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Forza Horizon 2 – review round up

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We told you this morning what we thought of Forza Horizon 2, the new racing game spinoff from Playground games. Our own Sandy thought it was rather bloody good. What do other critics think of the game that’ll soon see competition from the other side in the soon-to-be-released DriveClub from Evolution studios. what do other critics think of the game?

Videogamer – 8/10

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It lacks variety, both on and offline, and sometimes it strikes a difficult balance between arcade racing and simulation. (It’s also far too easy to abuse the rewind function, a problem made worse by the sometimes unclear checkpointing). But there are very few other racing games that can boast such impressive fundamentals, and certainly not very many with a world like this wrapped around them.

Eurogamer – 9/10

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It’s going to be a busy season for racing games, with sim hopeful Project Cars, ambitious online "CarPG" The Crew and the social score-attack of DriveClub all jostling for attention. Horizon 2 sets an intimidatingly high bar for those games to meet on every front, but in one aspect it seems unbeatable. I can’t imagine any of them are going to feel this happy.

Polygon – 7/10

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The excellent foundation below Forza Horizon 2‘s open world and the experimentation that it occasionally encourages at least provide a reason to race there. But that same open world serves as a less well-executed space to race and drive than the tracks that have defined previous games, and the open-world activities can’t quite make up the difference.

IGN – 9/10

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Above everything it’s always fun, whether you’re in a ludicrous Land Rover race or sniffing out a hidden Barn Find. Forza Horizon 2 is Test Drive Unlimited, PGR, Smuggler’s Run, and Forza Motorsport all crammed into a T-shirt cannon and fired into your face. It wears its inspiration on its sleeves but damn if that’s not a killer combination.

Destructoid – 9.5/10

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Every element in Forza Horizon 2 adds up to an exceptional experience. The story isn’t over the top so as to get in the way of racing, driving feels as good as it ever did in Forza Motorsport, there’s a ton of things to do, and the game looks absolutely beautiful — especially the long-awaited dynamic weather system. Forza Horizon 2 is a must-have on the Xbox One

Lazygamer – 8.9/10

Sandy

The first Horizon was hailed as one of the best racing titles on the Xbox 360, and its sequel just raises the bar. As an arcade or simulation racer, there’s not that much that Forza Horizon 2 does wrong. This shouldn’t even be a question for racing fanatics, and I’ll easily recommend it to every other Xbox owner out there.

Last Updated: September 25, 2014

12 Comments

  1. FoxOneZA

    September 25, 2014 at 14:16

    “Forza Horizon 2 is Test Drive Unlimited, PGR, Smuggler’s Run, and Forza
    Motorsport all crammed into a T-shirt cannon and fired into your face” << THIS

    Reply

  2. RinceThis

    September 25, 2014 at 14:37

    Dat Grease pic still frightens me…

    Reply

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      September 25, 2014 at 14:39

      Because it’s wrong but feels so right?

      Reply

      • RinceThis

        September 25, 2014 at 14:42

        What do you mean?

        Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          September 25, 2014 at 14:43

          I don’t know. I’m only a sentient random word generator. Everything I say is given meaning by you.

          Reply

          • RinceThis

            September 25, 2014 at 14:45

            Damn picture didn’t upload 🙁

  3. Skyblue

    September 25, 2014 at 14:55

    Guess I’ll be trading in my copy of NFS Rivals for this.

    Reply

  4. Jonah Cash

    September 25, 2014 at 15:40

    That .9 is going to be the end of me please change it to a full 9!!! Please for the love of all that is holy!!!

    Reply

    • Brady miaau

      September 25, 2014 at 16:16

      Like a percentage of something, 8.92%.

      Yeeeees

      Reply

  5. Admiral Chief 0

    September 25, 2014 at 16:03

    BWHAHAHAHAHAHA SANDY

    Reply

  6. Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)

    September 25, 2014 at 17:34

    What’s the latest on the 360 version for us console underlings?

    Reply

  7. BradeLunner

    September 26, 2014 at 13:56

    360 version only out in a couple of days. I’m cautiously optimistic.

    Reply

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