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[XXL]

Horizon Zero Dawn was one of the best looking games on the PS4, and it runs fairly flawlessly at 60fps on the PS5 in backwards compatibility. Many felt developer Nixxes was wasting its time remastering the game natively for Sony’s new-gen console, then.

The truth, however, is that it’s done an extraordinary job – as these comparisons illustrate. While this is predominantly a visual overhaul, the differences are staggering, especially when you consider just how good the original game looks

This is a better video than the DF one imo.

The difference is pretty fucking massive here.

 

[TrueLegend]

The Original holds pretty well so I won't call it massive except for the animation part, that really makes it worth the upgrade.

 

[Gonzito]

My main worry with this remaster is the fact that it seems like they havent included a camera lock like in Forbidden West. This shit was super annoying in Zero Dawn and I hope that Nixxes listen to feedback and put it in

 

[mckmas8808]

It looks amazing! The original was great too. It's clear this is more for people that haven't played the original though.

 

[XXL]

The Original holds pretty well so I won't call it massive except for the animation part, that really makes it worth the upgrade.

The lighting in the towns is quite the difference and just the lighting overall is a pretty big upgrade.

Foliage is much more dense now too.

 

[Skifi28]

I can see some people preferring the more stylised lighting on the original, but technically it's a big upgrade and the best part will probably be all the hours spend talking to NPCs. Not a bad upgrade for the price of a meal.

 

[XXL]

I can see some people preferring the more stylised lighting on the original, but technically it's a big upgrade and the best part will probably be all the hours spend talking to NPCs. Not a bad upgrade for the price of a meal.

This remaster is perfect for me.

I like the Horizon Series, but Zero Dawn is my favorite (I like FW too) so it's nice to have it basically upgrade to FW levels and I haven't played Zero Dawn in years.

For $10 I bought it instantly.

 

[TrueLegend]

The lighting in the towns is quite the difference and just the lighting overall is a pretty big upgrade.

Foliage is much more dense now too.

I see that but it is still not that very different infact at some places the new lighting doesn't flow well with art direction. It's better than typical remasters for sure but the original looked great to begin with, the green tint now is more acute while previous one goes with blue tint. Sometimes it's not well composed but other times I do prefer the changes. So fidelity aside it looks better at some times and worst at sometimes. Animations though were rough in the original, that is massive improvement but still that is because the original animations sucked. So again the overall package is not that massive, it's just corporations have been spitting shitty remasters for a while so this seems massive.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Now I can see Aloys sweat on her skin in the first game as well. Amazing!

 

[iamvin22]

It looks amazing! The original was great too. It's clear this is more for people that haven't played the original though.

Like me