
In both Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, there’s an abundance of creative machine enemy designs, including Bellowbacks, Snapmaws, and Thunderjaws. However, not every machine is equally thrilling to fight, as is common in any game with a diverse roster of enemies. What can be startling for players, though, is the shift from intense battles against Horizon Forbidden West’s Slaughterspine to casually defeating human bandits. Human enemies are useful for worldbuilding, indeed, but they rarely offer combat scenarios as intense as the adrenaline-pumping Frostclaw and Slitherfang encounters. Removing human enemies entirely in Horizon 3 could finally set the franchise free from its constraints.