Horizon Zero Dawn Reviews: 12 Critical Reactions You Need To Know

6. Human Encounters Are A Low Point

"The only notably mundane moments in Horizon are the points where the game makes you fight against other humans, which happens just a little too often during the main quest. Where each type of robot requires unique strategies and a strong sense of your surroundings to succeed, fights against humans feel like far less interesting resource and skill checks." - Polygon

"Humans rarely pose the same threat that the robots do, meaning those battles lack the same type of urgency, variation, or ability to try new things." - Videogamer

While critics thankfully skewed away from spoilers here, they did note that the player occasionally has to battle human enemies, and the prevailing opinion is that it's just nowhere near as fun as taking down a robot dinosaur.

It honestly sounds like something that Guerrilla added into the game in order to check a box, or perhaps because they thought it might introduce some variety, but by all accounts it just feels more blandly tedious than taking on the core enemies.