


As a long-time gamer who has played much more violent and explicit games, this feels like something that I could have easily played as a young teenager without being exposed to anything shocking or harmful.
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Most importantly, the main character (and all female characters, really) is never sexualized or objectified, which is a huge plus in an industry with an awful reputation around its treatment of women. There are occasional curse words (sh-, bas-), light banter about "drinking ale", and passing discussion about physical attraction and physical relations, but these things are never dwelled on and are never the main topic of a conversation - they're mentioned to make the world feel more real and human.

There's a strong message, like in the original game, of protecting the environment and being wary of technology that sounds too good to be true, but also of respecting innovation when it is proven to help people. The only real "dividing lines" of the culture are in the various tribes and geographic factions, but within those tribes, all people are equally represented. Representation is one of the game's real strengths, with diverse races and LGBT characters all present but also all treated equally. You can shoot with arrows or attack with a spear, and the enemies just recoil when hit and then fall to the ground when defeated. This is definitely a game for teens, as there is person-to-person violence, though it's not bloody or gruesome in any way. The game, like its predecessor, tells a story about understanding your role in both your community and your natural environment, and the main character has to think beyond her belief that she alone can prevent disaster. HFW is one of the best open world games to date, and provides dozens of hours of content outside of the main story. Parents should also be aware that dialogue includes moderate profanity, and that some text messages found in the world contain subtle allusions to sex. Human blood also stains the ground in some areas, and the bodies of murdered people are occasionally found on her path. While out in the wilds, she proves herself fierce in battle with a bow and arrow and spear, and relies on her wits to strategically destroy aggressive machines and humans, the latter of which emit small sprays of red blood when hit. Her interactions with these characters reveal subthemes of cultural tolerance and acceptance, family relationships, environmental stewardship, mental health, and female empowerment.
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She travels into a vast unknown territory filled with massive and menacing machine animals and fanatical humans who mean her harm, but also meets and often befriends a truly diverse array of people of varying skin tones, ethnicities, and gender identities who require her help. Players once again take on the role of Aloy, a courageous and altruistic tribal woman who carries the responsibility of saving a far future Earth from a powerful enemy 1,000 years in the making. Parents need to know that Horizon Forbidden West is an open-world sci-fi action game for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, and a sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn.
