Horizon Zero Dawn: 10 Ways To Make The Frozen Wilds Perfect

6. A Robot Buddy

Aloy horizon zero dawn
Guerrilla Games

One of Aloy's coolest abilities is to sneak up to an oblivious robot, stab her control module-equipped spear into its steely innards and override its programming. From there, watching your new ally galumphing around as it gores, mauls and chomps its way through its fellow robots was just awesome.

While The Frozen Wilds could well bring this ability back, the DLC should go further and give Aloy a much-needed ally and friend to accompany her on her travels.

Acquiring and upgrading a robot buddy of your own could add a whole new gameplay aspect to Horizon: Zero Dawn's formula. Gathering resources, scouting ahead, providing distractions, being your sympathetic pal when things get tough - an ally would let the developers add more challenging and complex combat scenarios while keeping Aloy's core abilities the same.

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