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Horizon Zero Dawn PC – In the trend of “approach to PC” of many famous games on the current generation console, it can be said that quite a few games have achieved great success, such as Persona 4 Golden won In terms of revenue, Atlus should consider bringing more of its titles to the PC platform.
Or as Death Stranding “flashed” on the PC platform thanks to high graphics quality, completely running at 4K resolution to show the beauty of the world “withering” in the game, making Kojima Productions completely satisfied with the sales on the “game market” Steam, while “the main market” PlayStation 4 did not achieve much success as expected.
So it is not surprising that Guerrilla Games said its cult game, Horizon Zero Dawn, “following in the footsteps” of the seniors landed on the PC, ending 3 years of exclusive Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) console exclusive, promises many new improvements to match the power of modern gaming PCs.
After 3 years of waiting, will Horizon Zero Dawn PC satisfy the fans on the most popular gaming console on the planet?
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First of all, it must be clear that for a transformational game like Horizon Zero Dawn PC, the writer will not dig too deeply into assessing the factors that make a “top” game of 2017 but focus mainly on elements that separate this version.
First of all, the first impression that the PC game gives is that each scene during the game is still beautiful, but with a feeling much more intense than the PlayStation 4 version before.
If you remember the Grand Theft Auto V game “landed” on the PC platform with a lot of enhancements and changes compared to the original version that appeared on the console a year earlier, this greatly enhances the “taste” of gamers and also since then, switching systems for the game is no longer simply a simple “pure” everything from the original console version and “throwing” everything intact on PC.
Guerrilla Games also did not disappoint fans who expected the PC-based game, as they gave Horizon Zero Dawn PC worthy upgrades for fans of the game, especially in terms of graphics.
The PlayStation 4 is a powerful console from Sony, but it’s not too powerful compared to a modern gaming PC, even if compared to today’s gaming PCs, It’s just as powerful as a simple integrated PC system with the AMD Ryzen 5 3400G APU.
So if you compare the graphics quality for PlayStation 4 and PC, the original version is only equal to the average setting (Medium) on the PC version, players have 2 higher settings, High and Ultra to experience.
The most obvious is the surface texture system that has been upgraded to a super high level of definition, even easily responsive for gamers when gaming at resolutions up to 4K.
One of the most technical differences is that the company has applied AMD’s exclusive AMD TressFX technology, which appeared on the 2013 Tomb Raider game, to recreate the “fiber effect” for the entire game.
This means that Aloy’s hair, Rost’s beard, or the fluff of his clothes, and even the grass that exists at most throughout the game’s journey, all have an unreasonable reaction with the same nature when being affected by external forces, there is no longer the scene where Aloy keeps running through small grass bushes and… pushing down a large patch of grass in a somewhat absurd way like on the original version.
Besides, the lighting and shading system of the game has also been upgraded with the ability to cast shadows on every object on the screen, with high detail instead of just selecting a few large-sized objects like on the PlayStation 4 version.
Even the reflection of the water surface is also slightly upgraded, making the scene in the game becomes more realistic and clear.
The visual upgrade factor that I appreciate most to Horizon Zero Dawn PC is the application of HDR (High Dynamic Range) technology to add extra magnificence to each game scene, especially when experiencing on modern TVs that support this feature.
It must be said that this is a great feature for players interested in connecting PCs to modern large TV screens.
Thanks to that, the game scene was extremely magnificent when shown on the PlayStation 4, now even more sparkling and “epic”, especially the cinematic cutscenes that make a name for the game on the original version.
In particular, the combat scenes in the dark become more clear and impressive, especially when the light is processed from the fire or the light creeping from the machine monsters, creating a sense of the scene is clearer thanks to the dark and light in the original version.
Besides, players on the PC are also “unlocked” power, helping to increase the frame rate over the standard 30fps on the original version.
As a result, the game plays smoother with seamless actions, no longer has to use motion blur to hide low frame rates, especially in the scenes. The intense fire combat caused the frame to drop to almost 20fps on the PlayStation 4.
Finally, the stable and accurate support for keyboard and mouse in the game creates the perfect final piece for an action-packed game like Horizon Zero Dawn PC.
This is also one of the most pleasant factors that PC fans cannot ignore, it makes your action phases more accurate and coherent, especially when you have to keep coming out combo attacks against massive monsters “strength” full of ferocity.
In short, Horizon Zero Dawn PC has received certainly remarkable upgrades, harnessing the power of today’s powerful gaming PCs, to give the fans of this system a quality game both in terms of graphics, storylines, and gameplay, and even give those who have played this game on PlayStation 4 a fresh and impressive experience!
The first time I tested, I had a pretty smooth experience with the Horizon Zero Dawn PC game except for a few minor bugs that did not affect the quality of the game much.
This seems to be true because the PlayStation 4 game console is based on AMD’s graphics processor, so the optimal “adaptation” for the graphics cards from this company is fully predictable.
Even with a mid-range gaming laptop, MSI Bravo 15, which owns AMD RX 5300M discrete graphics card (which Biareview introduced to readers recently) can also “carry” quite well the game title. This, although having a little trouble: poor graphics RAM still causes texture loading (texture loading) not keeping up with the game screen.
But just need to experiment with a few other graphics cards from the “green team”, the writer was even “overwhelmed” by a phase of “hanging game” right from the click on the “New Game” option in testing on a new PC system for the first time!
Not stopping there, HDR mode is severely streaked, while image errors occasionally appear in cutscenes.
The game also became significantly heavier, quite like the phenomenon of “switching” Red Dead Redemption 2 to PC that took place not long ago, mainly because the CPU was not used properly and the graphics card was “squeezed” exhausted “at full capacity.
Until recently, Guerrilla Games has temporarily “quieted” these technical problems through the game’s 1.04 update.
However, it can be said that these uncomfortable experiences somewhat ruin the beautiful experiences of the Horizon Zero Dawn PC.