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Platinum 120 - Horizon Forbidden West
It's been a little while since I've gotten a platinum trophy, however 120 goes to Horizon Forbidden West!
For starters, it's nice to see they improved some of the weak points from the first game, like there now being better character facial expressions, way better story missions, more interesting environments, and more! The main story is without a doubt the best part of the game, and while I was playing through it, I loved it quite a lot. The game is also quite beautiful, it's honestly impressive how this game looks graphically and how it has improved since the first game too. It was really cool to see how they re-created a lot of places and monuments from western states for Horizons map. There's a good video called "Horizon Forbidden West vs Reality" that really shows this off, and until watching it I didn't realize just how far they went to do this
That being said the game also has its downsides. One being an issue many games like it has: the map is just too big and would honestly be better off if the map was half the size. Right now the map size causes there to be a lot of empty space, with a lot of mundane content littered about to fill it in. Another downside is Aloy is kind of a boring character, I mean she's a cool character on paper, but in the game she has no apparent faults to the point everyone calls her "the savior", and I found myself being more intrigued with the characters around her who actually had their own personal stories and faults. Hopefully in the third game these things can be more fleshed out though
Overall, I think if you stick to the main story and do the side quests related to the main characters, you're in for a treat! If you venture off from there, it may not always be worth your time. I think Guerilla did a pretty good job with the trophies in this game focusing on most of the things that matter, and while some trophies are a little tedious, overall I liked it.