Horizon has good writing, but somehow all of it is in the lore and none of it in the actual story you play.

and how she reacts to primitive tribal cultures with beliefs she knows are outright laughable are really well done and really well executed.

This is the most annoying part of the writing for me, because it happens every other conversation. At that point just make her look directly at the camera and say “this guy, am I right, player? He’s not like us, the civilized people” and get it over with