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  1. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    The game is buggy as **** Can't really play it because of constant crashes. Got reimbursed for this. I mean come on? No QA at all?
  2. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    The Game could be very nice on PC but its running very bad and they want 40 Bucks and More for a not working Game. Mine is crashing a lot, want my money back...
  3. Aug 9, 2020
    3
    This game at this state is not worth $50, this is either should have been delayed or priced at $30.
    DO NOT BUY AT THIS MOMENT. Wait for a couple of month for the bugs and problems to get fixed. This is near Batman port in terms of port quality.
  4. Aug 9, 2020
    4
    The game is not bad, but lags, bugs and zero optimization! 50-60 fps on RTX 2080ti is something terrible! This is bad Sony, this is very bad. And you still want 40$ for that? Keep these exclusives for yourself. In this state, no one needs your games on the PC.
  5. Aug 9, 2020
    3
    Animations are not adjusted for more than 30fps, AF is broken, stutter in cut scenes on high end systems (NVMe, 32GB, 2080, 9900k, G-Sync). Bad port.
  6. Aug 19, 2020
    4
    It does not catch me. The graphics are good and it has the Witcher formula of an AAA RPG. But combat is boring and not satisfying. The AI is sometimes not existing and despite of the beautiful world, its very boring to run through. Crashessometimes did not bother me, but the gameplay is simply not good. Expected more...
  7. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    I still wonder how it is possible that a megacorporation like Sony, with all the money and resources in the world, is able to launch a video game / port to the market in such a sorry state.

    The performance of this PC version is simply deplorable. In addition, it is full of critical bugs, and crashes. There is nothing more to say until the game is playable, it can only be given a
    I still wonder how it is possible that a megacorporation like Sony, with all the money and resources in the world, is able to launch a video game / port to the market in such a sorry state.

    The performance of this PC version is simply deplorable. In addition, it is full of critical bugs, and crashes.

    There is nothing more to say until the game is playable, it can only be given a score of ZERO.

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    Todavía sigo preguntándome como e sposible que una megacorporación como Sony, con todo el dinero y los recursos del mundo sea capaz de lanzar un video juego / port al mercado en un estado tan LAMENTABLE.

    El rendimiento de esta versión para PC es simplemente deplorable. Además, está lleno de bugs críticos, y crashesos.

    No hay nada más que decir hasta que el juego no sea jugable, solamente se le puede dar una nota de CERO.
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  8. BMX
    Aug 9, 2020
    0
    This game is way trash and repeatedly mission and bad optimizations huge drop of frame rates
    The A.I (NPC) or the enemy’s are so stupid............................................
  9. Aug 9, 2020
    3
    Безумно ужасный порт, оригинал по графену лучшее вразы, фризы, тормоза, проседы, на 2060 и 3600 при fhd и ультра, оптимизация сделала бум и принела ислам, позор разрабам они же не новую игру делали, так облажаться.
  10. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    This game is not working. Crushing on deckstop. i have 32G RAM. RTX2060SUPER, Ryzen3600x. In RDR2 i have about 100 fps on ultra.

    Also about 35% of players also cant run this game - do not buy it untill they fix this. Its not an AAA companay and game....
  11. Aug 9, 2020
    4
    Horizon Zero Down on the PC infuriates from the very beginning - first, forced sluggish "automatic tuning", which for a top-end PC gives average settings with FHD instead of 4K and does not detect HDR. Apparently Sony considers that PC users wouldn't cope with graphics tuning, probably confusing us with console users. All this automatically tuned crap is of course useless and should beHorizon Zero Down on the PC infuriates from the very beginning - first, forced sluggish "automatic tuning", which for a top-end PC gives average settings with FHD instead of 4K and does not detect HDR. Apparently Sony considers that PC users wouldn't cope with graphics tuning, probably confusing us with console users. All this automatically tuned crap is of course useless and should be altered immediately, but before that you need to go through, firstly, the aforementioned worthless auto-tuning and, secondly, the forced movie scene that cannot be skipped with its debilitating dialogues and ridiculous world. I remember that this game did not hook me on PS4 Pro, but on PC, after two years, Horizon causes a real hate. In addition to bad optimization, an idiotic soap movie, we have a storytelling with rabid feminism, a boring and silly world with "dinosaur robots" and a monotonous gameplay designed for the most unassuming gamers. In addition, the protagonist is a "strong independent" woman, an intrusive ideological trope which is thoroughly **** up in modern games. In general, the game is not even worth pirating, because it takes up an unreasonably large space on your hard drive. 4 out of 10 (for bad optimization, soap movie scenes, a bummed world, a dumb plot, and a radical feminist agenda). Expand
  12. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    Не запускается на g4560, нужны AVX инструкции
  13. Aug 9, 2020
    3
    3/10.........................................................................
  14. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    Good graphics and all but the optimization is terrible.The only thing that performs worse than HZD on my PC is the PS3 emulator.
  15. Aug 8, 2020
    0
    The game is not bad but the Performance is.
    Game Crashing during Gameplay, high frametimes and so on...
    U better buy a PS4 and play this game cause its terrible! Even with my RX 5700 XT and Ryzen 5 3600.
    Never played a game this bad optimized.
  16. Aug 10, 2020
    3
    The game is totally broken, cannot be played. Bad optimization, I had to request a refund. To wait for them to take out a park where the game can be enjoyed.
  17. Aug 9, 2020
    3
    I was never fan of Horizon and this PC port makes it even worse. For example: game crushes in almost every cutscene, some animation are not made for more than 30 fps so they look awful and, I dont know why but, I have had an issue where my save file was deleted (3 times).
  18. Aug 9, 2020
    3
    Short version : the port is terrible

    Long version : The performance is terrible even for rigs that have hardware much better than the "recommended one" . Constant crashes. Some in game animations are locked to 30 fps ,graphical bugs etc . And dont forget : this is a 2017 game , not a 2020 one. On top of it all, some users myself included get save system errors which according to
    Short version : the port is terrible

    Long version : The performance is terrible even for rigs that have hardware much better than the "recommended one" . Constant crashes. Some in game animations are locked to 30 fps ,graphical bugs etc . And dont forget : this is a 2017 game , not a 2020 one.

    On top of it all, some users myself included get save system errors which according to suggestions can only be solved by disabling anti virus ( shady).

    Last but not least all the above for the nice price of 50 bucks when you can get the PS4 version for 20. I said to myself that the improved experience of a PC would make it worth it and paid no mind, but with the port being so terrible its actually more enjoyable to return back to the ps4 for this title.

    3/10 because I KNOW its a good game, when it actually works.
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  19. Aug 8, 2020
    0
    Забагованный порт игры трехлетней давности по цене новой игры. Доделают - изменю мнение.
  20. Aug 10, 2020
    4
    Game is good... BUT it is an unoptimized buggy train wreck. Death Stranding uses the same engine and the port was flawless. Whoever did the PC port botched their job and it show.

    Wait till it's fixed, IF it ever gets fixed.
  21. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    Game does not launch on high-end systems, brakes and lag. Awful quality, Sony. It was necessary to work harder.
  22. Aug 9, 2020
    4
    game itself is really great but performace is total **** literally set game on lowest and still lag like hell even tho i easily meet minimum requirements really bad port hopefully it gets fixed really fast
  23. Oct 7, 2020
    3
    I bought this game to PS4 a year ago, and I paid around 10 dollars on it (R$40 in Brazil), and I loved it... the story, the missions, the characters, the graphics. But PC version it is unplayable!! Full Price on a (2017) game and still it was launched for PC with all those problems!! This is unacceptable...there is no excuses for that!!
  24. Aug 27, 2020
    4
    Il gioco si presenta in condizioni pessime.

    Sul mio pc (hardware : gpu 2080 sea hawk, cpu rayzen 5 3600, ram 16 gb Vengeance da 3200,) il gioco e consigliato in alto, ma comunque presenta problemi di micro lag e scatti, ma non è la cosa più grave anzi, la cosa peggiore e che presenta problemi con credo il caricamento o dei poligoni o delle texture, siccome i personaggi e alcuni oggetti
    Il gioco si presenta in condizioni pessime.

    Sul mio pc (hardware : gpu 2080 sea hawk, cpu rayzen 5 3600, ram 16 gb Vengeance da 3200,) il gioco e consigliato in alto, ma comunque presenta problemi di micro lag e scatti, ma non è la cosa più grave anzi, la cosa peggiore e che presenta problemi con credo il caricamento o dei poligoni o delle texture, siccome i personaggi e alcuni oggetti (alberi bestie montagne persino il suolo) nel ambientazione si ritrovano deformati come se fossero tirati, e creano forme completamente assurde anche durante le cutscene ad esempio io durante una delle prime cutscene non vedevo nulla perche un albero copriva tutto, praticamente un albero ai lati del inquadratura era diventato talmente largo da coprire tutto.
    Ad un mio amico invece tutto questo non succede il suo pc mota una 1050 ti e un i 7 non mi ricordo la gen, e a lui questi problemi non capitano ma in compenso ha crash continui gli fps che vanno da 15 a 62 senza essere stabili, anche lui ha riscontrato problemi con i modelli, texture ma solo sulla protagonista,essi sono estrema semplificazione del modello ovvero era un triangolo strano per il petto e una forma che non so definire per le gambe ma il volto era normale, e un altra volta la pelle era diventata completamente trasparente ma questi due bug sono successi solo una volta uno dietro l'altro e poi non si sono ripetuti, per ora.
    Io vi consiglio caldamente di aspettare le patch
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  25. Feb 20, 2022
    4
    GRAFICS 9/10
    GAMEPLAY 8.5/10
    MUSIC 7/10
    STORY 5/10
    CHARACTERS 1/10
    unfortunately this game could have been one of the GOTs with just a little bit of good writing
  26. Jun 4, 2021
    0
    I really tried to like it and it has some very good ideas, but at the same time it fell flat in almost everything. Robots were great, graphics very solid for 2017, but story was extremely meh. I feel like this game is extremely overrated. Even nude mod for Aloy (on PC) didn't make me care to go back, that's how boring this game feels. World is way too much packed together, you can hardlyI really tried to like it and it has some very good ideas, but at the same time it fell flat in almost everything. Robots were great, graphics very solid for 2017, but story was extremely meh. I feel like this game is extremely overrated. Even nude mod for Aloy (on PC) didn't make me care to go back, that's how boring this game feels. World is way too much packed together, you can hardly go anywhere and you are already in your waypoint. There's no great distances between places. Maybe second one will be better, time will tell, but i will never go back to play first one. Expand
  27. Aug 10, 2020
    3
    Guerrilla was much better off not having offended the players! Releasing this game without being ready is a serious offense. In RTX 2060 I'm having problems with textures that disappear and others that keep flashing. A really pig job, with a launch that should cost a maximum of 9 dollars if it was to release something so badly done. The question of Stutterings? Yes, it does. Not to mentionGuerrilla was much better off not having offended the players! Releasing this game without being ready is a serious offense. In RTX 2060 I'm having problems with textures that disappear and others that keep flashing. A really pig job, with a launch that should cost a maximum of 9 dollars if it was to release something so badly done. The question of Stutterings? Yes, it does. Not to mention the countless pop-in objects on the screen that are even comical. Expand
  28. Aug 12, 2020
    3
    Amazing graphics. Great combat. Boring story and most characters. Amateurish voices which feels flat... lack of emotions. Oh... and constant crashing. I'm afraid now to start running since it crashed the game often.
  29. Aug 10, 2020
    4
    All I have to say — optimization is really terrible. I think releasing Horizon in such condition is just a contempt of players. If you want to play this game, buy it on PS 4. But not on PC.
  30. Aug 9, 2020
    4
    Bought it on steam and requested a refund after 23 minutes of "playtime". First took the **** 15 minutes to set "optimal settings" and then the cutscene ran somewhere between "System not responding" to 80 frames.
    Yea, **** that. Just another lazy port, where no optimization has been done. Avoid at all costs until patches have been roled out.
  31. Aug 11, 2020
    2
    The Game story and mechanics are good and very atractive, but the problem is the port. This port is the worst port I've ever played. Random crashes every time ruin your game experience. My setup is a 8700k@4500, a 1080FTW and 32GB corsair Ram @ 3200 the game is in a SSD drive so my setup should be enought to run this poor port at 1440p ultra or high without issues at 60 fps, but this isThe Game story and mechanics are good and very atractive, but the problem is the port. This port is the worst port I've ever played. Random crashes every time ruin your game experience. My setup is a 8700k@4500, a 1080FTW and 32GB corsair Ram @ 3200 the game is in a SSD drive so my setup should be enought to run this poor port at 1440p ultra or high without issues at 60 fps, but this is not the truth this game runs at 55-70 fps depending on the part of the game and it has fps drops to 30 or less.

    It consumes 11GB of RAM anf 7.5GB of vram...so it's a ram eater (ps4 game consumes 4GB or less) so the port is very very poor.
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  32. Nov 17, 2020
    0
    Pure cancer of a game, optimization is sub-ubisoft level, even ubisoft looks legendary to this abortion of a video game
  33. Aug 12, 2020
    0
    Да такого фигни я и не заметил, господи что это такое ? вы смеетесь? что за производительность? руки у разрабов очень кривые
  34. Aug 10, 2020
    0
    Very disappointed in sony! They can't even make their game work on Pc. Sony can stay with their ps4 console dont even dare to come to us Pc gamers. We deserve more than your bad exclusives with horrible optimization!
  35. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    Masterpiece but badly optimized ... FPS dips without coming to mind and errors that after an hour throw you out of the game without further ado; if they don't fix it with a patch, it will be quite regrettable.
  36. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    Game is unplayable. Can't even reach the menu screen. Crashes right in the "Sony Interactive Enterteinment" or the Logo.
  37. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    Кусок говна ебаного а не игра. Даже если вы чудом запустите её на топовой машине, спустя час игры вы дойдёте до сюжетной миссии где вас будет по кд швырять на рабочий стол с просьбой отправить дамп памяти ебучим гориллам. Делал предзаказ, но с удовольствием вернул обратно. За 2800 я всю их команду в жопу выебу. Не хавайте это дерьмо!Кусок говна ебаного а не игра. Даже если вы чудом запустите её на топовой машине, спустя час игры вы дойдёте до сюжетной миссии где вас будет по кд швырять на рабочий стол с просьбой отправить дамп памяти ебучим гориллам. Делал предзаказ, но с удовольствием вернул обратно. За 2800 я всю их команду в жопу выебу. Не хавайте это дерьмо!
  38. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    It would seem like how you can spoil a game that has been ported by a large studio. It turns out that it can be done and Guerilla Games did it well. This game is just filled with various bugs, crashes, voice acting that does not match the movement of the mouth, as well as poor performance for playing with such graphics.
  39. Aug 9, 2020
    0
    Игра за почти 3000 рублей с кучей багов, лагов, фризов, крит эроров это нормально для сони?за 20 лет игр, я не видел хуже релиза с таким количеством лагов, багов, фризов, эроров. "Отличная" работа сони.
  40. Aug 16, 2020
    3
    Games work really well here on my RTX 2060. Maybe because I have a 12 cores CPU.

    That's pretty much the only good thing I can say about this game. I really don't see why so many are calling this a masterpiece, while this seems to me just a desperate and uninspired attempt at emulating the "iconic" soulless Ubisoft formula that I simply can't stomach anymore. Honestly, if this hadn't
    Games work really well here on my RTX 2060. Maybe because I have a 12 cores CPU.

    That's pretty much the only good thing I can say about this game. I really don't see why so many are calling this a masterpiece, while this seems to me just a desperate and uninspired attempt at emulating the "iconic" soulless Ubisoft formula that I simply can't stomach anymore. Honestly, if this hadn't been a PS4 exclusive at the time, I wonder if this thing would have gotten as much attention as it got back then.

    Everything in there is incredibly bland. The big empty world, the excruciating dialogs and characters, the main protagonist with absolutely no charisma, the bulletsponges mobs with 2 or 3 moves max and godawful AI, the pointless perks that you have to grind for because every game has to have RPG elements these days (so many missed opportunities there to make the progression actually fun), the horrendously boring gameplay with tons of cheap artificial difficulty crammed in there in order to make you feel like you're actually doing something, etc... Speaking of the last point, I really think the health/healing system is one of the worst I've ever seen in a modern game. It simply couldn't be any more obnoxious and feels like an absolute chore. The fact that you didn't even bother making it easier over time with perks (or at least by letting us heal at campfires...) just shows how little you care about your audience actually enjoying themselves instead of just ensnaring their reptilian brain with your pointless and repetitive tasks, while conveying a fake sense of fun on par with terrible mobile games design. This game actually made me feel like it was using the infamous mobile game concept of making a game just fun enough to keep you going, but while being very careful of not making it too fun, so you actually really enjoy yourself. That's how bad my experience was.

    Because of this, in the 10 hours I could handle before giving up on this charade, I don't think there was a single time I could enjoy the world, because I was constantly looking to collect an absurd amount of health plants instead of looking at the scenery. That would have been fine if a few hits taken wouldn't mean I had to start again this garbage and ruin the pacing at the same time. But, no, you made it this horrible on purpose.

    Maybe I just don't get it. That must be it. After all, I somehow don't even find the whole premises of the world actually interesting or remotely believable in any way, although this could have something to do with the awful presentation. Anyway, I'll take Bloodborne over this any day. Sony should have started with this if they really wanted to make on impact on the PC community (and tons of cash of course). Hopefully it's gonna happen. Fingers crossed !
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  41. Aug 12, 2020
    2
    Buy it on ps4 if you have one instead.

    The game is incredible, it really is, but the amount of issues on pc make it very poor, I personally think it should not have been ported, guerilla has made horizon get its first real horde criticisms
  42. Oct 31, 2020
    1
    Too feministic, feels very unnatural. Gameplay is interesting. Could be a good story though
  43. Aug 10, 2020
    4
    Decent combat, good graphics, absolute trash story. Also it stutters on my 900 series gtx card. Suggest getting a better one if you want to enjoy it on higher graphics.

    Had half a dozen crashes too. Mostly during cutscenes. Wait for patches.
  44. Aug 10, 2020
    1
    This port is just straight up broken, crashes all over the place, performance is poor (unstable frames /timings), bugs and glitches out the ass. It just seems rushed and Sony doesn't seem to care. Save your money and buy something that actually works.
  45. Aug 10, 2020
    0
    Вот оно, качество эксклюзивов Сони. Просто браво.
  46. Aug 10, 2020
    0
    no puedo creer la nota q le pusieron, falta optimización y pulido, además de los continuos crasheos en la versión de steam
  47. Aug 10, 2020
    3
    За первые 10 часов лично у меня сформировалось не самое лучшее мнение об игре. Довольно посредственная Action/RPG с открытым миром, который абсолютно не интересно исследовать. Диалоги скучные и до ужаса примитивные. В первые пару часов вас ждет настолько клишированный сюжетный поворот, что я бы назначил уголовную ответственность за его использование. Сюжет,в целом, лично меня не цепляет.За первые 10 часов лично у меня сформировалось не самое лучшее мнение об игре. Довольно посредственная Action/RPG с открытым миром, который абсолютно не интересно исследовать. Диалоги скучные и до ужаса примитивные. В первые пару часов вас ждет настолько клишированный сюжетный поворот, что я бы назначил уголовную ответственность за его использование. Сюжет,в целом, лично меня не цепляет. Создается ощущение, будто все рассказанное где - то уже видел. Порадовали временами красивая картинка, поведение роботов, тема Элой, а так же возможность подстрелить кабанчика.

    Теперь об оптимизации. На борту у меня i7-8700k/GTX1080/16gb оперативы. Читал, что некоторые сидят по 2 часа на экране оптимизации при первом запуске, но у меня на это ушло минут 15. Далее, с постоянными статтерами я посмотрел вступительный ролик и, перейдя к геймплею, меня ждало то, что ждало.... Дропы фпс с 80 до 40, все те же статтеры, появляющиеся, порой, на глазах текстуры, неработающая анизотропная фильтрация и ещё уйма проблем, из - за которых хочется дропнуть игру с винта.
    Даже без учета проблем с оптимизацией, я бы дал 6/10, ну, а с ними, уж извините :)
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  48. Aug 10, 2020
    4
    Juego pesado, te pasas viendo videos y videos, para luego hacer alguna mision, la historia nada que no se haya visto antes, el juego muy mal optimizado, marea bastante porque no se logra ver nitido, con muchos bugs que te tiran fuera de juego de vez en cuando, esperaba mucho mas de este juego, si no hubiera tenido tanto hype tal vez me hubiera decepcionado menos.
  49. Aug 10, 2020
    0
    The game wont start. When started it runs for a second or two at least that what it shows in the steam client and then stops and syncs
  50. Aug 13, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All bastards it's a white man. All good persons it's a woman and a black mans + many bugs Expand
  51. Oct 23, 2020
    4
    Посредственная и нудная игра. Осилил еле еле 10 часов. Больше нет никакого желания возвращаться обратно
  52. May 24, 2021
    2
    You might as well play running simulator. The transportation in this game is limited, with very few extra features in between quests or missions, This is a game I suggest you do not play. This is proof that cool graphics don't equal a good game. This game is a NO!!!
  53. Aug 14, 2020
    1
    Runs like **** on 2080 super. Horrible port. Lazy effort by the developer and a vile attempt at cash grab by Sony and in hopes of converting some pc users to ps5 for hzd 2. Thing is pc users are not as stupid as ponies.
  54. Aug 14, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This s...t crushes 5 sec after launch.
    If not, it will crush after 5 min.
    If not, it will crush after 10 min 100%.
    This port was made in windows notebook by apes.
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  55. Aug 18, 2020
    4
    Скучная гриндилка с посредственной механикой и сюжетом.
  56. Aug 13, 2020
    0
    The game does not support Windows 7, some options do not work in the game, there is no snow deformation, general problems with the game: frequent crashes for no reason, optimization leaves much to be desired. And where is the first day patch?
  57. Aug 13, 2020
    0
    Купил игру в Steam. Из 12 часов игры в саму игру наиграл от силы часа 4, все остальное время - это поиск решения проблем на форумах.
    Как можно было выпустить ЭТО не протестировав до конца?
    Короче, я сильно возмущен, но деньги уже не вернуть. И кстати, скачал пиратку - работает идеально, наиграл уже 20 часов. Слышите, Гориллы, пиратка ИДЕАЛЬНО работает, в отличии от вашего куска кода.
    Купил игру в Steam. Из 12 часов игры в саму игру наиграл от силы часа 4, все остальное время - это поиск решения проблем на форумах.
    Как можно было выпустить ЭТО не протестировав до конца?
    Короче, я сильно возмущен, но деньги уже не вернуть.

    И кстати, скачал пиратку - работает идеально, наиграл уже 20 часов.
    Слышите, Гориллы, пиратка ИДЕАЛЬНО работает, в отличии от вашего куска кода.
    Так что дело не в моем железе.
    Пилите патчи, может быть и вернусь обратно на лицензию, если успеете.

    Ставлю 0 за криворукость.
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  58. Aug 10, 2020
    0
    Pathetic, overhyped, super mediocre game. Brings nothing new, awful and boring combat and VERY SHALLOW TALENT SYSTEM made by a 12 y old.
  59. Aug 10, 2020
    3
    Feel the same way about this game as I did when I played it on PS4 a few years back, it is a gorgeous open world that does not do anything spectacularly well, but manages to always look gorgeous and provide newer players with a substantial amount of (albeit repetitive) content to entertain them for hours. I still hold the feeling that this game was massively overrated and there are so manyFeel the same way about this game as I did when I played it on PS4 a few years back, it is a gorgeous open world that does not do anything spectacularly well, but manages to always look gorgeous and provide newer players with a substantial amount of (albeit repetitive) content to entertain them for hours. I still hold the feeling that this game was massively overrated and there are so many RPGs that do it better, but it does get a few points for its originality and world design.

    Unfortunately, the optimization on PC is absolutely dreadful, and downright laughable at times, which is why it sits at a 3 for me. Framerate issues, animation issues, bugs and visual glitches, runs poorly on Nvidia hardware, and maybe a few other issues I have not read about yet. This is another case of a console port that was rushed to market for the sole purpose of extra revenue. DO NOT BUY it in its current state. Developers need to do better to earn the money from the PC market, these kinds of efforts are unacceptable.
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  60. Aug 11, 2020
    1
    A horrible port that reveals the worst performance issues when the game world truly opens up which is after the 2-hour Steam refund window. I think Valve should make exceptions to their usual refund policy for games with widespread performance issues.

    The game itself seems pretty standard to me. I don't understand the fanfare. Then again, I can't play long before it stutters to death.
    A horrible port that reveals the worst performance issues when the game world truly opens up which is after the 2-hour Steam refund window. I think Valve should make exceptions to their usual refund policy for games with widespread performance issues.

    The game itself seems pretty standard to me. I don't understand the fanfare. Then again, I can't play long before it stutters to death. Totally not worth your time or money in its current state.
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  61. Aug 10, 2020
    0
    the game has clearly some optimization problems and sony let me down because of increase in game price..
  62. Dec 7, 2020
    1
    Horizon Zero Dawn is stereotypical Sony "story simulator" trash that is disguised as "open world" game. It has actually small extremely compressed map where every location is basically 5 minutes away. You can run from one side of map to other in about 10 minutes. And obviously sony losers who have never played actually great open world games will praise it to heavens.
  63. Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Buggy, Needs a LOT of patches. Story is ok, nice open world but its a wait for a year to buy game.
  64. Aug 13, 2020
    0
    Are you a'h'uel tam? 6 дней прошло, патча нет, новостей о патче нет, предварительной даты нет, обновлений нет. Выкатили новость в твиттере, мол работают над патчем, ЕЩЕ БЫ ВЫ НЕ РАБОТАЛИ. ИНДИ разработчики делают подобные патчи за пару дней, сейчас прошла почти неделя, НЕДЕЛЯ КАРЛ. И это крупная студия? И это бывший эксклюзив от Сони? Это самый настоящий плевок в лицо от разработчиков. ЯAre you a'h'uel tam? 6 дней прошло, патча нет, новостей о патче нет, предварительной даты нет, обновлений нет. Выкатили новость в твиттере, мол работают над патчем, ЕЩЕ БЫ ВЫ НЕ РАБОТАЛИ. ИНДИ разработчики делают подобные патчи за пару дней, сейчас прошла почти неделя, НЕДЕЛЯ КАРЛ. И это крупная студия? И это бывший эксклюзив от Сони? Это самый настоящий плевок в лицо от разработчиков. Я всех призываю обрушить оценку игры до минимума, пока вы будете жрать ****но с ложки они дальше будут так поступать! Самое ужасное, что не объявлены сроки, многие купили игру и безответно ждут новостей. Не позволяйте разработчикам Вас игнорировать! МЫ НЕ БУДЕМ РАБАМИ Expand
  65. Aug 10, 2020
    1
    Yeah, just bought the game and I'm getting huuuge stuttering, huge framedrops. In some areas 60fps locked and other areas dips down to 40 fps.
    Sony, I know you don't respect PC gaming but if that's all you can do, better not release any game.
    That's utterly embarassing. Microsoft just does it way better. The inconsistency throughout my 3 hours of playing this game has been so frustrating,
    Yeah, just bought the game and I'm getting huuuge stuttering, huge framedrops. In some areas 60fps locked and other areas dips down to 40 fps.
    Sony, I know you don't respect PC gaming but if that's all you can do, better not release any game.
    That's utterly embarassing.

    Microsoft just does it way better.
    The inconsistency throughout my 3 hours of playing this game has been so frustrating, I wanted to break my controller, pushing hairs because I got sick about fiddling with those puny settings that don't do ****

    And me thinking No man sky was a poorly optimized game, this just tops everything. Lazy devs or maybe incompetent. Maybe doing it on purpose?
    Who knows, personally, I don't recommend this game at all. You basically need a NASA PC and even then, I'm pretty sure it won't be flawless.

    Giving it a 1 out of 10 because there was some kind of effort, mainly the cutscenes look fantastic and that's about it.

    And me thinking
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  66. Aug 18, 2020
    3
    So nice having to wait ten minutes while the game "optimize stuff for your PC" then having texture and models **** up. Then you change drivers and wait another ten minutes to see that it is still **** up.
  67. Feb 8, 2021
    3
    The gameplay is ok. Been there, done that, but all in all ok. The wokeness is annoying
  68. Apr 19, 2021
    4
    такое чувство, что вся игра делалась вокруг сюжета, а всё остальное - персонажей, побочные квесты, опен ворлд и чистку карты - добавили только для галочки. как итог - основная сюжетная ветка более-менее интересная (только там, где надо по бункерам лазить), а остальной контент - скучная, унылая безыдейная ахинея. особенно раздражает чистка карты, на которую уйдёт часов 40-50.такое чувство, что вся игра делалась вокруг сюжета, а всё остальное - персонажей, побочные квесты, опен ворлд и чистку карты - добавили только для галочки. как итог - основная сюжетная ветка более-менее интересная (только там, где надо по бункерам лазить), а остальной контент - скучная, унылая безыдейная ахинея. особенно раздражает чистка карты, на которую уйдёт часов 40-50.
  69. Mar 14, 2021
    0
    There was so much to like but the dialogue, was just soppy fanny slime....so much of it...would be much better if they spoke 70% less, the main character is just some soppy little girl who gets over emotional about everything, the climbing controls were very clunky and did not make much sense....also the fps was up and down like a yoyo.....but i could handle that more if the story wasn'tThere was so much to like but the dialogue, was just soppy fanny slime....so much of it...would be much better if they spoke 70% less, the main character is just some soppy little girl who gets over emotional about everything, the climbing controls were very clunky and did not make much sense....also the fps was up and down like a yoyo.....but i could handle that more if the story wasn't so soft....these sorts of games need to have the option at the beginning to choose a darker story or a soft story, and choose what gender you want to be, forcing me to play as a stupid ugly little girl ruined the game. Expand
  70. Aug 15, 2020
    0
    Crash, Crash, Crash and again Crash! ports not working... bad graphic and what the hell
  71. Sep 25, 2020
    0
    В этой игре мне не понравилось абсолютно ничего.
    Игра по всем параметрам не в моем вкусе и это мягко говоря.
  72. Aug 18, 2020
    0
    Really nice game, much much better then Odysey but, Terrible optimization a lot of bugs and errors,
  73. Jan 4, 2021
    0
    Я уверяю вас - вы уже играли в эту игру несколько сотен раз, даже если вы никогда её не запускали. Просто вас ждёт тот же самый геймплей, что и тысячах других подобных игр. Как в это говно наиграть более 20 минут - мне не ясно. Меня не хватило и на 10, я просто не мог терпеть этот уебищный геймплей, мне было плохо, я альт-табался каждые 2 минуты от скуки, чтобы снова проверить соц-сети.Я уверяю вас - вы уже играли в эту игру несколько сотен раз, даже если вы никогда её не запускали. Просто вас ждёт тот же самый геймплей, что и тысячах других подобных игр. Как в это говно наиграть более 20 минут - мне не ясно. Меня не хватило и на 10, я просто не мог терпеть этот уебищный геймплей, мне было плохо, я альт-табался каждые 2 минуты от скуки, чтобы снова проверить соц-сети.
  74. Aug 26, 2020
    3
    The game itself is good and beautiful, but sony can **** themselves. Instead of working on a proper port they preferred to outsource it to some low skill low budget slaves. R u kidding me? It crashes every time!
  75. Aug 29, 2020
    3
    you can't play, the camera make you sick, stuttering and bugs everywhere.
    on ps it was way better, this is a very bad porting
  76. Aug 16, 2020
    0
    esse jogo tá uma porcaria pra rodar em qualquer PC experiência frustrante. Por favor sony fique com seus exclusivos só no playstation o PC não precisa de porcarias como esta. :D
  77. Aug 11, 2020
    2
    This game design copied from many games like Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry etc. Story is really dull and out of logic.
    But, if I avoid from these issues, it's a bad port like many other ports for PC platform. There is a lot of game crushes killing the rest of the joy. They really need to create games for PC exclusive first, then Consoles. It's only way to do things right in
    This game design copied from many games like Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry etc. Story is really dull and out of logic.
    But, if I avoid from these issues, it's a bad port like many other ports for PC platform. There is a lot of game crushes killing the rest of the joy. They really need to create games for PC exclusive first, then Consoles. It's only way to do things right in reality. Consoles are bunch of money squeezing trap for who have no idea how PC brings freedom. The best way, consoles must be burned!
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  78. Aug 11, 2020
    2
    over prices and Too many bugs.
    If you only buy one game, Death Stranding is better.
  79. Aug 21, 2020
    0
    Malisimo port , puta mierda de juego la de los piperos historia aburridísimo y repetitiva como la mierda.
  80. Aug 14, 2020
    0
    Скачал пиратку, наиграл 6-7 часов, игра перестала запускаться. Переустановил windows, перепробовал все способы, нихуя не помогает. Хорошо, что не отдал за это говно деньги.
  81. Aug 11, 2020
    4
    Story - 9/10, game-play - 6/10 (rock climbing is bad), animations - 8/10, optimization - 7/10, but port - 4/10, every hour crash, i farm 1 hour after crash and know what? its **** crash. i cant play in this without bug fixes

    my pc:
    Geforce 1060 Gaming X 6GB
    I5-4590 CPU 3.30Hz
  82. Aug 12, 2020
    2
    Зарегистрировался впервые, ради этой игры. Это не игра, а очередная рутина, весь геймплей это одна большая работа, а не игра. Мир совершенно статичный и не интересный. Захваты вышек и аванпостов, миссии на собирательство. Всё это мы уже видели и до сих пор видим в серии игры от юбисофт. Но однако же, эту игру чаще вспоминали на консоли положительными эпитетами, чем тех же асасинов. Нет, яЗарегистрировался впервые, ради этой игры. Это не игра, а очередная рутина, весь геймплей это одна большая работа, а не игра. Мир совершенно статичный и не интересный. Захваты вышек и аванпостов, миссии на собирательство. Всё это мы уже видели и до сих пор видим в серии игры от юбисофт. Но однако же, эту игру чаще вспоминали на консоли положительными эпитетами, чем тех же асасинов. Нет, я не защищаю игры от юбисофт. Я просто не могу понять, откуда столько восторга. История мира подаётся через надоевшие до боли записки и аудиодневники. Персонажи и враги, как тупые болванчики с примитивной анимацией. Цена этой игре не 2800, а как изначально и было указано 930. Для любителей не играть, а работать в игру. Ну а если копнуть поглубже в этот куций сюжет. Попросту не веришь в этот мир, серьёзно, машины в виде животных и люди скатившиеся до уровня первобытно-племенного строя. Мозг просто отказывается воспринимать такое развитие событий, я не против сказки и фантазии, но необходимо что-то, что дало бы повод поверить в этот мир. Expand
  83. Aug 14, 2020
    0
    amazing environment and character, good combat mechanic and mobs. the game still need some fixes to optimize the game play experience
  84. Aug 14, 2020
    0
    I created an account to leave this review. Don't buy! Random crashes. Didn't want to believe the reviews but they ARE true. Never had this big of a problem out of a game. What a SHAME. I can't believe they would release it broken for so many purchasers.
  85. Aug 14, 2020
    0
    Terrible pc port. There are graphical glitches, constant shutter and constant FPS drops across all hardware configurations. . Game is unplayable.
  86. Feb 8, 2021
    0
    1 of the best in the last 4 years ...... the scores that matter are the first and not the remakes and the second, only difference being from the playstation, the story is the same and I don't understand it (scores) .... for me it is excellent and always will be ........
  87. Mar 25, 2021
    0
    Vamos ver, Cyberpunk recebeu, pela metacritica, 85, Horizon, 84. Um site onde seus participantes dão 85 para um game absurdamente mal administrado, Cyberpunk, dão 85 como 'nota', não é ou não deveria ser parâmetro para nada. Horizon Zero Danw é espetacular, raríssimos 'bugs' ou problemas de performance - no PC.

    Excelente game em absolutamente tudo. mas não espero que uma audiência que
    Vamos ver, Cyberpunk recebeu, pela metacritica, 85, Horizon, 84. Um site onde seus participantes dão 85 para um game absurdamente mal administrado, Cyberpunk, dão 85 como 'nota', não é ou não deveria ser parâmetro para nada. Horizon Zero Danw é espetacular, raríssimos 'bugs' ou problemas de performance - no PC.

    Excelente game em absolutamente tudo. mas não espero que uma audiência que gosta de 'fast food' em games, dê algo positivo a um bom game. Metracritica virou um 'negócio'... nada tem mais a ver com 'criticas' honestas... é puro negócio patrocinado.
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  88. Mar 11, 2021
    1
    Худший кусок кала в который можно играть, сюжет предугадывается с первых 2ух часов игры. Сайд квесты это просто нечто, сбегай туда, зачисти - ты молодец, спасибо. Ужасная боевка, нет, УЖАСТНАЯ, нет додж механик, нет контратак, ничего нет. Спасибо sony, что портируете не хорошие игры, а вот такую попойку.Худший кусок кала в который можно играть, сюжет предугадывается с первых 2ух часов игры. Сайд квесты это просто нечто, сбегай туда, зачисти - ты молодец, спасибо. Ужасная боевка, нет, УЖАСТНАЯ, нет додж механик, нет контратак, ничего нет. Спасибо sony, что портируете не хорошие игры, а вот такую попойку.
  89. Apr 29, 2021
    4
    Porting eseguito in maniera pessima, il gioco è quello che era su ps4 e quindi giudicando semplicemente la versione PC posso dire che gira malissimo, problemi evidenti nel decentramento della protagonista durante il movimento e mille altri problemi.
    Ripeto non parlo di fatto di horizon zero down perché su ps4 faceva la sua bellissima figura, hanno semplicemente fatto un lavoro pessimo
    Porting eseguito in maniera pessima, il gioco è quello che era su ps4 e quindi giudicando semplicemente la versione PC posso dire che gira malissimo, problemi evidenti nel decentramento della protagonista durante il movimento e mille altri problemi.
    Ripeto non parlo di fatto di horizon zero down perché su ps4 faceva la sua bellissima figura, hanno semplicemente fatto un lavoro pessimo nella trasposizione su PC.
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  90. Aug 15, 2021
    0
    They should made this with a male protagonist instead of a weak female protagonist. If this game will have a sequel and they still push their lame ass excuse...go figure they will be bankrupt.
  91. Dec 4, 2021
    3
    This game is very beautiful !
    But , it looks generic & boring . Gameplay is repetitive and boring .
    This game feels like a "TOMB RAIDER" copy with "Assassin's creed" environment.
    Just play this game for the visuals . Story is boring and really not good .
    Better play this on play station , on pc there are serious optimization issues.
  92. Aug 16, 2020
    0
    Update after 40 hours...
    I am lowering the score to 0. I like the game but the crashes are getting worse.
    There was a couple of patches that supposed to fix this but all what was done is fixing some minor gameplay glitches. I used to have crashes during cutscenes, now after the patch I keep crashing even more and in random places. I won't be "reviewing" the game. It's a 3 years old
    Update after 40 hours...
    I am lowering the score to 0. I like the game but the crashes are getting worse.
    There was a couple of patches that supposed to fix this but all what was done is fixing some minor gameplay glitches.
    I used to have crashes during cutscenes, now after the patch I keep crashing even more and in random places.

    I won't be "reviewing" the game. It's a 3 years old title and you all played it already or read about it enough, so you all know what's going on and if you want to play it on PC or not.

    My biggest concern in here is the state of the PC port.
    Here's my set up for the reference.
    i7-8700K @3,7GHz
    32GB RAM
    GTX1080 @1440p with G-sync @165Hz
    Game runs on ultra settings with motion blur turned off.

    The game has very unstable fps on my rig but overall runs at about 50 to 60fps. It can occasionally jump to 90 or fall to high 30's but most of the time stays within that 50-60 range. To my surprise it can jump to 150-180 during cutscenes and starting to think is this what causes the problems?

    The game crashes randomly during cutscenes and it can be anything from major plot scene to a short conversation with a merchant. There is no quick save in this game where you can press the F5 and save it, you have to go to a camp fire (go figure....) and "quick save it" that way.
    With random crashes and when you don't really know what will happen around the corner you can loose hours of play, and the game won't let you quick save before any attempt at conversation or interaction with NPC's.

    HZD is a mash up between the Tomb Raider(2013) and AC Origins and it looks and plays quite nice but unfortunately not as good as TR or AC O.
    There is something odd in character movement and it has some weird "glitches" like characters moving quickly or fall back into places after a cut scene.

    According to Steam I played for 10 hours. Take 2 of them for setting up and general testing. That gives you around 8 hours of gameplay. Probably 3-4 hours from this 8 were lost to crashes where I had to replay the whole sections of the map.
    My first 3 crashes happened in the firs 20 minutes of tutorial.

    At the moment - DO NOT BUY IT! Wait for updates and fixes. Give it a month or two.
    If by then you won't be playing Cyberpunk and still be interested in this game then yes, but until it's fixed - NO.
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  93. Sep 9, 2020
    4
    Another wannabe open-world with a bow and wall climbing. Ridiculous setting, poor and bland writing, paint-by-numbers progression/"crafting", mediocre animation with self-clipping, poor facial animations with a sprinkle of uncanny valley, bad lighting with lens flare galore, poor water visuals. Bad melee combat, bad and way too easy ranged combat with slow-mo aiming, insane zoom and anAnother wannabe open-world with a bow and wall climbing. Ridiculous setting, poor and bland writing, paint-by-numbers progression/"crafting", mediocre animation with self-clipping, poor facial animations with a sprinkle of uncanny valley, bad lighting with lens flare galore, poor water visuals. Bad melee combat, bad and way too easy ranged combat with slow-mo aiming, insane zoom and an integrated wallhack. Intensely stupid AI. How does this get any praise is beyond me. Expand
  94. Aug 25, 2020
    1
    This is straight up the worst optimized port of PS4 into PC. The story and mechanics are outstanding, but they are overshadowed by the terrible performance.
  95. Aug 17, 2020
    3
    Very poor optimization for this port. Game graphics are definitely subpar for this level of hardware demand. Plenty of visible aliasing and shimmering textures. Gameplay is kinda boring and repetitive, the combat system is nothing special.
  96. Aug 19, 2020
    0
    if you want the ultimate crash expirience every 5 minutes then look no further than this game
  97. Sep 3, 2020
    0
    i won´t play this game when it crashes. this is my first playthrough of the game and i´m pissed it crashed during a part of the storytelling...immersion is completely gone.
    Its the third of october now, two months after release and the game is still unstable. i regret buying this immensly
  98. Dec 12, 2020
    0
    The company, which provides 20 language support, did not bother for Turkish language support.
  99. Apr 22, 2021
    4
    Никогда и представить не мог, что данная игра выйдет на ПК. К сожалению, разработчики подвели.
    Геймплей. Сводится к банальному отстреливанию из лука компонентов у машин, что утомляет. С людьми и то интереснее бороться. Ближнего боя как такового нет, он слишком кастрирован. Да и управление сделано явно не под клаву-мышь.
    Визуальная часть. Графика в игре звезд не хватает, но и плохой ее не
    Никогда и представить не мог, что данная игра выйдет на ПК. К сожалению, разработчики подвели.
    Геймплей. Сводится к банальному отстреливанию из лука компонентов у машин, что утомляет. С людьми и то интереснее бороться. Ближнего боя как такового нет, он слишком кастрирован. Да и управление сделано явно не под клаву-мышь.
    Визуальная часть. Графика в игре звезд не хватает, но и плохой ее не назовешь. Удручает корявая анимация персонажей. Но дизайн локаций выполнен вполне себе на хорошем уровне.
    Сюжет. Есть довольно неплохая главная ветка и глупые однотипные побочные квесты, которые лень выполнять.
    Техническая часть. Вот тут и кроется весь сок. Игра портирована ужасно: частые вылеты, баги, ужасная оптимизация.
    Вывод. Первый блин комом, как говорится, Сони. Этот порт показал, какими игры выпускать не нужно. Сама игра жутко распиарена и явно идет на любителя.
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  100. Sep 24, 2020
    3
    The game suffers from many bugs and performance problems, but even without these problems the game is quite repetitive and forgettable. The story itself is really cool and the game looks pretty nice too. I didn’t play the game on the Playstation and I’m not sad about it because I’m likely to have forgotten this game soon which is a shame because this game definitely has more potential. DueThe game suffers from many bugs and performance problems, but even without these problems the game is quite repetitive and forgettable. The story itself is really cool and the game looks pretty nice too. I didn’t play the game on the Playstation and I’m not sad about it because I’m likely to have forgotten this game soon which is a shame because this game definitely has more potential. Due to the many problems of the port, the game is not really fun either. Expand
Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 50
  2. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. Jan 10, 2022
    100
    Horizon Zero Dawn truly expresses how videogames nowadays are an art form, if not only through its visuals and storytelling, then certainly through its expertly incorporated combat. A glee-filled experience through and through.
  2. CD-Action
    Oct 15, 2020
    85
    I had tons of fun with the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn. I appreciated the story, enjoyed exploring the vast, remarkable world crafted masterfully out of extremely diverse elements, and found defeating the largest mechanical beasts to be deeply satisfying every single time. Additionally, the Complete Edition features The Frozen Wilds expansion, which is not only large, but also visually stunning. [10/2020, p.56]
  3. Aug 25, 2020
    85
    Even with its technological hangups, the PC port of Horizon Zero Dawn brings an experience wholly unlike anything else I've ever played.