Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, a remastered version of the 2017 action RPG from Guerrilla Games that features several improvements over its original counterparts, including what is said to be over 10 hours of re-recorded conversation mocap and countless graphical improvements that bring the game closer in line to Horizon Forbidden West, is coming to PS5 and PC on October 31, 2024, developers Guerrilla Games and Nixxes Software have announced. Players who own the original PS4 version of the game, which launched in February 2017, can upgrade to the new PS5 version for $9.99, while LEGO Horizon Adventure—a colorful new adventure that also stars Aloy—is out for PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch on November 14, 2024.
Jan-Bart van Beek (Studio Director and Studio Art & Animation Director, Guerrilla) writes:
- “The captivating story and awe-inspiring post-apocalyptic world returns alongside a host of technological improvements, visual enhancements, and upgraded features. It also includes The Frozen Wilds content, a vast expansion featuring additional lands, skills, weapons, and machines.”
- “Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered features over 10 hours of re-recorded conversation, mocap and countless graphical improvements that bring the game to the same visual fidelity as its critically acclaimed sequel Horizon Forbidden West.”
- “The game’s lush world includes frozen mountains, dense jungles, and arid deserts with stunning new visuals and 4K graphics and travelling between settlements is now lightning-fast.”
- “We’ve completely revamped the sound mix, now supporting PS5 Tempest 3D Audio Tech for higher-order ambisonics and Atmos rendering for an immersive soundscape. Our sound design has also seen major improvements, with hundreds of improvements both in-game and in the cinematics.”
- “We’re also very happy to share that Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered comes with native support for PlayStation 5 Pro. This includes a range of graphical features that have been improved to make use of the power of the PS5 Pro, while also delivering ultra-high fidelity at blazing fast framerates.”
- “The PC version on Windows includes the PlayStation overlay with Trophy support and has its own set of features, such as support for ultra-wide resolutions and the latest performance enhancing technologies like NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.1 with frame generation.”
- “For those that have already played it, we’ve made sure that your old save games will work; so this is a great opportunity to dive into New Game+ or get back into Photo Mode with all your previously unlocked outfits and customizations.”
Some trailers for latest Horizon games:
van Beek on how to get Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered:
For existing owners of Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4, PC) and/or Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition (PS4, PS5, PC): you can upgrade to the digital version of Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered for $9.99 on both PlayStation 5 console and on PC (via Steam or Epic Game Store). This includes fans who added the game to their libraries during PlayStation’s Play At Home initiative.
Owners of the Horizon Zero Dawn PS4 game disc can access this offer by inserting the game disc into their PS5 console (and will need to keep the disc inserted each time to play the game). PS4 game disc owners who buy the PS5 Digital Edition disc-free console will not be able to access the upgrade offer.
For new fans, the game can be purchased for $49.99 on PlayStation Store, Steam, or Epic Game Store. You will receive the Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition.
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Whoa, thats kinda cool, I loved the game, I kinda wanna replay it now to see the differences.
A giant waste of money. The game was already modern enough, there was absolutely no need for a remaster.
Please don't support this, let's not make this standard practice like micro transactions and day 0 DLCs.
"Brent_Justice, post: 89685, member: 3" wrote:Whoa, thats kinda cool, I loved the game, I kinda wanna replay it now to see the differences.
You won't see the difference if a long enough time has passed since you played the original version. Your brain will tell you it looks exactly the same as you remember. This is why remasters are a waste of everyone's time and money. Devs either need to commit to a full remake or stop touching existing games and work on something new instead.
Of course if you play the original back to back with the new you will see the difference but what's the point of playing the old version just so you can see the new one as better?
I love it when games are remastered, it brings new life to it and allows some great replay value. I love to see old games, with better and newer graphics, or better-looking textures, as well as new features that weren't around when they were first launched. It's the same principle as modding a game for better graphics and textures. It brings new life to an older game, and there's nothing wrong with that. I absolutely support it.
It might be an incentive for replaying, but I don't see how it adds replay value it being the same game with the same story. Unless I already want to replay the game, then a remaster is good to have. But even so, every single remaster I played was underwhelming, it didn't add enough to the game(s) to be worth playing on their own merit, including the Mass Effect Legendary edition.
I'll wait on the reviews for this but at $10 it's not the worst amount of money for a remaster since I do have the complete edition but would've been nicer if it was free. I usually like remasters as well but it does depend on how much is actually done to a game. Given my obsession with image quality, high-end displays, and GPUs, I can normally tell the differences.
I do agree that not all remasters are worthy but this one has potential since I was able to tell some differences when I played Forbidden West, which I only just finished last month. This could be fun for the winter since I'm going to hold out on Ragnarok for now and not much else is on my radar. Add in that I've been in more of a replay mood lately and this has a decent chance. Meanwhile also looking forward to The Thing remastered which should hopefully arrive before the holidays.
"Brent_Justice, post: 89689, member: 3" wrote:I love it when games are remastered, it brings new life to it and allows some great replay value. I love to see old games, with better and newer graphics, or better-looking textures, as well as new features that weren't around when they were first launched. It's the same principle as modding a game for better graphics and textures. It brings new life to an older game, and there's nothing wrong with that. I absolutely support it.
I mostly stopped caring for modding around the Q3/UT/Half-life era other then for some MMO's, getting slightly better textures on the same old models/environements does usually not much for my enjoyement and new models are usually waaay out of their skillset.
I had some fun with the RTX version of Q2 but the basic models and geometry also held that back quit a bit
Not sure this remaster is that much of an improvement, maybe they should have waited for the PS6 launch, I hope they did not ruin Alloy's looks again.
"Peter_Brosdahl, post: 89697, member: 87" wrote:since I'm going to hold out on Ragnarok for now
I was dissapointed by Ragnarok, found the previous one a lot better, and while it could be due to my failing eyes, but I had a lot of issues finding parts of the side puzzles (like where you need to hit 3 things, I usually only found 2 and had to look online fo rthe lasst part)
I'm fine with this - it's not like you have to re-purchase it if you just want to play the original edition. And it gives the developer a chance to net a few more sales. Sure, some of those are to people who already had the original (and yeah, it probably would sell more to these people if they just had an inexpensive (or free!) upgrade) -- but a lot of it will be people who are playing for the first time.
HZD came out on PS4 in 2017 and then on PC in 2020. It's waaaaaaay the f*ck too early for a remaster.
"Brian_B, post: 89705, member: 96" wrote:but a lot of it will be people who are playing for the first time.
I doubt that, it was available for the PS4, then the complete edition for PS4 Pro, then it got a PC release, anyone who wanted to play it most likely did so already.
"MadMummy76, post: 89729, member: 1298" wrote:I doubt that, it was available for the PS4, then the complete edition for PS4 Pro, then it got a PC release, anyone who wanted to play it most likely did so already.
Just because it's been out for a while doesn't mean there aren't still people who haven't played it. Take my son, who was like... 7 when it first released. He's seen the sequel, but never played the original.
He's hardly the only one I can think of like that.
Shoot, there are tons of games out where I didn't get to them until I see the remaster float around and remember - oh yeah that game exists.
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Join Discussion →Whoa, thats kinda cool, I loved the game, I kinda wanna replay it now to see the differences.
A giant waste of money. The game was already modern enough, there was absolutely no need for a remaster.
Please don't support this, let's not make this standard practice like micro transactions and day 0 DLCs.
You won't see the difference if a long enough time has passed since you played the original version. Your brain will tell you it looks exactly the same as you remember. This is why remasters are a waste of everyone's time and money. Devs either need to commit to a full remake or stop touching existing games and work on something new instead.
Of course if you play the original back to back with the new you will see the difference but what's the point of playing the old version just so you can see the new one as better?
I love it when games are remastered, it brings new life to it and allows some great replay value. I love to see old games, with better and newer graphics, or better-looking textures, as well as new features that weren't around when they were first launched. It's the same principle as modding a game for better graphics and textures. It brings new life to an older game, and there's nothing wrong with that. I absolutely support it.
It might be an incentive for replaying, but I don't see how it adds replay value it being the same game with the same story. Unless I already want to replay the game, then a remaster is good to have. But even so, every single remaster I played was underwhelming, it didn't add enough to the game(s) to be worth playing on their own merit, including the Mass Effect Legendary edition.
I'll wait on the reviews for this but at $10 it's not the worst amount of money for a remaster since I do have the complete edition but would've been nicer if it was free. I usually like remasters as well but it does depend on how much is actually done to a game. Given my obsession with image quality, high-end displays, and GPUs, I can normally tell the differences.
I do agree that not all remasters are worthy but this one has potential since I was able to tell some differences when I played Forbidden West, which I only just finished last month. This could be fun for the winter since I'm going to hold out on Ragnarok for now and not much else is on my radar. Add in that I've been in more of a replay mood lately and this has a decent chance. Meanwhile also looking forward to The Thing remastered which should hopefully arrive before the holidays.
I mostly stopped caring for modding around the Q3/UT/Half-life era other then for some MMO's, getting slightly better textures on the same old models/environements does usually not much for my enjoyement and new models are usually waaay out of their skillset.
I had some fun with the RTX version of Q2 but the basic models and geometry also held that back quit a bit
Not sure this remaster is that much of an improvement, maybe they should have waited for the PS6 launch, I hope they did not ruin Alloy's looks again.
I was dissapointed by Ragnarok, found the previous one a lot better, and while it could be due to my failing eyes, but I had a lot of issues finding parts of the side puzzles (like where you need to hit 3 things, I usually only found 2 and had to look online fo rthe lasst part)
I'm fine with this - it's not like you have to re-purchase it if you just want to play the original edition. And it gives the developer a chance to net a few more sales. Sure, some of those are to people who already had the original (and yeah, it probably would sell more to these people if they just had an inexpensive (or free!) upgrade) -- but a lot of it will be people who are playing for the first time.
HZD came out on PS4 in 2017 and then on PC in 2020. It's waaaaaaay the f*ck too early for a remaster.
I doubt that, it was available for the PS4, then the complete edition for PS4 Pro, then it got a PC release, anyone who wanted to play it most likely did so already.
Just because it's been out for a while doesn't mean there aren't still people who haven't played it. Take my son, who was like... 7 when it first released. He's seen the sequel, but never played the original.
He's hardly the only one I can think of like that.
Shoot, there are tons of games out where I didn't get to them until I see the remaster float around and remember - oh yeah that game exists.