Two Quick Exclusives: Forza Motorsport 3 For Late 2009

Seraphim - 802 days 2 hours ago

Lol, I was just thinking that. Didn't Forza 2 just release not to long ago? If I'm not mistaken it did. Well, maybe it is was a little while ago but it certainly wasn't that long ago.

And I to am debating whether or not I should even buy Forza 2. Only reason it's even a debate is that the racing genre and me don't play well anymore. I buy a racing game, play a racing game, 2-5 days later I shelf the racing game and set it alongside numerous other games never to played again. Some of which have been beaten, other which have been played and laid to rest because they either weren't that good, or they got boring [repetitive gameplay, boring story...]. Bottom line. Don't you think that's a waste of $50-60? I sure do. Especially considering I have a hard time parting w/ any game I buy so resale is normally out of the question. And when it is in the equation the game isn't worth squat anymore anyway... ;)

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gogators - 802 days 2 hours ago

I would think that Turn 10 might want to support their current game rather than start on Forza 3, though 2009 is certainly a long way off. Hopeful they will remember that games need to be fun, too. The career mode got far too boring far too quickly.

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XboxOZ360 - 801 days 8 hours ago

Forza 2 was released many many months ago, and has one of the highest user support networks around for a console based racing game, with forum, tunning and painting help right throughout the community.

Personally, I've invested well over 110 hours into it, and being a real racing nut, I can honestly say this game is well worth the effort and time it takes to play it. I've still to 'finish' it, and have just 2 races left which will net me two major gold achievements, ALL Gold in the game, All Gold in Professional Series.

Forza 3 is a natural iteration, improving on its current one. As with all games, developers stop including items well before it goes gold, simply for the fact if they didn't, the games would never get finished. They then begin work on the succesor, which is usually a good 6 months into production by the time the earlier one arrives on the shelves. Giving the newer one just 18 months developement time between iterations.

Which is normal in a IP Franchise, not so in new IP's arriving on the market. Which can and do take upwards of 5 years or more to develope from conception to release.

Forza 2 is by no means an arcade game, so if you buy it thinking you're getting PGR4, or one of the smash-n-bash brigade of games, then you'll be most disappointed. If on the otherhand you want a game that WILL challenge you, has great vehicle physics, the best options available for car tunning, then Forza 2 is the game for you.

Drop along to my blog at www.xboxoz360.wordpress.com and checkout my flickr picks of the Resident Evil 3 TVR Speed Twelve I created in Forza 2, Now if you can create something like that, and have it really fly on track, then a game of that style and caliber is definitely well worth the $ and effort it takes to master.

In short, do yourself a favour and grab it . . . the price is right now as well.

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ShiftyLookingCow - 802 days 3 hours ago

another one in a hundred years most of us will be dead

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felman87 - 802 days 2 hours ago

If by 3, you mean 2

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ShiftyLookingCow - 802 days 2 hours ago

Forza 2 came out a little earlier in comparison

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XboxOZ360 - 801 days 8 hours ago

The game is a racing simulator, not a mad smash-n-bash arcade game. It's not designed for rally, and the like, but some weather changes for long Enduor's would be good, as would night time racing on tracks etc.

Tracks are tracks, you're there to race, not have a picnic . . . Sure, PGR3 had excellent visuals, was an excellentgame, but lacked the true racing feel that many sim loves like. PGR4 on the otherhand has taken the series back to almost pure arcade, and for me, is a step backward.

If you're not into racing games as sims, then Forza is definitely not for you. Youcan't dis a game simply because it supports a genre' you don't like. I dislike fantasy games and RPG's, but I don't dis them for what they are . . . If you like Rally, then get Colin McRae: DiRT, If you like arcade street racing, then get the Brunout and Need For Speed games . . . although, NFS: Pro Street is going for ALL real world tracks this time around, not street racing as such . . . better real-world tunning and car physics etc, so some will be very disappointed.

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