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Personally, I’m take it or leave it. Horizon Forbidden West’s bows may indeed be marred by the pitfalls that tend to mar bows in video games—the draw speed, the ammo limitations, freakin’ gravity—but they’re still best in class. Throughout the 50-hour campaign, I’ve had no trouble aiming with a traditional thumbstick control scheme.

That said, I fully recognize my bias here: I always deactivate motion controls when they’re on by default (in, for instance, games for the Nintendo Switch). Though I was impressed with the wibbly controller options in the PS5 launch title Astro’s Playroom, I’m still not fully calibrated to how they work. I tend to use Horizon’s sharpshot bows, which deal more damage than typical bows but fire more slowly, potentially leaving you vulnerable. Missing a shot could mean the difference between winning a battle or dying. I’m of course gonna stick with what I find most comfortable. Hey, it’s tough to re-mold years of muscle memory!

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Regardless, it’s pretty sweet that developer Guerrilla Games included this feature, and quite extraordinary that they buried it deep in the options, rather than make a fuss about it up-front.