Developer Guerrilla Games has released update 1.24 forHorizon Forbidden West, fixing a wide variety of issues present in the game.Horizon Forbidden Westgot positive reviews upon its launch in February 2022, with a lot of praise being given to the improvements made fromHorizon Zero Dawn.
Since its release, Guerrilla Games has released several updates forHorizon Forbidden Westthat further improve the game by fixing bugs and sometimes adding new features. As an example,update 1.09 forHorizon Forbidden Westadded a secret quality-of-life change that allowed users to turn off pick-up animations, speeding up the process of grabbing resources needed to make arrows and other items. Now, the development team has released patch 1.24 forHorizon Forbidden Westwhich is said to fix a ton of bugs.
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Guerrilla Games has shared the patch notes for the newHorizon Forbidden Westupdate, listing out the huge number of issues being fixed with its release. The patch notes are divided into different sections that describe changes being made to the main quests, side quests, UI, and the overall performance of the game. It looks like several issues in thequests ofHorizon Forbidden Westwere preventing players from progressing through the story, so users will likely not run into these problems after installing update 1.24.
This patch also solves problems in the variousopen-world activities inHorizon Forbidden West, such as gamers not being to collect certain items scattered all around the world. It fixes issues related to the Specter Gauntlet, such as a weapon upgrade still showing as available despite users crafting it earlier. Furthermore, patch 1.24 fixes crashing issues while also improving the frame rare drops inHorizon Forbidden West.
The final section details an assortment of other changes, such as improvements to the audio andvisuals ofHorizon Forbidden West, along with fixes for problems that would result in players getting stuck in the geometry. Overall, it looks like patch 1.24 forHorizon Forbidden Westfixes a significant number of bugs that were present in the game.
Fans should note that theBurning ShoresDLC forHorizon Forbidden Westis now available, but users are required to finish the main story of the base game to access the new content. It adds some excitingweapons toHorizon Forbidden West, with the powerful Specter Gauntlet mentioned in the patch notes possibly being one of the best new weapons available in the game.
FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Performance and Stability
Photo mode
Horizon Forbidden Westis out now on PS4 and PS5.
