Celebrate Horizon Zero Dawn’s birthday with these phenomenal photo mode shots

I know, I know. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a whole year since Horizon Zero Dawn first graced the PS4. Robot dinosaurs? Roaming through an environment lush enough to make Mother Nature faint with awe? Made by the studio behind Killzone, of all things? Back then it sounded like something from a fever dream. Little did anyone know that Horizon would be one of the best games of 2017 and bestow upon us what is quite possibly the most original story and world since BioShock. To celebrate its frankly astonishing world I’ve compiled the very best photo mode shots out there for you to gape at to your Mother’s Heart’s content. 

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Not ready to say goodbye to Aloy just yet? Try reading our article on How Horizon Zero Dawn made the end of the world… kind of okay

Zoe Delahunty-Light

While here at GamesRadar, Zoe was a features writer and video presenter for us. She's since flown the coop and gone on to work at Eurogamer where she's a video producer, and also runs her own Twitch and YouTube channels. She specialises in huge open-world games, true crime, and lore deep-dives. 

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