

It’s a buffet you might graze on forever, filled with quests, characters, encampments, environments, and collectibles - and battles against new deadly machines.

Horizon Forbidden West has delivered on the promise of more on just about every level. Three years later, I went on a road trip through Utah and Colorado, to see this part of America myself. I played every quest, completed every Hunting Ground I got the Shield Weaver armor, and collected most of the metal flowers I played through the Frozen Wilds expansion. All of it was filled with robotic foes, which I fought with just bows, arrows, and a spear. I went slack-jawed as I roamed red rock plateaus, admiring the topographical fidelity to the natural world. To catch up on the story of Horizon Zero Dawn before Forbidden West, be sure to read our Horizon Zero Dawn story explained.I still remember the moment when Horizon Zero Dawn opened up past Nora territory, and I took my first steps into the vast wilderness. It could be that Sony is devising a method to compensate for preorders that occurred before its reversal before aligning the prices of both versions.Įither way, take this as a PSA to only preorder the PS4 version if you are planning to before launch, since there's no reason to pay any more than that for the standard edition. It's clear that this is something Sony might address in the coming weeks, since it's a little confusing now to those without context as to why one version is more expensive than the other (especially since the PS4 version on PSN doesn't make the free upgrade option that clear). If you're buying the physical version, you do get the PS5 case and disc, which might be important to you if you're proud of your physical collection. The base PS5 version is only for Sony's new console, so you lose out of that additional platform while also paying $10 more, which makes little sense.

With the PS4 version of the game and its inherent free upgrade, you are getting Horizon Forbidden West for two consoles. In fact, paying $70 outright for the PS5 version might be a worse value proposition too. Now Playing: Horizon: Forbidden West Developer Update | Gamescom ONL 2021 By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
