you could go the smarter route and sneak around and quietly attack with your techno spear or set traps from your hiding spots which are plentiful throughout the game world with a couple different types of weapons that are also useful in out right combat situations as

Extremely fun, well developed combat system, intriguing story and characters, breathtaking visuals, and good variety of enemies

Combat is easy to learn and very rewarding.

your spine!- Brutal Combat - combat is challenging

The Combat is fun.

Combat is fun, unique enemies, just a really nice way to spend a few days getting to know Aloy.

The combat with the machines is intense and challenging, but the combat only really excels once you reach level 20 or so.

(there is a story mode for those who prefer less/easy combat) about nine hours into the

The combat can get a little annoying when the biggest mechs only know one thing and that's to melee you to death so you can use your ranged attacks but even the combat has its

Combat is smooth, farming is just enough of a challenge to not feel like a grind

The combat with the machines is intense and challenging, but the combat only really excels once you reach level 20 or so.

I feel like lowered ammo capacity and/or disallowing combat crafting might have been a better solution for ultra hard

Combat can be fun, especially if you're playing on harder difficulties where you can get 1 shot

Combat is exciting and game play is rewarding

Very beautiful and the combat is so fun and rewarding

Combat against any of the larger machines provides a challenge but fun as well

Unique world and story with insane graphics and fun combat

There are some fun characters you meet, an enjoyable intro to the game, potential for a great sequel, great looking fields and some neat combat functions