it suggests is about a thousand years ahead of us. But a post-apocalyptic game that compellingly immerses you in its world and is actually pretty creative, well, that’s a robotic horse of another color. Open-world games set in a dystopian future aren’t that hard to come by.
