INFO
FORMAT PS5 (reviewed), PS4
PRICE £69.99
ETA Out now
PUB SIE
DEV Guerrilla Games
PLAYERS 1
LENGTH 35+ hrs
ACCESSIBILITY Subtitle size and background options; fully remappable controls; customisable HUD; co-pilot controller system; adjustable weapon wheel slowdown; vibration intensity sliders; adjustable motion blur and camera shake; aim assist; optional motion control aiming; auto actions; custom difficulty settings; in-game Notebook menu offers tutorial reminders; togglable in-game pop-up reminders
Half a decade after her first adventure, Aloy returns as the only person with the system admin privileges to save the world. This time the magic bullet lies further afield, far beyond the Nora Sacred Land and the Carja Sundom – though bigger, badder machines and data corruption are the least of the red-haired huntress’ problems as she heads west.
The land is being ravaged by storms and plagued by a suffocating blight. The people living out west amid all this are the Tenakth, a huge tribe split into smaller clans, all with different ideas about what their future should look like. Aloy’s allies in the Carja Sundom, which borders Tenakth territory, are quick to condemn them, saying they’re bloodthirsty and aggressive, though naturally the reality is more complicated. For a start, the Red Raids waged by the Carja’s most recently deceased despot are still fresh in the minds of many out west. For
