Horizon Forbidden West PS5, PS4 Pre-Orders Live Now, Special Editions Detailed

I'll probably get the special edition for PS5, just need to find a place that actually lets you order them first

Who's selling the physical editions in the UK then?

Oooh! That's one nice looking steelbook! 😃

so if i get the ps4 version on disc i cant pay for an upgrade to the ps5 version?

Is that a bulge in my pocket, or will I just get the digital

@trev666 looks like :/

Physical Special edition for me (Was looking on Amazon 😅)

https://direct.playstation.com/en-us/games/game/horizon-forbidden-west-special-edition-ps5.3006308

"Real" printed Art Book for my book shelf and a Physical disc to lend my Brother after I am done.

Elden Ring in january and Horizon in february. Already a Fantastic start to 2022!!!

Digital deluxe sold!

Statue very cool

No disc ??? I’m going with the regular physical edition :3

@Barryburton97 I've been looking for about 20 minutes. Can't find it anywhere in the UK 😭😭. Really want the regalla edition

So weird that the collector's editions come with a digital copy of the game.

Yet again Sony mess up the UK pre-orders….

I'll be getting the vanilla PS4 version digitally, just as soon as I know it runs as well as Zero Dawn on base PS4.
I am fine with 30fps, but if it's a massively downgraded mess I want to know before buying.

No disk - Sony are having a laugh.

@Thomas98 it'll no doubt limp onto the clunky Game website in a few days priced at a billion pounds.

people are moaning you shouldnt get a free upgrade you cant even pay for the upgrade this time

None. I'll be waiting for a sale on this one.

I'll go digital once it's down to half price or less. In no rush and got plenty of other games to play.

i'm buying it on ps5 anyways so it doesn't matter to me. i'm just guessing people thought they were going to be smart and buy the ps4 copy and get a free copy for ps5 and save 10$. that's not how it works.

@Barryburton97 oh how much I love Game 😉😉 the thing is, if it's limited to 5,000 world wide and US is having first pickings, will there be any left for UK? Plus they'll probs go live at 3am so no will be able to order it 😅😅

Up yours Sony. I'll wait a couple of years and get it in a sale

$260 for the Regalla Edition is £188.03 in GBP.

Great! I'll buy it when it's at a 50% discount as usual.

"Dual entitlement does not apply to the standard and Special Editions."

Exaggerated eye roll

@KnightRider1982 so Game will be charging £259.99 plus £4.99 postage. Happy days.

@Loftimus like always we get it .

Digital Deluxe for me.

@Barryburton97 I don't mind to a degree. I just want it. Have the original horizon collectors edditon. I'm just like "Here Game, take my dayyum moneh"

@Deadlyblack and digital comic, no matter the edition. seems like something you'd wanna hold in your hand, if you're at all interested in a comic in the first place.

Game.co.uk have the physical editions to pre order. Just type horizon in the search bar!!

Extremely unimpressed that the collectors editions don't contain a disc. Like what is the point of including a game case, to only supply a digital code 🤔

@Thomas98 fair enough. Buy what makes you happy.

And that's why it's impossible to please all gamers! Some moaning about a £10 price difference, others happy to blow £200+ on frivolous extras.

Collector's Edition £169.99 at GAME - https://www.game.co.uk/en/horizon-forbidden-west-collectors-edition-2858122

Regalla Edition £229.99 at GAME - https://www.game.co.uk/en/horizon-forbidden-west-regalla-edition-2858125

One of my least favourite things about HZD was the how the various costumes/armour sets all looked quite hideous.

“This is a horrible suit, darling. You can't be seen in this. I won't allow it. Fifteen years ago, maybe, but now? Feh!” - Edna Mode

Well it looks like it could be one of my least favourite things about the sequel too... 👀

They really nailed that ‘fell in a giant pot of glue and then rolled in garbage’ look lol. I know that’s kind of the point but they could at least try to make them look a bit cooler.

The shield weaver armour in the first game looked kinda cool in the bunker but then you put it on and... ... ... oh...

I wonder if they’ll let you carry the shield weaver armour over into the sequel? It didn’t really change your appearance much but it’s benefits were quite good iirc.

Collectors edition would be right up my alley but agree an empty steelbook makes no sense, the aloy statue seems like an afterthought, and a I hate digital comics.

I found the collectors edition of TLOU2 on sale some time after its release so might try the same here.

£60 for playstation 4 🙃

Looks like I'm renting this game

@Lucid_dream_14 thanks mate. After inserting my details (address and such) 4 times into game it finally excepted it and I managed to bag the regalla edition 😍😍🤟🤟

@Barryburton97 as you say, each to there own. Normally only ever buy digital games (granted its usually the ultimate editions still) but horizon is my favourite game. Only own 1 other collectors edition beside hzd and that far cry 5 (it has a ram skull)

Reduced price Complete Edition in 3-4 years time for me, I think

@Widey85 at that point why have a ps5 version to buy? it would be 100% pointless. then every one would just buy the ps4 copy for cheaper and upgrade. the ps5 copy would be 70$ and the ps4 copy 60$ then the 10$ upgrade makes sense.

Due to living arrangements at the time of the originals release I had to miss the statue version which devastates me to this day.

So that Regalla edition is looking pretty sweet though I do wish it had a disc.

I probably do the digital deluxe or the special edition. Not sure which yet. Looking forward to it in February!

I go all-digital with all game purchases during last 1,5 years.
So, I don't care for collectibles and paper souvenirs.

The steelbook special edition looks nice, I think I’ll take that one 😃

Ill probably get the special edition if I can, looks great. If not I'll just get the dd a day whenever preloads start. I really don't see a point to preordering a digital version so early.

After the Cyberpunk fiasco, I’ll wait for the patches to be released, maybe DLC. The statues and stuff will be available on EBay at some point. No need to rush.

@Widey85 if you have a ps5 there is no reason for you to buy the ps4 copy. people are just crying because they wanted to pull one over sony , and think they could get the ps4 version and upgrade it for free.

PS5 Special Edition pre-ordered.

Regalla Edition already out of stock at Game. Had to go for the CE instead.

@FuriousMachine I actually like it more like that, I was a micro machines kid so this is cool and scaled correctly (I really disliked Amiibo for the scaling issue). However, I don't really buy plastic figures anymore anyway lol

@fR_eeBritney The premium fire resistance armour was sick, though? I always wore that, the top tier sneaky armour or the banuk stuff in the DLC. I have completely forgotten the names obviously btw lol

That regalla version is a rippoff i love the extra's but i refuse to pay so much extra and lose the physical copy what a rippoff.

@4kgk2 as always thankyou for replying to my comment when nobody asked or wanted you to.

I get it 😉

Never bought a collector's edition of a game in my life but I couldn't help myself as I just love this universe and can't wait to play Aloy's next adventure!

@Shepherd_Tallon Getting no disc with a 169 pound game would do it for me.

Yeah, I'm not pre ordering anything for the foreseeable future.
Also, are people aware that Sony doesn't allow you to pay for the PS5 upgrade? They locked it behind the Deluxe edition.

So everyone is just OK with them charging extra for the PS5 version for no good reason other than greed, huh? That's where we are now? It's all just become a simple classing system that can easily be abused going forward.

I'm definitely waiting for the inevitable directors cut second hand after feeling severely burnt by Ratchet and Clank. Good thing I'll have Elden Ring and BOTW2 next year, much better games at nearly half the price.

@Barryburton97 Game started after 5:30 this evening.

The Special Edition gots my money. What's the point of the digital collectors' edition if it doesn't come with the physical game??? absolutely worthless & waste of money imo

Oof! £229.99 for the Regalla Edition? Can almost get a Series S for that price. I’ll just be getting the Standard Edition when it goes on sale.

@Shepherd_Tallon I know what they are doing the steelcase is there they just want people to double dip this is EA low.....☹️

@MaccaMUFC And the bloody nerve to not include a physical copy.

@Old-Red Seriously, it is ***** and pure greed that they aren't even letting you get a 10$ upgrade. They are saying, screw PS4 owners you have to buy it full priced yet again.

The robosaurs in Horizon always remind me of Zoids. The old, original ones, not the newer incarnations. Man, I loved those toys!

Special Edition with steelbook & a physical blu-ray disc inside it!

So I only have 1 PS5, but my sons are still on PS4. So if I want to buy for all of us to play I need to buy 2 copies! Not happening. I may get the ps4 disk as we can all play that but more likely I will just hold off. I'm not a fan of how Sony is dealing with cross gen. Sure, consoles got away with this stuff in the past but we are no longer in 2013 and tech has changed. Sony is looking less and less like its going to retain its stop as my primary platform this gen

@sketchturner smart choice. Being a first party game I’m sure you’ll know at least a week before launch how it runs, just in case you want some preorder bonus. People are so quick to preorder, I get being excited but there not going to run out of digital copies lol

@TooBarFoo Buying the digital deluxe gives you both versions for £80. I just feel like that should be included in the £70 PS5 version, rather than being bundled with the extra in-game items (which always feel like cheating) and a comic that has been out for ages.

Edit: and along with the PS5 version always including the PS4 version, you should at least be able to pay £10 to upgrade later.

Edit edit: I have many more thoughts on this, posted at https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/09/when_is_playstation_showcase_2021#comment6522352

I hope there's a very distinct difference between the ps5 and PS4 version of the game. $69 for the PS5 version of the game which is merely the PS4 version with a higher frame rate and dualshock trinkets is weird when we've seen amazing PS5 only games like Returnal or Ratchet and Clank.

@trev666 They'll back track and say you can pay a tenner for the ps5 upgrade....and everybody will praise them for 'listening to us'. It will be pretty genius. Think about it - the conversation has been why is Sony charging £10 extra for the same game that unlocks hardware features that should be taken advantage of anyway (which is why you buy the hardware). Remove the £10 ps5 tax and threaten us with having to buy the full game again...suddenly a £10 additional cost is treated like Sony was doing us a favour. They'll reverse that and offer an upgrade price and get praise for it now.... Will be marketing genius. When the conversation should be whats the real reason these games aren't getting free ps5 upgrades? Especially when Sony said they would. Especially when smaller publishers are doing so. Especially when Xbox is doing so. Especially when you nobody would expect to get charged for pc settings...

@theheadofabroom Digital does not work in a house of 4 boys / PSs / PS accounts

I saw that thread after I commented hear, yep seems I am not alone!

@TooBarFoo I thought it all worked as long as the other three accounts were logged in on the console who's primary account owns the game?

@theheadofabroom you can not set more than 2 PS as your primary. We have an extra account we all share but it makes life complicated. Having a disk keeps it simple, whoever has the disk has the right to play that game without kicking someone else off. I have close to 40 years worth of games lining the walls of our games room. Over 4300 games! so I'm a little partial to physical media still

I don't mind the steel books and the ones with a figure to(very expensive tho) but all these type of editions are just pointless really :-/ (for every other game to) I don't get people who just pay for extra skins etc etc. Just the basic version I always go for.

@TooBarFoo Fair enough, I thought it was supposed to be better than that, but I've never had cause to try it out, being the only player in the house unless we have guests

you have like 5 1/2 months before the game comes out , plenty of time to get a ps5 before then.