Demo arrives next week (10/9/2012).
Watching the launch trailer I suddenly feel old. Hot chicks+music festival+hipster soundtrack=no sale.
That, and the $50 season pass for car packs.
I'm interested in trying out the demo because I'm still not sure what type of game this is. Is it just an open world game where you drive around and look for races? It's also not being developed by Turn 10 Studios (Playground Games is developing it), so I'm interested in seeing the quality of the game. If I do like the game, hopefully there's a way to turn off the hipster soundtrack.
Downloaded the demo this morning and played it quickly. First thought is that it reminds me of Dirt 2 presentation-wise - the menus, locations and voice-overs are almost identical. I'll try it some more, but I'm wasn't too impressed and don't have a strong desire to play it again. The graphics seem nice, but the tracks/roads seem kinda boring. I may skip this one and get NFS: Most Wanted instead. At least NFS has more diverse locations.
I played the demo some more last night and while I did enjoy it more than I expected, it's by no means a first-day purchase. I could see myself picking it up in a few months when the price drops, but no way am I paying full price for it, especially since Amazon is not offering any $10 or $15 credits on pre-orders. It's not that there's anything wrong with the game - there isn't - it just doesn't hold my interest, and while the Colorado scenery is very well done, it gets a little boring when that's all you see.
Shocking news...I'm reconsidering my decision not to buy it when it's released.
I resisted the temptation to order it for a release-day delivery and will try to hold out for a sale.
BestBuy has buy2 get 1 this week, so I may use that to grab this with a couple of other games I was considering.
Not sure yet, though.
I picked it up and am really, really enjoying it.
Target is also going to have a buy two get one free deal this week, so I'm debating whether to hold off for that or just get it from Amazon since I have a $65 balance on a gift card there. I also have a feeling that Amazon is going to drop the price now that it's out.
I decided to pick up a copy of Forza Horizon during my absence from the Internet and have been really enjoying it during the past week. I've completed all the wristband and money races, won the championship, traveled all 216 roads and found 70 of the 100 discount billboards. It's definitely more of an arcade racer than previous Forza games, but damn is it a lot of fun. Now that I have my fleet of upgraded sports cars, I enjoy just cruising around and looking for random street races or just taking in the scenery.
MS store selling this for 14.99 http://send.onenetworkdirect.net/z/345819/CD152762/&lnkurl=http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/pd/productID.258471400%3FClickID%3Ddtwmrywnnn0xwozk0xrrnst2hmkhkzrcnhhx (http://send.onenetworkdirect.net/z/345819/CD152762/&lnkurl=http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/pd/productID.258471400%3FClickID%3Ddtwmrywnnn0xwozk0xrrnst2hmkhkzrcnhhx)
Going in and out of stock at the moment
P.S. first DLC pack half price today only.
Amazon had it for $15 last night as a Lightning Deal and it was gone in minutes. I'd highly recommend buying it...especially for $15.
Yeah, I jumped on it and got the DLC for 200 points
This will go down as one of the best video game deals of all-time. Not just because of how good the game is and cheap the price was, but mostly because of the timing - the game came out less than a month ago.
Also got one of those MS wireless speed wheels for less than 20 bucks.
Those things are a BLAST. I'm already better at F1 using it.
I always wondered if these wheels were good or not. My biggest concern is trying to hold the thing steady since it's not mounted to anything.
They're fabulous for steering, accelerating and braking, since the triggers have a longer throw and you can be much, much more precise with turning input than I'd ever expected. If you play with manual gears, though, the absence of LB and RB from the wheel means that more often than not, you don't actually have enough buttons available to carry out all of the game's functions. Physically, they're no more of a problem than using a wheel attachment for Mario Kart Wii or something like that - your forearms and shoulders might ache a little after a while, depending on how you're sat, but they're alright.
Having said that, the whole button issue made me return mine the same day I bought it...
I always run manual tranny but no clutch. Bumper buttons have only been missed in the Forza menus and tuning screens.
Best to keep a controller on hand for that. If you have a dedicated wheel setup, that is obviously better, but the thing kills the gamepad.
On the subject of the game, it is worse than I imagined. Good for maybe a casual drive, but the atmosphere, lack of any damage, and rampant misogyny kind of spoil the fun.
Quote from: Brad Company on December 16, 2012 @ 05:52 PM
I always run manual tranny but no clutch. Bumper buttons have only been missed in the Forza menus and tuning screens.
It's an impossibility to have every control available in the F1 games when you're using it, though. I should really have been clearer on what I was referring to. I can't for the life of me remember ever using it with a Forza game - I must have done, because Forza 4 was the game I bought it with and I do remember not being able to access some of the menus, but as far as the game goes...pass.
Which is pretty much how I ended up feeling about Horizon. I did own it and I'm sure I enjoyed it, but I can't actually recall the specifics of it. It's perfectly pleasant, a very solid game, but it lacks...I don't know, soul?