Highlights
- Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is now available on PS5, offering the base game and its DLC in one package, making it convenient for fans.
- The announcement that the game will eventually come to PC is exciting and could influence fans' decision to wait for the PC release instead of purchasing it on PS5.
- The arrival of the Horizon franchise on PC, along with its related DLC, could make the platform a hub for the franchise and provide a comprehensive experience for PC players.
It was recently announced that a Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition was launching, similar to Horizon Zero Dawn’s own, and it’s already out now on PS5. This edition packages the base game and its Burning Shores DLC into one, making it ideal for fans of the franchise who hadn’t already played the DLC or were waiting until a Complete Edition released to play Forbidden West at all. It’s finally great timing for a Horizon entry to come out as opposed to how its base games tend to launch alongside other highly anticipated competitors, though what’s more exciting is the announcement that it will eventually come to PC as well.
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition being out now on PS5 is great, but it’s also unsurprising due to the franchise’s exclusivity on PlayStation. If there was ever going to be an associable Complete Edition, it would obviously be arriving on PS5. However, many PlayStation exclusives have begun making their way to PC, too, only much later than their original releases. Likewise, these PC ports are generally reserved until a game has all of its respective DLCs in order so that they can launch as a package, rather than as a base game that fans will need to pay more for in order to access all the same content.
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition on PC is the Whole Package
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition doesn’t have a release date for PC yet, but knowing it is scheduled to arrive on PC anyhow is a massive boon. This knowledge could be the difference between fans deciding recklessly to purchase it on PS5 and choosing to wait once more if they believe they’d enjoy it more on another platform.
Indeed, many fans might not have a PS5, but because Burning Shores released not that long ago, the announcement of the Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition’s PC port could help tide them over until it inevitably releases. In the meantime, it is expected that the Horizon spin-off multiplayer game will also arrive on PC, which would make the platform a veritable home for the Horizon franchise. Horizon games have been popular for consoles and will likely continue to release on PlayStation much sooner than PC due to that exclusivity, and yet it will soon be fully possible to have both Horizon games on PC with all their related DLC.
This isn’t something only Horizon has achieved, but it is notable as being more of a complete package since Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered came packaged with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ Ultimate Edition on PS5, for instance, but not on PC. So while not entirely novel, it will hopefully continue to pave the way for PC ports of PlayStation games arriving once all DLC is included to make it a fully comprehensive experience when PC players get their hands on them.
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition had a fairly hushed announcement, though, and that hopefully won’t determine fans’ apathy toward such great incentives when PlayStation does decide to port its exclusives over to PC. If so, PC ports might simply go back to including minimal content with paid DLC slapped on top, let alone not releasing PC ports at all. Otherwise, lackluster PC ports like that of The Last of Us Part 1 might’ve deterred fans from the idea.
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is available now on PS5, with a PC port currently in development.
