Horizon Forbidden West PS4 graphics could be mistaken for PS5

Horizon Forbidden Due west PS4 graphics could be mistaken for PS5

(Image credit: Sony / Guerrilla)

New screenshots shared past developer Guerrilla Games on Twitter are here to remind you how amazing Horizon Forbidden West will look when it launches for the PlayStation 5. Except these screenshots aren't from the PS5 version, they're from the PlayStation 4 version.

The contents of the screenshots don't confirm anything we didn't already know near the long-awaited sequel, just highlighting protagonist Aloy and the native machines in a swamp and desert expanse. But they do show that PS4 owners won't need to worry about getting a visually inferior game.

The visuals for the PS5 version are impressive enough, but what'southward even more impressive is that Guerrilla Games appears to take successfully recreated them on less powerful hardware.

We've showed you a lot of footage of #HorizonForbiddenWest on PS5 and then far, but the game likewise looks – and plays – stunning on the PlayStation iv! pic.twitter.com/BuVga90W5LDecember 15, 2021

Just what about gameplay?

It'due south important to remember that we take notwithstanding to see any footage of Horizon Forbidden Due west running on the PS4. The pretty graphics won't matter if the game doesn't run as smoothly as its PS5 counterpart. There has also been some disappointment from a few fans who wish the game was a PS5 exclusive since Guerrilla Games would have been able to take full reward of the PS5's capabilities without worrying about being held back past the PS4's hardware.

In fact, Horizon Forbidden West was initially appear as a PS5 exclusive, with Sony only confirming a PS4 version a few months later on. Although, co-ordinate to VGC's sources, the sequel was in development for PS4 first, so a PS5 release wasn't part of the original plan.

While information technology'due south good news that PS4 owners will be able to check out the game, specially since the PS5 remains difficult to get hold of, Sony has obviously been pushing the PS5 version as part of its efforts to get people to jump ship to the newer panel.

We are still in something of a transition period, which is why a number of large PS5 games have PS4 counterparts, such every bit Spider-Human: Miles Morales and the upcoming God of War: Ragnarok. Eventually, we will reach a bespeak where Sony volition cease releasing starting time-party titles for the PS4 and expect everyone to take a PS5 in their homes.

In that location's plenty of PS5 gameplay footage of Horizon Forbidden Dawn for fans to fawn over until it releases on Feb 18, 2022. But hopefully, Guerrilla Games will have some more to show of the PS4 version shortly.

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