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Playground likely making Forza Horizon 2, working on Xbox 1 game, starts mobile team
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soundscream
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You will get more of this and you will like it.
LOL
I fucking like this song now because I heard it so much
They should add a character action game in there, Ninja Gaiden was a flagship xbox exclusive and now it's multiplatform and in the hands of Team Ninja Dog.
MS should've bought Valhalla Studios.
Back on topic Horizon 2 is great news since the first one was an amazing game, looking forward to see what Playground will do with the sequel.
Fox Mulder
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I loved Horizon, but still miss TDU more. They were flawed games, but were very ambitious with environments and content. Horizon was smaller and had AI drivers to race against instead of real people.
I'd love to see what Horizon 2 can be though.
I'd love to see what Horizon 2 can be though.
soundscream
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MS should've bought Valhalla Studios.
yeah, no. not until we know the game isn't vapor ware at least.
Oh calm down.
ElektroDragon
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This is super fantastic. I would buy every Horizon game Playground makes without even looking at review scores. They totally nailed the balance between sim and arcade and good graphics. Not surprising considering the pedigree of the team. Forza is like PGR re-invented.
I have to say Gran Turismo has become a complete joke by comparison. It feels like I'm playing an Excel spreadsheet in the menus, and the environments are barf worthy. I just don't think Polyphony Digital has the talent to improve the franchise.
I have to say Gran Turismo has become a complete joke by comparison. It feels like I'm playing an Excel spreadsheet in the menus, and the environments are barf worthy. I just don't think Polyphony Digital has the talent to improve the franchise.
Fox Mulder
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I don't think Gran Turismo is a joke, there's still something cool about the level of crazy detail GT goes for. Still, it went from a franchise I enjoyed to something I haven't even bothered to buy a ps3 for. GT5 nearly sold what the entire Forza franchise has to date, but I was perfectly happy buying Forza instead while it took them 5 years to release GT5.
Miles Quaritch
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Absolutely. Serious Rallisport challenge vibes throughout. Definitely recommend buying it.
Yep, it's pretty tough but enjoyable. I think it is a tad overpriced though.
Hip Hop
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Count me in. Recently bought Forza Horizon from the Xbox sale and the game is so damn good, so gorgeous, so smooth.
My favorite racer this gen, hands down.
nikos
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Agree 100%. This might also convince me to pull the trigger on an XBone.
I have a feeling most/all open world racing games will have TDU/MMO style multiplayer next gen, just like The Crew.
IISANDERII
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Just found out about the Forza Horizon free DLC 1000km club. My god, how the hell did I miss all this?
Well, Greenawalt has recently stated that Forza will be a yearly occurrence.
Forza Motorsport one year and Forza Horizon the year after that.
PGR is dead.
2dshmuplover
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Forza Horizon 2 is one of my most anticipated titles for next-gen, the series has so much potential. PLEASE keep it 60 FPS.
LiquidMetal14
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I am interested. My ring scratched copy of Forza Horizon still works.
Yes. What idiots would possibly want 60fps from a next-gen racing game? There's no point to it whatsoever when 30fps has already been proven to be OK, adequate, sufficient and "not bad". I say ALL next-gen games should run at 30fps, even those that are already running at 60fps. Nobody can tell the difference anyway so developers are just wasting their resources. 30fps would allow game development to be completed in half the time and games would cost half as much to make. The savings could then be passed on to us totally sane non-delusional consumers.
LiquidMetal14
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I'm waiting for those grilling Drive Club to come in here because FH was very impressive and no less fun at 30fps.
2dshmuplover
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To be fair (and I'm a huge PGR fan) I think PGR is irrelevant. The later installments really started to focus on simulation mechanics, (not to mention the dyno testing for sound, realistic cockpit view etc, all of which Forza took on board). You can get pretty much the same experience with Forza using assists (the Prague city track is surely T10's nod to the franchise), minus the Kudos system but really there's not enough between them to warrant having both on the market with such high budgets.
I agree we'll never see a another PGR game but that's ok, we have Forza Horizon now, an arguably more exciting game with lot's of potential.
oh boy.
It's likely you're right, Forza is gaining momentum and will only get bigger, but I still feel confident PGR will happen.
Hip Hop
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Hope this is sarcasm. Please be sarcasm.
LiquidMetal14
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Don't you mean, off the hizzee?!?!?!
2dshmuplover
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That's what I mean't. I was referring to keeping the 60fps from Forza 5 for the sequel, since it will obviously be borrowing it's assets.
As much as I loved Horizon, I can't help but think the game would of been twice as good in 60 FPS, I really noticed the drop even though they done an outstanding job locking the framerate to 30 FPS, the handling still suffered because of it.
I think if Microsoft are prepared to make the next Halo game 60FPS then I think there's a good chance we'll see that for Horizon 2 also.
I C
i too am really hoping for 60 fps. the other day i played an extended amount of horizon then switched to fm4 and the difference in visuals and movement was astounding. 30 fps is far inferior for this genre. also, while i'm comparing the two, FH while jaggy free, looks very muddy compared to the really sharp (and slightly jaggy) FM4, which again i preferred.
30 fps in a racer isnt a deal breaker, but its certainly not ideal.
2dshmuplover
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Yeah it really is, going back and forth between FM4 and Horizon is pretty crazy and the AA was over the top yeah. I guess it's a trade off between detail and framerate. What do you think the chances are PG can roll out a next-gen 1080p60 Forza Horizon that is open world with a similar level of detail to FM5 with dynamic day/night cycle and possibly weather? Is that maybe asking too much?
INDEED
Haunted
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Background guy to the right kinda looks like Jackson from 5th cell.
DagnastyEp
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Horizon is one of my favorite racing games, I'd love to see what they could do with a second iteration on next gen hardware. I was perfectly fine with it being 30fps on the 360, but I hope they shoot for 60 on the XB1.
LiquidMetal14
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Don't be a hater!
For 399 or lower and I consider it around income tax 2015. It's not a matter of if but when for me.
Black Mantis
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I hope they leave endurance races out. One of the reasons I love this game so much, is that everything is very much geared to fast pick up & play and no long slogs. Leave endurance races for the traditional Forza games, FH should continue on its own PGR-influenced path.
Unless you meant a single lap across the map? That, I'd be cool with.
Glorified G
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This is the opposite reaction I got from playing the demo. Driving to a location to start a race bored the crap out of me. I just want to jump into a race. I've been hesitant to pick up the full retail version due to this. Although it was my first open world racer, it's probably just not for me.
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