
In a rather Ubisoft fashion, taking out the towers becomes a priority to making any forward progress. The biggest shake-up in terms of gameplay though is control towers which are able to repair and buff robots, while at the same time disabling your shields and mount. There’s also new actual animals, including mountain goats and badgers.
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The new robots are all based around suitably cold weather animals, including a ferocious polar bear and mine-laying wolf. During a preview event hosted by Sony in Paris, DualShockers had a chance to check out Horizon Zero Dawn‘s expansion The Frozen Wilds, which will in a few days to a PS4 near you.

This leads to a plot which is basically the main game in miniature, as you discover robots are being corrupted into new ‘daemonic’ forms and have to track down the source of the problem in its volcanic lair. The story involves Aloy being made aware of a new strain of robots in the far north east of the map. Enjoyably so, but this is an expansion clearly meant for veterans of the game.

We wouldn’t worry about being overpowered though, as the expansion is extremely difficult from the off. The game recommends you be at least level 30 when playing The Frozen Wilds, and at this point most people are no doubt going to use their character from having beaten the main story – which is likely to be considerably more than that. It didn’t affect its sales though, thankfully, and its mixture of open world exploration, third person combat, and the best graphics on the PlayStation 4 was justifiably successful. Coming out the same week as Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, one of the best games of the year ended up getting overshadowed by one of the best games of all time. The concern is perfectly valid, given the ominous things many publishers have been saying lately, but you know it’s been a good year when you can almost forget that a game of Horizon Zero Dawn’s quality even came out.Īs is so often happens, Horizon was poorly served by its March release date. To help you not get lost in the wild new areas of the game, we've gone and found where all the Animal. But there is also another batch of collectibles to find hidden throughout Aloy's world. The current panic over the perceived death of single-player games seems somewhat bizarre when you consider just how many excellent story-based solo adventures there have been this year. The hottest DLC of the year has now arrived as Horizon Zero Dawn takes us to The Frozen Wilds in search of more robo dinosaurs to hunt. The easiest will be Yariki, who is just outside the new area's entrance. The PS5 price hike is the final mistake for Sony and the PlayStation - Reader’s Feature You only need to talk with one to trigger the quest.

The smash hit PS4 exclusive gets a stunning winter-themed expansion, with more robot animals and the best snow effects ever. Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds (PS4) – the least ugly game on consoles
