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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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KINGofCRA5H
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tfw all your favorite streamers are playing the game, but you don't want to be spoiled :/
Again, no one said this? The poster you quoted said that it raised the bar visually, not that it outright crushes PC graphics.
TrojanBlade
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dude...that's not what I said. Yes of course PC can will always win when considering you can throw money at it and it will get better and better with better hardware and raw power. My argument was, comparing to playable open world games at this moment, HZ is at the top in terms of visuals. That's just my opinion. Some will agree and some won't, so lets move along.
The closest you are getting with the same setting will be The Witcher for a open world RPG game.
The Witcher in my opinion does outshine Horizon even with downgrades and maintain a higher frame rate, bare in mind also higher system settings by default. It's impressive for the current console generation, no doubt, but more visually impressive? Neeh.
After all its the same old same old argument and nobody will agree.
Does the engine work outside the PSOS? Anyone knows?
ScaryShark
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Hey can you post a gif of that 2014 indie game with its robot dinosaur combat included?Not considering 2014 indie game have this
but there is no way a console beat PC visually, ever.
For the hardware its impressive, sure, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Or an actually modelled main character
RyanEvans21
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Mine still preparing 
Please don't say it like that in this particular thread called Horizon Zero Dawn OT Thread. I feel insecure.Thanks.
he who dwells
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razgriz417
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Damnit my copy was delivered an hour ago, still have another hrs at work before I can play...the wait is killing me haha
The soundtrack is still not officially released. its criminal. Whatever little i heard, is beautiful.
LifeBrandRobot
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Will you lose progress if you die?
Lol for real but let's not digress. This game is easily a technical marvel and achievement in today's video game market if the DF videos and reviews are anything to go by. Just look at it in motion on a Pro. Just jaw dropping at times.
Not considering 2014 indie game have this
but there is no way a console beat PC visually, ever.
For the hardware its impressive, sure, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
It has nothing besides the beautiful graphics, not a single thing is moving on those trees, that grass is moving in the same way, the whole patch of grass. There's very little interaction with the wind in that game. You can't compare HZD to whatever this is. Come on now...
RyanEvans21
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Not considering 2014 indie game have this
but there is no way a console beat PC visually, ever.
For the hardware its impressive, sure, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Trees not moving though
Not much, it seems to auto-save before "big moments" etc. It really depends on the situation. I've never lost much when I died.
Just realized that EU release date is weirdly 1st, Wednesday. Kinda nice considering it's earlier than Friday, but still frustrating that can't get copies tomorrow.
Edit: Kinda amazing how few have seen maxed out TW3 on PC. Horizon looks nice, but TW3 still looks fucking amazing too.
Edit: Kinda amazing how few have seen maxed out TW3 on PC. Horizon looks nice, but TW3 still looks fucking amazing too.
KyleOnTheRun
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Yeah, you can switch. Not a perfect answer, but I found Normal to be legitimately challenging (at times, frustrating and hard) front to back. Really great balance, kind of a rarity today.
I'm going to start a Very Hard playthrough specifically looking for a Soulsborne experience.
You can switch difficulty in pause menu!!
KakesuSora
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Just went and paid off my pre-order, can't wait until tomorrow!
RyanEvans21
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Slackbladder
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Yeah, when I got it digitally I suddenly realised it was unlocking in just over a day. And as a night shift worker I'll be ready at 00:00 Wednesday for a nice long play through until my shift the following day.
The music is beautiful, according to the description it's from the game too. Damn can't wait to hear more.
Stiler
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It's the Vanishing of Ethan Carter, it uses photogrammetry, which imo is something that can drastically help any game, indie or a big AAA game. EA used it for Battlefront and Battlefield 1 and Kojima has said he's going to use it for Death Stranding.
It basically takes real-world objects, everything from trees/foliage to objects like weapons/furniture, etc and then you photograph them at multiple angles and use the software to make a 3d model of that object in game. Which allows for a higher quality model quicker then what an artist can do and often with a lot more detail (they usually scale it down so it's actually able to fit in the game and not be huge or too taxing).
Horizon has amazing graphics, certainly top tier for an open world game, especially its use of lighting, however photogrammetry could still have added to this, in terms of them using it to model the objects that they could have scanned for in-game models which would have given them more tiny details and things an artist simply wouldn't have thought about or had the time to spend on a single model to do that.
bigdaddygamebot
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You should just let it go dude.
Equanimity
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I don't agree with you, I have seen The Witcher 3 maxed out on a gaming PC and it doesn't look as good as Horizon, especially on the PS4 Pro.
I'm not even questioning the frame-rate advantage, so I'm not sure why you brought that up.
therealminime
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Yeah all the music there is captured from the game since no OST out yet. There is a lot of really wonderful music throughout. Great variety too.
It only gets better. I thought the first 5 hours were the weakest of the game.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Mine just arrived!
But I'm stuck at work :/
Fucking finally. Thanks for this.
Wishmaster92
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What an amazing character model. I can't wait to play this tonight.
Equanimity
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Yep. I really enjoyed the game and you're right, it does look similar on the PS4.
Same thing happened to me, they even called me to tell me it was available. Kind of hesitant to drive out there though since I doubt they'll give it to me.
crack-king
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dat draw distance 0o
Photogrammetry looks always pretty generic realistic however. Horizon Zero Dawn isn't going for realism, it's stylized, a piece of art.
I am glad they didn't go for a super realistic look but instead for these exaggerated sceneries and brilliant colors.
WOW. This music is right up my alley. Somber and somewhat mysterious, and super melodic.
Not sure why. Metacritic added Edge's Zelda review though, lol.
Well... huh. Who ever took those should have picked better locations.
Edit: My point mainly is that taking screenshots that make game look amazing isn't always easy
Those images does not do the game justice.
WL is showing better draw distance quality and honestly, that texture in the first shot especially is horrible.
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