Which version should I play?

[A BUSH WOOKIE]

I own the original and the remake, I have never played either. Which version do you guys recommend for the first experience and why?

[longjohn119]

If you have reasonably up to date hardware then the Remaster is the way to go. If you are on older hardware then the original version is the way to go. The game plays basically the same with either version as far as I can tell and I've done everything in the main game except the ending segment which I'll probably do tonight

[Parry Hotter]

Original version is still great. This newer version is even better if you have the hardware. One of many changes is that the shifty eyes from the NPC’s is gone.

[Dude Guyman]

I prefer the original, because the remaster looks different, NOT better, but runs much worse at ~60-70% frame rate with lower settings. The lighting is very artificial and over bright looking. It crashes a LOT, and worst of all is this new restricted max FOV:

Original at 90 of 100 (not even max), remaster at +25 (max):

https://i.imgur.com/omueJDn.gif

[Nekogod]

Originally posted by Dude Guyman:

I prefer the original, because the remaster looks different, NOT better, but runs much worse at ~60-70% frame rate with lower settings. The lighting is very artificial and over bright looking. It crashes a LOT, and worst of all is this new restricted max FOV:

Original at 90 of 100 (not even max), remaster at +25 (max):
https://i.imgur.com/omueJDn.gif

Remaster looks better for me and runs fine at max settings, not had a single crash yet.

OP If your hardware can handle it then play the remaster, the experience is basically identical, though the remaster does have some new QoL additions in the settings, for example no animation/autopickup, customisable difficulty, accessibility options etc

[Resalius...]

Originally posted by Nekogod:

Originally posted by Dude Guyman:

I prefer the original, because the remaster looks different, NOT better, but runs much worse at ~60-70% frame rate with lower settings. The lighting is very artificial and over bright looking. It crashes a LOT, and worst of all is this new restricted max FOV:

Original at 90 of 100 (not even max), remaster at +25 (max):
https://i.imgur.com/omueJDn.gif

Remaster looks better for me and runs fine at max settings, not had a single crash yet.

OP If your hardware can handle it then play the remaster, the experience is basically identical, though the remaster does have some new QoL additions in the settings, for example no animation/autopickup, customisable difficulty, accessibility options etc

same for me.
Remastered looks better and runs smooth @4k Max settings.
Just DLSS is a little bit weird. (litte bit blurry sometimes)

Gameplay is smooth, 0 crashes.
But: runs with a little less FPS compared to Forbidden West
+ in some ares the machines are a little bit smarter. (in ZD original some machines got stuck in weird positions. Remastered solved that problem for me)

[YOU]

As others suggested: Remaster if you have the hardware otherwise stick to the old version. I have the original version but never finished it because the image seemed too grainy (it was expected since the port was from PS4 version).
I am enjoying the remastered version much better than the original version. (Doing every side quest and exploring the map) I don't even have high end hardware, it runs fine for me on High settings. Not a single crash yet after 26 hours.

[A BUSH WOOKIE]

I have decent hardware,..I will go with the remaster, thanks guys!

[McMoisty]

aside from some graphic and QoL changes, is there any differences in the remastered and original, i have yet to buy a game but the complete edition is looking more appetizing if there's nothing much more to the remastered

[eric.anthony.zed]

Originally posted by Dude Guyman:

I prefer the original, because the remaster looks different, NOT better, but runs much worse at ~60-70% frame rate with lower settings. The lighting is very artificial and over bright looking. It crashes a LOT, and worst of all is this new restricted max FOV:

Original at 90 of 100 (not even max), remaster at +25 (max):
https://i.imgur.com/omueJDn.gif

I have 40+ hours running this at 4k ultra and have not had the game crash once and am getting 90 fps with dlss and over 120 fps with frame gen - 4080 and 7900x w/ 32 gb 6000 ram.

[Dude Guyman]

Originally posted by eric.anthony.zed:

I have 40+ hours running this at 4k ultra and have not had the game crash once and am getting 90 fps with dlss and over 120 fps with frame gen - 4080 and 7900x w/ 32 gb 6000 ram.

Fair enough. The crashing may be to do with my system. I recently added RAM from 2x8 to 4x8 for 32 GB and the second "identical" pair I bought has different chips on it (may need to tweak timings). The first set was Samsung, the second CXMT chips, but it seems stable everywhere else, so /shrug, don't know.

Still, the artificial looking, over-bright lighting, much worse performance (lower end RX 6600 GPU), and that restricted FOV kill it for me.

[ZemX]

Originally posted by McMoisty:

aside from some graphic and QoL changes, is there any differences in the remastered and original, i have yet to buy a game but the complete edition is looking more appetizing if there's nothing much more to the remastered :praiseham:

Yes, it's all visual and QoL updates. No change to story or gameplay. If you have not bought the Complete edition yet then you get both Complete and Remaster for the same price in the Steam bundle now, so you can try both and see if the visual upgrades run well and appeal to you.

[longjohn119]

Originally posted by Resalius...:

Originally posted by Nekogod:

Remaster looks better for me and runs fine at max settings, not had a single crash yet.

OP If your hardware can handle it then play the remaster, the experience is basically identical, though the remaster does have some new QoL additions in the settings, for example no animation/autopickup, customisable difficulty, accessibility options etc

same for me.
Remastered looks better and runs smooth @4k Max settings.
Just DLSS is a little bit weird. (litte bit blurry sometimes)

Gameplay is smooth, 0 crashes.
But: runs with a little less FPS compared to Forbidden West
+ in some ares the machines are a little bit smarter. (in ZD original some machines got stuck in weird positions. Remastered solved that problem for me)

Update the DLSS DLL and it should work better, the version of DLSS the game uses is over a year old. In fact Nvidia just released a new version back on the 13th

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-dlss-dll/

[GillBates]

For me, the Remaster is unstable, crashed and hung frequently. And I didn't notice it was much better looking. I'm sticking with the original

[Trantor]

Originally posted by GillBates:

For me, the Remaster is unstable, crashed and hung frequently. And I didn't notice it was much better looking. I'm sticking with the original

If your system can handle the max. settings, there's a huge difference.

[Aikar]

there is slight change to gameplay, in that double tapping movement does a dodge roll now, that def was a different feel while playing.

as well as shooting arrows at machines just feels different too, like i never had issues hitting on orig version but soon as I switched to remastered I felt like all my shots were missing.

I think arrow hitbox registration changed.