PS4 Classic Horizon Zero Dawn Set to Leave PS Plus Extra

I guess this confirms the existence of that rumoured Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 remaster/remake from awhile back. Sony did the same thing with Spider-Man PS4 when they made Spider-Man Remastered available standalone on PS5.

Tbh I'm hoping for a ps5 remake or remastered for this was my favourite ps4 title

Horizon Zero Dawn remastered for $70 essentially confirmed.

Might be announced at the rumored showcase. I expect a lot more remasters to get ready for the PlayStation productions shows and movies, soci expect native versions of gow 2018 and days gone.

I would like some kind of just simple touch up remaster

I do not want a full remake. It would straight up be a waste to remake a game like that when the tech between the PS4 and PS5 isn’t that big and the visuals for Horizon still largely hold up. It would just be creative bankruptcy on Sony’s part if that’s what they remake instead of dormant but popular IP.

@Ajfennell77 I would love that too horizon is one of my favourite franchises I have played 136 hours of forbidden west

Hope forbidden west doesn't follow any time soon. I'm planning to play it through the service while I still have it

@Deoxyr1bose When I got my PS5 Frozen Wilds was the first thing I played and I was still stunned by the visuals especially the with the fluid 60fps added. But then I played Forbidden West 6 months later and the tech improvements were a lot more pronounced than I expected.

I don't think a full Remake is needed or wanted by most but the tech improvements are big between the two games.

Most people here and many out there will have it digitally anyway due to Play at Home. You remember 2021? FFP2, social distancing etc.

I'd take the option to lock the cam to the side like what I believe Forbidden West has over a remake. I really freaking dug the time I spent on Zero Dawn, but unfortunately I couldn't get used to the wandering camera and moved on.

honestly, i don't think the SpiderMan game was removed as a "normal content refresh", that's just what they said. it was removed because the new game was coming out and it was probably going to increase interest in the older game. they did it for the sales.

it's like xbox's third party games on gamepass. usually when something new in the game series is coming . they will pull it from gamepass a few months prior (for example just before the new Plague's Tale Requiem game released, they pulled the first one from the service)

To be honest, It could just be to get people to buy it before it is removed and they lose access. It may also mean that Horizon Forbidden West could be coming to the Service to drive more Subscriptions. People may have to rush through or buy H:ZD to finish it before H:FW comes.

Chances are, if they are porting it to PS5, it wouldn't be a 'free' upgrade anyway.

@Grumblevolcano Haha yeah, why WOULD you make new and exciting games when you can just remaster ten year old games.. Though I suppose Nintendo is guilty of the same thing.

There's really no more creativity anymore in the gaming industry.

The reason? Money. Sony being consumer friendly as always.

I could see slimy Sony making a move like that. Corporate greed knows no bounds.

spiderman removed
last of us 2 removed
horizon zero dawn removed

I suspect a remaster of horizon zero dawn. fingers crossed its for a £5 to £10 fee like spiderman and last of us 2 were.

@BAMozzy Forbidden West has been in PS Plus Extra for quite some time.

Wasnt horizon zero dawn complete edition meant to be a claim once and keep forever sorta thing ? Along side the ratchet game? Or is this another version?

@Ultrasmiles If you redeemed it as part of the Play at Home free games program in 2021, you own it forever. This is about those who don't own it but rather are playing it via the PS+ Extra/Premium subscription.

@Lup i mean obviously, they aren't making these games for free , and its not a charity. people keep pulling this "consumer friendly" entitlement , and then act shocked when games that don't make money get canceled. if games aren't making money , they aren't going to make them and you'll have no one to blame but yourself.

I bought the GOY edition years ago, got this out to try on the PS PORTAL and I've loved it.
Looks great even on a 1080p handheld

@Grumblevolcano i was going to say that too , i think people forgot about the play at home thing during covid , yeah thats for you to keep forever.

Same thing happened with Spider-Man and TLOU Part 2 before the remaster was announced so this pretty much confirms the Zero Dawn remaster that was rumored a while back.

And tbh, this is yet another unnecessary remaster.

.....great.....

@IOI i mean most things are unnecessary , if you aren't interested in it , then you can simply pass. i loved the game , and i'd gladly replay the ps5 version if its a 10$ upgrade.

Just port Horizon Zero Dawn to PS5 at 60fps, you literally don't need to do anything else.

For a company that lacks transparency it sure is easy to see through their bullcrap.

Killzone full remake please, with the deep lore actually part of the story, and not tucked away on a website

@ATaco pretty much the pc version on ps5 and i'll be happy , better lighting , fps , ect.

At this point, who wouldn't own the copy.
It got free at the start of pandemic.

Well say hi to Horizon remastered! As long as there is some upgrade path like for tlou2 then I have no problem, if is a full priced purchase for everyone then I will personally show them were they can shove it!

I'd love to read a new about Sony forgetting to renew the license with its own studio. They fail so hard sometimes, it wouldn't even surprise me. Or they just love to give all of us the bird.

@twitchtvpat

I didn't ask for a "remake". And of course games are made for money. But just removing the old version like that is a crappy move.

Real added value here fellas, totally worth paying extra for Extra

Good thing i'm only 5 hours or so in.
Would have liked to finish it but I'm definitely not gonna buy a remaster.
Might pick it up when it's 5 bucks or less

I'd happy pay a tenner for an upgrade. Especially as picked up the free version in the pandemic

@pyrrhic_victory I would love to see KZ3 even if they knly release the multiplayer i played that game so i even Platinumed it.

@Lup You could get the old game for next to nothing. I played it more then 100 hours without the expansion.

And there are more people in the world than you. 😅

@Flaming_Kaiser Seriously. The complete edition with the Frozen Wilds has been down to $10 on the PS store several times

@Lup i mean i hate to break it to you but they make games for millions of people , of course there are going to be some that don't ask for something. also its a super cheap game now. if you haven't played it by now, honestly i doubt you ever will , its been out for years.

I never understand the point of this. Same when God of War 2018 was on PS Now. Just like why? If not through PS+ Extra, people will just buy it digital for whatever price sure but if they don't do that the bargain bin red banner hits or original copies pre-owned will be bought by those that shop physical (obviously those that have the game already via physical, digital or Play At Home prior).

Like people that stumble across the game in a catalogue may notice it more, some people may replay it that way and also why not keep it in there like Gampass does all 1st party unless licensing issues like Quantum Break? I just don't get the point of removing it.

If Sony wants more digital sales (besides the PC audience being newer of sales for it) what about if people only get it discounts or people physical get it preowned. There is plenty of ways to get it and many ways to get people interested in the service too.

I mean why have many PS3 1st party in there but not long lasting PS4 games? Is it because preparation for a remake/PS5 remaster because oh we REALLY NEED THOSE.

I am not into Horizon gameplay wise but the world/story was good. I own a physical copy but didn't play the game until the Complete Edition via Play At Home and went I'll give it a go. 20 hours in to get a general sense of everything it offered besides core story and yeah it's fine. Not my thing but I see the appeal. I liked Killzone more from Guerilla but that's just me.

Discoverability or the feeling of going back to it matters even if yeah it's 1st party but even still. PS4 games not staying on the service for 1st party that shouldn't be an issue compared to 3rd party agreements making sense and in cases where the 3rd parties have their own services they would like to highlight their games it makes sense why they would or lack of relevance/playing of the game on a service they change their mind.

If for licensing then sure but Horizon to me doesn't seem like it's the kind of game I'd see that being an issue for.

@pyrrhic_victory Even a better reaction if you wanted to play it you had so many chances to get it and physically you can still ger it if you look around for a cheap price.

@SuntannedDuck2 I had the same issue and wanted to quit the game but somehow i was in the starting area for 30 hours i went our and i loved it so much. The best thing i liked was the collectables thar filled in the story it was so fun and the fantastic photo mode. I played it for a 100 plus hours withour touching the expansion. 😅

@Flaming_Kaiser I was going to expand but I cut it back in my comment. Glad you enjoyed it. The beginning area is fair. Not as confusing as every Zelda game does for me.

I see the appeal but to me it's just not fun enough for me to play. Like I played Second Son but for the side content those missions had enough fair ideas in them to make me want to play. The story, the most boring missions. The story itself was fine and I did beat the game story, the stories told in the games are fine.

But the things you do in them are not fun in the slightest to me personally they just feel like talking, defeating enemies and going places. Linear games mix this up but in an open world to me the design is just not fun how they present it and also going somewhere every 5 minutes just no. Running, climbing or riding an animal just no.

Wow how fun. When the others had spray painting, finding cameras, and a few other things they felt more fun to do.

The world is fine, it has enough to explore I think it kind of had a playground feel to it (less of a city recreation (yes it is a recreation of a real location but in an apocalypse way so it's more interesting) which I find those boring just buildings and some spaces for other things the vericality doesn't challenge me between buildings or running places) but my problem was that I went ok some collectibles/structures (which sure in Uncharted was fair but it was linear so it was different) this and that trials and so on. Wasn't feeling it. The giraffes as moving towers was fine enough even if some were confusing how to get up to them.

Also the cinematic focus of Sony games just stopped making me care. Uncharted sure, they did a few on PS2 as well with Jet Li, 24 The Game, etc. but making it the 'main focus' after Last of Us or Order 1886 among others (Ratchet 2016 disappointing/same with Rift Apart) pushed me away in 2017+ and I just went to Japan Studio/London studio games (dead studios now), Nintendo consoles (Wii U 2018, 3DS 2020, Switch 2021, Vita 2017/PS1-3 and PSP collecting) or AA and Indie third parties on PS4 and still am besides retro games. Obviously playing Horizon during 2021 was fair but eh.

The cauldrons I hoped would be better with some fair dungeon design but to me they were the worst part. Visually fair, but not navigation fun and the bosses were just annoying.

Part of it was the character level I was at but in some cases I felt like I was being funneled to level up TOO much and I didn't enjoy that. Doing things to level up wasn't fun.

The weapons/combat is good even if lack of gyro bugged me but it's still playable.

Levels to determine an area isn't a bad thing but when each area had a few things and after a while doing the same checklist types and not having fun with them you get more and more bored or fine with what is going on/care for the story.

The story is fine but the gameplay bored me so much and I've heard about the story from family spoilers and all anyway (didn't bother me I usually forget or still treat a game like it's new, I did the same with Portal 1 & 2 treated them as new when I played them) that loved New Dawn didn't like some changes to Forbidden West.

To me Sunset Overdrive with tower defence moments were more fun then any game with towers like Horizon or Spiderman that I disliked (I got excited at the lab puzzles unlocking then I did most of Spiderman).

The worlds are presented fair, the presentation is good, but a lot of the soul/gameplay is not fun to me at all. The soul of the worlds are not fun to play. That's an issue I have with A LOT of open worlds. The movesets and the level design/missions bore me.

I am used to 3D platformers with minigames and even then I don't care for those either as to me open worlds are just that but larger worlds and I don't want to play any of that. So I'm more a linear person or circuits type player I just prefer more balanced linear design.

Unless the open worlds mix up the missions to be more fun like some games.

Photo modes are fine....... Most of the time I use the photo modes/Share feature for odd things rather than cool sights to see. Other than that for years I never used them because I already remember what I experienced or nothing stood out to me.

@SuntannedDuck2 I have to disagree with you a lot on a personal level but thats fine we all have different a taste. I had a blast riding, fighting with the bow, pinning down the massive robots.

I even loved walking the areas where fun to traverse and explore. Nothing was inaccessible after a certain point in the story a masterpiece of how not to lock me out of completing a 100% of the game.

Infamous Second Son was fantastic for me. The worst thing for me was the last powers didnt have a lot of use for me because i already completed the full story and side quests with the original.

The expansion from Second Son was a game i really loved the traversel options so much from the Neon powers. Even better then speed of traversel was a blast and the power upgrades. .