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Horizon zero dawn rating11/3/2023 Foliage moves more realistically as Aloy crouches and moves through it, and trees sway more naturally in the breeze. If you do a direct comparison of the game, you’ll likely notice some very small, but very meaningful, tweaks. That said, there are a few tweaks to the formula that you should know. Essentially, if you have a PC built in the last five years, Horizon Zero Dawn is going to look fantastic for you. That said, the game supports a less beefy PC just as well, able to deliver 1080p/60fps at the same detail settings as the original release on an Intel 4770K / Ryzen 5 1500X with 16GB of RAM and a GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 480. The assets are the same as the already-fantastic PlayStation 4 version of the game, but running the game at 144fps at 4K resolution is something to behold if you’ve got the gear to run it. The cutscenes do remain in their 16:9 ratio, but there’s nothing quite like experiencing the world of Horizon Zero Dawn with this much visibility.Ī 1080 Ti and a decent Radeon will get you to Ultra at 1440p and 60+fps The game looks absolutely phenomenal in this ultrawide aspect ratio, though I don’t have the bezelless dual monitor or single ultrawide to experience it properly. I was surprised to see the level of support for ultrawide monitors as the game supports 16:9, 21:9, and even 32:9 aspect ratios. Naturally the game also supports HDR rendering, and for those of you who suffer from motion sickness, there’s now an adjustable FOV slider so you can tweak your field of view to address your needs. Render scale lets the game adjust the rendering resolution independently from the display resolution, scaling up or down to give you the best possible output. You can also set your framerate limit to unlimited. The game supports an “Adaptive performance FPS” which attempts to manipulate the various sliders on the fly until you hit the targeted framerate, selectable from turning the feature off entirely all the way up to a whopping 120fps. Naturally, being on PC means exposing a great many more configurable options to maximize performance. Starfield review - To infinity and beyond Here’s the first 30 minutes of the game to showcase this new version at max quality, captured on a 2080Ti: No matter your choice, the game looked absolutely amazing to begin with, so I was eager to see how it looked with a variety of hardware to throw at it. ![]() Better still, it also smooths out some of the far-distance LOD pop-in, though that’s so infrequent that it’s hardly even worth mentioning. Favor performance drops the resolution to 1080p, but unlocks the framerate, clocking in at an immovable 30fps, regardless of how full of action and people the scene gets. Favor resolution pushes the game to 4K resolution for those who have a TV to match it, coming in at 30fps, with very infrequent drops to 27 or 28fps in very densely populated areas like the absolutely gorgeous Meridian City. I’m going to stick to the PS4 Pro as that had the best performance, offering up two modes for players - a “Favor resolution” and “Favor performance”. It’s been three and a half years since Guerrilla Games gave us this absolutely gorgeous game, and its sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, has recently been announced as a 2021-slated PlayStation 5 title, so what better time to release the original game on PC? The game already looked absolutely stunning on the PlayStation 4 Pro, offering up beautiful open world vistas in 4K, HDR lighting, and a rock solid framerate - what could the PC version bring to the table that we haven’t already seen? A whole heck of a lot, actually - let’s take a look at Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition on PC.īefore we jump into the PC version, we should take a closer examination of the PlayStation 4 version. Absolutely gorgeous, the game captivated us and gave us a completely unique combat experience as we fought giant mechanized dinosaurs in our battle to retake the planet we lost to time and mysticism. If there’s a title that made PC players seriously consider abandoning their favorite platform and picking up a console, it’s Horizon Zero Dawn.
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