I quite enjoyed the Horizon series! I found the world building and enemy design really kept my interest, even if the game follows the Ubisoft formula (though I admittedly do not play that many open world games, and thus lack that jadedness).
Now I'm partway into Forbidden West after a half year break post Zero Dawn, and my partner's just finished ZD. I can't state how much I enjoy shooting components off enemies without getting trampled into the ground, like shooting apples off a tree.