GAMETECH: Dawning of a brand new experience

Ronan Jennings bring you the latest in gaming reviews. This week he puts Horizon Zero Dawn, Dirt Rally and Nintendo’s Switch under the microscope.

There have been many false dawns in gaming, but Horizon Zero Dawn feels like the real deal. It’s the best new world gaming created in many years, and one that we would happily experience in any medium, from gaming to TV to novels.

On paper, the setting for Horizon Zero Dawn is derivative, but in execution this is a thrilling new universe to explore. The world is a post-apocalyptic Earth, where civilization has fallen back to tribal ways, a hodgepodge of what seems like Asian, African and Euro-centric traditions.