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Forza Horizon 2 |OT| Rock You Like a Huracan
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rokkerkory
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Is this like your life story thread bro?
You run into the issue that you can crash into these things though.
Crashing is part of GTA, it's very often quite entertaining. If you've got too much on the road in Forza it'll just be annoying.
As for wildlife, I'm not sure how well crashing into a deer would go down in Forza
bananafactory
Banned
You run into the issue that you can crash into these things though.
Crashing is part of GTA, it's very often quite entertaining. If you've got too much on the road in Forza it'll just be annoying.
As for wildlife, I'm not sure how well crashing into a deer would go down in Forza
Haha I know I'm just throwing out suggestions, the game feels fine as it is. And I agree crashing would be annoying, I was already running into quite a few trees as it is, don't need to be hitting cyclists!
I think Jeff Gerstmann will be a good indication. He's reasonably familiar with the mainline Forza games (though not especially enthusiastic about them), but really enjoyed the original Horizon. If he thinks it's fun, chances are those of us looking forward to it will agree. If he thinks it's too similar or too little changed, I'd bet there are good reasons for that.
Jeff's review might be delayed. I thought he's off for a bit?
SEGAvangelist
Member
Yes. He's admitting it too.
Now that I think about it, I'm not even sure who at GB is doing the review.
If i remember correctly alt accounts are bannable.
NullPointer
Member
"Its got race cars... so if race cars are something you're into, and if the idea of doing donuts on grassy fields and weaving through forests at high speed appeals to you, then sure, Horizon 2 is probably going to be the game for you."
Then again I'm pretty sure he's a fan of crazy jumps, so...
Miles Quaritch
Member
Should have just kept the old title based on the last few pages...
arhra
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digoutyoursoul
Member
Tomorrow will be interesting
Hey guys.
Just a heads up that Driftwood and myself are going to do a live stream of the game at 9:30PM CEST (in about 80 minutes) on Twitch. We can't show more than the first hour of the game, but it should still allow us to go outside the demo area quite a bit. So if you want to see a bit of the game and also "enjoy" my truly terrible French-English accent, I'll post the link here when we start
If this is successful (this will be our first live stream), I'll most likely switch to a hybrid solution using our own stream servers with much higher image quality, but with twitch fallback too for mobile and users that can't handle the higher bitrate.
Driftwood ...sounds like a horizon open-world ..drifter
will watch!what is tomorrow?
SEGAvangelist
Member
Review day.
I wonder how many new Driveclub threads will pop up tomorrow. There seems to be a few a day lately.
Edit: I meant to say, I hope that there are new threads to discuss the games, and maybe keep the slinging to those new threads. It may be time for a Horizon/Driveclub thread like the bucket one for Forza/GT comparisons. It really really cleaned up the official threads. It was brilliant.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I'm looking forward to it.
I'm guessing lots of 8's with a few 9's and maybe one or two 10's.
bah, if we didnt have the demo, reviews would be mucho importante for me. as it is... academic interest only..
I guess it will review very well. also, there are at least two more racing games coming from big publishers, even three if you prefer. so if forza horizon goes to 70-80, then where do the rest go?
SEGAvangelist
Member
Yup, me too. I think it'll get 9/10 type scores on 10 point scales, but the 5 point scale reviews will hurt it with lots of 4 out of 5s (8).
Either its going to be 'too high, paid reviews' or 'so low, it must suck', that's how it usually goes down.
bananafactory
Banned
I like the idea of a comparison thread. I have to say though, as a fan of racing it's a wonderful time seeing all the hype for DC and Forza on the front page
It's going to be a busy next couple of weeks for me!dreamcastfan
Member
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but is the rainy weather in the demo as rough as it gets?
Hey guys.
Just a heads up that Driftwood and myself are going to do a live stream of the game at 9:30PM CEST (in about 80 minutes) on Twitch. We can't show more than the first hour of the game, but it should still allow us to go outside the demo area quite a bit. So if you want to see a bit of the game and also "enjoy" my truly terrible French-English accent, I'll post the link here when we start
If this is successful (this will be our first live stream), I'll most likely switch to a hybrid solution using our own stream servers with much higher image quality, but with twitch fallback too for mobile and users that can't handle the higher bitrate.
Honoured you're choosing Horizon 2 for your first stream blim, hope it goes well!
bananafactory
Banned
I would guess so, unless there's some rally/dirt roads.
Yeah, he's apparently had other things on his mind lately
Jesus. File under "Things I legitimately can't (yet) understand the impact of."
We gave it a try yesterday and had huge sound issues, so hopefully today will go better :/
Welcome to Southern Europe.
Never heard that before on twitch, so weird. Sounded like you guys were in a room with a bunch of other people talking. Hope you can work it out.
REMEMBER CITADEL
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It seems that my physical copy is on the way, now all it has to do is cross the ocean in a week. Be swift, dear plane!
NullPointer
Member
Oh, God.Yeah, he's apparently had other things on his mind lately
Miles Quaritch
Member
Agreed.
Still, lots of 8's, 9's with a few 10's will still be a great achievement.
Raven77
Member
That VIP membership sounds like complete bullshit.
2x progression in the game? Exclusive multiplayer content?
So basically, if you only buy the regular game, all the VIP's online will have much better cars etc. as they unlock them 2x faster.
This has really soured my excitement for this game. Am I reading that VIP description wrong? Is online mode separate from the progression system?
2x progression in the game? Exclusive multiplayer content?
So basically, if you only buy the regular game, all the VIP's online will have much better cars etc. as they unlock them 2x faster.
This has really soured my excitement for this game. Am I reading that VIP description wrong? Is online mode separate from the progression system?
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
What do you think it deserves, from your experience so far though?
None of the previous games in this series have had problems with slow EXP progression, based on my personal experience.
Miles Quaritch
Member
9 based on the demo.
Some minor issues like the rain effect not on par with that from PGR4 and some other minor issues with handling.
Apart from those, it's an incredible game. Leaps and bounds improved from Horizon 1. The level of freedom and openness is exactly what I imagined after Horizon 1. Although I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little sad it wasn't set in the deep south.
NexusGamer
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Our review is going up tonight as well (Will there be a separate review thread?)
I really don't see any 10s for this.
It's good, but if you played Horizon 1 there's no new activities (except for being able to drive anywhere). Stuff like Showcase events were awesome back then, but now they've lost their novelty and there is fewer of them.
If FH2 was released as the first game in the franchise, yeah it would have been incredible. But because FH1 exists and the sequel borrows pretty much everything from it, it's less impressive.
I really don't see any 10s for this.
It's good, but if you played Horizon 1 there's no new activities (except for being able to drive anywhere). Stuff like Showcase events were awesome back then, but now they've lost their novelty and there is fewer of them.
If FH2 was released as the first game in the franchise, yeah it would have been incredible. But because FH1 exists and the sequel borrows pretty much everything from it, it's less impressive.
It looks like it's fixed, we are all set to start streaming in 10 minutes.
You can join the channel and chat here:
http://www.twitch.tv/gamersyde/
I really hate this mentality. So because Horizon 1 was a really good game and Horizon 2 builds upon that formula, it's somehow not impressive? Is a sequel just supposed to dump everything that gave the IP an identity in the first place and try to do everything new?
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
This
Seriously...
If they changed the flow of the game, even just a little bit, I wouldn't buy the sequel.
I want FH1 (an immaculate racing game) in a new location on better hardware.