| hiccupthehuman said: That's a very nice number. 600+k in 2 weeks is pretty good. I'm personally waiting for Black Friday as I have a big backlog already, but it'll be the first time I pick up a Forza game. The really high reviews ought to interest new players like myself and contribute to the growth of the IP. |
I got the original Xbox 360 Forza Horizon recently through Games with Gold. I'm now going to purchase Forza Horizon 2 and FH3 digitally the next time each of them goes on sale (unless I end up not being able to wait that long). I was a big fan of Metropolis Street Racer (MSR) on the Dreamcast, and Project Gotham Racing (PGR) on the Xbox/Xbox 360. I had no idea how awesome the Forza Horizon series is! I've been missing out for the last four years. I believe Forza Horizon is what PGR would have evolved into had the series continued and gone open-world. If they'd called it PGR Horizon I would have got it when it came out, but until I played it through Games with Gold I simply didn't understand. The game is amazing: you can customize it to be more arcadey, or more sim-like. The physics are extremely sold. The game is beautiful, controls well, and has tonnes and tonnes of things to do. The popularity system is essentially exactly like the Kudos-system from MSR/PGR. Best of all, being open world you can pursue those things that you enjoy and ignore those things you don't (unlike in PGR where advancing required doing most/all of the challenges, whether they interested you or not). I'm really, really kicking myself for missing out on Forza Horizon all these years! Putting Forza in the title confused me as I'm not into sim-racers, but that's not what this is. I knew Horizon was different than Motorsport, but I didn't realize how different. I've got a lot more to accomplish in FH1 right now, so I'll keep playing that until one of the other two go on sale or I run out of things to do in FH1 (whichever comes first). Down the road, Forza Horizon 4 will be a day 1 buy for me. To say I'm hooked is an understatement!
