Your primary task has bigger implications, however, as a Banuk shaman living on the outskirts unknowingly holds the key to a new chunk of historical data and a new facet of the technological powers operating behind the scenes.īoth this quest line and personality-driven side quests deliver heaps of dialogue, which, like Horizon's exchanges at large, range from heartfelt scenes to perfunctory filler. The constraints therein put pressure on Banuk in various ways, and most of your objectives in The Frozen Wilds focus on helping individuals overcome their personal struggles with tradition. They follow a strict code of conduct that has more to do with self-reliance and pride than it does with justice and order.
This scenic territory belongs to a tribe known as the Banuk, who have long lived in isolation from the rest of society. And when the sun cuts through the atmosphere just right, individual snowflakes take on gorgeous pink hues that make an already pretty game even prettier. Mountain passes, valleys, and forests are choked with snow both on the ground and in the air. Snow isn't new to Horizon, but it's never felt as ubiquitous as it does here. The Frozen Wilds primarily takes place in a previously unforeseen stretch of land that encompasses roughly hours of new side quests and errands.
Those revelations alone aren't terribly exciting, but as an excuse to revisit one of the best games of the year, Aloy's new journey hardly suffers from that small disappointment.
There's also a new storyline, which slightly expands your knowledge of the past and hints at events to come. The Frozen Wilds expansion makes a return visit even more enticing with new gear and challenges to seek out in the frozen north, with fresh enemies balanced to fit into the game's latter half. With its incredible-looking environments and an ornate combat system, Horizon: Zero Dawn is an easy game to slip back into even if you've ignored it for the better part of a year.
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