Choose Difficulty & Pathfinding Modes
Things to Do First in Horizon Forbidden West
Before you start your adventure, pick your difficulty and ‘Pathfinding’ modes.
While the former is relatively straightforward — although there is a ‘Custom’ difficulty option that allows you to finetune a variety of settings to tailor the challenge to your skill level, the latter is a little less clear what it does.
The ‘Explorer’ option will force you to rely more on simply exploring your surroundings in order to figure out where you’re supposed to be going within the world to reach your objective. You can carve your own path through the Forbidden West without any hand-holding from the AI, perfect for players’ experience in open-world games.
The ‘Guided’ option will cause objective markers to frequently pop up on your HUD, almost giving you a breadcrumb-like trail to follow to your next objective. Which one is right for you comes entirely down to personal preference.
The good news is you can change both difficulty and exploration mode at any time, so if your first option’s not quite right for you, don’t panic. You won’t need to start over again and lose all that progress.
