The Horizon Zero Dawn remastered video shows the differences in the PS4/PS5 graphics

There’s a question of “creativity” in the gaming industry that can’t really be ignored at the moment, as both the “big three” and other developers/publishers seem more than content with remastering old titles rather than creating new ones. Just when you think we’re getting an announcement about something fresh and new, we’re getting older, just with a new coat of paint. For this purpose, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is the next “Why do we get this?” title that gamers aren’t happy with. They believe that the original version was good enough, which the sales figures confirm, and that the PS5 upgrade is not necessary.

Whether this applies to you personally depends on your connection to the series and whether you even want the improved version. To that end, Digital Foundry got its hands on the PS5 version of the title and then created a special video comparing it to the PS4 version. In it you can see how things have progressed compared to the previous console to date. Even if you’re skeptical about the remaster, you have to admit that it looks better on the PS5.

On the other hand, how could it be otherwise? Some of the remaster’s biggest critics are those who rightly claim that it “doesn’t change the game.” It just makes it pretty. Many feel that this smacks of a “money grab” for Sony, especially since they didn’t have the best year of exclusive titles in 2024. Even though some people are calling it a “remake” rather than a remaster, you still have to wonder why they’re doing this just seven years after the original title, if not just to extort money from fans who want it in “Remastered” want to see. a better light.”

One can easily argue that they could have invested more time and energy into developing the next title for the franchise instead of simply improving the graphics. Let’s also not forget that Aloy has a LEGO adventure coming out next month! So that’s two “remasters” of the original game coming out within a few weeks of each other. Is that really necessary?

This, in turn, points to a larger problem within the gaming industry that goes beyond that Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. Xbox, Microsoft, Sony, Square Enix, Capcom and more have been handing out remasters and remakes of varying quality for years to stimulate “nostalgia” instead of trying something new and putting all their weight behind it. Hopefully that will change, but it won’t be soon.