Horizon Zero Dawn at first seems like a cookie-cutter modern AAA game. You have your open world, skill tree, a map revealed by climbing towers, collectibles… all the stuff that’s become the bread and butter of games like Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed.

Breath of the Wild is a perfect game. My problem here is that I’d call a game perfect for achieving what it sets out to do competently. Breath of the Wild is that and more. Everything about this game is flawless. There’s only one exception…