Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition Is Reportedly the First PS5 Game to Ship on Two Discs

The base game, its Burning Shores expansion, and bonus digital items all total out to 121GB — all of which are present on the discs.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 5 October 2023 19:29 IST

Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition Is Reportedly the First PS5 Game to Ship on Two Discs

Photo Credit: Guerilla Games

As of May, Horizon Forbidden West sold 8.4 million copies worldwide

Highlights

Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition launches October 6 on PS5
A PC version is planned for early 2024; ported by Nixxes Software
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth — out February 2024 — also a 2-disc PS5 launch

Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition is reportedly the first two-disc PS5 game. As per an image posted by the ‘Does it play?' Twitter account, the base game, its Burning Shores expansion, and some digital goodies all total out to 121GB, and will be available on the two discs included in the physical edition. The game is slated to launch Friday, October 6, and with that, it has beaten the upcoming Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth to the punch, which was also planned for release on two discs. This move is a big win for console owners who value physical media — or rather, the ability to access games anywhere and anytime without restrictions such as a constant internet connection.

The hefty new edition is priced at $59.99 (about Rs. 4,999) and includes a Horizon Forbidden West digital artbook, a digital soundtrack, Horizon Zero Dawn Vol. 1: The Sunhawk digital comic book, a few extra poses and makeup in the photo mode, and some outfits that can be unlocked via in-game progression. As mentioned before, all of this is packaged with the acclaimed 2022 RPG, which charts the adventures of young huntress Aloy across a majestic post-apocalyptic frontier, in hopes of protecting mankind from an infectious red blight. There's also the Burning Shores expansion — released in April — which turned the city of Los Angeles into a volcanic archipelago, bringing new machines to hunt.

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Review

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— Does it play? (@DoesItPlay1) October 4, 2023

Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition is also headed to PC, albeit sometime in early 2024. Nixxes Software, PlayStation's in-house porters who brought Spider-Man Remastered to PC, has been tasked with this job and the release will indeed include all the aforementioned bonus content. There's no word on PC-exclusive features yet, but going by past ports, we can hope to see keyboard + mouse compatibility, alongside support for ray-tracing, Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR-based upscaling tech, and being able to experience the game's beautiful vistas across ultra-wide displays. This adds to haptic feedback when using the PS5 DualSense controller on a wired connection.

For the time being, it appears PlayStation will continue sticking to CEO Jim Ryan's promise of bringing PS exclusives to PC two or three years after their initial launch. As for whether this changes after his retirement in March next year, only time will tell. In May, developer Guerilla Games confirmed that Horizon Forbidden West sold 8.4 million copies across PS4 and PS5, with the franchise as a whole — includes the prequel Horizon Zero Dawn, its Frozen Wilds DLC, and the PS VR2 game — selling 32.7 million units. At the time, the team also claimed that Aloy's adventures would continue in a sequel.

Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition launches October 6 on the PS5.

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Horizon Forbidden West

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Looks and runs great on PS5
Score is splendid
Machines intricately designed
?Machine strike? is fun
New navigational tools
Valor Surge is helpful
Eases you into the game

Bad
World feels artificial and manufactured
Poorly-designed padding
Pushes you to grind
Story undercut thematically
Thorny cultural appropriation with clothing
Not all stealth hits are one-hit KO
Deceitful PS5 pricing, given free upgrade

Read detailed Sony Horizon Forbidden West review

Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5)

Modes Single-player

Series Horizon

PEGI Rating 16+

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Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Excellent visuals
Improvements to machine combat
Detailed setting
New traversal mechanics

Bad
Short length
Unearned character moments
Uninspired antagonist

Read detailed Sony Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores review

Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 5 (PS5)

Modes Single-player

Series Horizon

PEGI Rating 16+

More Sony Games

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