![]() ![]() Forza Horizon 5 builds on the already pretty damn near-perfect formula that has been used previously. Stuįorza Horizon 5 may be excused for essentially being the same as the fourth iteration of the Horizon series, and you know what? That’s fine with me. Check out our previous team review here where we reviewed Back 4 Blood. There’s no real introduction needed to this open-world racing game, all you need to know is this time around we are racing around in Mexico! It’s Horizon Festival Season In Mexico!Ī lot of people have already been playing this thanks to the early access provided with certain bundles of the game, but how does the game actually play? Is it as fun as previous titles in the franchise or is it time they stopped making these now? Keep reading to find out. ![]() Developed by Playground Games ( Forza Horizon 1 through 4) and published by Xbox Game Studios ( Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3) the game will officially release on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on November 9th 2021. This truly feels like it’s the first time a map in Forza Horizon feels like it fully compliments the series dedication to freedom.Welcome to our review of Forza Horizon 5. Horizon 5’s Mexico was made for the players to not only just be able to drive with pure seamlessness, but to enjoy being any and everywhere, climb up on and drive to nearly everything that’s rendered, smashing into just about any object, and cruising down anything that even just looks like a path whether it’s marked on the map or not. It all flows together, especially considering that the scale and openness of Horizon Mexico feels like it suits the gameplay style more than any of the series’ past locales. This is in addition to making sure you truly experience the large map of virtual Mexico in more ways than just arbitrarily driving across it to get to the next waypoint. What it really did was give the cast a real purpose and made their character arcs, small as they are, feel naturally built out. True, all of this could be considered typical open-world filler, but it never really felt like that to me. The entire package is so well made, that the high-quality gameplay is, strangely enough, actually kind of an afterthought to me. True, it’s taken me forever to finally get to this point, but for good reason. Of course, nothing signifies this more than the way it integrates into the refined gameplay mechanics that Forza Horizon 5 has to offer. ![]() Horizon 5‘s Mexico feels alive and handcrafted at every turn. There’s just so much to see, such as the densely forested areas of the swamp, the beautiful azure waters of both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts, the impressive dunes of the desert, and the striking rock formations in the canyons. The sounds of the various fauna (that are now fully present), the playing of music on guitars in the distance the whole map’s atmosphere oozes with authenticity, far more so than past entries. Having been with the series since its PC arrival with Horizon 3, I can say that not only has Horizon‘s formula been refined for this latest entry, it’s been, for lack of a better term, perfected.Įven throwaway buildings in the middle of scenic nowhere on the map have surprising amounts of detail and polish, and disabling the in-game radio allows you to hear that even the soundscape is authentic. The game is a non-stop rollercoaster ride from the get-go, and it just gets wilder the more you play. It simply tells you to hold on and enjoy. Or, as I should say - lo mejor de lo mejor!įrom its opening moments of having you speed down the side of an active volcano in a Ford Bronco after launching from a cargo plane, Forza Horizon 5 shows you exactly what absurdly amazing deathtrap of a situation you’ve gotten yourself into. The depth of the gameplay and its mechanics, the world, the presentation - this is the new crème de la crème of its genre. Playground Games has absolutely outdone itself with this release, and set a new standard for what an open-world racer can be. If you came here only to see what score I gave Forza Horizon 5, allow me to provide a quick answer: it’s the best racing experience that I’ve played to date, bar none. ![]()
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