: The world includes environmental puzzles, such as climbing massive, giraffe-like Tallnecks to reveal the map. Horizon Zero Dawn Should Be Ubisoft's Benchmark

The game features a third-person perspective and emphasizes tactical combat.

Set in a vibrant open world roughly corresponding to a scaled-down version of modern-day Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada , the game takes place a millennium after a cataclysmic event.