finished the Horizon Forbidden West DLC "Burning Shores" yesterday. I quite liked it, but I do think it falls short of the Zero Dawn DLC "Frozen Wilds". The new machines in Frozen Wilds (Scorcher, Fireclaw and Frostclaw) were simply fantastic, the new ones in Burning Shores are pretty underwhelming. The antagonist was also pretty weak ... just cartoonishly evil and not interesting at all.
Best thing about it was Aloy's character development, I quite liked that. It was easy to see very early on why this DLC got review bombed at release, but it's even more ridiculous when you actually get to the end and the game gives you the ####ing option whether you want to kiss a certain character or not. I guess even having the choice was too much for some idiots out there, but it is what it is. Seeing Lance Riddick as Sylens for a final time was bittersweet ... will be interesting to see what they do with the character in the third game. Easily the most interesting character of the series. He was a great actor, but Lance Riddick will also be gravely missed in the world of video games.
All in all, I felt it was solid. I think the overall story already faceplanted in the main game, so now you just have to roll with it. I still enjoy the characters, the overall world and the fighting, so I'm cool with having a third game (which is already in development) ... but then that's got to be it with this IP.
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