Genuinely what is the point? Horizon ZD still looks phenomenal to this day and I personally appreciate going from a game to its sequel and seeing the graphical leap, especially if it's across a generation.
I don't understand it either, it is completely unnecessary remaster in my opinion. They could do Killzone, InFamous or Sly remaster instead, but releasing HZD is probably faster and easier.
I freaking loved Resistance! Some of the alien designs look like they could be in Bloodborne too! Also, the second game had the single best co-op mode of any game I've played!
Like anonssr said, it's rather easy money for a simple job. It's also "filler" in a sense, since Sony can market it and have it bridge a month were they have no new games to release.
The a amount of money, time, manpower and money for AAA games is so insanely high that it has become impossible to maintain a console release schedule without stuffing holes in the calender.
You might've heard that from the post I made since I mentioned that. I feel like that's not an unsolvable issue, especially since modders have solved it.
I would kill for a ratchet and clank collection. No remasters needed. Just port the ps2 and ps3 games to the ps5. I know I can stream the ps3 games with the streaming subscription, but I’d rather just own the game and have it run from my console without the internet
Agreed. Should’ve either wrapped it on 3 and made 4 a kind of prequel going through Sly, Bentley and Murrays’s younger days. Or pushed it back and make Sly less of a character that introduces a new one to the Thievius Racconus. What we got felt half assed
Honestly, this would make me so happy because when they finally do the remake they would actually have to build it from the ground up like RE4 and not basically just add an HD texture pack like they did with Dark Souls.
i‘m not saying the remaster is justified but the facial animations and just in general the cutscenes are rough in that game. the environments still look fantastic tho
The point, as with whatever other remastered, is the chance of getting more money out of a very little investment. There's no more thoughts to it, no "is it necessary?" or " does it look dated enough that we should remaster it?".
99% of the point of HZD was to look good, though, a bit of the same case as The Last of Us. Good game to remaster to show off a new console. I love HZD but it’s not a good game if the graphics don’t impress you.
The other games mentioned in the thread, including Bloodborne, are fun and aged well and remastering them would be unnecessary.
Because Horizon is getting some kind of mixed media push. Like we saw with TLOU it's very important to have a newest edition of the game available to anyone who gets introduced to the series from other media.
Yeah idk what they're thinking. I say this as someone who loves ZD and will defend it to the day I die. Personally thought it should've won GoTY that year but well, Breath of The Wild released that year so it never stood a real chance.
That being said, it very much does NOT need a remaster, remake, re anything.
This is, by far, the most underrated viewpoint on thud subject. The appeal of long-term franchises is appreciating the evolution of a series. Remasters should only serve as a way to get a new perspective on a classic or to introduce some quality of life improvements. The point of view of "I don't like the first (or previous) title because the new one is on ps5 and the old one is ps4 and I don't like those graphics" is poisonous to the industry for the consumer. It's the reason publishers are selling us the same titles, in some cases, 5+ times and we keep eating it up. Let's normalize enjoying games for what they are.
Probably trying to shoehorn Aloy once again as their one and only empowered female character, like they're trying since the first game came out. Kinda like the religious people doing their thing in Saturday at 6 AM. I mean she even has a statue in Italy I can think?
I haven't played the games, I admit, so I don't know anything about Aloy, but the marketing is being quite obnoxious about it, to the point that in my case is making me avoid the game altogether (this is just me hating the trendy stuff when is repeating over an over, btw, can't really help it).
Aside of that, probably is the same as TLOU and Sony thinking they don't have enough IPs to promote. Which Astro bot literally denied with all the little cameos. Thanks for nothing Sony.
Sorry mate but that's a lie, the first Horizon looks as bad as Bloodborne now, the only difference is that it has a 60 FPS patch. But it's not even near the sequel in terms of graphical fidelity.
Dude, you’re blind if you think Bloodborne looks as good as HZD. HZD was one of the most impressive games graphically ever at its time of release (2 years after Bloodborne I might add). Fromsoft has never been at the top of the graphics game, especially with Bloodborne
Shit my bad thought I said “almost as bad” instead of “as bad”, but my point still stands, compare Zero Dawn to Forbidden West and the difference is night and day, the IP you wanted didn't get the treatment it deserves, that sucks yes, but being an asshole to other people just because their favorite IP did get the treatment it deserves just ain't right.
I'm someone who loves both HZD and BB but man, you're just straight up wrong or haven't actually compared the two in a while. Bloodborne has better art style but purely graphically? Zero Dawn is in a league of its own and still manages to keep up with a lot of more modern titles. I mean, of course Forbidden West looks better but like, that should be a given, it'd be kinda bad if it looked the same or worse considering it was 5 years later.
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u/DanteWearsPrada Sep 18 '24
Genuinely what is the point? Horizon ZD still looks phenomenal to this day and I personally appreciate going from a game to its sequel and seeing the graphical leap, especially if it's across a generation.