The PC version of Horizon Forbidden West, which has just been released as a complete edition including the extremely extensive story expansion Burning Shores, is a real technical fireworks display on paper and is being rated correspondingly positively by the specialist press. As a first preliminary test by Digital Foundry has shown, the PC version responsible for Nixxes Software is an extremely successful port of the former Playstation exclusive title. As expected, the player reviews on Steam are also very positive.
Source: Steam Shortly after the launch of the PC version of Horizon Forbidden West, 144 reviews were given, most of them very positive. Currently, around 89 percent of players have given the open-world adventure a positive rating, joining the previous voices from the specialist press, which also speaks of a very good port of a very good game. The PCGH editorial team had already examined Digital Foundry's preliminary test and Eurogamer's reporting in detail.
Horizon Forbidden West: How good is the PC version? [Bericht]
Today, Horizon Forbidden West, which was released for the PS4 and PS5 on February 18, 2022, is finally being released for the PC, but how good is the port?
In the reviews on Steam, the good porting from the PS5 to the PC by Nixxes Software is particularly praised and statements like “Runs absolutely flawlessly on a Geforce RTX 4060. Nixxes has done it again” are absolutely not uncommon. The Dutch development studio is now one of the best-known specialists for PS5 to PC ports of this type. The development studio is also bringing Ghost of Tsushima to the PC.
PCGH will continue to monitor ratings on Steam and will provide an update to this report should the trend change. Currently, the player ratings correspond absolutely to what one could expect from the PC version. But how does the community from the PCGHX forum actually see the start of the porting? Are you satisfied?
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