Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered

Item: Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered
Rating: 84
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-20

Summary

Significantly improved, modern visuals enhance experience
Captivating story and immersive open-world environment
Rewarding, strategic combat system with unique machines
Unnecessary remaster with minimal gameplay improvements
Frequent crashes and various technical issues reported
Significant audio issues and missing sound elements

Categories

Action RPG Open-World Exploration Real-time Combat Strategic Combat Single-player Story Resource Management Character Progression Inventory Management

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 72%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 6%

84%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
16%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3012
Negative points: 1584
Gameplay points: 153
Perf. points: 402
Rec. points: 1037
Misc points: 162

Point	Description	Importance
Significantly improved, modern visuals Description The remaster significantly enhances the game's visuals, bringing them closer to the level of Forbidden West. This includes improved textures, lighting, character models, and animations, resulting in a more immersive and visually stunning experience. The improvements are so significant that the game feels fresh and modern, even for those familiar with the original. Importance 99%	The remaster significantly enhances the game's visuals, bringing them closer to the level of Forbidden West. This includes improved textures, lighting, character models, and animations, resulting in a more immersive and visually stunning experience. The improvements are so significant that the game feels fresh and modern, even for those familiar with the original.	99%
Captivating story, immersive world Description The game features a captivating story, immersive world-building, and engaging gameplay mechanics. The world is vast and detailed, with diverse biomes and interesting lore. The combat system is fun and rewarding, and the characters are well-developed and memorable, creating a truly immersive and enjoyable experience. Importance 49%	The game features a captivating story, immersive world-building, and engaging gameplay mechanics. The world is vast and detailed, with diverse biomes and interesting lore. The combat system is fun and rewarding, and the characters are well-developed and memorable, creating a truly immersive and enjoyable experience.	49%
Enjoyable, addictive gameplay loop Description The game is enjoyable and addictive, with solid mechanics and a fun gameplay loop. Many reviewers noted that they replayed the game multiple times, indicating a high level of satisfaction with the core gameplay experience. The game is also praised for its accessibility and lack of overly political content. Importance 18%	The game is enjoyable and addictive, with solid mechanics and a fun gameplay loop. Many reviewers noted that they replayed the game multiple times, indicating a high level of satisfaction with the core gameplay experience. The game is also praised for its accessibility and lack of overly political content.	18%
Fantastic story, great characters Description The game is a fantastic experience, with a rich and engaging story and well-developed characters. The remaster brings the game to the same audiovisual level as its successor, Horizon Forbidden West, noticeably improving the visual quality. Many reviewers expressed their love for the game and its protagonist, Aloy. Importance 11%	The game is a fantastic experience, with a rich and engaging story and well-developed characters. The remaster brings the game to the same audiovisual level as its successor, Horizon Forbidden West, noticeably improving the visual quality. Many reviewers expressed their love for the game and its protagonist, Aloy.	11%
Rewarding, strategic combat system Description The combat system is a blend of precision and strategy, offering a diverse range of tools and approaches for defeating enemies. The game emphasizes a hunter-like approach, requiring players to strategically plan and utilize their resources. The combat is rewarding and appropriately challenging, with a good amount of depth and variety. Importance 11%	The combat system is a blend of precision and strategy, offering a diverse range of tools and approaches for defeating enemies. The game emphasizes a hunter-like approach, requiring players to strategically plan and utilize their resources. The combat is rewarding and appropriately challenging, with a good amount of depth and variety.	11%
Worthwhile, fairly priced upgrade Description The upgrade is available for a fair price, especially for owners of the original game. The visual upgrade is worth the price, and the upgrade includes more settings and quality of life improvements. The reviewer considers the upgrade to be worthwhile, even though it may not have been highly anticipated. Importance 8%	The upgrade is available for a fair price, especially for owners of the original game. The visual upgrade is worth the price, and the upgrade includes more settings and quality of life improvements. The reviewer considers the upgrade to be worthwhile, even though it may not have been highly anticipated.	8%
Unique machines, satisfying combat Description The game features unique and gripping enemy robot designs and environments. Utilizing Aloy's arsenal of weapons, traps, and stealth tactics against the awe-inspiring machines is incredibly satisfying. The game encourages targeting the weak points of machines instead of blindly attacking. Importance 7%	The game features unique and gripping enemy robot designs and environments. Utilizing Aloy's arsenal of weapons, traps, and stealth tactics against the awe-inspiring machines is incredibly satisfying. The game encourages targeting the weak points of machines instead of blindly attacking.	7%
Graphics surpass Forbidden West Description The game looks substantially better than Horizon Forbidden West at 4K DLSS Quality with the newest DLSS dll file and maxed settings. The graphics and gameplay are better than Horizon Forbidden West. The implemented technologies closely resemble those of Horizon Forbidden West, enhancing the visual experience. Importance 5%	The game looks substantially better than Horizon Forbidden West at 4K DLSS Quality with the newest DLSS dll file and maxed settings. The graphics and gameplay are better than Horizon Forbidden West. The implemented technologies closely resemble those of Horizon Forbidden West, enhancing the visual experience.	5%
Improved character models, animations Description Character models no longer look like wax figures, with improved skin texture and more natural-looking hair. Facial animations are now much more realistic, and the character models have a much higher level of detail. The character models have been updated to a higher quality. Importance 4%	Character models no longer look like wax figures, with improved skin texture and more natural-looking hair. Facial animations are now much more realistic, and the character models have a much higher level of detail. The character models have been updated to a higher quality.	4%
Realistic, believable characters Description The characters act like real people. The characters are nuanced, with no one being purely good or evil. The characters are nice. Importance 3%	The characters act like real people. The characters are nuanced, with no one being purely good or evil. The characters are nice.	3%
Enhanced, vibrant landscapes Description The brighter colors and prettier landscapes enhance the experience. The setting is beautiful. The landscapes are sublime. Importance 3%	The brighter colors and prettier landscapes enhance the experience. The setting is beautiful. The landscapes are sublime.	3%