

Homes can be purchased, and dozens upon dozens of quests can be unveiled by speaking with NPCs or finding objects lying around. Each major city is equipped with a Jarl, each of which offers quests, tasks, and errands to the player character. Its mouth contains a giant drill that can open each segment, two Purgewater guns on the sides of its head that shoot pressurized water beams, and two resource canisters on its 'horns.' It has four small Purgewater sacs lining its neck, and two bigger Purgewater sacs. The Tideripper is a large amphibious machine reminiscent of a plesiosaur. This is due to the nature of the setting, but society in Skyrim is much more developed. The Tideripper is a machine in Horizon Forbidden West.

Aside from Meridian, most settlements in Horizon only have a handful of NPCs, a merchant, and a quest-giver or two. Still, the number of marked places in Skyrim clock in at a whopping 459, and Horizon doesn't come close.Ĭities are another great example of how much denser Skyrim is compared to Horizon. Examples include bandit camps, dragon locations, caves, and Jarl castles in Skyrim, and ruins, cauldrons, and machine sites in Horizon. Most locations in both games can fall under a category.

Still, it seems as though Forbidden West has content coming out of its ears, so you’ll never be short of something to do, even if you fancy taking a break from the main storyline in the game.The province of Skyrim has a nearly uncountable number of locations (at least in terms of how many someone would want to count), both found via marked map locations or hidden spots that only pop up on the map once they are arrived at. Despite only taking place in a microscopic version of the regions between Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, the game still covered around. The Independent also drew a comparison with Skyrim, one of the biggest open world games ever released, but the map is nowhere near the size of that Skyrim’s map was 15 miles, approximately, which is around three times the size of Forbidden West’s map. Granted Horizon: Zero Dawn was not a small game by any means. It’s a healthy size for a map and it is going to take some time for you to explore every nook and cranny with Aloy, throughout the game. Per Power Pyx, it is said to take 12 minutes to fly from the east end of the map to the west end, using a flying mount. Read more: How to save £10 on Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 The map size of Just Cause 3 (Medici) is 400 square miles including all of the three. The map itself is said to be five miles long, meaning it is bigger than Zero Dawn, and will take some time to explore if you aim to do absolutely everything. There are four distinct areas in the map, which is based on a vision of the post-apocalyptic United States of America. The game’s director, Mathijs de Jonge, insists that the main quest for the developers wasn’t to increase the size of the map but rather to increase the density and the amount of content available to players, as per The Independent. The map has received a healthy upgrade from Zero Dawn, which released on the PS4. How big is the Horizon Forbidden West map? The graphics are best on the PS4 yet but miles behind PC, I think the PS4 is starting to show its age. This page is powered by a knowledgeable community that helps you make an informed decision. 'Intriguing world' is the primary reason people pick Horizon Zero Dawn over the competition. One of the only redeeming qualities of the game itself is the size of the map and the various cauldrons dotted around it. Horizon Zero Dawn, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and Titan Quest are probably your best bets out of the 40 options considered. The story follows Aloy’s quest to unite the Forbidden West, and the clans within it, and to do so she’ll have to traverse the beautiful, deadly map that Guerrilla Games have built. My initial impression of Horizon: Zero Dawn was awe, I really thought the game.
