Horizon Zero Dawn E3 2015 vs Retail Landmarks Comparison

Skewednet writes: "We just love to observe how the game are evolving during development process. Sometimes changes are making the game better, bigger and more beautifil, others…well, let’s say they don’t do that much.
When Horizon Zero Dawn was announced we’ve seen reveal trailer during E3 2015 with a remark that all footage was captured directly from PS4 system. Unfortnately, it seems that not all landmarks from that trailer has been implemented in the final game, ut those whch were were a little modified. Let’s compare final design of few places from retail version of Horizon."

[CP_Company]

they are trying so hard to find any flaws :)

[ULTp0ltergeist]

These type of stuff is getting old, we just want great narrative and gameplay.

[Tzuno]

And yet your comment doesn't excuse the fact that the game was downgraded, be mature.

[CrimsonWing69]

They didn't try very hard... I mean this is watchdogg'd

[Ceaser9857361]

Lol! Playstation haters will agree with anybody saying against PS games . *slow claps*
Now get back to your system and play some games.

[ILostMyMind]

Funny! On my console the game is better than they showed. But, whatever..

[UKmilitia]

You know the funy thing is,i was sat there playing it on my pro with a 4k tv and im just constantly WOW WOW WOW and i dont know waht there playing there retail copy on but mine looks better than that,even on my 1080p tv using my old ps4

[gammaray13]

I agree like its a million times better on my console to what they are showing

[UCForce]

"Sigh"

[Raziology]

I stopped reading after:
" ut those whch were were a little modified"

[ClayRules2012]

HZD is a technical marvel. How anybody could complain about the retail versions visual fidelity & quality is beyond me.

I've never been so in awe at the graphics of a game before. The world is so bloody gorgeous EVERYWHERE you go & look. I can see why Kojima went with GG's Decima engine.

All of Sony's other first party developers have some serious ( friendly ) competition. Friendly competition is a good thing tho. They can all share what they've learned while working on their respected games!

[Pintheshadows]

I am looking forward to what Sucker Punch does next, as say what you want about Second Son, but that game is still very pretty.

[ClayRules2012]

I'm looking forward to what Sucker Punch does as well. I personally wasn't much of a fan of Second Son. But there's no denying just how beautiful that game still looks to this day.

I'm sure their newest game will make our eyes melt =)

[rtndeep9]

If this was ubisoft ,you all would have been giving them shit right now.

[UCForce]

Nope.

[Majin-vegeta]

Except it's not downgraded.

[guyman]

You're an idiot if you think it was downgraded.

[ClayRules2012]

Bud, this isn't a downgrade. I'm not a fan of Ubisoft, after all the lies they've done so far this console generation.

However, if they had a game that looked this remarkable and was just as fun as Horizon is, I'd be giving them the credit they deserve.

I wouldn't let my personal feelings towards them overshadow the wonderful work they had achieved with the their game or the visual fidelity they had achieved in their game. Once again, if it looked this remarkable.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

they would have released the best looking open world game nay the best looking game period on consoles like gg just did so why would they have got shit

[moegooner88]

Yeah this is exactly like the Watch Dogs downgrade. Try again

[uth11]

I've never given Ubisoft shit over anything
I think they get unfairly singled out for things all the major publishers do

[CaptainFaisal]

Graphics and textures is better on retail obviously, however i like the color and brightness on the E3 demo more. Its just more natural and beautiful in my opinion.

[ILostMyMind]

More realistic. I agree. Only this.

[Duke19]

Somethings look better, others look worse.

Definitely seems to be within reason

[Bathyj]

"Unfortnately, it seems that not all landmarks from that trailer has been implemented in the final game, ut those whch were were a little modified." I guess 3 spelling mistakes in one sentence should be a sign of the quality of the site. Probably just in too much of a hurry to bait for clicks to bother spellchecking. But I digress.

Theyre really reaching arent they. All I saw was changes, not downgrades. E3 was just a trailer people get over it. Things change, it doesnt mean downgrades. A trailer is a first cut. Does a Director use the first cut in a movie, or does he shoot a bunch of them and take the best one in editing?

Wow, they moved some trees around.
They filmed things at different times of the day.
They took out a few rock towers and put houses and NPCs in there.
OH MY GOD. They deleted Rost. YOU BASTARDS !

This is all basically down to level design and what they want where. Moving some rocks does not mean the engine couldnt cope with them being there. Are you serious? Downgrades. Pfft. No one who played the games would ever use that oh so trendy word .

Bottom line its the best looking game you can buy right now on a console, and I dont see it being knocked off any time soon. Tell me one game on the horizon (hoho) that looks better graphically. Not to mention it runs beautifully, even at its highest rez, even on its weakest hardware.

This is all just grasping at straws. I mean what is this the 3rd article we've had now comparing real gameplay to a trailer.

And thats another point. It might be worth taking into account that this is comparing real time gameplay shots, to a cinematic. Anyone ever stop to think about that? And yet the gameplay looks better than anything else on console out there. You can see the damn pores in her skin for christsake. And its open world. I can show you about 500 4K screen shots if you doubt how good it looks.

Seriously, time to move on, how many times do I have to say it, GRAPHICS are the last thing a game by Guerrilla should be attacked for. Go back to whining about the lip syncing. At least that has a bit of merit.