9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Horizon Forbidden West

Horizon Forbidden West is a sprawling game with loads to see and do. In this video, Lucy James breaks down nine tips to help you get started. Everything from skill tree upgrades to combat techniques, these tips will help you begin your journey into the forbidden west.

Horizon Forbidden West is the long-awaited sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, and throws Aloy into a beautiful but dying world full of powerful machines, as she tries to discover why the world is ending. The game gives you a lot of tricks up your sleeve to stop the apocalypse… again, but it’s a lot to get your head around, so here are nine things I wish I knew before playing Horizon Forbidden West.

Timestamps:
00:23 - Watch A Prequel Recap
01:05 - Tweak Your Settings
02:16 - Embrace Your Skill Trees
03:26 - Valor Surges
04:18 - Traps Are OP
05:12 - Use Your Focus Everywhere
06:13 - Switch It Up!
07:02 - Selling Stuff
07:35 - Side Quests