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Concessions are the heart of Forza Horizon, a Playground Games title that traverses the thin line between simulation and arcade racer while bringing the closed-environment, track-based racing franchise to an open-world setting for the first time.An offsho...
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Forza Horizon isn't your normal Forza game, which is obvious because it doesn't have a traditional numbered title. It's a spinoff with a focus on an open world racing. Sure, open world racing games aren't anything new. In fact, it's hard to pick a rand...
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strategyinformer.com Updated: 2016-02-19 08:13:56
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I was cynical about Forza Horizon's release. Racing games that build themselves around music festivals, hoodies, and absurd storylines haven't sat well with me this generation. For a series like Forza, I wasn't sure how a spin-off would suit the hardco...
I was cynical about Forza Horizon's release. Racing games that build themselves around music festivals, hoodies, and absurd storylines haven't sat well with me this generation. For a series like Forza, I wasn't sure how a spin-off would suit the hardco...
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Forza Horizon is what happens when you throw in a mix of Need for Speed, DiRT, and Test Drive Unlimited with some classic Forza. Accessible, fun, and engaging, this is the latest entry in the long running Xbox exclusive racing series. But Horizon isn't th...
A risk that paid off, Forza Horizon is easily one of the best arcade racing games of the year, and a bold new direction for the franchise...
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1up.com Updated: 2016-02-19 08:13:56
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The Forza Motorsport franchise, like Gran Turismo, has become very set in its ways. Save for those entries that bring the series from one console generation to the next, you can count on each new release to deliver on a solid simulation racing experien...
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Microsoft and Turn 10’s Forza franchise has always done a pretty great job of being accessible for new players, despite being heralded as a “simulation” style racer. The past two entries, 3 and 4, were certainly shining examples of how you can craft a...
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Forza Horizon ReviewThe effortless quality of the Forza Motorsport series has never found itself wanting for much, but if there's one ding on an otherwise pristine bodywork it's a lack of personality. The clinical professionalism of the early games gav...
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gamespot.com Updated: 2016-02-19 08:14:34
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There's something oddly romantic about Forza Horizon. Gone are the real-life circuits of Motorsport, replaced by a gorgeous stretch of the American West. Sweeping praries and looming peaks set a grand stage, and a persistent sense of competition keeps the...
Sprawling open world is a blast to explore, Stunning vistas highlighted by a full daynight cycle, Flexible difficulty welcomes a wide range of drivers, Plenty to do outside organized events, Terrific competitive multiplayer.
Awkward storytelling, Disappointing online freeroaming...
Forza Horizon's untethered love for the open road makes it a terrific spinoff to this racing franchise...
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Forza Horizon is the first game to come out to not be part of the numbered series, and the first to feature an open world gameplay. Players will be able to coast along the roads of Colorado in areas such as Gladstone and the Rockies. Does this spin-off fa...
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The Forza series prides itself for being the premier racing simulation game, showcasing not only immense amount of detail in both car and environment design, but the ability to make the game accessible to those who might just want to jump behind the wheel...
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