https://wccftech.com/heres-how-horizon-forbidden-west-will-feature-melee-combat-thats-as-good-as-its-ranged-counterpart/

With Horizon Forbidden West, Guerrilla is planning to greatly improve the melee combat featured in Zero Dawn so that it's on par with its ranged counterpart.

As part of a larger blog post focused on the upcoming sequel's combat design, a few developers explained the key enhanced features.