Showing off a sizable chunk of fresh content from a highly anticipated Sony exclusive like Horizon: Zero Dawn would ordinarily be a pretty big deal, possibly even warranting its own press event. But at this week?s reveal of the PlayStation 4 Pro,  previously unseen gameplay of  Guerrilla Games? ambitious action-RPG  took a backseat to how the title?s harnessing the polygon-pushing power of the new hardware.
Following the console?s official on-stage unveiling, we got a brand new, up-close look at protagonist Aloy and her post-apocalyptic adventures. As technical director Michiel van der Leeuw maneuvered the agile heroine up a screen-swallowing Tallneck robo-dinosaur, though, he pointed out the surrounding reflections and detailed foliage rather than the fact he just scaled and hacked into one of the game?s coolest creatures.?Our game looks like a BBC nature doc.? he giddily stated. Of course, van der Leeuw was just doing his job; not so much selling his game, but the potential of the PS4 Pro to make it look noticeably better. Toggling between the demo running in standard 1080p and on the PS4 Pro, he was easily able to show what the latter?s 4K and HDR support brought to the game. The sky stretching in the distance, for example, was bright and beautiful on the PS4. On the PS4 Pro, however, that vibrant beauty was further complemented by even sharper details, wider color variations and, most notably, discernible sunbeams poking through some of the clouds.

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