With the 2nd game releasing on steam early next year, I picked up zero dawn on steam. I will now talk spoilers below.
I am currently on the border of the nora territory with the sun tribe. I enjoyed the first part of the game alot up until the brave trial, but after that aloy has started to feel a bit mary suish. She starts the game as an underdog outcast which I related to, but now she seems too.. Sure of herself, a bit cocky. It's normal for the player char to be super talented, but she just seems to be getting arrogant about it.
World building is great, I just feel the game treats aloy as if she is perfect. She never gets called out by other characters for making a mistake
Horizon Zero Dawn is the best tech demo for why Capcom should make a fully open world Monster Hunter.
I found the gameplay pretty fun overall, the quests and dialogue were tedious and the plot of the game was so laughably awful I couldn't believe it. Makes me want to bring back the Shamus Young (RIP) "Goldun Riter" award.