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[cormack12]

Building off someone's hard work on Reddit getting all the locations lined up, thought I'd just create some animated gif comparisons and the upload them to a slider site - the difference is pretty big gaf! $10 for this is looking a bargain right now. First game on my Pro for sure.

Horizon ZD OG v Remaster - Imgsli

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The links are slider comparisons so do use them as well:

 

[N0S]

 

[Crayon]

Similar to putting the first one and second one side by side.

 

[diffusionx]

Soul vs soulless

 

[Denton]

Cool, but the problem is that Horizon is barely good enough to be played once. I just have no desire to go back no matter how good it looks.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

In 2017, Aloy was mad.

Now, in 2024...she's RE-MAD.

Horizon: Zero Dawn Remadtered. On sale soon for $10.


Ah, dang it. The title got fixed.

 

[LectureMaster]

Okay, I also want to add some extra comparison.

 

[winjer]

Nice work with those comparisons.

 

[Judge Magister]

I don't care but at $10 i can't hate either.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

I feel like the color grading in the original is more unique.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

That’s a generational leap

 

[The Cockatrice]

You'd have to pay me and everyone else who played the OG on PC/PS5 to replay this game.

 

[proandrad]

I’m just mad they didn’t remaster bloodborne instead.

 

[M1987]

Looks great

 

[Tomofdahook17]

This is huge for $10. You're getting what is essentially Forbidden West with an objectively better story. But some of this graphics tech will be the newest versions of it and will definitely look better in some aspects.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Yeah $10 to run through this again with those visual upgrades? Hell fucking yes dude.

Looks like they just morphed it into the FW visual quality

 

[cormack12]

You'd have to pay me and everyone else who played the OG on PC/PS5 to replay this game.

Edit: Wtf is going on with my typing tonight. Like the guy off fucking robocop trying to use a keyboard with melted fingers

 

[Germuso]

For 10€ is good, now do that with killzone.

 

[CloudShiner]

Hated the game but for anyone that likes this game, well worth the small upgrade cost for this level of improvement. Does the Pro get additional improvements on top of this?

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

You forgot this one...

 

[analog_future]

So Horizon 1 with Horizon 2 graphics.

 

[HRK69]

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

May be a game I fire up on the Pro after SH2

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Did they remaster the story and awful writing?

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Hated the game but for anyone that likes this game, well worth the small upgrade cost for this level of improvement. Does the Pro get additional improvements on top of this?

Yes it is Pro enhanced

 

[Gaiff]

That’s a generational leap

Huge leap, but I don’t like how they messed with the colors. I liked the earthy red toned in Meridian and inside the mountain. That second shot completely destroys the atmosphere by seemingly removing the haze and the red filter.

 

[Bernoulli]

Huge leap, but I don’t like how they messed with the colors. I liked the earthy red toned in Meridian and inside the mountain. That second shot completely destroys the atmosphere by seemingly removing the haze and the red filter.

Not the same time of day

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Huge leap, but I don’t like how they messed with the colors. I liked the earthy red toned in Meridian and inside the mountain. That second shot completely destroys the atmosphere by seemingly removing the haze and the red filter.

I can see some not liking it but the colors look more balanced and diverse to me

Kind of like PS3 demons souls vs PS5

 

[Fake]

I swear I really don't know who is better.

They somehow put more color of a game that already have a damn saturation.

Some shots are better, other just different.

 

[Gaiff]

I can see some not liking it but the colors look more balanced and diverse to me

Kind of like PS3 demons souls vs PS5

Yeah, it’s more neutral. Not a game changer, but I wish there was an option to restore the original colors without losing the graphics upgrade.

Not the same time of day

Maybe not in Meridian, but inside the mountain doesn’t matter as far as I’m aware.

 

[Xtib81]

The least needed and requested remaster of all time. Watch them remaster forbidden west by the end of this gen ^^

 

[Putonahappyface]

I have the platinum and enjoyed the game, but nothing could get me to replay this again.

 

[nkarafo]

So the same game without the piss filters then?

 

[Loomy]

I can see some not liking it but the colors look more balanced and diverse to me

Kind of like PS3 demons souls vs PS5

This.

Easily worth the $10 upgrade if you own the game.

 

[Hugare]

Such a waste.

So many games are more deserving of this kind of remaster.

This and the Until Dawn remaster were so unnecessary.

Looks good, sure, Forbidden West still looks great and this uses the same tech.

 

[MALpractice311]

Maybe I need my eyes checked, but I don't see any sort of massive upgrade. It looks more like a change in art direction.

 

[The Pleasure]

Okay, I also want to make contribution.

Stop posting pictures of MY MOM!

 

[SJRB]

Looks great but upgraded visuals won't make the game less boring, unfortunately.

 

[violence]

Sometimes different is all you need, not better.

 

[midnightAI]

Huge leap, but I don’t like how they messed with the colors. I liked the earthy red toned in Meridian and inside the mountain. That second shot completely destroys the atmosphere by seemingly removing the haze and the red filter.

They've added haze and red light to the second shot have they not? Outdoor lighting is just time if day differences mainly

 

[Loomy]

Such a waste.

So many games are more deserving of this kind of remaster.

The issue is those games would require way more resources to get this level of fidelity.

This looks like it was a relatively quick and inexpensive update since they had all the assets already created for them for Forbidden West by Guerilla.

 

[nikos]

People saying the only difference is color grading have absolutely no clue what they're looking at.

I really didn't care for this game back in the day otherwise I'd grab a cheap Steam key and the $10 upgrade. The difference is impressive, I'm almost considering giving it another chance.

 

[midnightAI]

Such a waste.

So many games are more deserving of this kind of remaster.

This and the Until Dawn remaster were so unnecessary.

Looks good, sure, Forbidden West still looks great and this uses the same tech.

Yeh, if Nixxes wasn't working on this they could have been working on PC ports of games like Ghost of Tsushima or Spider Man 2 ... Oh, wait...

(Unnecessary for you, but not for me and I reckon they'll sell millions of this at a tenner, it's a simple remaster because they have crap loads of assets from Forbidden West)

 

[Sooner]

That's actually a lot more impressive than I expected.

It's still very strange they felt the need to remake such a recent game, but they didn't half-ass it.

 

[Rush2112]

I’m just waiting for the inevitable downfall of this shit franchise.

 

[RCX]

Mediocre game looks nicer.

Meh.

 

[Bitstream]

Alright, I'll admit I was wrong when I insinuated this was a low effort cash grab. The upgrades push it closer to a cg movie in character rendering and direction vs the 'lifeless action figure' look before.

 

[M.W.]

I'll wait for the ultimate version, the PC release.

 

[Swauny Jones]

I think having the musical score not chip out randomly throughout gameplay because of how heavy it was on the PS4 will make for a much better experience overall to despite the graphical jump. I'm excited to replay it for that alone

 

[Loomy]

It's still very strange they feltbthe need to remake such a recent game, but they didn't half-ass it.

I was just reading up on Bluepoints' Nathan Drake Collection. According to Naughty Dog, about 80% of PS4 owners had never played an Uncharted game by the time the remastered collection was being developed (less than 3 years after UC3 came out).

And Zero Dawn has been out for about 7 years now. I think it just feels recent because Forbidden West just came out 2 years ago, and is still one of the best looking game of the generation.