248h played, Enjoyed every minute. Waiting for part 3.
Clear recommendation for open world completionists as meself, with a heart for a good story and very good gameplay.

This game is just FANTASTIC. The story is epic, and the battle/game play is very pleasant. Highly recommended.

Love every moment of it, can't wait for 3rd Part of the game. It would be really great if they make or remake all parts into CO-OP so you can play it with your friends

GOOD GAME, GOT IT ON SALE FOR $35 WOULD PAY FULL PRICE THO. CANT WAIT TO PLAY THE FIRST ONE ONCE I FINISH THIS.

It's an amazing game. Recommend 100%

A bit worse than HZD all in all, unfortunately Steam does not allow neutral reviews.

Pros:
- The world is as bloody beautiful as in the first installment
- The machine design is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome
- Combat is nice and fluid, it's extremely satisfying to finally down that bloody thunderjaw with a shot to the eye
- Action cinematics are spectacular
- Tons of new machines to kill, including a giant snek
- One of antagonists is a caricature of a certain someone that has to do with a certain website that's named very "equatorially"

Mehs:
- Stealth aspect suffers from the "I'm in tall grass with my head poking out but you can't see me" syndrome
- Tons and tons of new weapons with no incentive to use them. I never used anything but a hunter bow, and occasionally - the "sniper" bow
- The plot is alright: a bit out of place, but it's serviceable and keeps semi-engaged in combination with pro-s

Cons:
- Characters are generally flat and cliche-d. Positive characters are all goody-two-shoes. Antagonists are all "operette villains"-grade sociopaths, with mania of control, paranoia, and the whole shebang.
- They've changed Aloy's appearance that does not look like age and does not really match with her lifestyle. Dunno what for, especially considering HFW takes place 6 months after HZD
- The guy that designed clamberjaws needs to be ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ by one. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate monkeys, and clamberjaw takes the prize as the most annoying machine to fight. On second thought, this can go to the pros

Sequel stands up the to strength of Zero dawn. I enjoy the story of this one better, the new peoples are delightful, and Aloy learns she needs friends and community.

the game is fun, it's story is compelling

An absolute blast to play!

I was on the fence about getting this for a long time as I found the combat in Zero Dawn quite hard. But watching a few youtube videos on damage types, weak points, and dodge techniques did wonders. You just gotta know what to hit and how to slide dodge, and the game suddenly becomes very very satisfying.
Great skill tree variety, lots of different builds to try! Loot drops are quite frequent, even legendary components drop often as long as you tear it off first.

Runs smooth, no glitches or crashes so far. Running on high settings on RTX 4060, 8GB VRAM, 32 GB RAM.

If you liked Zero Dawn even a little, you gotta get this -- its been improved upon in every way, shape and form!

If you loved HZD like I did this game is not for you. I played for 29 hrs and Aloy is weaker than she was at the beginning of Zero Dawn and seems to have amnesia or something. There are so many unnecessary changes to literally everything. They took everything that was good about HZD and changed it to be like Assassin's Creed and other games. If there is a part three I hope it's more like Zero Dawn than this.