Forza Horizon 3 (PC/XB1, 2016) Confirmed; Set in Australia

88 metacritic

I really hope this game score 90+ but you just know there will be that one reviewer who gives the game a 4 or a 5.

Gamesradar if that bloke who reviewed Forza 6 does the review will be one.

Quarter to Three gave Horizon 2 a 2/10. So expect the same kind of trolling.
 
Where's my Warthog code?! :( sad face itch

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I honestly don't know.

I know the reality of it all, and that we don't want the base price of a product to increase, so the increased development costs need to be recouped elsewhere, but I still don't like it, the ultimate editions early access thing was a very, very slick move, even at 'only' 4 days, they know just how impatient a lot of gamers are.

All I do know is that my enjoyment of the game won't be more if I pay double for the ultimate edition, and surely that's the most important thing?

Definitely. If you don't enjoy it enough to justify paying extra for the early access ultimate edition then don't! Just watch suckers like me fork up extra for it haha :)

I'm also predicting a 87 meta. I want it to get 90 but it's unlikely.
 
Definitely. If you don't enjoy it enough to justify paying extra for the early access ultimate edition then don't! Just watch suckers like me fork up extra for it haha :)

Like I said, I purchased the ultimate edition of both FM6 and FH, It didn't make the game anymore fun, and I wouldn't have missed anything had I have gotten the standard version.
 
It'll likely do at least as well as Horizon 2. I'm hoping for more obviously, but I can't expect it because I feel there are still a bunch of wildcards, eg, progression structure, track/race quality, etc. Might also get dinged by some reviewers for being too similar to FH2.
 

You bought it in the browser or the Win10 store app? You would need to install the base Forza Horizon 3 game, not one of the preorder packs. If it doesn't show up in your Ready to Install list, maybe it's queued already? Have you tried to completely restart the console?
 
Hey guys how can I get my photos from horizon 3, I can't find them on Forzamotorsport.net

I hope you made screenshots with system screenshot system. Otherwise your photos went nowhere. I made the same mistake. The demo doesn't upload them anywhere.

Quoting myself from the Screenshot thread:
How to make a screenshot in the demo:
(Uploading to Forza Hub isn't enabled in the demo it seems.)

- go into Photomode
- make your photo composition
- hide the UI
- double tap the Xbox button
- Press Y to make a system screenshot

The same applies to videos. You have to use the Xbox system capturing of game clips.
 
You bought it in the browser or the Win10 store app? You would need to install the base Forza Horizon 3 game, not one of the preorder packs. If it doesn't show up in your Ready to Install list, maybe it's queued already? Have you tried to completely restart the console?

I bought it on my phone from the MS Store, then put the code in the XBox site. Normally games show up immediately when I do that, but not this time. It's not queued and if I try to install the base game I get told it's bundle only. I haven't tried a full reboot but will after work. Just strange how I can install all the bonus items.
 
Pretty lame how they make the $130 ultimate edition playable early if you buy it. Basically pay us more money and you can play it early

edit: Not EA oops
 
Pretty lame how they make the $130 ultimate edition playable early if you buy it. Basically pay us more money and you can play it early. Cheap tactics from EA? who'd have thought -_-

If prefer to see it as "pay us enough or you'll get it later".
 
Right. So I guess everyone should start doing this for every game and it would be happily accepted by the community

That's not what I said, the issue is there are enough people who do accept it for them to warrant it.

My point was, if you don't like it, don't buy into it and get the Ultimate version, wait 4 days.
 
I dont like it either. But it suddenly creeped in i believe and alot of publishers are doing it now. I just dont buy it. Only thing i can do.
 
I bought it on my phone from the MS Store, then put the code in the XBox site. Normally games show up immediately when I do that, but not this time. It's not queued and if I try to install the base game I get told it's bundle only. I haven't tried a full reboot but will after work. Just strange how I can install all the bonus items.

I guess it will probably unlock at release if it's a code. Maybe call MS support to make sure.
 
I've had to bail on making the OT. I posted about it a few weeks ago in the OT Volunteer topic but no one has re-claimed it so I just want to make everyone aware incase they want to do the OT now.
 
That's not what I said, the issue is there are enough people who do accept it for them to warrant it.

My point was, if you don't like it, don't buy into it and get the Ultimate version, wait 4 days.

My point is that it is extremely lame charging people extra to play it early while others who have also bought the game have to wait. If this was Ubisoft doing this with Watch Dogs 2 this forum would have a meltdown
 
My point is that it is extremely lame charging people extra to play it early while others who have also bought the game have to wait. If this was Ubisoft doing this with Watch Dogs 2 this forum would have a meltdown

Entitled nonsense.

They don't "have to wait". They get to play the game on the release date advertised. They've hardly been swindled.

Deluxe buyers get a bonus of early access, though the other things they get are what they are paying money for.
 
I dont like it either. But it suddenly creeped in i believe and alot of publishers are doing it now. I just dont buy it. Only thing i can do.

Who are these "alot of publishers"? EA doesnt count to me. That's a service they offerand it's a perk included with it's monthly fee. Where are all the games that are doing this?

Deluxe buyers get a bonus of early access, though the other things they get are what they are paying money for.

Deluxe buyers don't get shit.

 
My point is that it is extremely lame charging people extra to play it early while others who have also bought the game have to wait. If this was Ubisoft doing this with Watch Dogs 2 this forum would have a meltdown

But why? If someone doesn't buy a game at release, he can get it cheaper after quite some time. This is just the opposite direction.
 

Final Thoughts

I don’t like pure racing games, I really don’t. I was kind of dreading this review because I’m not someone who gawks at a car or is into tuning suspensions in real life or virtually. I’ll accept the racing segments in larger games such as Grand Theft Auto, but whenever I pick up a racer, I rarely feel satisfied until I complete the entire game, then I’m left with nothing to do. Forza Horizon 3 allows me to embrace the inner car nerd I never knew existed. It doesn’t shoe-horn in exploration, it pats you on the butt and lets you know that you can drive through that pineapple orchard with your Tesla if you want, and you might just be rewarded for doing so. There was a point where I was in a race and I decided to drive through a railroad tunnel simply because I could, and that’s a great way of summing up Horizon 3: do whatever you want because you can. There’s no wrong way to play this game, which is ultimately just another racing sim. It brings the joy back to just screwing around and having fun behind the wheel of a virtual car.

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Think I'll be getting the standard edition and get the Season Pass within a deal.

Did FH2 have season pass deals in the first 6 Months?
 
Always amazed that there are editors who will give games to review to folks who don't like/appreciate/or have knowledge of the genre.

I'll avoid the full "back in my day" stories as a retired editor, but I always tried to get a write knowledgeable on the genre to review each game. I believed our readers deserved to know if a game was a good shooter, a good RPG or a good racing game - not 1000 words of why the writer didn't like the genre.
 
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