[360] Forza Horizon

[Twigg4075]

They are stupid. But I think I want to think I want to try to 100% this game, although it's not like you van differentiate the standard cheevos with the DLC ones. One of the main reasons trophies>cheevos.

I did end up spending about $3mil on a bunch of cars and now I have the purple bracelet.

 

[jms493]

When I stopped having fun with it, I stopped playing the single player. There is no need to do all the xtra bs.

 

[Twigg4075]

Ok, I've done everything there is to do in the single player in this game except for the PR stunts. I got all the discount signs and barn finds and did all of the races, including Ali's street races. Now I'm just playing some online hopefully to reach level 25 and get my 25 online races cheevos.

 

[Twigg4075]

Annnnnnd, I just unlocked the cheevo for 25 online races. Now I just need five more levels to hit 25 and I think I'll officially retire this game.

 

[Twigg4075]

I finally hit level 25 and, barring any race nights, I'm done with this game. I think I put about 30hrs into it and really enjoyed it but the online is pretty shitty. Cars bounce around and will slam into walls but somehow be right back on the track in a split second, where as if I crash it will take the realistic several seconds to right myself. It's crazy too considering this is an Xbox game and Live never has any issues, ever. :smug:

 

[Swarley]

I finally hit level 25 and, barring any race nights, I'm done with this game. I think I put about 30hrs into it and really enjoyed it but the online is pretty shitty. Cars bounce around and will slam into walls but somehow be right back on the track in a split second, where as if I crash it will take the realistic several seconds to right myself. It's crazy too considering this is an Xbox game and Live never has any issues, ever. :smug:

It's not XBL, it's those people having shitty internet. And the crashing and somehow being back on the track right away is b/c of their shitty connection. They aren't actually crashing, their car is just jumping around b/c their internet sucks.

 

[Twigg4075]

It's not XBL, it's those people having shitty internet. And the crashing and somehow being back on the track right away is b/c of their shitty connection. They aren't actually crashing, their car is just jumping around b/c their internet sucks.

Why was the same thing happening when we had that race night then?

 

[Price]

I've never had a non laggy race. the servers or people's connections are just horrible.

 

[Twigg4075]

I saw it in EVERY race. But yet I can play Battlefield 3 on PS3 without a hint of lag. Just saying.

 

[dave]

I need to check out this game.

 

[jms493]

Forza Horizon 1000 club expansion pack a is out...go get it!

 

[Twigg4075]

Forza Horizon 1000 club expansion pack a is out...go get it!

Yeah, I meant to post this yesterday when I downloaded it. The best and most shocking part is that it's FREE.

 

[jms493]

Ok....so don't download this. It is pretty dumb and there is a good reason it is free.

This expansion pack (if u want to call it that) is a checklist of dumb shit to do with each car. They added achievements but it will take quite some time and DLC to get them all if your interested that sort of fetish.

They added a fast travel to anywhere to save time...but it costs real money. Do you really want to be in the FORZA 1000 club? Well good luck as the game only comes with ~136 cars. Math says 136 cars times 5 medals per car = 680 medals. How will I get the rest of the medals??? I will need to buy DLC cars. There are currently ~75 DLC cars.

Therefore all this free DLC appears to be is way for Turn 10 to maybe squeeze just a few more buck out of people. Which is fine but IMO unless you really want to just drive around fetching stuff like a quest system, dont waste your time. Your time with this game would be better spent racing online IMO.

Oh yeah...you cant do any of the challenges if you are not signed in to xbox live.

 

[jms493]

Fuckers....

Here is one achievement
Ford Champion
Earn a Medal in 13 different Fords. 20 pts

There are 12 fords in the game without DLC...:smh:

 

[Twigg4075]

Color me surprised!

Fuck you M$. I should've known better. Way to try to milk every last dime out of your consumers on one of the very few exclusives you still have.

 

[Swarley]

This expansion pack (if u want to call it that) is a checklist of dumb shit to do with each car.

Exactly why I didn't post anything about the 'expansion' when I first read about it a few days ago. It's dumb.

 

[jms493]

Exactly why I didn't post anything about the 'expansion' when I first read about it a few days ago. It's dumb.

Yeah I got giddy for a new reason to play Horizon. I looked for the DLC and saw it was "free"...this made me confused. Free?...really? Nonetheless I went in to see what it was all about...when I played for about an hour I started to realize what this really was.:falcons:

 

[Twigg4075]

Now I just need Seth to come in here and tell me how this practice is fine and nothing to complain about.

 

[jms493]

Now I just need Seth to come in here and tell me how this practice is fine and nothing to complain about.

well technically it is fine. I mean everything is totally optional...I don't need to buy anything. I can simply play it for a while get a few medals and be done with it. It won't cost me a dime. If you feel the need to get every freaking medal...then yeah you have to pay for it. Is it bullshit??? I am not sure. It honestly is a bit devilish and from the developers point of view seems genius if they generate more income from it. It is sort of like the FTP model. Here is the game for free...but if you want 100% of everything you will need to pony up some dough.

Its not the same as paying $60 for game and when you get to the final race to beat the game...they make you pay 347 ms points and download it off the market place. That would be fucking crossing the line.

That's why i never really have a problem with DLC...it is totally optional and allows developers to make some money after the initial purchase...which in these times is mandatory. I guess the biggest problem I see with it is you will never see a COD or BF with 30 maps out of the gate. Why do that when they can milk you for 5 more maps for $10 every month.

 

[Twigg4075]

Yeah, it's free and totally optional. I understand that. But I didn't like the way they handled the DLC in the first place with this game. It was way overpriced. The game was plenty fun but they smack you in the face at every opportunity with "Our ridiculously over expensive DLC is available now! Press X to download!" And then they try this bullshit "freemium" model but it's doubly insulting knowing that this was a full priced retail game.

I'm sorry, but you don't see anything like this shit with any PS3 exclusive. You have Sony giving you games and crazy discounts with a $50 subscription and somehow M$ is going in the complete opposite direction and getting away with it. I don't get it.

There was an El Nino of a shitstorm over the scavenger bot microtransations in Dead Space 3 and they were no where near as egregiously disgusting as this shit. But I bet you don't hear a peep from any gaming outlet about this.