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Forza Horizon 2 announced (360, Xbox One), releasing this fall
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BruiserBear
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So comparing a launch title getting downgraded to a game showing up a year later. Alrighty.
While I agree they could use more time but they always have done great with every release. Forza 5 is the largest racing game ever at the release of a console.
Fox Mulder
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I think a megaton can be different to different people. I loved forza horizon, so a sequel is great. I wouldn't give a shit if something like final fantasy or metal gear became xbone exclusive.
AKA "Megatons only count if I think they're a megaton".
There are many with that opinion.
If that was his "megaton" that he wanted to hear more than anything else (or at least a confirmation), then let him have it.
There are rumors about basically everything under the sun coming to the PS4 and X1. We all know (not really) that TLG is going to be at E3...soooooo not a megaton to anyone...sorry.
It would blow the pants off some for confirmation.
Do people not understand how development works? Of course the Xbox One version is going to be restrained as to what it can accomplish be it graphics, modes or features. They aren't going to just hand off the game when it's done to Sumo Digital and say make this but on a 360. They'll go back and forth constantly.
They also bankrolled the port of Minecraft. Hardly the thing a company abandoning its users would do.
CassidyIzABeast
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Cinemablend's gaming section is fucking garbage.
That was the sku breakdown for the week that TF launched on 360. Not the breakdown of total Titanfall sales.
If mods deleted all the 'drive by trolling' posts and all the 'stealth concern' posts, this thread would be half the size. In fact most X1 threads would be.
Not if they are being developed separately on different engines... like they are.
Add in a extra year to get experience working with new hardware too.
Miles Quaritch
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You make a very good point. I hope I am right, but as you said, we'll only really find out once both are out...
Sorry, just searched for Titanfall platform split and it was the first result.
Gotta make space for all the big third-party-exclusive megaton bombs!!!
Sadly, it's the same for Watch Dogs and PS4 threads, see the generic The Order threads.
No doubt about that.
Tenchi Ryu
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And maybe even a graphics bump
Legendarybeepa
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Awesome news, made my day. Good job MS are supporting 360 owners while still trying to tempt people to the X1. Hoping for greatness!
BruiserBear
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Forza 5 runs at 60fps. It's very likely Forza Horizon 2 will run at 30fps. That difference alone frees up a lot of power to be used on other things, and then you've got all that improvements that come with working on a console a year later.
That was for the debut week on 360. Of course it outsold the Xb1 version, which debuted a month earlier.
MightyHedgehog
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What if the versions are allowed to be optimally designed around their host platform but share the same goals? Not everyone forces each version of a game to be the same and, in the past, many games were redesigned to suit their platform. With Sumo, an established racing game developer with a track record of designing their own racing games, I could believe that the versions will be different from each other while being guided by the same core feature-set.
Lee Chaolan
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Great news, enjoyed Horizon far more than Forza prime.
LowerLevel
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And less compute used on things like suspension, tuning and tyre physics. Wonder where those extra computations, plus the "extra 8%" or whatever the reduction from Kinect is, will be used?
Obviously talking a bit from my ass, but I do mean some of it. I'd imagine they wont have to use the full poly models from F5 either... Seriously can't wait!
Tenchi Ryu
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Pretty sure the original Horizon was 30fps and it turned out just fine.( PGR was 30fps as well)
I'd give you a serious answer but all you do is troll MS threads.
HoodWinked
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sumo digital is really underrated. sonic all stars transformed is a disgustingly good kart racer.
Yep. That's usually what this means.
MLB turned out to be such a terrible, horrible game.
Anyway, good news about Sumo. Sonic racing was really great.
My only problem with them is they don't put a premium on having a solid framerate, which imo is essential to making a great racing game.
It was a locked 30 fps like Forza is usually a locked 60 fps.
It being locked made it such a fluid racer you could hardly notice it was 30 fps.
This game most certainly is a megaton. If it had been announced out of the blue it would have been incredible, the fact that it was widely rumoured makes it slightly less exciting but still awesome nonetheless.
Tenchi Ryu
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Some people can't stand current TVs with the post processing that adds frames, but good lord it looks good when playing Horizon 1. I swear its feels like a legit 50 FPS game on my TV.
Legendarybeepa
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I'll take 30fps with weather and Forza 5 models. That framerate on Horizon 1 was smooth as a baby seal's arse.
TrueGrime
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Yup. Exactly what I was going for. Not to mention a fall release.
plasmawave
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Do you think the 360 version will outsell the X1 version like TItanfall or with the new SKU price it will be the other way around this time?
i think 1080p is entirely achievable. i mean its not as if Forza Horizon had to drop the resolution when they added in a day/night cycle, dynamic shadows, better texture filtering and better AA, among other improvements. i guess it all depends on how many visual bells and whistles playground want to add here for the sequel. i definitely expect to see a significant improvement over FM5.
I think you misunderstood. Forza Horizon 2 really WAS that important to me that it is the game to make me buy the system. I do not want to play a version that may or may not be dramatically worse (we can't know this for certain now), but regardless I want to play this on XO.
I own a PC/PS4/Wii U/PS3/Vita/3DS so I need exclusive experiences to get me to buy an XO. Forza Horizon was my favorite 360 exclusive, and I will buy an XO for Forza Horizon 2. As you could tell, I sold my 360. This game is my personal system seller.
I can play Hotline Miami on PC, PS3, or Vita. I can't play Forza Horizon 2 anywhere else, so I'll buy an XO (I sold my 360 and don't need another).
My intro to the series was with 3 and 4. I put about maybe 4-6 hours into each of them before I realized it's not for me. My younger half brother who's a car buff loved them. Arcade style racers are way more fun and enjoyable; especially ones that have RPG elements.
I would recommend you check out Driver: San Francisco for a good arcade style open world game. I've been playing it over the weekend and it's incredibly awesome but it's a shame the servers shut down for it IIRC. It feels like it was the game that Criterion's Need For Speed: Most Wanted should have been with way more charm.
Tenchi Ryu
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REMEMBER CITADEL
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Sumo Digital is a great choice. Now I wish for them to be sufficiently different so I can pick up both versions without feeling bad about it.
lol @ trolls
Forza horizon got the same resolution as FM4.
One interesting thing is that FM5 already uses motion blur at 60fps.
Eleventy_Million
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I dont know why, but the term "drive by trolling" just made me laugh uncontrollably in my quiet work office. Thank you sir.
I am looking forward to FH2 and what the Playground team can do with this. Moving this announcement out of E3 next week just made me THAT much more excited for what every company is gonna show. Megatons are sure to be inbound!
MightyHedgehog
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It's also a gorgeous 60fps on consoles.