{"id":28168,"date":"2022-02-18T01:50:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T01:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/horizon-forbidden-west-metacritic"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:44:53","slug":"horizon-forbidden-west-metacritic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/horizon-forbidden-west-metacritic","title":{"rendered":"What is the Horizon Forbidden West Metacritic score?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horizon Forbidden West is one of the highlights of a stacked month of February filled with incredibly anticipated titles such as Elden Ring, Lost Ark, and Destiny 2 The Witch Queen. <\/p>\n

As it’s always the case with high profile exclusive games, fans on social media are eagerly awaiting to see critic reviews populate the famous Metacritic website, a site that hands out a score based on aggregate opinions of select sources. <\/p>\n

There’s also a user-reviewed section, however, Metacritic now enforces a four day waiting period to avoid review bombing by players who are looking to skew the score one way or the other. <\/p>\n

Regardless of its problematic system, Metacritic is still the most reliable website to compile reviews and opinions regarding video games. So with all that being said, let’s take a look at Horizon Forbidden West’s Metacritic score. <\/p>\n

Horizon Forbidden West – Metacritic score<\/h2>\n
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Horizon Forbidden West has fallen short of a 90 Metacritic score. (Picture: Guerrilla Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As of 18th February, Horizon Forbidden West’s launch day, the game sits at an outstanding 89 score on Metacritic taken from 100+ reviews.<\/p>\n

It’s important to remind people that the big gaming outlets usually get review copies days, and sometimes weeks in advance to properly try out everything a game has to offer — from story to experiencing the progression system, combat, visuals, music, and much more. <\/p>\n

As for the user reviews, as we’ve mentioned, they are currently locked until a few days following the release date to avoid the more and more prominent cases of review bombing. <\/p>\n

Funnily enough, it was another PlayStation exclusive that sparked the decision to switch up how Metacritic handled user reviews — Ghost of Tsushima.<\/p>\n

The Sucker Punch title wasn’t targetted by console wars rabid fanboys itself, but it had the honour of being the first<\/a> to have its user-review section delayed post-release following The Last of Us Part II’s controversies leading up to launch. <\/p>\n

Metacritic has not only become indicative of a game’s quality but also a measuring stick utilised by executives to incentivise developers to create a quality product, even at the cost of massive workload and the proliferation of crunch culture. <\/p>\n

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Whether you’re playing on PS4 or PS5, Horizon Forbidden West is incredibly optimised. (Picture. Guerrilla Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A recent example of the aforementioned is Cyberpunk 2077, with developers of the seemingly cursed title claiming that their goal was to hit a 90+ Metacritic score<\/a>, which, as everyone’s is acutely aware, they failed to do so in spectacular fashion. Out of the three versions currently available, only the PC sits with a favourable Metacritic score of 86 (console versions are in the low 60s and high 50s).<\/p>\n