Horizon Forbidden West vs Horizon Zero Dawn - Physics and Details Comparison 

I honestly didn't think they could possibly make this game look much better than it already did, specially on PS4. But man they proved me wrong. The sheer amount of detail is just insane! It's so much nicer than the original & I thought the original was one of the best looking titles on the PS4! They've really pushed the boundaries of what this system can do!

I love how you clearly recognize stuff like the grass for example but the slight discoloration really shows that the earth is dying slowly which is a nice detail in my opinion

The fire spread comparison was with two completely different weapons, I'm wondering if that's the reason for the big difference.

One thing I don't like about Forbidden West: A lot of times, the camera feels too close to Aloy. It makes it difficult to maintain spatial awareness, especially when climbing or fighting.

The climbing in Forbidden West seems to flow more naturally instead of being more obvious it's game physics like in Zero Dawn. They also improved the water coloration and added underwater swimming in Forbidden West and they made the snow physics more realistic, and the rain was heavier in Zero Dawn. The environment is brighter in Zero Dawn and more evenly spread-out in Forbidden West. I'll have to play the game myself to see if these changes bother or impress me. Also, take note in that Forbidden West takes place in a different location, so some of the environmental differences make sense because of that.

I only just got around to playing Zero Dawn recently and I'm definitely enjoying it! It's nice that we've gotten to a point where a five+ year old game can still look and play perfectly fine. Fellow thirty-somethings will remember a time when a five year old game was ancient news.

Maybe im blind but in conclusion zero dawn holds up pretty well..?i had it on a pro and it was beautiful. Water could improve though

I'm probably in the minority but I love her new face. They made her more realistic in FW as opposed to the first game where she kinda looks a little weird and plasticky in comparison, like a doll.

Just replayed zero dawn. Holds up very well, and can compete with new games. Obviously forbidden west is better, but not a fair comparison. Considering the budget and risk of zero dawn, it is insanely impressive what they accomplished.

When I first walked through tall grass in FW I felt something was off. Couldn't put my finger on it until I saw the direct comparison. ZD had better grass physics where the grass got pushed by your body while FW does not. Seems like a small detail but the lack of grass physics made me think I was in cover when I was not in cover and messed up some stealth opportunities. Other than this, I am amazed at how much better FW looks than ZD because when I first played ZD I was awestruck by how beautiful games have become.

one thing I was disappointed with in forbidden west was that when you jump on a ladder from far way, aloy swings right through the lower bars. I feel like that is a common enough thing for them to fix.

Forbidden West looks nicer, and they give you more movement options... but HZD has better overall movement. No nerfed dodge. No constant environment blocking, or Aloy getting stuck in a climbing motion because you came too close to a surface while in a fight. Generally smoother control.

I prefer the old climbing to the new. Aloy gets stuck so many times, even when you can see where she can jump she refuses to jump in that direction and when you get to the top, half the time she won’t pull herself up

One thing I never see mentioned is how amazing the animal models are in FW. Even small animals like lizards and scorpions look incredible up close.

I honestly think the weather, and lighting effects were better in zero dawn. i was blown away by the lighting in that game and the way it filtered through fog and stuff. it seems heavily toned down in forbidden west in that aspect.

I was in love with the first. Loved loved loved the second one even more. Great storyline. Gameplay isn’t hard to learn, keeps you attracted to the game by how breathtaking it actually is.

One thing not mentioned but that is way much better are the campfires. In ZD the woods were comnected in a cone form while in FB its randomized which makes it looks 100% more natural than before

Forbidden West is an improvement in basically every aspect, and one of the best sequels to any game ever.

Obras de arte do tipo q valem cada centavo, eu já era fã agora me apaixonei de vez pela guerrilla

well, I’m glad the differences are subtle yet significant. It keeps the appearance consistent. I am enjoying the Luc Picard thing. I don’t want the game to end.

They both look equally amazing imo

loved the hair aesthetics rather than semi-stiff in dawn, but overall both are great i think highly appreciated

Great comparison! Hope they change the fire 'spread'. Because now it is, uhm yeah, very crap 🤣!

Wow Zero Dawn looks so much more aged than I remember, so weird to see it after such a long time

Wow you've put Horizon 2 on the left and Horizon 1 on the right, I was about to have a stoke.

I love Zero Dawn and am loving Forbidden West even more, I can say Zero Dawn holds up really well however the changes to the physics in FW make the game feel more fluid to me

One of the things I wish Zero Dawn had was with the bow how you can aim with it 🙁the fire spread in Dawn is very realistic it’s awesome, in Forbidden West it’s looks a bit clunky

I loved both of these games the visuals and such are really improved in forbidden west I absolutely cannot wait until the next one these games are great I love them so much I love the music and scenery in forbidden west the visuals are so pleasing to look at and the music is soooo good

All good except for the fire comparison. The one was an arrow and the other a bomb. Very different effects there...

The biggest change that mattered to me was how much improvement they made to the facial expressions on- and off-dialogue. It's less uncanny, more natural and believable in FW.

The fire was fucked up.

All the game needed is new techniques and machines to fight as an upgrade, Zero Dawn is a masterpiece Nice video by the way

I think snow, fire and rain looks better in Zero Dawn

The rain effects, grass physics, and volumetric light are much better in Zero Dawn.

HFW was one of the best sequel made and it's improvement from it's predecessor is actually amazing. but there are still problem I find in the game, like when jumping into beams, Aloy will have a delay of 1-2seconds before she can climb or jump again. if you're walking slowly or crouching you can't move forward with some stairs or a rock with maybe a 60cm high which kinda annoys me when sneaking in some camps. after playing Death Strandings which also uses the Decima Engine, I thought HFW would be so flawless with it's terrain but still it is an amazing game, 10/10. I just hope they will fix those buggy features in the future updates.

HFW looks fantastic! I can't wait to play it.

The most replayed part of this video is hilarious

They both look incredible but wow there's a notable improvements in Forbidden West

Цветовая гамма Zero Dawn мне больше нравится, а вот изменения в Forbidden West лица Элой меня ни сколько не смущают.

grass, snow, rain and fire was better in zero dawn imo, as well as the camera feeling off in FW. other than that FW is definitely an improvement and a great sequel

Both games look great - one thing I miss in HFW is the vibrancy of Aloy's hair. I don't think that bright orange shade is any less realistic - it's more auburn in HFW and I miss the orange.

the graphics look way nicer, can't wait to play it!

Big thanks for video! Спасибо! Так я не понял, насколько сильно графику улучшили? Видеокарточка gtx 1650 gddr6 потянет новый Horizon_Forbidden West? Или нужен получше видеоускоритель?

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Great games... I'm loving Forbidden West. Been playing it here and there over the past few weeks.

I Will love a Horizon Game with Rost, a prequel, he also go into the west, and if i Remember right Rost made a Word Tour, he return to Nora s Land cause the fate . But i think he fought againts machine all over the world!

i suggest in the next videos put the old one in the left side of the screen, feels more chronological

I just discovered the fighting pits in Forbidden West and I effing love it!

so many games have been released since 2018, and still red dead redemption 2 is one of the best, if not the best graphically game

It’s crazy how real she looks in FW when in ZD she looks so doll-like

What platforms did you record these on? PS4? PS5?

7:08 Wow, If I not mistaken I've never seen before like that

There both are beautiful amazing games I love them both

Wow the grass movement around 4:00 looked more realistic in zero dawn

Omg.. Water looks significantly good . Details and textures also have good improvement.

I like FW a lot more, but I do like ZD’s storyline. It’s very captivating to me because Aloy’s backstory is explained

Похоже, в новой игре графика более совершенная. Но и в 1й части смотрится очень красиво и природа и машины. Классная игра, жду порт 2 части на ПК. Потянет ли ??

Tbh I kinda like the graphics in Zero Dawn better. The effect of the slightly muted tones/details in the environment makes it easier to focus on Aloy and what she's doing. It also made it easier to fight battles. Now it's sort of like the environment is competing for attention with Aloy and the machines, which is overwhelming and distracting sometimes.

Seeing this just makes me wonder how games will look like in 10 years. Everytime we say "woah look at these graphics" something better comes out

This is crazy how different it is

disappointed that they removed the RAGDOLL PHYSICS from the dead robot corpses. and that the synthetic muscles reacted in the previous game(Zero Dawn) to the Arrow hits and now in F.W. they don't, now when you kill a robot it's just a static rock that doesn't react to anything

Zero dawn really gives you the devastating atmosphere while forbidden west is the opposite- in my own perspective.

Amazing!!!

Solid update to nearly everything that doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Feels familiar but better in every single way.

Fire, rain and grass walkthrough and arrow in water most definitely look way better in HZD in my opinion!

In my opinion Horizon Zero Dawn can keep up well because the graphics are nice and the fire spread is very good. Forbidden West is very good too but i hoped it would be better then that

On PS5 "Horizon Zero Dawn got an 60fps,but I have the "PS5 Special Edition with the Steel book with disc. And man "Forbidden West is untouchable. I don't use hdr and I play in resolution mode on every game. But for "Forbidden West I use favor performance in the actual game settings and Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut I use favor performance in actual game settings. Nice video 👍

For gaming activities wise, if they manage to allow free climbing like Assassin’s Creed series, this will be the best experience because we all love it as high as possible to see the beautiful of the landscape from above

Os dois jogos são lindos de mais não tem comparação pra mim entre um ou outro,se tiver são detalhes que não atrapalham em nada.

its crazy i dont remember the graphics being that blurry in the 1st one but the forriden west looks promising 😍

The hair physics improved so much

What i really like is the fact that FW made the cut-scenes more bearable to watch. ZD's cutscenes sometimes just felt void of emotion, especially on Aloy's part. I play ZD again recently, and my girl barely moves nor makes much facial expression. It is one of the points i like the most in FW.

Winners, in my opinion:. Tree Archery: Forbidden West Snow Physics*: Zero Dawn Swimming: Forbidden West Climbing*: Both Hunting Animals: Forbidden West Jumping from a high Point: Both Changes in Aloy's Face: Both Grass*: Both Water Physics*: Zero Dawn Horse: Forbidden West World: Both Fire Spread*: Zero Dawn Rain: Zero Dawn Can you shot NPCs?: Zero Dawn *Snow Physics: Yes, the snow is heavier in Zero Dawn, but in Forbidden West it looks like it's dry, like powder.. As if it's been snowing flour... *Climbing: The sounds seem better in Zero Dawn, the looks in Forbidden west.. In Zero Dawn it seems more powerful, and to be honest, in Forbidden West I don't think I'd know where I should climb up, because it's more obvious in Zero Dawn... *Grass: The looks are better in Forbidden West, the sounds in Zero Dawn.. and at least in Zero Dawn the Grass physics allow to detect an object when it walks through... *Water Physics: The sound is better in Zero Dawn.. And for some reason the Water has no reflection in Forbidden West.. you can just see through.. strange... *Fire spread: Yes, I know they were using two different weapons, but I know how the real Fire arrow looks like, and it's still better.. besides, the title says: fire SPREAD, not fire arrows! Which means, the bomb counts too... This was only my opinion...

Anyone else notice that the multi-arrow skill seems broken? It feels like I'm not getting the damage / elemental build up that I should be getting from 3 arrows. You could really tell the difference in Zero Dawn, but in Forbidden West the skill seems useless.

A little question the video for the Forbidden West one is it on Ps4, Ps4 Pro or Ps5 ?

That's beautiful!!!

They shall release more patches for more optimization of forbidden west on ps4 and for more interaction matters and details

They both have their pros and cons. Still think you should be able to retrieve arrows… at least a couple times.

The way the water looks in HFW vs HZD is like night and day.

i love how the water look in forbidden west

I'm a little split if I'm being perfectly honest. I think the swimming had a bit more detail in ZD, and the tree archery is most definitely better in the original. There was bark flying off the tree and everything and that wasn't there in the FW clip you showed. I also thought the warthog looked slightly better with the brown fur in ZD. Something was just a smidge off about it in the FW clip. Aloy and the grass looked a lot better in FW. All in all I think they both have their ups and downs.

Best game when it comes to graphics, is tlou 2 in my opinion, shortly followed by rdr2, love these games

They made the best looking game look modest !! Great job 👏 👍

First off I'm so glad I got this game today. I already have Horizon Zero Dawn and played most of the way through the game. Wonderfully awesome.

The only problem I'm finding in Horizon Forbidden West is that when you use your focus, caches or plants and even animals don't keep highlighted anymore like in the previous game. And climbing has become a tad more difficult 😔

I dislike climbing in FW. ZD was much easier lol too many points of articulation in FW. I LOVE how they added animals doing little activities by themselves. Wild hogs will roll over in the dust and play. Also the grass physics is much much better in ZD. She even reaches her hands out to brush against it.

Horizon is like GOW 2018. They made a beautiful looking game, gave it some cool and fun mechanics and an enjoyable story. They then made a sequel that took the problems with the first game and fixed them, updated the graphics, and added new mechanics to make it even more fun and enjoyable to play.

In general, a big step up in fidelity, which is to be expected. I have to say, the snow in the original kinda look better judging solely from the footage in the video. I'm somewhat missing comparisons between the clouds as well as the lighting, although the latter can be tricky since you'd want somewhat similar colors of the light source and the environment in both scenarios.

FIRST EVERY DAY GRAPHICS HAS AN IMPROVEMENT AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE

Horizon zero dawn was the first game that loved so much spending more than 120 hours . I recently bought forbidden west (now with less than 30 hours ) and i have to say damnnn. It is hella improved . The water and the life underwater is amazing , the characters models are outstanding especially Aloy's. Although at some point i felt that it was kinda frustrating because of the huge skill tree, the upgrading table , the extreme detail about machines when scanned by focus , all felt too much. Maybe i feel this way because I still am new player but idk . With that being said I still believe that this game is a masterpiece and i hella love it . It is a rock solid 9.7/10 game for sure

Nice horse Is that the mechabred?

AMAZING COMPARISON BRO 🔥

I really hope they release horizon forbidden west on PC at some point

Unexpectedly now waiting for elden ring Horizon Forbiden west graphick amazing

When you have to keep looking at the top of the screen to see which one is what because you can't tell them apart 😆

5:24 j'étais pas prêt pour le sifflement dans HZD 🤣🤣🤣🤣, j'ai explosé de rire. Le doubleur dans cette version en avait rien a foutre, voir ne savais pas sifflé avec les doigts.

Во время проверки огня ты в West стреляешь из лука, а в zero бомбочками из рогатки, надо было тоже из лука стрелять чтоб такие как я не душнили 👌

Yo no veo tanta difencia, es más, en algunos aspectos incluso veo mejor al zero dawn.

I just recently purchased a Vizio M6 series tv. The graphics look stunning.

Pero claro! 5 años de diferencia con diferentes consolas y poder gráfico