Horizon Zero Dawn [PS4, PC]
- Thread starter ultragpu
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Man, I haven't cared about all the gimmicky features TV manufacturers throw around but I do want HDR on my monitors and TVs. It used to be my dream long back. Hope this stuff becomes standard soon and gets cheaper.
hopefully in the future cheap 1080p HDR display will come to the market
Who's going to buy a new 1080p TV for HDR when the market is already flooded with new 4K TVs?
A suggestion for those looking into buying a new 4K HDR set; Don't buy one yet unless you absolutely can't wait a few months, HDR is still relatively new and most sets have significant -additional- input lag with HDR on (even expensive OLED ones). Moreover, next Spring we'll get to see new TVs that have advanced technology and will probably be significantly better than what's on the market today, especially for 4K and HDR content. In either case, you could end up buying a TV for the same amount of money that you'll pay today, that is significantly better for the content you want to use it for or you could end up buying the same set you're looking for right now at a significantly reduced price.
Bit late but I've taken another look at the 4K Pro reveal and noticed some things
- Draw distance seems to be really good: https://abload.de/img/1dtoyd.jpg
- Volumetric lighting/shadows remain from shadowfall, volumetric shadows should be really nice during night time (see Until Dawn on the guerrilla engine for example): https://abload.de/img/2tsqcf.jpg
- AF seems surprisingly decent in this video: https://abload.de/img/34nqsx.jpg
- Small rocks cast shadows/have ao giving depth to the geometry in this scene: https://abload.de/img/468r0v.jpg
- ssr on highly reflective materials: https://abload.de/img/5fxr63.jpg
Looks really gorgeous with a lot of scenery movement and excellent animations. 2 things that annoyed me though:
- Slides down the rope at the start with her hands..... really? They couldn't just have her grab some leather strap off her belt to slide down a rope or something else more believable?
- The whole climbing the mecha-brontosaurus seems to be a UBI-climb-tower-discover-surroundings activity with a mobile tower?
The game doesn't look georgeous to me. In fact, even if I were into stylized games, I would find it boring. Seriously, I'd just wander around the world wondering who thought of the idea of hybrid robot human animals. I also wondered how she could slide down the wire with her bare hands. I've had rope burn before -- it hurts. She either has mutant durability or a fast healing factor. Every time she zips down a line like that, she should lose life points.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Maybe that's part of the story and the girl is actually a super advanced android? With special non-burny hands? 
The point 1 is now corrected. They did not have the time to include the new animation into the demo.
