$10 for an remaster

[SoulSteppe]

.....is it worth it?

[Bozz Collin]

Originally posted by Avalanche:

Originally posted by Bozz Collin:

That’s not all. The re-did the motion capture, re-recorder most of the dialogue and gave it a pretty big graphics overhaul to match Forbidden West, which looks miles better than OG Zero Dawn.

Its not like they could do a full on re-record of ALL dialog...is it?

Seriously though, i am not sure who they are going to get to do that infamous dudes voice....may the actor rest in peace.

That's why I said "most of" the dialogue has been re-recorded.

[Golden Boy]

Originally posted by Mizzt:

It's probably going to look the same as the original, just with worse performance and a bloated file size.

Probably a good thing they're keeping this version separate from the original, but for $10? Seriously?

modern gaming rocks

[Bozz Collin]

Originally posted by Golden Boy:

Originally posted by Mizzt:

It's probably going to look the same as the original, just with worse performance and a bloated file size.

Probably a good thing they're keeping this version separate from the original, but for $10? Seriously?

modern gaming rocks

I still don’t understand people that say things like that. It doesn’t “probably look the same and perform worse.” The store page has screenshots and details, you know? It looks far better than the original and will perform like Forbidden West, given that they upgraded Zero Dawn’s graphics to be on par with FW.

Nobody is forcing you to buy a remaster. It’s a nice option for those that are interested. If not interested, you actually have this magical power that allows you to ignore it and you lose nothing.

[80TCS]

No, not worth it with the ENFORCED PSN Account.

[OOFleming]

After I played HFW i thought i would give HZD another run through (before I knew about the remaster) and HZD looked so dated.

And yes it worth the upgrade, the amount of work gone in to this remaster is quite substantial even after using a lot of assets from HFW there is also a lot of textures the have been completely reworked, tessellation added to areas that was flat.
There are videos that give in-depth details on whats been updated

[OOFleming]

Originally posted by 80TCS:

No, not worth it with the ENFORCED PSN Account.

Wow you must pirate a lot of games if you don't like being FORCED to sign into an account to play games....... oh wait, you're on STEAM! WHAT THE ♥♥♥♥ DO YOU THINK THAT IS NUMBNUTS!

[Camellia]

I think it's worth it alone for the mocap for all conversations that they did to match with Forbidden West.

[Thegreyfox]

Originally posted by thegevin:

I'd like to see a side by side.
But, honestly, I've already played the game & had my fun.
Not sure if I'm going to play it again.
If all they did was add ultrawide support and unlock framerate, this should have been a free patch.

Sure! Rebaking 12 different lightings (for the differents time off day which by the way is even demanding for a renderfarm) on the WHOLE map + hd terrain + HD textures + updating the lighting system and volumetric lighting/shadows to a level which is not even achievable in the version of the engine zero dawn was using. Transfering all the mocap from former to new models HD chara models, adding new camera angles for every dialogues in the game in a forbidden west style + adding all the performance capture on face on the whole game...

Dude your statement is lightyears aways from the reality of crafting this remaster. They basically ported forbiden west graphics to the 1st game which might have took at least 1 year. I'm not saying all this upgrade was necessary but saying you should not pay for devs having worked for 1 year. And don't tell me that modding could have reach this level for all the reasons above, this is total BS. Just look at the current states of the mods of zero dawn... You should also check for what is involved with porting a game to ultrawide when using a checkerborad rendring method, this is also a big deal. Game dev is way more complicated than you think. Please pay respect to the people who work very hard on this. You guys are killing me not knowing anything about what you're talking and if you are wondering why this is very important to me well maybe think a bit...

[PawgaliciouS QueeN]

Originally posted by SoulSteppe:

.....is it worth it?

This sort of thing used to be a free patch on pc, so absolutely not.

[Thegreyfox]

Originally posted by MurderliciouS_Systematic:

Originally posted by SoulSteppe:

.....is it worth it?

This sort of thing used to be a free patch on pc, so absolutely not.

NO. You need to know what you are talking about... This is not a patch. They rebuilt the game from the ground up under a diffrent engine... I'm not gonna explain this in detail again. I think you know how to read. If it's worth it is another question.

[PawgaliciouS QueeN]

Originally posted by Thegreyfox:

Originally posted by MurderliciouS_Systematic:

This sort of thing used to be a free patch on pc, so absolutely not.

NO. You need to know what you are talking about... This is not a patch. They rebuilt the game from the ground up under a diffrent engine... I'm not gonna explain this in detail again. I think you know how to read. If it's worth it is another question.

It's the same engine; decima.

[White Wolf]

Those who can't see what NIXXES have done, are probably best staying on a 1080p setup or just go back to playing on an xbox 360.

[DOOM Maternal]

I have zero interest in replaying what I already played. From what I understand saves can be transferred so I COULD finish the frozen wilds dlc in the remaster. Even for $15, it would just be like buying the dlc again, I don't see the point.

[longjohn119]

If you want to replay the game then it is definitely worth it since this looks to be one of the best if not the best Remaster ever made

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/10/17/horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-a-deep-dive-into-its-enhancements/

If you aren't interested in replaying the game then it's probably not worth it

[Thegreyfox]

Originally posted by MurderliciouS_Systematic:

Originally posted by Thegreyfox:

NO. You need to know what you are talking about... This is not a patch. They rebuilt the game from the ground up under a diffrent engine... I'm not gonna explain this in detail again. I think you know how to read. If it's worth it is another question.

It's the same engine; decima.

I KNOW!... This is specified in my 1st post please just read correclty. I assumed you knew how to read but apparently not. I explained that the lighting sytem they deployed was not even achievable in the previous version of the engine... It's decima from 2017. Which is like comparing unreal 3 to unreal 4 they are not the same engine. Many function are rewritten or totally replaced by new ones. You can't port game from version to version of an engine in the blink of an eye... Dude I've been doing 3d realtime rendering/CGI for 8 years now in the VFX industry. This is my job I'm passionate and I know what I'm talking about. I can garanty a lot of work went into this remaster. Damn how many times will I have to explain... Or maybe you wanna teach me a bit more about my job?

Do you realize how rude this is to us earing here and there people spitting on our work and knowing litterally nothing about it?