That doesn't mean it has to look worse, being open world almost certainly means it will though.
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Forza Horizon 2 announced (360, Xbox One), releasing this fall
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That doesn't mean it has to look worse, being open world almost certainly means it will though.
Insane Metal
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Awesome, love me some Forza. I just hope they improve the lighting, it has never been one of the strengths of the series.
Special edition was almost for sure going to happen and MS pulled it. All signs pointed to that. Dates change all the time so I do not fault him on dates. I very much figured one of the two between SO and QB would be moved to 15. It's too packed now even from my point of view.
Well maybe not too packed but getting close.
They have to spread out SO, Halo and this.
and the developers? dosnt matter?...you know.....check that pgr gifs around....
anyway is an open world game...oranges to apples
would be hilarious if fh2 will go out before dc
lolWell it kinda does...
PS4 has more power to push more pixels to the screen and with better/more effects etc. I suppose it depends on the competency of the devs however being on stronger hardware means it's going to be a lot easier for DC to be better looking.
(Note: I am a massive Xbox fan and I'm ridiculously excited for FH2, just telling the truth)
No it doesn't. Its a different game made by different developers, if it was the same game by the same developers then yeah.
Its like the Rogue Leader games on Gamecube, they look better than 90% of the games on the orig Xbox even though the Xbox was much more powerful than Gamecube, a much bigger jump than between PS4 and X1.
GTA6 only on Xbox One.
Statements like that are weird - we have not seen the game yet.
OT, but ... WTF? Really? Not doubting, but is there a source for this?
It really does depend on hardware mastery and what tricks you can pull, though it is more linear than it's ever been with PS4 vs XB1.
But I'll take better, more interesting gameplay over the prettiest generally (though I won't say no if you offer it for free with no catches outside of the usual.)
I think that'a the point. They're announcing the heavily rumored/leaked titles before hand. I suppose Halo 5 doesn't quite count but as it stands, we have no idea what they have planned since Quantam Break is getting blown out at Gamescom, they announced Halo 5 early. Sunset Overdrive got a gameplay reveal a few weeks ago, and now Forza Horizon 2 is real and receiving coverage all week from IGN.
Tenchi Ryu
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Never understand why people think its gonna be a weak lineup. Forza, Sunset Overdrive and Halo sounds damn good.
Well it means either Microsoft want to spend more time with certain games at the conference or they have a lot more stuff to show that we don't know about.
Ehh the quantum break date was probably initially slated for fall but got a delay( even though a public date wasn't announced)
The titanfall bundle was probably scrapped when they noticed that they had 900k xbox a sitting in warehouses
And the tier 2 dates were wrong. So I only count that one as wrong.
Any time I see someone insist that we should rest on a conclusion before seeing the info that would inform that point, I sort of shrug and do my best to ignore them.
Kssio_Aug
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and the developers? dosnt matter?...you know.....check that pgr gifs around....
anyway is an open world game...oranges to apples
would be hilarious if fh2 will go out before dc
Well, Im excited for both games, but more for FH2 tbh! But lets understand that Drive Club is not doing bad at all visually speaking, and by what they have shown its one of the better looking games to be released out there! So, if you sum up their competency with the hardware limitations and with the kind of game (open world vs non-open world), thats virtually impossible for FH2 look better.
They could however bring an amazing visual game with a great art direction, and it will not do bad at all against DC visuals.
I'm pretty sure it has loads of tracks though...
Insanely low number of cars though. I hope for those who buy it that they all handle uniquely or that game is going to get boring fast.
is true about the cars...are 50
"Evolution has previously described the Plus Edition as "feature-complete," limited only by the number of tracks and cars players have access to. We now know those numbers--10 cars, 11 tracks, and one location (India)--are roughly a fifth of what's in the full game, which contains 50 cars, 55 tracks, five locations, and 50 tour events, according to the PlayStation Blog."
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dr...ed-plus-members-get-10-discount/1100-6419494/
You use Forza and GT. Well GT5 was in development for a long time...with one or two delays. While Forza was gaining momentum with its popularity with release after release.
When GT finally released, it sold over 10 million copies even when some of the comparisons put Forza on top of it.
Perception didn't hurt either one of the title's sales...mainly because you could only get one game on one system.
If FH2 looks better than DC...cool. That exclusive tag means owners of one or the other system are usually going to get the racing game that releases for said system.
If anything...the console warriors will still champion the game that's exclusive to their system...regardless of what the other game offers. As we've seen over and over again....game forum wars doesn't really impact a game when it's released.
Just because we will sit around and compare two different racing games...doesn't mean Rushy needs to cry about anything.
We will see. DriveClub is linear, it's way easier to make it look great.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dr...ed-plus-members-get-10-discount/1100-6419494/
FH2 will have hundreds of different cars.
Canis lupus
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I hope it's 30fps with the smoothness of Horizon 1, it needs to look good as good as possible. Weather effects, day/night cycle, open world, give me the whole package.
But will it be a better game?
Tier 2 launch dates and Quantum Break release date are very flexible and quite prone to change. Quantum Break was even mentioned as a 2014 game by MS at one point.
He may not have got the fact that they were releasing the bundle right but the fact that he was almost exactly right with the actual design of it is pretty telling.
He's had a very, very solid record so far. Much better than most "insiders"
1) It's not all about suprises. We haven't seen any gameplay which is something to look forward to.
2) I'm sure they have more announcement to make.
HighResTomato
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Good thing there is still talent from PGR working on Horizon Playground Games seem to have a lot of experience with racing games.
People told me it's alright that it has 50 cars, but FH2 has over 100.
It does look really good. I'm playing it right now and it looks better than what some gaffer lead me to believe.
Night time has not made it into F5 so who knows... 60fps is taxing.
We know it has at minimum 200 cars based on the info from the announcement.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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In FH2's defense, it does has a dynamic weather system.
Kssio_Aug
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Yeah, "hundreds" would mean that. But I wonder if it wasnt a overstatement. I will control my hype and prepare for 100, just for safety.
The problem with Forza 5 is that it looks average in screen shots, its one of those games that really doesn't take a good screen shot.
I was totally blown away though when i saw it in person at a friends house. So much so that i think anyone who says it looks bad simply hasn't seen it in person.
I never bought it, but saw it firsthand at a Gamestop awhile back and thought first thing what an amazing looking game. The amount of gnashing over it is simply amazing. No doubt there are some areas for improvement, but first shot out of the box; damn good job.
Final Verdict
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looks like Microsoft hasn't dropped support for the 360 just yet.
I know a lot of people last year were talking about how MS was leaving the 360 in the dust while Sony was still supporting the PS3, but so far this year X360 has gotten:
Titanfall,
PvZ: Garden Warfare
Project Spark
Forza Horizon 2
Max: Curse of Brotherhood
Lococycle
So I would say that MS is clearly making a statement here that they are not abandoning their loyal 360 user base.
I know a lot of people last year were talking about how MS was leaving the 360 in the dust while Sony was still supporting the PS3, but so far this year X360 has gotten:
Titanfall,
PvZ: Garden Warfare
Project Spark
Forza Horizon 2
Max: Curse of Brotherhood
Lococycle
So I would say that MS is clearly making a statement here that they are not abandoning their loyal 360 user base.
It probably will have a lot as they will just use a lot of the Forza 5 cars.
no surprises! only phil spencer
no, its perfectly ok to expect 200.
thats how many forza 5 launched with last year, and on top of that forza 5 has gotten more than sixty cars.
of course they will have a dozen or something that will be new to forza nextgen series with horizon (that lambo huracan for example), so there are enough cars to safely expect 200.
The game with rain will look better. Watch Dogs proved that.
Oh I think it'll be completely justified that FH2 won't look as good. I think FH2 is going to look amazing even with dynamic weather, day/night cycle and open world and I'm massively excited for it.
I just don't for one second believe it'll have the same graphical fidelity of DC, art style could likely be better though. I really want to see some night time driving in the rain.
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