GamingBolt compared the PS5 and the PC Version of Horizon Forbidden West:

Horizon Forbidden West PC Graphics Analysis – How Does it Stack Up Against the PS5 Version?

With this feature, we take a look at Horizon Forbidden West on PC and analyze its aspects ranging from graphical features to performance and much more.

Horizon Forbidden West is a sequel that takes what worked in the original and amps it all up to eleven with a bigger open world that’s bursting with vivid locales to explore and a myriad of things to do. Guerilla Games has finally brought this wonderful experience to PC with the aid of Sony-owned Nixxes Software, the same team that assisted in developing the PC port of Zero Dawn. 

The transition from PS5 to PC in terms of the gameplay is obviously pretty smooth, but how does it fare on a technical level? How far can you push the game on PC? And what are the performance metrics? With this technical analysis, we take a look at Horizon Forbidden West on PC and how it compares to the PS5 release.

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GamingBolt reviewed Horizon Forbidden West:

Horizon Forbidden West PC Review - A NEW BENCHMARK For PC Ports

When it first came out on the PS5, Horizon Forbidden West was praised for being an excellent follow-up to Horizon Zero Dawn, already an incredibly fun open world adventure game. Burning Shores on the PS5 continued this trend, while making further use of more modern hardware with gorgeous vistas and engaging gameplay. The PC release, however, has set a new benchmark for just how well a port can be developed.

The PC version of Horizon Forbidden West includes just about every feature you can imagine, including more niche ones like support for ultrawide monitors. For the larger majority of PC gamers, however, the game also features incredible optimization across a wide range of hardware. This means that, as long as your PC has parts made in the last few years, it’ll probably run Horizon Forbidden West incredibly well.

Eurogamer interviewed the devs for the PC port of Horizon Forbidden West:

The big Horizon Forbidden West PC tech interview with Nixxes and Guerrilla Games

How one of PS5's most advanced games made its way across to PC.

2022's Horizon Forbidden West is one of the most technically accomplished games produced for PS5, and today it gets a full release on PC with the Complete Edition that aims to add in new features and scale gracefully across a wide range of CPU and GPU hardware.

Porting specialists Nixxes created this new edition of the game with original Horizon Forbidden West developers Guerrilla Games, and key members of both teams spoke to Digital Foundry's Alex Battaglia ahead of the game's PC release.

From Nixxes, this interview includes Patrick Den Bekker (principal lead programmer), Craig Leach (senior systems programmer), Michiel Roza (principal optimisation programmer) and Julian Huijbregts (community manager). Guerrilla is represented by Jeroen Krebbers (lead tech programmer), Jeremy Laumon (principal tech programmer) and Misja Baas (senior art director). As usual, the text has been edited for length and clarity.

When did work start on Horizon Forbidden West for PC, and what was the working relationship like between Nixxes and Guerrilla?

Patrick Den Bekker - Nixxes: We normally start a project a year before it is released, so that would be February or March last year.

Jeroen Krebbers - Guerrilla: We at Guerrilla internally have a PC version, which is not the same as shipping a PC game... we use that for our internal tooling and also for verifying that our rendering backend and all of our subsystems work on PC, to make sure that can run tooling and bakes and things like that without requiring a PlayStation for everything. And that's usually the basis of starting a port, right? So there's a bunch of legwork that we do internally that is basically handed over to Nixxes, and they do the magic.

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Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition has been released:

Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition - Launch Trailer | PC Games

Explore distant lands. Fight awe-inspiring machines. Experience the majestic adventure like never before on PC. Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is out now on Steam and Epic Games Store!

PC Gamer reports that the upcoming action RPG Horizon Forbidden West needs a well built PC:

Horizon Forbidden West's highest PC setting needs a GPU that didn't even exist when the game first came out, along with 150GB of SSD space

Aloy is returning to PC this month when Horizon Forbidden West launches on March 21. Ahead of the open-world romp's arrival, developers Nixxes and Guerrilla have detailed what we'll need to run it, as well as what we can expect in terms of graphics customisation—the latter of which looks to be pretty par for the course. 

While Forbidden West launched on PS5 a couple of years ago, to get it running on the highest graphics preset on PC the developers recommend a GPU that didn't even exist back then, suggesting either an RTX 4080 or RX 7900XT. That's only if you want to play in 4K at 60 fps, though. The recommended specs are a lot less demanding: RTX 3060 or RX 5700. That'll allow you to hit 60 fps if you're still using a 1080p display. 

It's a vast and impressive looking game, of course, and I expect we'll see some extra bells and whistles in the PC port. The first game blew my socks off when it came to PC. Naturally, regardless of what presets you'll use, you'll still need 150GB of storage space, and as is increasingly common an SSD is recommended. Thankfully, these days they are getting a lot more affordable, so take a look at our best SSD list if you're thinking of picking one up. 

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Horizon Forbidden West will be released on March 21:

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is coming to PC on March 21

PC features and pre-purchase details revealed

Hey everyone,

Are you ready to continue Aloy's epic adventure on PC? On March 21, you'll be able to explore the Forbidden West, battle awe-inspiring machines and encounter new tribes. Horizon Forbidden West is the beloved follow up to Guerrilla's critically acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn, and this Complete Edition for PC also includes the Burning Shores expansion, which continues Aloy’s journey and takes players to a treacherous volcanic archipelago after completing the main quest.

Today we are excited to announce that the PC version of Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is now available for pre-purchase with bonus content, including:

• Blacktide Outfit and Blacktide Bow* (available only with pre-purchase)
• Nora Legacy Outfit and Nora Spear* (available only when linking your Steam account to PlayStation Network)
• 2 Special Outfits (Carja Behemoth Elite and Nora Thunder Elite)
• 2 Special Weapons (Carja Behemoth Short Bow and Nora Thunder Sling)
• In-game Resources Pack including ammunition, potions, and travel packs
• In-game Apex Clawstrider Machine Strike Piece
• Exclusive Photo Mode pose and face paint

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition on PC features unlocked frame rates, customizable graphics settings and a broad range of performance-enhancing technologies, including NVIDIA DLSS 3 upscaling and frame generation. AMD FSR and Intel XeSS are also supported. For players with high-end hardware and extra headroom, image-enhancing NVIDIA DLAA is also available. The game leverages DirectStorage for quick loading times on PC.

On your journey in the far-future post-apocalyptic world of Horizon, you will discover a variety of highly detailed environments, including lush forests, sunken cities, vast deserts and impressive mountain ranges. With ultra-wide support, you'll be able to take in the vistas in a panoramic view. Gameplay is supported in 21:9 ultra-wide, 32:9 super ultra-wide and even 48:9 resolutions with compatibility for triple-monitor setups.

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IGN presents a new trailer for Horizon Forbidden West:

Horizon Forbidden West - NVIDIA DLSS 3 Trailer | CES 2024

Couchpotato spotted an accolades trailer for Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition:

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition | Accolades Trailer

Gematsu reports that the Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition for the PC will be released early 2024:

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition launches October 6 for PS5, in early 2024 for PC

Includes the base game and downloadable content "Burning Shores."

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Guerrilla Games will release Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition for PlayStation 5 on October 6 worldwide for $59.99 USD / €69.99 / 7,980 yen, followed by PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in early 2024, the companies announced. The PC version is ported by Nixxes Software.

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