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\nEven today, Horizon Forbidden West<\/a> on PlayStation 5 stands as one of the best-looking games available for Sony’s platform. The lush world, overflowing with detail is stunning to behold delivering a significant leap forward over its predecessor on PS4 – Horizon Zero Dawn<\/a>. And yet, despite the gap, Zero Dawn is still a great-looking game, already running at 60 frames per second on PS5. So, the very idea of a remake of Horizon Zero Dawn seemed silly when we first caught wind of it – but it turns out that’s what we have is a robust remaster helmed primarily by Nixxes that manages to greatly enhance the visuals while introducing the full suite of options available in the second game. Is this enough to warrant the effort? And is it worth the relatively meagre $10 upgrade price for owners of the original game?\n<\/p>\n

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Even today, Horizon Forbidden West on PlayStation 5 stands as one of the best-looking games available for Sony’s platform. The lush world, overflowing with detail is stunning to behold delivering a significant leap forward over its predecessor on PS4 – Horizon Zero Dawn. And yet, despite the gap, Zero Dawn is still a great-looking game, already running at 60 frames per second on PS5. So, the very idea of a remake of Horizon Zero Dawn seemed silly when we first caught wind of it – but it turns out that’s what we have is a robust remaster helmed primarily by Nixxes that manages to greatly enhance the visuals while introducing the full suite of options available in the second game. Is this enough to warrant…<\/p>\n

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