Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered

As a 10€ additional cost to the base game this is fair enough; they did fix the awkward facial animations and indeed made the game look better than ever. As a trade-off you might need to use upscaling or frame generation because the game is significantly harder to run now (with my RX 6750 XT I ended up enabling FSR frame gen and no upscaling, 1440p res, seems fine). Also they did something to the game audio, some effects sound plain weird or low quality, and dialogue volume can vary a lot during cutscenes, kind of annoying.

Something you can actually call a remaster (at least graphically), it is noticeable, and the dialogues now feel better than before since the characters feel a little bit more alive.

The $10 upgrade for remaster was definitely worth it. The game runs great, combat is extremely enjoyable, and I love the theme and story.

I'm a huge fan of the Horizon series, having played both the original Zero Dawn and Forbidden West. With the Remaster I'm now on my third playthrough of Zero Dawn. While the original already looked good, it does show its age when compared with Forbidden West. So while not quite at the same level, the improvements that have been made for the Remaster definitely elevate an already fantastic game to even greater heights. I did experience some oddities here and there, most notably when it comes to sound balance, but I would nevertheless consider the Remaster the definitive version of the game. If you want to know more, this blog post explains in detail what improvements were made: https://blog.playstation.com/2024/10/17/horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-a-deep-dive-into-its-enhancements/ I also decided to use this opportunity to update my original review of the game, which can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/id/iOMelon/recommended/1151640/

i love the tallnecks and cauldron mechanics, story have a slow start , but once u reach the ceo tower and learn about the past it gets interesting, love the wild life too edit: amazing and original story, perfect blending with the map and envoirment, will definely play horizon west

Doesn't matter what settings I change, just crashes every 5-20 minutes. Putting a review here as warning for RTX 50 series owners, as I am assuming it's a driver problem (as there just seems to be every other driver release), and as I can get it running on my Steam Deck without crashing, but the performance isn't good enough to enjoy there. A nice visual upgrade from the Complete Edition, but not currently worth getting, as at least you can play the old one without crashes.

Working well with ultrawide. I did see a couple graphical bugs out of the corner of my eye using dlss quality on a 4080 super like a flicker of a chunk of grass. The dlss frame gen allows you to cap at 85 fps and my pc is barely running with stunning detail and no stutters during the hot summer. I am enjoying a revisit to this game after picking up the remaster upgrade.

It's the remaster of the first game, which was good. Definitely looks better now.

Great game. The open world is very nice looking. The side quests can get repetitive, but the stories are usually worth it. I really enjoyed the combat throughout the entire game.

I was playing this on my boyfriend's copy and I thought, ah it'll be fine if he wants to play it, I'll wait til he's done. And then the first time he fired it up and I wanted to play at the same time I went out and bought it immediately because it's that good.

Great game. Loved the story, the world building, etc. Great sci-fi

Generally for me if a game is really good, I would end up doing a 100%. It was really good.

I wanted to enjoy this game, but there are too many performance issues on higher end rigs and after spending several hours troubleshooting I've had to give up and move on from it. Frequent stutter glitch, random latency issues, loading black screens, overriding Nvidia Optimization, random GPU throttling, and more. Shame they made such a faulty port, haven't experienced this with any other game in recent history.

It's a good game, but even though this is a "remaster," I still prefer the original version. Odd as it may sound, I actually found the original to be more polished. During my 40-hour playthrough of the remaster, I encountered a few small bugs, nothing game-breaking, but still worth something. For example, character models glitched between cutscenes and completely froze (this happened three times from what I remember), which never occurred in the original. The most frequent issue was audio-related. For example, the music would sometimes cut out completely in the middle of battles, leaving an awkward silence. Or in some cases, the sound effects would stop playing, for example, Aloy drawing her bow would make a sound, but the release of the arrow and it hitting a target would be silent, no impact sound. The solution I found for this audio issues was restarting the game. Overall, the remaster feels less polished than the original. It’s still a solid game, but if you're deciding between the two, I'd recommend the original. It has lower system requirements and, honestly, I didn’t find the graphical improvements in the remaster to be significant enough to justify the increased requirements. Since you can get the remaster at a fraction of the cost if you own the original, I'm giving it a thumbs up, those listed issues are minor. Unfortunately, Steam doesn't have a "meh" option

Yes, runs great on stronger modern hardware No, it is not playable on deck. Runs like ass in fact. Eats up all ram before it even finishes loading the game, and even on 800x600 ultra performance with fsr with everything else on lowest, it barely manages to scrape up 30 fps. And fuck you sony for silently installing your unsolicited datafarming SDK bullshit. Uninstalled it quick, blocked the domain and deleted the installer files relevant to it. So if anything, the old game was at least playable on the deck. Albeit with altered swap to be 16GB because even the old game eats at least 19GB ram/vram on the deck.

"Horizon Zero Dawn" is already for a long time in my library. And while this game in its original form is already something special, "Remastered" is such an impressive upgrade, who outlines the potential of this game even more. It lifted it to the technical level of its sequel, "Horizon Forbidden West."

This game is great, but there are a few things that I do not like about it. Firstly, the performance is quite bad, I'm the type of guy that has a 160Hz monitor but still likes to cap their frames to 60 when playing single player games for the smoothest experience possible. This game, when playing at 60FPS feels HORRIBLE. I use RTSS and Vsync, it still feels like a stuttering mess. I've also played on the PS5, smooth as butter!

the story is the best thing i have ever experienced. absolute shivers at key moments and had me on edge for more info the entire time. 11/10 game, would recomend to everyone no matter their play style.

Refreshing, satisfying, good story and mechanics.

not sure exactly what was remastered.. faces are still wonky, almost worse in places (Aloy talks without moving her lips in some cutscenes). but hey, at least i get to play the game again ;)

An absolutely gorgeous remaster of an already gorgeous game! However, it sadly contains a couple of game-breaking bugs and performance issues that take away from the overall immersion and player experience. This is especially notable in settlements and in cauldrons, where the frame rate drops significantly and leaves the game nearly unplayable at times.

The game stands the test of time and has one of the most original stories I've seen in gaming to date. I can't say enough great things about the Horizon series.

i put a lot of time into this game on the ps4 and now that i have a pc, i can say that the visual experience is better. The lighting and shadows are much more clean, and even small details like raindrops look really well done. However, there seems to be visual glitches in the remaster that either werent there or show up less in the original. Like the sisters hair looks a lot more static and ridged compared to all other characters, the juttering on npcs as they walk with the weird terrain, and sometimes the metal beasts lighting effects will glitch out and burst at angles you shouldn't be able to see it. My only other gripe is that this game is NOT optimized very well. I have a rtx 4060 and it struggles on this game on high. its not playable at max whack, which for a game that came out right around the time that rdr2 did (i also play that game at absolute max) this is the only game so far that my pc has really struggled against this hard. I recommend the game if you have some beastly hardware.If you like survival/open world/narritive games, its worth it.

This is the Remastered version of Horizon Zero Dawn, one of the first games that Sony ported from PlayStation to PC, and something they are doing regularly these days. When it originally launched, it was very well received, which, at first, I was a bit skeptical about. The reason being that the concept is a bit generic. It’s an open-world game that takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting where the remains of humanity once again live in tribes, and machines have taken over. Maybe it’s just me, but I thought it was a bit uninspiring. Until I started playing and realized I was wrong because what really matters isn’t the concept but the execution. And the execution is great. The open-world structure and objectives are nothing we haven’t seen before, but it’s one of those rare games where it’s fun to explore and do everything on the map. It rarely felt like a chore to me, and I 100% completed it. Especially considering that Sony at the time usually published more linear single-player titles. The story is enjoyable. You’ll learn about this world and its tribes, as well as figure out why the world is in its current state. All while dealing with a threat that threatens all humanity once again. There’s also a nice variety of likable characters, and Aloy, the main character, is very charismatic. At times you can make some choices, but they don’t affect the story in a meaningful way. Gameplay is mostly a third-person RPG. You’ll be fighting different machines, all inspired by animals, mostly with bows at range but also with a spear at melee. They have different patterns and weaknesses, since the game features basic elemental effects as well. By defeating enemies, you’ll get parts that you can use to buy stronger weapons. But progression isn’t like your typical RPG. For starters, leveling up increases your health but doesn’t make you do more damage. The same applies to the weapons since they don’t have levels. What stronger weapons have is different ammo types, expanding your options, and also more modification slots, which are key. Throughout the game, you’ll get different modifications that are basically adding stats like damage, handling, and elemental power. Figuring out the best combinations and using them effectively is how you get stronger, and I like this simpler approach to progression. In the beginning, combat is alright, but mostly because your options are more limited. Once you get access to better weapons and have more skills, unlocked by completing quests and leveling up, combat opens up and becomes much more enjoyable. It’s very satisfying and epic when you’re fighting the stronger machines the first time. Also, a part of the reason I find the combat enjoyable is the sound design. Hitting machines sounds great, and the machines themselves also mix sound effects from the animals they’re inspired by. I didn’t find the soundtrack to be memorable, but it’s immersive. The graphics are also great, with a lot of particle effects. The world is also diverse, with forests, jungles, deserts, mountains, and snow. And everything I mentioned comes together to make a great game. It feels polished, although I found some visual bugs here and there and crashed a few times. There are some things I didn’t enjoy though. The big one for me is that your inventory is limited. You can upgrade your storage space, but I reached a point where I was doing inventory management more often than I would like and trying to figure out what I could discard/sell. Other RPGs often limit what you can carry with you but have a banking system where you can deposit and save everything. But not here, everything you own is always with you. Another thing I didn’t enjoy was the save system. At first, I thought that the game saved often, and it does if you’re advancing quests. It also saves every time you grab a collectible. However, outside of quests, the only way you can save is manually at campfires or by fast traveling. The game doesn’t save when you quit the game, so I lost progress after fighting machines because I assumed the game autosaved often, and it does but not in that case. That also meant I lost progress when I crashed, sometimes 15-20 minutes because I was fighting and exploring far from a campfire. It feels inconsistent. That aside, it’s a high-quality Sony-published game and an easy recommendation. It also includes all DLC and has no microtransaction crap. And like most titles published by Sony, it includes a complete dub in European Portuguese, which is rare outside of this publisher. Won’t affect most of you, but it’s another touch I appreciate.

Horizon Zero Dawn takes place in this post-post-apocalyptic, primal yet technologically advanced world. The overall atmosphere of said setting is brilliant, and the world is incredibly fun to explore with tons of side content that all provide insight into the rich lore of the incredible Horizon Universe. The side missions, for the most part, are fun; however, some were pretty boring and just felt repetitive. The gameplay, in general, is great; it is very smooth and fun, with minor flaws. Said flaws include poor water-to-land transitions that can make gameplay, at times, frustrating. Combat-wise, no major complaints; overall, it's an enjoyable combat system with a great balance between stealth, ranged, and close-quarters combat. My only complaint regarding the combat was that it can sometimes feel very anticlimactic, as the humanoid enemies' AI is really dumb. But nothing major, and it doesn’t take away much from the enjoyability of the gameplay. The graphics are just amazing. The game looks marvelous — like, I often found myself pausing to admire the world's beauty. Now, last but not least: the story. The overall plot is intriguing, exciting, and very good. However, with that said, some of the sections of the story just felt so anticlimactic and awkward in terms of both character interactions, dialogue, and boss fights (if you can call them that). Regarding the Frozen Wilds DLC, I believe it can be best described as simply ‘good’, as it definitely isn’t anything special, but by all means, it is not a bad DLC. The DLC’s storyline is relatively short and pretty mediocre if I am being honest, however, still enjoyable. The additional side content that gets introduced with the DLC is great. The new additions include new side missions, new weapon types, new enemies, and a new map to explore with new collectibles to collect. Overall, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is great, with minor flaws, and the DLC introduces fun new content. I would say that this game is absolutely worth a play-through, especially if you enjoy open-world games, are a fan of games with a primal setting, or if you're simply a sucker for lore rich game universes.

Great touch up to a ps classic. Runs butter smooth and a fun gameplay loop.

If you have never played the game it is worth it. If you have it is a toss up. The game is cleaner and dressed up. There are some game play changes that can be a help for those story gamers such as me. there are some benefit changes from the first that are not

I love this game but the pc port has some annoying bugs, for example: when taking a photo in photo mode, the capture button takes a screenshot WITH the UI still visible so you need to hide the UI before pressing capture

While I wouldn't say that the remaster looks THAT much better than the original on my 4K HDR monitor, but it did fix the waxy skin, and empty eyes things. There are others that are better, its well worth it.

Good remaster, but i would like a bloodborne port sony

Best thing about this is the story and fighting mechanics (despite lack of defensive manoeuvres). Well worth a play and remastered graphics are very good.

Controls are a little janky. Obviously a console port. Still, fun, and the story more than makes up for the jank.

A good remaster but sadly still has an issue with audio specifically the music abruptly ending in gameplay and cutscenes

Absolute Peak graphics, one of the best looking games on the market, dense jungles with beautiful night skies, you name it. Previously played this on console, now playing this on the PC Master Race simply put, it is pure eye candy! Fantastic remaster all around

If you've never played Horizon Zero Dawn and your PC is up to the task, definitely get this version. Although the original is still a masterpiece, this does refine the visual experience enough to be worth it. I'm a huge fan of the series and have completed it multiple times on PS5 and on PC, and I got it just because I wanted to see it again but with a new lick of paint. They could have gone even further and done some QOL updates as the restrictive inventory space can really be a pain in the a$$. Anyway, it looks amazing and plays amazing, one of the best games of all time, with a truly epic story.

1st play through... Epic! 2nd Play through... Epic! Get the remastered Edition... 3rd play through... Still F#$king Epic!

A must play, just take it slowly and enjoy the story. (Cannot really say if the story line goes to bonkers later on...)

really great remaster played the complete edition before now the new game plus its great!

I bought this because it's my older sister's favorite game, so I thought it might be worth checking out. I'm really glad I did. The gameplay is fun, the story is good, and Aloy is a great protagonist. It took me 96 hours to complete a thorough playthrough.

10/10 when working, now an unplayable game in my library completely. EDIT: I had to scrap my original review as there are still a lot of bugs in this. remastered as it may, it is still far from perfect. changing the look of outfits, removes the effect entirely of the original stats of the outfit you are wearing. (wearing purple tier gear with modifications will become useless when you apply the look of a lesser grade outfit and only applies the effects of the lesser grade outfit, even though you are wearing high grade gear). After nearly 60 hours of playing on a current-ish gen PC with a (13900K, 4070ti super, 64GB ram) the game is now freezing, won't load, and now won't work at all after 30 attempts (restarting, running in administrator, etc). Every other game in my library loads in perfectly playing at 1440p Cyberpunk, theHunterCOTW, Subnautica, Dying light 2 etc, yet this game is now unplayable, even after trying on two different PCs and my gaming laptop. Be wary: it may play, it may not.

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Graphically, huge improvement over the original. All textures have been improved and is especially noticeable on machines. Gone are the blurry mess up close and instead they look sharp and intimidating. View distance has increased drastically, especially with mods. However, it's also much less mod friendly. There are weird audio issues. Main menu theme music that I loved in the original is now very quiet and barely audible. Whereas the music in combat is deafening and practically all you can hear. Character voices can be heard loudly from far away, versus Aloy sounding like she's whispering when talking to Rost. None of these issues are present in the original or Forbidden West, just the Remastered Zero Dawn. Still, on the whole it's an improvement worth $10.

Although the remastered content is fun and well worth the $10 to buy it, I have found many issues since I played the original version. Mainly with the control system, and selecting weapons in particular. I find that if you're up close to an enemy and switch weapons (from sling or tripcaster, for example, to a bow) instead of using your newly selected weapon the game automatically attacks with the spear. The only way I have found to get around this issue is to wait a few seconds - which is not always preferable or indeed possible when you're in the hunting grounds where time is of the essence or you are getting attacked by very large enemies (like a thunderjaw or behemoth) or multiple enemies at once where quick reaction times are essential. I'm running a high end gaming PC with Intel i7 13600 CPU, 128GB DDR5 RAM, and a nVidia RTX3070 gfx card and NVMe 4.0 SSD storage devices - so this computer is far from slow or insufficient. All other games I play never have the same or similar issues. It's just this one. So I am none too impressed when things don't go according to plan because of the software. I've found there are distinct graphics issues at certain times while playing. Stuttering and frame-jumping at times, while at other times the FPS drops to a crawl and can be so bad it's unplayable. Reloading from the last saved game seems to overcome this issue. Until the next time it happens for no apparent reason. This seems to be a more frequent problem when visiting Meridian and other highly populated by humans areas of the map. Rinse and repeat is the mainstay of this issue. I have learned to save a lot more often than I usually would as a result. One problem with the control functions is after looting a defeated enemy the directional controls can lock and only jumping is possible. I found that waiting 2-5 seconds before moving after looting a defeated enemy is a surefire way of not experiencing this issue. That in itself adds up to a shed load of wasted time just to get around this issue happening. Another issue I'm struggling with the the auto-snap to enemy while using the focus. It's not easy to select another enemy by moving the mouse if they are close together because the focus remains on trhe initial target. The focus always tracks the highlighted enemy and it takes some jiggery pokery to select the preferred target. Whoever thinks this is a better way of working?!?!? The mind boggles. Another issue I've found is that enemies sometimes freeze on the spot and do not attack as expected. Making them very easy to eliminate without much effort or planning. This can happen to all enemies from Watchers to Redmaw, and human enemies too. It's very annoying when it happens. There's been a few times where my character (Aloy) just loses the ability to move or do anything, although the game still appears to be running and all the entities (hostile or otherwise) act normally. This can happen if i TAB out of the game and go back into it or leave it on the ESC menu for a period of time (e.g. while making coffee or taking a break or being on the phone, etc.) In this instance I've found that even the ESC button function does not work. Thankfully this is not a common occurrance. In this event the only option is to CTRL+F4 and restart the game. Certain mission finales can be completed without going through the storyline and yet the mission stays available in the menus, but if you select them after completing the final challenge there's no way to complete them in the menu. "Robbing The Rich" is one such mission that springs to mind but there are others. Apart from all this Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is very enjoyable and it's great to come back to it and have fun playing though it again.

Reminds me of Ubisoft open world formula. Grindy mess. But i decided to play main story only. I'm already at half mark into storyline and i will probably not finish it. Why? Because i cannot fast travel. Fast travel is not free. I never saw that in my life. They are forcing you to go and grind to fast travel. Literally why would u put smth like this in game? Atleast i paid 8$ for it so it is whatever but imagine paying 50$ to enjoy story and at half mark being limited and forced to grind to unlock fast travel in SINGLE player game. LOL? Also my resource supply box is full all the time. Instead of playing game i need to deal with loot and inventory like in MMO. Why? Some of this design choices are without any sense. I literally saw that they fixed fast travel in sequel. Why wasn't that patched in Remastered version? On the positive side i was blown away how good game looks and runs. Presentation is excellent. 4K on RTX 5080 without DLSS. Avrege FPS 90-100 with DLSS 150 FPS. 4K 144 experience. Gold standard for optimisation. Regardless i will still give it negative rewiev because of fast travel.

The game is pretty fun, good story but it feels too easy, even on the hardest difficulty beating the AI is easy, just dodge and roll, shoot, dodge and roll until they are dead. Even if I haven't come very far in the story I feel like when you play on the hardest difficulty beating the enemy shouldn't just be doing the same thing over and over. Although I like the style and idea of the game, and the performance is good with some bugs here and there. But the bad AI made the game boring real fast.

great game, very nice visuals, awesome gameplay

Same game but with graphics update

somehow its like the best stealth game and that pains me to say

There's not much to say that hasn't already been said about the original HZD. The difference here is the graphics, I mean duh... And it is a step change improvement. I was a bit sanguine about replaying this, but my buddy wanted to watch me stream, so ok. Now I'm hooked on the uprated visuals, it's just incredible. In addition there are a few extra bits in the cutscenes and a few quests seem to have been slightly reworked to make a bit more sense, though that could be my memory playing tricks. If you have the hardware to run it and you like pretty graphics, then this is a fantastic upgrade to the original HZD.

This game is amazing. Beautiful, great gameplay, good music, great story, great characters, there's really nothing to complain about this game. It's a masterpiece.