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Digital Foundry vs. Forza Horizon

Digital Foundry - "A new bar in console racing game technology? Digital Foundry presents its take on Playground's debut title."

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hennessey864225d ago

And it shows what a technical achievement forza horizon is

MikeMyers4224d ago

Technically it sounds quite impressive given the hardware it's on.

Me-Time4224d ago (Edited 4224d ago )

+720p, 30fps, and the hardest the system ever works itself is at the festival

if there were actual cities, not towns with small buildings, in Horizon like I hoped, then it'd be impressive. oh yea, easily noticeable, toned-back physics. and it wasn't to make the game more accessible. That's what the driving assists are for.

What MikeMyers means is that it would be even more impressive if it was on the PS3, specifically because of the lack of RAM.

Knight_Crawler4224d ago (Edited 4224d ago )

LMFAO...dude your jelly is showing.

Why don't you go read about your AMAZING Gran Tourismo and Killzone instead of trolling 360 related articles.

I guess you are one of those people who still believe that the PS3 is made from pixie dust and black magic.

greenpowerz4224d ago

This troll is trying his hardest to give the illusion of objectivity.

As the reviews suggest, this game is a technical marvel and shows what devs can do if motivated. It shows MSFT doesn't push their hardware like their competition does.

wishingW3L4224d ago (Edited 4224d ago )

I was going to write a very similar post. Forza Horizon sacrificed lots of stuff for the sake of the open world. Stuff like physics, and frame-rate are considerably worse than the main series but people disagree because of fanboyism. Like always... I mean, even DF says it:

"It's understandable, of course. Moving to an open world represents some fundamental technical challenges."

MikeMyers4224d ago

Just to be clear, in no way was I thinking of the PS3 in my earlier comment. I was actually giving praise to how much they are able to get out of the Xbox 360 and how the games still stand up (technically) today.

FordGTGuy4224d ago

Same physics engine running at the same 360 fps, troll harder troll.

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TheKayle4224d ago (Edited 4224d ago )

technically its sound quite impressive for every console ...lol

read the article..pls

vikingland14224d ago

I just bought this game yesterday! Not very far into it yet but I can say it's a smooth engine.

Blankman854224d ago

Meh, just Forza being brilliant as usual, nothing new to see here folks

vega2754224d ago

Honestly was there really any doubt when it comes to forza

mcstorm4224d ago

All i can sayis playground have some of the best developers around. Got my copy of the game yesterday and its amazing.

It just shows that even with old hardware you can still push it to the max and even if you drop fps ect you can still make it look and play amazing.

I cant wait to see what turn 10 do with forza 5 and playground do with a forza horizon 2 on the next xbox if 4 and horizon look like they do on the 360.

Add halo 4 to this list too and it shows microsoft have 3 studios that can show off the power of the console.

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10 Years On, It's Hard To Actually Celebrate Forza Horizon's Legacy

Forza Horizon has been around for 10 years today, but due to the franchise's constant "End Of Life" policies, it's hard to celebrate.

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Literally the only XBox exclusive that I still regularly play. I'm glad I had bought FH3 (PC) when I did, but this really sucks for other people who never picked it up. I still love the Australian Outback setting most of all.

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Forza Horizon Games Ranked from Worst to Best

BLG writes: "When the Forza Horizon games franchise launched in 2012, it was an enjoyable spin-off of the highly successful simulation racer. A decade later, the Horizon series has overtaken Forza Motorsport series as one of, if not the, premiere driving video games of all time."

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SinisterMister689d ago

Don't think there's literally a "worst" Forza game man. Microsoft just makes these too damn good.

MaximusPrime_688d ago

Microsoft didn't develop (make) Forza, Playground Games did.

Microsoft simply published it.

SinisterMister688d ago

Ah okay. Thanks for the correction mate!

MadLad688d ago

I see no difference being they've only ever made games for Microsoft on Microsoft's dime for the entirety of their existence as a developer.

Godmars290688d ago

@MadLad:
The amount of MTs and repeated attempts at rivalry towards Gran Turismo.

darthv72688d ago

@god, i think you are confusing motorsport with horizon. MS is compared to GT, Horizon isnt.

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MadLad688d ago

@godmars

Care to explain how that has anything to do with anything here?

DOMination-688d ago

lol.. pedantic much? ^ PG and the Forza IP are owned by Microsoft.

FH5 may be a technical marvel but it's been a buggy mess since launch and PG seem intent to add new content without ever bothering to fix anything. Many of which were bugs that were also in FH4.

FH3
FH1
FH4
FH5
FH2 (still good but the structure was messed up - too much emphasis on grinding "roadtrips" which was tedious)

jznrpg688d ago (Edited 688d ago )

They didn’t buy Playground until 2018 or 2019 I forget which year but it hasn’t been that long . The first Forza came out in 2005 . So most of the games were published by MS at the time but they didn’t own PlayGround. MS doesn’t make good studios in general , they buy them .

DOMination-688d ago

When Sony buys a studio after working with them for a couple of games, people on here call it an "organic purchase". MS & Playground made three very good games, based on an existing IP using an engine made by Turn 10 before purchasing them. But it is still pedantic. Shall we say that Sony didn't make The Last of Us? Or that they don't "own" the first 12 Ratchet & Clank games because they only purchase Insomniac a few years back? We all know what they meant.

Anyway, Forza Motorsport has always been developed by Turn 10. Which Microsoft built from the ground up. So when you refer to games from 2005, your point about only buying studios is completely wrong.

darthv72688d ago

You left out a FH2, there were two versions. The one made for XBO by playground and the one made for 360 by sumo digital. There are enough differences to warrant each one being on its own.

monkey602688d ago

FH3 is my favourite by a long shot. I got surprisingly bored of FH5 quick enough unfortunately so that's down the bottom of my list

sammarshall102688d ago

Yeah I think this series peaked with Forza Horizon 3

Orbilator688d ago

I really dont care for any of the horizons. Hate having to do what I'm told. Forza 7 was the same, I didn't want to do anything other than race cars. But it made me drive lorries!!!..

Technically they all good games but I want the next Forza to be a proper car racer, all the trucks etc can be put under an arcade racing section which I never have to go into.

MrBaskerville687d ago

The mandatory gimmick races are a bit of a bad habit in FM games, atleast since 5. Also dislike the heavy amount of unskipable cutscenes and dialouge in FM5 and perhaps 7.

Azraeia688d ago

Tbh I found FH3 to actually be my favourite and the one I played the most.

The one I got bored of very quickly was 4. Wasn't a fan of the seasons and driving round England was boring cause its where I live. Got very old quick.

glennhkboy688d ago

I still think 2 (Xbox One version) is my personal best. Driving an Italian supercars on an Italian highway just feel so "right"!!!!! "2" make me understand why Italian make those supercars.

I don't know why so many do not like 4. I like the seasonal change & dramatic weather change. 5 seems to dial the weather change way way down that the weather seldom change (Is the real Mexico really has such a perfect weather all the time?).

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How the Sophisticated Sky Capturing Brings the Forza Horizon Franchise to Life

KeenGamer: "The advanced sky capturing gives the Forza Horizon franchise a natural and realistic feeling. Yet, it's a long process from capturing to complete in-game sky. It's a technology that was introduced during the development of Forza Horizon 3, which provided more beauty and were widely praised by players."

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iplay1up21047d ago (Edited 1047d ago )

Forza 4 looks really great now that Series updates have been applied. In Forza 5 Microsoft uses photo technology throughout the entire game. The volcano setting in Mexico looks amazing!

Lightning771047d ago

All this sky tech will no doubt make its way into the new Fable.

Rimeskeem1047d ago

Da Cloud jokes coming in 3...2....

Sol4ris1046d ago

Incredible looking game, and it's not even powered by the next iteration of the ForzaTech engine which is still developed by Turn10.
Time to flex that 12TF.

VariantAEC1040d ago

Maybe that's why it looks so meh to me.

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