horizon forbidden west: burning shores seyka

Burning Shores doesn’t hang about when introducing new methods of machine destruction either, such as explosive crystals that cause ruins to collapse onto nearby enemies. It wastes no time in throwing you into that danger, either, plunging you straight back into the rousing rhythms of Horizon combat.Īt first, I found myself scrambling in the sand to rediscover half-buried techniques such as whipping into the air and slowing down time, but quickly got back in the zone, shifting styles like the tectonic plates sliding beneath me.

It’s a smart decision to echo Forbidden West's standout location – the sand still sparkles and water glistens – but here lava flows in a natural representation of the increased danger that lurks in the Burning Shores. The titular Burning Shores are an archipelago roughly four times the size of the San Francisco area of the main map, and shares a lot of that region’s visual identity. Burning Shores is for the most part a great time, and clumsily engineered ending aside, a worthy addition to the Horizon series.Īfter the conclusion of the main campaign, this DLC summons you to LA in order to hunt down a lead that may be helpful against the looming threat introduced at the end of Forbidden West's story.

But Guerrilla has done much more here, adding in surprises with new machines to discover and introducing even more fun ways to take them down. You'll once again be fighting machines, solving puzzles, and yes, climbing tall structures. And in some ways, the Burning Shores DLC is exactly that: a distilled helping of what made the core game so great – an elevated sci-fi story in a pulpy wrapping, tied with a bow made from high-octane action. It would have been relatively easy for Guerrilla Games to rest on their laurels and put out a Horizon expansion that was just more Forbidden West.

Horizon forbidden west: burning shores seyka