I've said before, GoT doesn't really innovate (maybe the swipe pad?), but it is in terms of quality of life, intuitiveness, quests, and ESPECIALLY the load times, the pinnacle of the open world formula as we know it.
It's funny you compared it to Horizon, because playing Ghosts convinced me to go back to Horizon to finish it up. I love both games, but the slickness of GoT becomes even more evident when you go back to a launch title. Which isn't a slap at Horizon - of course the newer title has significant improvements.
I've said before, GoT doesn't really innovate (maybe the swipe pad?), but it is in terms of quality of life, intuitiveness, quests, and ESPECIALLY the load times, the pinnacle of the open world formula as we know it.
It's funny you compared it to Horizon, because playing Ghosts convinced me to go back to Horizon to finish it up. I love both games, but the slickness of GoT becomes even more evident when you go back to a launch title. Which isn't a slap at Horizon - of course the newer title has significant improvements.