{
"post": {
"title": "Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered vs Original Graphics Comparison - Are The Visual Changes Drastic?",
"selftext": "",
"url": "https://youtu.be/Iwcx_r79LdE"
},
"comments": [
{
"body": "I find it interesting that they didn't mention the biggest visual change, which is the animations during dialogues."
},
{
"body": "Digital foundry made a video going over how drastic of a change it is compared to the original, that being said, it's the same game. if you had the original when it came out theres like 0 reason to upgrade unless your looking to replay the game or can find a cheap key to upgrade with but with how much better FW is i would save the money but hey thats just me.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Cheap, as in like 10 USD?"
},
{
"body": "I upgraded simply because I never finished the damn game. I have both of them and for the life of me can’t get into them enough to finish them but I’m stubborn and keep trying lmao. One of these days it’s bound to catch me",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Life’s too short to waste time in endeavors not worth your time."
},
{
"body": "i hope you can find yourself to enjoy them - i personally enjoy ZD more than FW just due to the story"
},
{
"body": "Honestly I found both of the games to just be so incredibly bland. ",
"replies": [
{
"body": "The concept of prehistoric robot dinosaurs is amazing to me, but the way its executed in Horizon is... underwhelming, and I feel a complete lack of connection to Aloy.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Story is fine enough for me. But just the gameplay felt so hollow and repetitive to me."
},
{
"body": "I adore Aloy in ZD, and her horrible baggage. The voice actress did a 10/10 job, but the character model and gameplay chat loop help. She's lonely and talks to herself. It's relatable.\n\nIn FW she's ... less vibrant. As many serieses, the sequel is the lesser game.\n\nRobot dinosaurs is amazing, even the simple way they did it by yoinking the FarCry formula."
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "its a $10 upgrade lol. People out here acting like its a big deal"
},
{
"body": "And if you’re looking to replay the game, there’s even less reason why you should shell out to play something you already own.\n\nI can see this being an enticing prospect for new players, but little else. (I’m aware that there are people who will buy anything with “Horizon” slapped on the box.)",
"replies": [
{
"body": "If you previously played on a PS4 with a 1080p tv and now have a PS5 and much nicer and larger 4K tv, I think that’s an enticing upgrade.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "I don’t think you need to come up with a justification here. If you’re willing to pay to replay a game, then that’s your money to spend however you like."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "[deleted]",
"replies": [
{
"body": "As did I, Please watch the digital foundry video it's more than a texture pack."
},
{
"body": "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. An optional graphical upgrade exists…… OH THE HORROR! The humanity! Gaming is DEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAD! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
},
{
"body": "No it’s not 💖"
},
{
"body": "You've upset the console gamers."
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "When put head-to-head like this, I can totally see the improvement. But man, I just recently played through the Tomb Raider (2013) and while I can acknowledge the sequels looked nicer in head-to-head comparisons. When you're actually playing and looking at the game alone, the game is gorgeous. And that's like a 11 year old game.\n\nI feel like, even I played through on the Remastered edition, and then switched back to Original, after an hour of \"this feels weird\", I'd probably be totally used to it and it'd look good."
},
{
"body": "did they change her facial features ? \nit seems that way in some of these shots.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "I think they used the models from the sequel"
},
{
"body": "Yeah. They updated her head in the sequel, and that’s what they’re porting over into the remaster.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "[deleted]",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Same reason they changed Ellie's face in the TLOU remake, for continuity I would assume. Makes sense to want the characters face to match across both games."
},
{
"body": "Why not?"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "At least her Head Model is from Forbidden West."
},
{
"body": "All of the assets that exist in the sequel were backported, like the model."
},
{
"body": "No, it’s the same. They did change the lighting and textures which makes a world of difference."
}
]
},
{
"body": "If you have the remaster check this out. Find a place with a lot of torches / fire. Turn around and then spin back fast towards the fire. I didn't notice it at first but now I can't stop seeing it."
}
]
}