I've been playing Horizon Forbidden West. Beat the main game and am in the DLC now. Pretty good, but would recommend not going super completionist on it. There's just so much.
Oh, by the way, you don't have to play Machine Strike to fill out all your passive skills. Heck, I've maxed out several valor surges too. You can comfortably skip it if you want.
The only way you're going to hit any ranged attacker is by backing them against a wall. Be sure to get them between you and a suitable obstacle so they spend less time running away and blasting you for free.
I personally didn't like it. It's very easy to get lost, there are very few checkpoints, and the gameplay is just a bit too clunky. Maybe the latter two improve later on, but it lost my attention before that.
They only sell it at Chipotle where I'm at. I'm tempted to order a box