Guerrilla Games and Sony have rolled out Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores patch 1.22 for PlayStation 5, and here’s what it does.
The Burning Shores expansion is out now exclusively for PlayStation 5, and following the release of Forbidden West’s first DLC, players have reported several issues, including some progression issues alongside various crashes and an issue that caused the Time of Day to get stuck. Luckily, the development team has now deployed an update that resolved some of these bugs. Some of the progression issues are still there, but the Time of Day bug as well as various crashing issues have been addressed with this new patch.
This new patch also packs a fix for an issue with Dino Digits Quiz rewards occasionally not unlocking.
The Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores expansion is available globally now for PlayStation 5 players owning Horizon Forbidden West. As covered last week, this expansion comes in substantially larger (as far as file sizes go) than the Frozen Wilds expansion for the original Horizon Zero Dawn. Still in doubt about whether you should get Guerrilla’s sequel to 2017 Zero Dawn and the Burning Shores expansion? In our launch review, we gave Forbidden West a solid 9, praising its visuals, traversal, puzzles, and more.
“That aforementioned long playtime might be partly due to the many cutscenes and dialogues, by the way”, Alessio Palumbo wrote in his review last year. “I don’t have any hard data for comparison, but I reckon there’s a lot more in Horizon Forbidden West, particularly if you want to go through every dialogue option to learn absolutely every single thing about a character or a faction. As a lore buff, I loved this, and it reminded me of Mass Effect a bit (alongside something else from the ending, though I won’t spoil that). You can often come back to chat with fellow allies after something happens, gaining new perspectives and views on the unfolding events. Additionally, there are even companion quests and a proper headquarters, just like in a Bioware game. Narratively, this is explained with Aloy slowly coming to understand the value of relying on trusted friends, whereas in Zero Dawn she often preferred doing things by herself. It ties well with her necessary growth as a character, that’s for sure. She isn’t the lone former outcast turned fearsome warrior anymore; she needs to become a commander.”
