FORZA HORIZON Official Review
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FORZA HORIZON Official Review
Developer: Turn 10 and Playground games
Publisher: Microsoft
Publisher: Microsoft
I have been racking my brains thinking of the best way to describe this awesome new racing game from Microsoft, then it came to me!
Basically if Forza Horizon was a movie it would be the “Hangover” because its multi layered and more details unravel and reveal themselves as you race through the game.
Its like Forza Motorsport 4, NFS Hot Pursuit, DiRT 3, Burnout Paradise and Test Drive Unlimited 2 all went on weekender bender to Las Vegas!
Forza was downing the tequila, Need For did indeed score some speed, DiRT was chugging back twenty beers with whisky chasers, Burnout got a slap for feeling up Test Drive, it was carnage! 8-)
Then they all woke up the next day with throbbing melons, desperately trying to piece together what the hell happened the night before.
A couple of months later Forza realises she is up the duff and then seven months more and we have a little baby- FORZA HORIZON!
The least said about how Forza got preggars and by who the better as this is a family site *-) But a few of the lads looked very sheepish!
The good news is we do now have FH in the world and its a better place for it.
If you liked the cars and driving engine from Forza 4 but found it abit dull and repetitive then you are going to love this game just as much as I do.
Its got everything good from every driving game you have ever played all rolled into one.
The setting this time around is in Colorado and its a huge open world expanse with which to race and chase on.
You are a rookie driver and start at the bottom by completing races in the racing festival to earn you wristbands which in turn unlock ever more races.
You will also sometimes come across other races whilst driving round and if you hit X on your controller as you approach them you get to race them for money!
Beat ten of these guys and you get a lovely achievement for your troubles.
There are also showcase races where you have to beat an aeroplane or balloon to the finish line, but most races are circuits with mixed terrain and point to point road races.
To unlock various fast travel points on the map you need to complete three ever more challenging press events. So first maybe drive to a location and take a photo without damaging your car along the way, thus unlocking a 25% cash discount on fast travel back there again. Next will be a point to point race giving you 50% off, then finally and the one section of the game I really disliked a style race. Where you have to rack up say 20,000 style points in 2 minutes racing, fail to do it and you have to start again and watch the same smegging animation of you walking to the same car and getting in it with the exact same voice over!!! arrrggggh feel my pain as I am abit pants at drifting and chaining stuff together, but I got there in the end.
From Burnout they have taken the destructive billboards to destroy and in a nice twist you get a 1% discount for every one you smash through. I have found 91 so far so a HUGE 91% discount for me on all car upgrades. YAY!
The online game is pretty sweet too and nowhere near as grindy as some as you only need to hit online level 25 and I am already level 20 in less than a week!
First you get an open world challenge area for up to 8 players, this is co-op and you need to help each other meet the goals. Then you have cat and mouse, capture the king and Infection tag. Plus of course hardcore circuit and point to point races against the worlds best online. I found it good fun and I am certain it will be great to race against real life mates and give them a good ramming!
Overall I give this game the coveted Kent Hammer seal of approval awarding it a skipping off into the sunset score of 9 out of 10.
Last edited by KENT HAMMER on Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:12 pm; edited 3 times in total
Re: FORZA HORIZON Official Review
Great review there Kent, and its a game i'll certainly be interested in picking up (it might have to wait until after my holiday though).
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Haha.....nice work.
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Great review mate, loved the demo of this and look forward to getting the full game
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Good work Kent Hammer!
I would definitely want this, but I haven't even scratched the surface on TDU2 yet! So it'll have to wait a while! Seems an awesome Love Child........er, I mean game!
I would definitely want this, but I haven't even scratched the surface on TDU2 yet! So it'll have to wait a while! Seems an awesome Love Child........er, I mean game!
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Nice work Kent, I will be picking this up in the near future!
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Great review Kent. Shame I don't get driving games...not for me but enjoyable read as always.
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Good review Kent, will have to pick this up sometime in the future when I actually have some xbox time again. I've also still got a bunch of stuff I need finish off on Forza 4 though, I should probably get that done first.
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Nice review of a great looking game, mate. I don't usually play many racing games because I suck at them (Burnout is an exception, as was Split/Second), but the demo convinced me to consider picking it up some day in the future.
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Nice review Kentie. I do like racing game every now and again, even tho I am pretty bad at it. Prob will pick this up cause I am getting a bit bored with forza 4. Is the Porsche cars straight in it this time and do not have to wait for a dlc for it?
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Good review. Couple of bits made me chuckle.
Not a game I'll ever get because I don't really like racers but made for a good read (read this yest, but forgot to post)
Not a game I'll ever get because I don't really like racers but made for a good read (read this yest, but forgot to post)
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nice work mate. I really want the game but have so many others to get through
I do have a lot of games that I need to get through at the mo I am drudging along getting these finished off then a mass trade in in the new year and get some decent games
I do have a lot of games that I need to get through at the mo I am drudging along getting these finished off then a mass trade in in the new year and get some decent games
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I liked the review
With my eysesight failing through old age it was really easy to read too!
the game sounds like a combo of all the good things in xbox driving games so I may well pick this up at some point
With my eysesight failing through old age it was really easy to read too!
the game sounds like a combo of all the good things in xbox driving games so I may well pick this up at some point
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Nice review, with all the talk of Vegas and great driving I was almost sold. The I read open world racer and now I think i'll give it a miss. it's a bit of a pet hate of mine in the racing genre.
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Nice review. I completely skipped over Forza 4 after the snorefest of Forza 3 but playe the demo for this and really enjoyed it. Should hopefully be arriving from lovefilm tomorrow . Does the game use an online pass for multiplayer? I'm really looking forward to playing online but don't wanna have to pay out for a pass.
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Great review mate, not a huge racing fan but it seems like a good game so may grab it if I see it as a steal!
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Re: FORZA HORIZON Official Review
Thanks for the feedback guys.
There is going to be some Rally DLC shortly too, so that will be fun.
Its nowhere near as big an open world as other games, this is small and easy to drive across.
Plus you can fast travel anywhere too.
Trust me if you ever like driving games you will like this one and its pretty easy points too!
There is going to be some Rally DLC shortly too, so that will be fun.
Its nowhere near as big an open world as other games, this is small and easy to drive across.
Plus you can fast travel anywhere too.
Trust me if you ever like driving games you will like this one and its pretty easy points too!
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read the review when and got it today all load up ready to go when ever i can get the kids sorted good review...
catch ur later...
catch ur later...
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Rally DLC coming in December.
100% must buy for me.
Hope it is large and has about 500G attached.
I don't want a drip feed of 5 dlc's all having a crappy 100G each
100% must buy for me.
Hope it is large and has about 500G attached.
I don't want a drip feed of 5 dlc's all having a crappy 100G each
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Now driven on every road in the game.
Also got all the online achieves except get to lvl 25, but I am upto 22.
Just now hit the 100th Discount sign, so now every upgrade part for every car in the game is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Time to start upgrading
Also got all the online achieves except get to lvl 25, but I am upto 22.
Just now hit the 100th Discount sign, so now every upgrade part for every car in the game is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Time to start upgrading
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KENT HAMMER wrote:Rally DLC coming in December.
100% must buy for me.
Hope it is large and has about 500G attached.
I don't want a drip feed of 5 dlc's all having a crappy 100G each
Looking at the price of the season pass I reckon that's what you'll be getting...
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Picked this up today after trading in some games and getting that extra credit (cheers Leigh).
What a great game and gotta say that the soundtrack is brilliant loving this game think its gonna take a while to get bored of this
What a great game and gotta say that the soundtrack is brilliant loving this game think its gonna take a while to get bored of this
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stubbymite wrote:Picked this up today after trading in some games and getting that extra credit (cheers Leigh).
What a great game and gotta say that the soundtrack is brilliant loving this game think its gonna take a while to get bored of this
I'm currently playing this too, after borrowing it off a mate. Create some vinyls and I'll buy them from you, and then you can return the favour mate.
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This reminds me that this is another one of those games I only nee one achievement from. It's the 15 online challenges one. Don't have the game anymore though
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