Horizon Zero Dawn is getting a full PS5 glow-up, bringing it in line with its achingly beautiful successor, Horizon Forbidden West. Don’t worry if you’ve already made progress in Aloy’s inaugural adventure, however, as all of your progress will carry across. Remember, this is a $9.99 upgrade for all existing owners of the game – including those who claimed it during Sony’s Play At Home initiative during the pandemic.
“For those that have already played it, we’ve made sure that your old save games will work,” studio director Jan-Bart Van Beek wrote on the PS Blog. “So, this is a great opportunity to dive into New Game + or get back into Photo Mode with all your previously unlocked outfits and customisations.”
While it’s being officially described as a remaster, this is bordering on a remake, with re-recorded dialogue and motion capture, in addition to many other improvements. While the reception to Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered was overwhelmingly negative when it leaked, have you come around on the concept now you know more about it? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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A release noone needed.
Well, that sucks! There's nothing like going through a game and popping those Trophies. As someone that has been through the game 3 times now, it seems that there is little reason to return to it once again. At least the Trophies would have given me that reason...
Yes, read it on PSBlog! Will definitely finally do a NG+ run as it really looks impressive!
@Chupa_loyzer True, but for a 10$ upgrade on a game most of us received for free during the pandemic, I’ll take it. It was already looking really good on PS5 but this looks properly amazing.
Niiiiiice.
I'll definitely do another run on NG+ in that case. Will probably be my 4th or 5th time playing through it.
@Fiendish-Beaver You don't have to transfer your save if you want to start over.
I freely admit I figured this would be a lazy “now it runs natively with no real improvement!” thing.
I…stand corrected.
I'll upgrade just to do the New Game Plus playthrough on native PS5... But soon Sony /Playstation MUST have done everything released after Bloodborne so it can finally be BB's turn to get a remaster/remake?? PrettypleasewithsugarontopSony!
@Fiendish-Beaver You know you can just…not import your save, right?
At £10 - an amount I can spend on lunch, I'm pretty happy to have a better version of a game I really enjoyed.
As I said on another post, I like Zero Dawn better than Forbidden West, it has less bloat, Aloy isn't as obnoxious and traps play a much more vital role in combat.
This may even get me to play through it all over again.
Most likely won't go back to this as already completed it. Not played the dlc, so maybe. But yet to play Burning Shores and would rather give that a go instead.
Why would you buy the upgrade and then not want to start from the beginning?
I think I will just do it all again tbf.
Brilliant game so worth doing it again.
I’m old, its a great game and it’s been six years since I last played it so I’ve forgotten almost all of the game outside of the start and the final boss so I’ll definitely be buying the upgrade.
@Chupa_loyzer technically, we don’t need any video games. Some people will play it. For those who don’t want to. They don’t have to! 🤷🏾♂️
I will wait for the PS6 Pro enhanced re-remaster
@Fiendish-Beaver I thought we’d get a clean go at it. New trophy unlocks. It’s why I was about to play it again. But now I’m not. The Witcher 3 allowed me to platinum the game 3 times on 1 PSN account. Hell, I’m thinking about doing it again on my alt account lol.
@AhmadSumadi As previously said, you can just…not import your save. Unless you just can’t resist hitting that shiny import save button…
Give me that autopop platinum lol
10 dollar 20 second platinum 😱
Looked really impressive though. That reminds me, I still have the Platinum pending at 80% or so.
As long as there’s a separate trophy list I’m in!
Think I may have missed it.
I have the complete edition with the dlc. Is that part of the upgrade path? Is the dlc included in the ps5 version?
The only reason I wouldn’t if there are serious performance issues. I currently get 60fps on my PS5. Give me a 60fps performance mode and a 40fps balanced on the regular PS5 and we’re cool.
Without the upgrade path I wouldn't have, but for $10, sure, why not. Now, whether or not I'll actually play it again... probably not, or at least not for a while.
That’s sucks as it probably means the same trophy list / trophy auto pops even if you delete your save first. A big part of my motivation gone for playing the game through again.
@get2sammyb
But it usually indicates the same list being used.
I still think this is an unnecessary remaster, but I've got not complaints about how they're handling it. A substantial update with a reasonably priced upgrade path and save file compatability, it checks all the boxes.
If this is how they're handling remasters going forward and provided it doesn't take significant time away from new game development, I don't mind it.
I don't think this needed to be made. I do think $10 is fair for this kinda upgrade.
I might get it but not sure yet, don't really have the time to replay big games I already played.
You can't argue with a tenner to get the extra bells and whistles. If I feel the urge to go back to H:ZD then I'll probably play the PS5 one, but not desperate to go back right now. Maybe before a third instalment (though I fell off H:FW and need to get back to that first).
@thefourfoldroot1 Do games share trophy lists between the PS4 and PS5 version now? Because they used to be separate in every case I can think of.
I have this game on PC and it already looks really nice. It looks really nice on PS4 too. If ever there was a pointless Remaster then this is it.
All the trophy addicts will pay $10 just to autopop and move on.
This is one of those games, that I play once, and never again. The graphics and combat is great, but all the rest, was just beyond boring.
Aloy and the rest of the cast, are so boring and forgettable.
These remasters are so damn pointless.
But I'll bet we see one for the sequel as well, in a near future. Probably in time for the launch of the PS6...
When they offer the ps5 upgrade for a tenner, hard to be mad. Is it needed not really, will I buy it? Your god damn right I will.
This is awesome and great, fair price. I finished both games but never did Frozen Wilds, so I may start there. I could even see myself playing the game over again, it’s that good.
Sony had the choice to either get $10 or $0 out of me and they chose wisely.
Ended up being a good move by Sony, instead of releasing a full price remake making it a $10 upgrade.. Everybody went from pure hate mode to "I'll buy that, at least to see how it looks for myself".
@Voltan
Isn’t there a native PS5 edition? I played on PS5 but might have been in back compat. If not then there should indeed be a separate list. Happy days!
@Fiendish-Beaver also PS6 might only be bc with PS5 games and not PS4
Same as many others, for £10, why the hell not?
I'm just slightly annoyed with myself I replayed it last year... Should have waited!
@Fiendish-Beaver nothing stopping you from starting a new game on it...
Wasnt going to bother getting this but for the price of a takeout i think i will do now considering i got the game for free in days of play offer way back. Not really paid alot of attention to it but looking on youtube it looms alot better.... and thats on my mobile phone.
@Fiendish-Beaver I 100% agree. At least if they would of made a completely new trophy list with more challenging trophies then I would 100% play it, but not with the same old same old easy ass boring trophies
@PSme That seems unlikely.
The PS5 was already designed in a way to get effectively flawless BC and PS4 BC should come to the PS6 as easily as it does the PS5.
The industry is at a point now where there are no excuses. Yes PS3 BC doesn't exist on the ps4 or ps5 but thats more to do with the nature of the ps3 than the other machines.
Now BC is baked into the hardware design, and it seems unlikely that Sony would make such a change as to lose all that compatibility they've built up now. A few games may not work properly, this was even the case with ps1 games on ps2 (and some ps2 games on slims as well) because some games will always do something a little "off spec"
I bet 20 bucks that 9 out 10 of you who buy this upgrade will never actually play it!
@thefourfoldroot1 Pretty sure it was just the PS4 version and remaster is PS5 only
@PSme The fact that they have announced AMD as their partner because backwards compatibility is important likely means PS4 and PS5 will be BC with PS6. They have engineered the architecture of both PS4 and PS5 all to be similar so that this is much easier than it was in the past.
Didn't really love this one but maybe because I played it during pandemic and everything was gloomy. Will give it another go and happy to pay £10. I just know I'm going to absolutely hate that final mission where they just keep throwing wave after wave of machines at you
I wish I could transfer my PS4 progress to the PC. I haven't finished the game. Forget everything about it, so probably I should start over.
@PSme as others have said, this would be highly unlikely. PS4 is the highest selling modern home console and to just alienate that base of games would not only be stupid but idiotic. Also, AMD still making their chips, also big focus on BC on PS%, it's not just going to stop there. I would take those rumors saying otherwise with a pinch of salt.
I get that, @BigJoze, but there's nothing like the sense of achievement when you pop that Trophy. You cannot get that with a new game when your progress carries over...
Precisely that, @AhmadSumadi. Popping those Trophies is fun, and we won't get to do that here. It would be nice to have the option as to whether we carried over our progress, because I know I wouldn't...
I own and will double dip if the PS5 version includes everything on the on disc with a physical edition.
You can, @dskatter? I've not seen this as an option before, I've always thought it to be automatic. Even if you don't use the same save from the original game, the Trophies will still be popped because they are from the same, original list. Happy to be corrected if that is not the case...
@Fiendish-Beaver
For offline games we always get the choice about carrying over save progress (just delete your save from the console). The question is whether it shares a trophy list, but someone pointed out to me that this never had a PS4 version (amazingly) which, if true, means this should be a different SKU with a new list. Fingers crossed anyway.
Are you sure about the Trophies though, @get2sammyb? There is a difference between your saved game, and the Trophies, is there not? If the Trophies list is the same and you've popped them on your PS4, then they'll be popped on the new version because the Trophies are linked to your profile. Happy to be corrected if that's wrong...
The way this article reads, @thefourfoldroot1, the Trophy list is one and the same. So if you've already popped that Trophy on the PS5, it'll be popped in this version because the Trophy is on your profile. I'd love that to be wrong because it gives a reason to play through the game once more...
@Fiendish-Beaver I would imagine it gives you the option to carry the progress over. If not, I'd also imagine the trophies wouldn't start popping unless you load up your previous save
That'll be cool, @BigJoze, but the way I read this article, the games share the same Trophies, so if you've popped them on your PS4, you've popped them full-stop. Would love for you to be right though...
Is there a new trophy list? And will transferring a save pop the trophies? And is the frozen Wilds DLC included?
If it’s a new list and the trophies don’t auto-pop, I’d spend the $10 to upgrade and re-platinum it, especially since I never got around to the DLC. If not though I won’t bother.
@Fiendish-Beaver I have never had a first party PS4 to PS5 import saves automatically. You always have to deliberately have it happen, like Spider-Man, etc.
No, sorry, @dskatter, I meant where there is a shared Trophy list, not the game saves, which I agree, you have to manually agree too...
@Fiendish-Beaver
I only read that you can transfer your game saves over, if it’s a new SKU it could well have another trophy list, and historically that’s what’s happened most of the time. It could be treated as a DLC rather than a new SKU of course, a la Resi 8 VR, but probably not (hopefully).
@Fiendish-Beaver Then don't transfer your progress over... the trophies in this game are trivial anyways, you effectively get the platinum just for playing the content you paid for.
@Hesse
My position exactly.
@thefourfoldroot1 It's a native PS5 app, of course it's a new SKU. They're hardly remastering the game for PS4 (and no, there's no PS5 SKU already. There's a patch for the PS4 version to hit 60FPS only on PS5, but that's all).
From what I remember, @thefourfoldroot1, Horizon Forbidden Dawn was a PS4 game. It came out in 2017, so about 4 years after the console first released. I don't think it was on the PS3...
I might bite on the upgrade. Played it on PC. Have yet to play it on console. Besides I got it free in their giveaway a few years ago.
@Fiendish-Beaver
I hope the same as you do, new trophy list.
@MrPeanutbutterz
Yep, that’s the info I was missing at the beginning. I thought for sure this would have been one of their games to get a PS5 version, but clearly not. Should have noticed really, it’s right there in the title. New SKU, (almost) certainly new trophy list 👍
@Fiendish-Beaver If this is like every other PS4 to PS5 upgrade I’ve seen, there will be separate trophy lists.
One reason being the whole dlc thing. The dlc trophies were added later for the original game. I’m willing to bet they’ll be in one unified listing for the PS5 version, so separate from the PS4 version.
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