My beef with Forza Horizon...

Kinja'd!!! "Frosted" (frostedbuns)
03/05/2014 at 23:09 • Filed to: None

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So I've tried twice now to play Forza Horizon with the Oppo community. Both times were fun. For about twenty minutes.

And it's not the fault of the people I was playing with, oh no, but the game itself. It's a fine game from a technical standpoint. Nothing is broken, graphics are pretty, cars look great. The driving physics aren't wonderful with most cars being able to oversteer easily, but hey it's not a simulation. Plus it has a big open world based on actual locations in Colorado just stitched together.

I could forgive the loose controls if the open world weren't so boring. It's lifeless. For a big "music and car festival" the only lively part of the world is the very center of it. The lack of car choice is disappointing as well which wouldn't be a big deal if they had kept releasing DLC cars but it seemed like after a couple of months, the developers were just done with the game. They put out the rally DLC and the 1000 club, a couple of cars packs and called it a day. The rally expansion is probably the only real fun I've had when playing Horizon.

It's a shame because this game could've been great. It sold well enough but it feels like a game that was rushed out which, knowing Microsoft, it probably was.


DISCUSSION (3)


Kinja'd!!! ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Frosted
03/05/2014 at 23:26

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Welcome to the world of Turn10 and Xbox...


Kinja'd!!! Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Frosted
03/05/2014 at 23:37

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Bought it two weeks ago and am already done with it.


Kinja'd!!! MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > Frosted
03/06/2014 at 09:00

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I'm glad I got it for $15. I wouldn't have bought it otherwise. I feel as though I got $15 of fun out of it, so whatever.