Though the game itself is awesome I simply cannot recommend it to anyone at this point in time. It is just too unstable and frankly I am disappointed in Guerrilla Games for releasing the game in such a state. I am aware that a part of the QA process is being done by the end-user nowadays but with Horizon Zero Dawn it's almost like we're doing all the testing. Perhaps Guerrilla Games had no idea what they were getting in to on their first outing to the PC with there being so many different PC configurations out there, so i'll give them the benefit of the doubt and hope they'll patch things up fairly soon. Until then I'll be getting a refund and playing something else instead.

As for my own experience:
I run a Intel Core I5 6600K @ 4.2Ghz, 16 Gigs of ram and a GTX1060 (6G) @ a ultra-wide resolution of 2560x1080, and even though the game was playable for me without any micro-stutters my average frame rate was around 45fps with frequent drops in to the 30's and an occasional run in to the lower 50's. Somewhat playable as far as frame rate is concerned but a far cry from how it could and should run on medium settings. What made it even less enjoyable were the occasional slow loading and sometimes glitchy textures and sudden crashes to the desktop.

Also, kids in games are still creepy, especially when their faces run at a lower frame rate.

Though the game itself is awesome I simply cannot recommend it to anyone at this point in time. It is just too unstable and frankly I am disappointed in Guerrilla Games for releasing the game in such a state. I am aware that a part of the QA process is being done by the end-user nowadays but with Horizon Zero Dawn it's almost like we're doing all the testing. Perhaps Guerrilla Games had no idea what they were getting in to on their first outing to the PC with there being so many different PC configurations out there, so i'll give them the benefit of the doubt and hope they'll patch things up fairly soon. Until then I'll be getting a refund and playing something else instead. As for my own experience: I run a Intel Core I5 6600K @ 4.2Ghz, 16 Gigs of ram and a GTX1060 (6G) @ a ultra-wide resolution of 2560x1080, and even though the game was playable for me without any micro-stutters my average frame rate was around 45fps with frequent drops in to the 30's and an occasional run in to the lower 50's. Somewhat playable as far as frame rate is concerned but a far cry from how it could and should run on medium settings. What made it even less enjoyable were the occasional slow loading and sometimes glitchy textures and sudden crashes to the desktop. Also, kids in games are still creepy, especially when their faces run at a lower frame rate.