Horizon Zero Dawn PC Revisited: It's So Much Better - But Is It Fully Fixed?

Sony has recently emphasised its commitment to the PC platform with news of an incoming wave of PC ports, starting with Days Gone. However, the firm's first proper outing for PlayStation conversions - Horizon Zero Dawn - fared badly. Many patches have been released and the game has improved, sometimes by a dramatic amount. Here's Alex with the full breakdown of the latest patch 1.10, stacked up against the original release.

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[mattlandry]

Holy shit I wasn't expecting them to actually try to fix this. I love when studios actually fix their mistakes to try and restore some good faith.

[ApexLodestar]

4:28 - for those looking for Alex's optimized settings

[PogueSquadron]

I feel like every PC game should just have a dynamic resolution setting at this point. Really helps those of us when framerates fluctuate between like, 50-60 fps.

[sainteagle]

Just downloaded this game yesterday and been playing it since; I love it so much. This video couldn't have come at a better time!

[RandyCR]

Playing it now with a 1070 at 60fps, 1080p and optimized settings and it runs absolutely amazing

[SantiagoSantiago]

Great news! Excited to give it another go

[oscarbarrios]

DF finds things I would never notice and that's even after 20 or so years playing videogames. There's one reason these guys are the go to place for technical analysis on videogames. Thank you for the update!

[awsomeboy]

This GAME is gorgeous. The art style is amazing. I cannot WAIT for the next game.

[ashwinthiagarajan]

15:40 The funny thing is, Kojima Productions was able to get the Decima engine running well on PC and added in DLSS

[notmedude]

"I didn't notice any impact on my RTX 2080 ti." Me cries in 970

[rickyrich]

None of you have the slightest idea of how long I’ve been waiting for this follow up. Great video as always, Alex!! 👍👍

[MrHendrikje]

Alex: "Do you see what is odd here?"
Me: "Uhh... No.. that looks nornal.."
Alex: "There is a black frame around the image!"
Me: *Sitting a little over 2 meters away from my 43 inch TV*

[kenrock]

Getting this on 2024.. The game is buttery smooth on rtx3060 on high settings. Really beautiful game and gameplay experience is amazing

[GuRuGeorge]

I just recently beat it on PC and its good. Especially the frozen wilds DLC is absolutely fantastic, especially since the facial animations are perfect and not so unrealistically, weirdly jittering anymore

[floatinggoose]

Playing through The Frozen Wilds on NG+ right now. This game did almost everything right

[pcgameboy]

Got my 3080 PC done about a week ago, and this is one of the first games I wanted to play on it, but wasn't sure since I heard the game was a rough port. Glad to see its playable now. Thank you devs for fixing it

[SlayerSeraph]

What about PS5 Native 4K 60fps and Remaster Patch for HZD?
Edit: And I still want Gravity Rush 2 & Bloodborne PS5 4K60 FPS Patch!
Edit 2: Oh and I don't even have a PS5 yet.

[Booksds]

Funny timing, I just finished the Frozen Wilds part of this game on PC earlier today! I had a great time with it

[muneebhamza]

I think Days Gone will have a much smoother launch because it's an Unreal Engine 4 title as compared to Horizon being built on a custom engine.

[stuartzimmermann]

Got to say even on my ps4 slim this game looks outstanding