Horizon Zero Dawn Gameplay Roundup: 11 Things You Need To Know

11. It's An Action RPG

Answering the question of what Horizon Zero Dawn 'is', you'll be spending the vast majority of your time exploring the open world, unlocking the map, taking out bandit camps, felling large creatures and collecting new craft-able items.

Think Far Cry Primal's character aesthetic with Enslaved: Odyssey to the West's robots and a map that's as considerably rammed full of things to see and do as The Witcher 3. From what we've seen, there's no overwhelming amount of icons a la Assassin's Creed: Unity, but at any point you can turn on a 'vision mode' to get a handle on where nearby objectives lie, or just open the map and select from there.

At any point you could be juggling a handful of side-objectives on your way between the main mission thread, salvaging equipment, bringing down boss creatures, exploring dungeons and more.

Speaking of dungeons...