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[Brigandier]

Were you expecting different from a GAF Horizon Thread?

Not sure how some of those comments will age once gameplay gets compared.. 90% of this is Pre-Rendered vs Real-Time.

Thanks for that, Remaster looks clearly better.

 

[Fahdis]

it seems like they didn't make her fat and instead now she wears make up?

Humble Sony is back?

Lol, also always found Rost taking baby Aloy to hunt funny, what if she yelled and scream at the exact time to take a shit.

 

[Cakeboxer]

I'd love to know how long it takes to put together these fucking pointless remasters, and what else the dev team could have been working on instead in that time.

I don't think that many people work on those projects. Main purpose is easy money so it won't be a huge team or take years.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I still don't understand why they're pushing for this IP so hard when there's so many others people have been clamoring for.

Probably because Horizon sells more.

 

[blue velvet]

Man, this franchise is hella mid

 

[Kataploom]

Is it me or is the "remaster" looking worse? Like kinda less detailed in the textures/lighting, like when you compare old movies to newer ones.

Edit: Yes, lighting looks even more off, as if I didn't hate the weird contrast between realistic shaders with Horizon studio-like magazine shoot-like lighting, they now removed some contrasts by "improving" global lighting.

 

[Pejo]

The only thing I flat out like more in the remaster is the foliage density. Everything else I think looks worse (the characters) or the same, but with different lighting.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Man. I’d rather buy a double western bacon cheeseburger than this “upgrade”

 

[spartan30gr]

 

[pqueue]

Nixxes used to be awesome.

Under PlayStation, they are going to crap real fast.

 

[Jibran#one]

The most pointless remaster that noone wanted .
If they released this for PS6 with like full raytracing and other stuff maybe this was justified

 

[tmlDan]

I know this is an enthusiast forum and all but who the hell wants to play this game again for some graphical improvements that need side by side shots to understand what’s different.

its $10, just dont buy a coffee for a day and you can upgrade.

ill play it again

 

[Magik85]

I like new foliage.
But faces look kinda like they have smoothing filter in portrait mode.

 

[Anchovie123]

Spoiler

New :

Old :

The hero lighting is out of control, the lighting on the baby in the second shot doesnt even make sense.

 

[Sintoid]

The price is right, the work is good

No reason to complain

 

[cyberheater]

I’m not sure why they bothered. The original game already looked spectacular.

 

[GymWolf]

Most of the trailer looks like difference in color grading and some higher draw distance in some far shots.

Rost looks less detailed in the remaster for some reason. They removed the blemishes from his face and changed his hair color.

Why does rost have a cherubin face now?

Dude got 20 years younger in the remaster

Child aloy still look like the stuff of nightmare, some things never change.

 

[StueyDuck]

Shame, they tried with baby beelzebub but there's not much you can do with that model

 

[GHG]

They really thought they were smart by comparing a pre-rendered scene with it now being in real-time.

Honestly, the brain rot is real.

 

[abstract alien]

I'm a little confused. From the looks of it, the graphics are objectively better, but the art style is somehow worse to the point that it makes the old game still viable? How does that even happen?

 

[sono]

This is a really good game. Have played it three times on PS4 since it came out

 

[ByWatterson]

You guys are nuts. they are literally reusing hfw assets and lighting which were a huge step up from the original. some character models will look different. Rost in that screenshot is literally only in there for the intro cutscene. he's much older after that.

every other character looks to have gotten a huge boost. This guy looks insane.

In gameplay, they have brought over the same exact foliage quality, hero lighting, character models and lighting.

This is one of the more embarrassing threads in recent GAF history. The foliage, lighting, face-rigging, hair, and environments are all clear upgrades.

 

[Silver Wattle]

Hahaha is this a troll? this shit looks worse, not better.

 

[Robb]

 

[DenchDeckard]

This is fake, right? Why does it look worse.

 

[sono]

Yup thats gaf for you. now watch this post get ignored lol.

What nots to ignore from bandwifth limit exceeded.

Try directupload.eu ?

 

[Three]

I'm a little confused. From the looks of it, the graphics are objectively better, but the art style is somehow worse to the point that it makes the old game still viable? How does that even happen?

Yeah, I think the past game had a darker artsyle and they worked with what they had at the time. New models are infinitely better in terms of tech though. You can see subsurface scattering in the remaster whereas in the old one they looked like plastic even though the textures and lighting were done to work well for the cutscene.

 

[Panajev2001a]

This is fake, right? Why does it look worse.

It does not .

 

[rkofan87]

I know this is an enthusiast forum and all but who the hell wants to play this game again for some graphical improvements that need side by side shots to understand what’s different.

i did not finish it when it got the ps5 patch i started over but barely got going and then when i was ready to go all in and play 2 as well the remaster rumors started so i was like i will just wait and here we are.

 

[Negotiator101]

I know this is an enthusiast forum and all but who the hell wants to play this game again for some graphical improvements that need side by side shots to understand what’s different.

This, let's be honest the game is average at best, this looks slightly better but it's the same game unfortunately.

 

[JerryinSoCal]

Looks better and it's a $10 option so either you want it or you don't, they didn't spend a ton of time and resources doing this, it didn't get in the way of them developing their next game etc. The fact that the original game holds up as well as it does visually is nice but it was 4K checkerboarded on the PS4 Pro and it was 30fps.

 

[Moses85]

This is so dam

 

[SJRB]

I’m no expert but shouldn’t the remastered graphics look better than the original?

 

[Physiognomonics]

I still don't understand why they're pushing for this IP so hard when there's so many others people have been clamoring for.

Because it's Hulst baby. It's very simple.

Main problem is that the PS4 game, looking almost identical, runs at twice the framerate on PS5. Didn't they hear Cerny saying 75% of people were selecting 60fps?

 

[Skifi28]

The visuals in the trailer looked like forbidden west to me and having played it back to back with the original game maxed on PC, the visuals and especially lighting is a generation apart. Same for NPC animations that were static talking heads with dead eyes and they seem to have been recaptured to be in line with FW. Not that I did not expect the negative energy and shit posting every Horizon threads enjoys, but it seems even weirder than usual.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Because it's Hulst baby. It's very simple.

Main problem is that the PS4 game, looking almost identical, runs at twice the framerate on PS5. Didn't they hear Cerny saying 75% of people were selecting 60fps?

It does not look almost identical. But keep judging games from mobile phones screens .

 

[akira__]

I still don't understand why they're pushing for this IP so hard when there's so many others people have been clamoring for.

Because the person leading that studio for almost 20 years, is now playstation big boss.

 

[Mownoc]

The actual gameplay they showed, not the cutscenes, looks far better than the original. Anyway, isn't it being a small $10 upgrade patch good news? Some people were pissed when the rumours last year said they were working on a remake.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

Horizon this, Horison that

 

[Xyphie]

They gave the characters a plastic look so they have consistency with Lego Horizon Adventures.

 

[mkacc]

My dislike for this series grows a little everyday.
Killzone died for this.

 

[Trilobit]

I prefer ms Kissylips on the left.

 

[Gen.Grievous]

This is one of the more embarrassing threads in recent GAF history. The foliage, lighting, face-rigging, hair, and environments are all clear upgrades.

Yup. Actually laughing at some of the takes in this thread. Holy shit.

I finished this game already on PC so I see no reason to upgrade to this version even if it costs only a tenner but if you're seriously claiming this remaster looks worse. Oh man.

 

[Cakeboxer]

The price is right, the work is good

No reason to complain

The PS store price is interesting though. The complete edition PS4 was between 9,99 and 19,99 Euro for years until yesterday. 25.09.2024 = 39,99 Euro.

 

[Sintoid]

The PS store price is interesting though. The complete edition was between 9,99 and 19,99 Euro for years until yesterday, 25.09.2024 = 39,99 Euro.

Yet it has been even free for a quite long time so no reason to complain

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

It looks absolutely beautiful remastered!

 

[BadBurger]

Looks like a pretty good upgrade in some places. If it has DualSense support I'll spend the $10 and replay the game.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

New :

Old :

Have her ears become bigger?

 

[DenchDeckard]

One way to make a game look different. Change the hair from ginger brown to black!

 

[kyussman]

Why does it look like there is more detail in the original,lol.....everything just looks smoothed over in the remaster,like those new James Cameron 4K's where he scrubbed out all the grain on the original films.Stupid idea to remaster such a modern game anyway,Sony sure do like wasting time and money this gen.