Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered - open world action-RPG from Guerilla Games

[Morgoth]

I finished this the other day, at least the main campaign and a score of sidequests. I almost quit after the first 7-8 hours, but eventually pulled ahead and started to surrender to this beautiful post-post apocalyptic fantasy. It's just a matter of going into it with patience and the right mood.

Listening to the audio logs and stirring around skeleton's living spaces had a certain charm, both in an endearing and morbid-melancholic way. Kudos to the writers here. Nice to see a story where humanity actually succeeded in fucking up thoroughly. Except for the more convoluted plot that then tries to come up with explanations why humans and life at large still exist on this planet. I mean blimey. What a confusing mess of a plot. Machines devoring bio mass? Err... The creation of Gaia and Hades as terraformer and destroyer? But why? A religious sect worshipping a machine god? Oh I get that! Et cetera.

This is one of those plots that you just have to stop taking seriously and fully indulge into with an open mind I guess.

Thankfully, the gorgeous biomes and versatile combat just kept me motivated enough to push on.

It's conceptually a great game, dragged down by a bloated game corpse and a wildly incoherent story. Still, the few highs gleamed bright and the lows remained mid.

7/10 game.

 

[kangaxx]

Agreed - it's one I switched my brain off for and played on the dirty Playstation. Combat was bang average, but until the "mystery unravelled" it was somewhat interesting wondering what had happened for the world to end up like that.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

I thought it was brain-melting retarded. Oh yeah, I said I was going to do a write up of it didn't I...

 

[cvv]

It's conceptually a great game, dragged down by a bloated game corpse and a wildly incoherent story.

Definitely a fun open-world game - for what it is - but for me it's dragged down primarily by the annoying and boring main character.

I guess it shows how well the rest of the game is put together if even the botched main protagonist can't ruin it for most people. I wished I could play as Sylens in Zero Dawn and I DESPERATELY wished so in Forbidden West where Alloy is even more obnoxious and boring, believe it or not.

 

[kangaxx]

She makes a comment at some point about an NPC staring at her tits. I nearly fell off my chair... one of the ugliest characters in any game I've played.

 

[Morgoth]

It's conceptually a great game, dragged down by a bloated game corpse and a wildly incoherent story.

Definitely a fun open-world game - for what it is - but for me it's dragged down primarily by the annoying and boring main character.

I guess it shows how well the rest of the game is put together if even the botched main protagonist can't ruin it for most people. I wished I could play as Sylens in Zero Dawn and I DESPERATELY wished so in Forbidden West where Alloy is even more obnoxious and boring, believe it or not.

Oh Aloy didn't really bother me much. I'm not exactly a fan of her appearance either (dreadlocks ew), but her voice and calm personality was a nice change from the usual girl boss caricatures.

 

[Nikanuur]

It's conceptually a great game, dragged down by a bloated game corpse and a wildly incoherent story.

Definitely a fun open-world game - for what it is - but for me it's dragged down primarily by the annoying and boring main character.

I guess it shows how well the rest of the game is put together if even the botched main protagonist can't ruin it for most people. I wished I could play as Sylens in Zero Dawn and I DESPERATELY wished so in Forbidden West where Alloy is even more obnoxious and boring, believe it or not.

Oh Aloy didn't really bother me much. I'm not exactly a fan of her appearance either (dreadlocks ew), but her voice and calm personality was a nice change from the usual girl boss caricatures.

I always thought that how she looked actually made sense. She was no posh city self-proclaimed queen or something but a sturdy she-hunter from semi-frozen lands. Burly features to be expected, and all.

 

[cvv]

I always thought that how she looked actually made sense. She was no posh city self-proclaimed queen or something but a sturdy she-hunter from semi-frozen lands. Burly features to be expected, and all.

Warts, greasy hair and armpit odor is expected from a 50 yo janitor lady, that doesn't mean I wanna play as her.

 

[cvv]

Mods can really transform your... enjoyment of games.

 

[Rahdulan]

These fuckers really can't release a game without being overshadowed by something. Every single time.

 

[Yosharian]

Hot take: HZD is no better or worse than RDR. Both are really mediocre games.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Drowed]

From the comments, people apparently aren't very happy with the remaster. Most are complaining about needing a PSN account, which is indeed stupid, but doesn't affect me. It seems like your saves are imported, which is also good. But there are many conflicting opinions about the performance, some saying it's very good, others saying the game has terrible stutters and drops all the time.

From what it sounds like, it's better to replay the original if you need, because the improvements seem to be negligible.



I honestly prefer the original's contrast and deeper blacks. Many scenes seem washed out, like the brightness was increased without any other adjustments. But maybe it's just me.

 

[Nikanuur]

I honestly prefer the original's contrast and deeper blacks. Many scenes seem washed out, like the brightness was increased without any other adjustments. But maybe it's just me.

It's not only you.