Is Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores the Best Looking Game Ever?

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is out today exclusively on PS5, and, let's cut to the chase, it looks magnificent. We're currently busy playing the expansion to line up our review and other coverage, but we had to share a few (spoiler free!) snapshots with you.

[PrinceOfAnger]

Both games at the top right now.

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[Obscure_Observer]

Cyberpunk on PS5 still miles ahead. Tbf it´s gonna be interesting if Burning Shores turn out to be graphically superior in comparison with Forbidden West or even Demon Souls in a substantial and noticeable way.

Video comparisons will start to pop up soon enough.

[Sonic1881]

It definitely looks better than Redfall and Starfield and at least it has a 60fps option unlike Starfield and Redfall. Todd Howard confirmed that Starfield will be in 30fps on the Series X

[Starman69]

Someone's been in grandmas medicine cabinet and taken a few of her crazy pills again lol 😆

[neutralgamer1992]

Obscure_Observer

Just it go and try to be a gamer instead of always leaving comments which are definitely false only to instigate

[Bathyj]

You've got to be joking sometimes.

[BehindTheRows]

No, it isn’t. On PC, however, Cyberpunk is up there (exceeds it in lighting). Characters, Burning Shores is leagues ahead!

[mkis007]

Well digital foundry seems to think so. 2020 best gfx was cyberpunk (on a good pc) according to them. 21 was ratchet and clank , 22 was horizon forbidden west.

[JamiroquaiBocephus]

Obscure

Do your friends and family also think you have the worst opinions/thoughts they’ve ever heard? Your whole life is a downvote.

[Army_of_Darkness]

Forget about burning shores, Horizon forbidden West was already Miles Ahead of cyberpunk 2077 on consoles to begin with. right now there's just no comparison in terms of graphics and performance.

[SeTTriP]

Do you stay under phil Spencer's desk or something? Of courses it is, have you seen this game??

You can not have a ps5 this is the graphics king ATM elden 💍 is a close second as I find the art design to be pure genius (sorry gow).

[InUrFoxHole]

@Starman
I don't think you understand how medications work...

[Jin_Sakai]

@Obscure_Observer

“Cyberpunk on PS5 still miles ahead.“

Because we all know it would hurt you to admit a first party PS5 game is the best looking game ever. At least we can all say It looks miles better than anything on Series X.

[TheTony316]

It doesn't. Cyberpunk on PS5 looks really good but it doesn't come close to Burning Shores. Now Cyberpunk on PC with pathtracing? Sure it does look better but not on console.

[SullysCigar]

Yes, that clip of CP2077 looks great, but brings a brand new, top end 4090 to it's knees. It's essentially a tech demo that a MINISCULE number of gamers can experience and (while improved over the launch mess) is still extremely flawed.

Horizon Burning Shores, on the other hand, is plug and play for the masses on any PS5 - and in my opinion STILL looks better. That's an impressive feat, worthy of the praise it's getting.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Yeah it isn’t worth comparing console games to PC…. PCs always have better hardware.

Console-only is the only apples to apples comparison to make.

[DankSinatra]

I mean, cool? The question wasn’t “ is it the best looking game at affordable price” it was “is burning shores the best looking game ever?”

[Workshyskiver]

Thats not true at all though, Digital Foundry have got the CP2077 running on many 3000 series cards at frame rates that console players would deem as extremely playable;

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

a 4090 is absolutely capable of running it at insane frame rates. Heck that card does 8k60fps at least in a lot of games right now.

[IamTylerDurden1]

At any era you could take a modded pc game or demo that would out do any console game. Hard to compare exponentially superior hardware in very specific circumstances. But as far as in general, yes, Horizon is king imo.

[RaidenBlack]

It's all fun and games until Burning Shores releases on PC ...

[P_Bomb]

Best looking console game that I personally own.

[Flewid638]

So they upped the graphics just for the DLC?

[RaidenBlack]

by limiting its release just to PS5 ...
CDPR is doing the same with CP2077's upcoming expansion

[SullysCigar]

Yup - have you seen it? It's gorgeous!

[CrimsonWing69]

Yea, it's an actual PS5 game now and not a cross-gen title.

[Gardenia]

Personally I find Ratchet and Clank the best looking game. Horizon is an open world game so you have to look at it differently on a technical level.

[darkrider]

I think there isn't even a debate. A open world game with this kind of graphics!

[locomorales]

Pretty game. But a generic ow nonetheless.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Generic how? Robot dinosaurs? The best biome variety ever? New mechanics n features? Generic? Tell me about Ubitowers pls.

[darkrider]

Generic? Dude, you don't even understand what that means and it doesn't apply on this game, with the story, diferente tribes... Generic is another game that is coming in the next week's that doesn't bring nothing new but more of the same and runs and looks like crap

[TheEnigma313]

jealous and hating