First assessments of Horizon Zero Dawn for PC: how the move from PlayStation 4 went

Horizon Zero Dawn will be released on PC on Steam and Epic Games Store only on August 7th. However, the journalists received the game in advance, and have already

talked about the pros and cons of the port.

How to rate

After 25 critic reviews on Metacritic ratinggame was 86 points. At the same time, the original version for PlayStation 4 collected 89 points. In reviews, critics note that Horizon Zero Dawn on PC has not become less interesting, but only more beautiful. In addition, you can now fight robotic dinosaurs using the keyboard and mouse.

Horizon Zero Dawn ratings:

  • IGN Spain - 93
  • GameStar - 91
  • DarkStation - 90
  • PC Games - 90
  • Windows Central - 80
  • PCMag - 80
  • TheSixthAxis - 70
  • PCGamesN - 70

Still, the main thing that people pay attention to when evaluating ports from consoles is optimization. Horizon Zero Dawn will not annoy players with constant glitches, errors and other troubles.

At the same time, The Sixth Axis notes that evenOn powerful machines it is not always possible to reach 1080p and 60FPS at maximum settings. The journalist tested HZD with AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Vega 56, which made it possible to run Death Stranding at maximum speeds of 1080p and a frame rate of around 90 FPS. Horizon Zero Dawn produced about 40 frames.


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It's worth noting that performance is affected by the environment, as Horizon Zero Dawn has more vegetation than DS, which requires a lot of resources from the system.

Author PC Games N (played on i5, GTX 1060 and 16GB of RAM) also complained about unstable frame rates at all graphics settings. In addition, graphic artifacts were noticed, such as flashing textures, as well as visible loading of objects when entering a new territory.

“Playing on i5 with GTX 1060 and 16 GB of RAM, noThe settings I tried didn't give me consistent framerates, with severe slowdowns occurring when entering new areas and sometimes, although rarely, during large battles. When you first enter the area, the textures are noticeably loaded, and strange flickering may appear periodically."

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