While it really didn't need it, October 31 will give us Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered as announced during Sony's State of Play. Yes really, it's happening, it's a real thing.
Hold on a minute, it's how old? No, it can't be. How is it 7 years since the original release? Is time speeding up as I get older or what?
The current version of the game works well on Desktop Linux with Proton, and is Steam Deck Verified. However, the new Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered might come with some issues, as Sony confirmed in their blog post it will have the PlayStation Overlay, which is what completely breaks online play for Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT.
Hopefully it's not forced, and perhaps it will have an opt-out for Steam Deck like God of War Ragnarök, which means Desktop Linux users may need the launch option.
Here's the trailer anyway:
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Sony say it will have "over 10 hours of re-recorded conversation, mocap and countless graphical improvements that bring the game to the same visual fidelity as its critically acclaimed sequel Horizon Forbidden West". You will also see various upgrades to characters that brings "them in line with current generation advances in character models and rendering"
For the PC version there will be support for NVIDIA DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3.1 with frame generation, along with various accessibility features that were first introduced in Horizon Forbidden West.
The new edition will be a $9.99 upgrade for existing owners on PC.
You can buy the current Horizon Zero Dawn from:
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
QuoteHold on a minute, it's how old? No, it can't be. How is it 7 years since the original release? Is time speeding up as I get older or what?
And that'll get worse and worse as you progress with your character development.
The mandatory PSN account and PS overlay is just a slap in the face for owners of the original, in my opinion. Neither this game nor the sequel released this year has either. Stop ruining perfect titles, Sony!
On another note: Not really needed an update. Not like Horizon: Zero Dawn was looking dated, or was missing some modern accessibility feature.
Last edited by grigi on 25 September 2024 at 8:33 am UTC
hardpenguin Sep 25
Quoting: ThibugI feel like the price is fair (Since they redid quite a bit of work from what I can see). They could have made it into another game and call it a day (looking at you, Skyrim). Still not sure if I personally want it, might just wait to see if FSR 3.1 can improve performance on the SD (as it stutters quite a bit as of right now)I'm pretty sure the stuttering is related to texture streaming. The stutters get much worse when you move quickly. I tried to investigate if Proton maybe causes this, but it runs just fine on my Linux desktop. So either the Steam Deck CPU is too weak (when it stutters, CPU usage will spike sharply! ), or the game just isnt particularly optimized for low power CPUs. Or both. Either way, I don't think FSR 3 will solve this problem
Last edited by Stella on 25 September 2024 at 1:35 pm UTC
QuoteYou can buy the current Horizon Zero Dawn from:Let's not forget about the DRM-free option on GOG:
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