re: True/False - Horizon would have been a better game if it wasn't open-world

The side quests are pretty forgettable in HZD. If they had put some depth and meaning in them, game would have been amazing. The gameplay was awesome, the narrative is really intriguing, the world is beautiful and the machines are the show. I much prefer it open world, but man a lot of those side quests were bad.

tl;dr Open world works, make optional content better