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[GhostOfTsu]

BuT hOw MuCh HaS iT sOlD?

But you're the one that brought up the sales of Miles Morales in multiple threads and compared them?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Top 40% of 7,911,611 players.
What do the red roads mean on the map?

 

[STARSBarry]

And yet on PC on Microsofts own store its sat at 2/5 star reviews. Sadly I have been unable to play and will be until they deliver there patch.

I can play the intro with the 4 cars (120 FPS at max setting is amazing) however it crashes as soon as you reach the horizon festival.



Guess the PC launch is delayed a week for some of us.

 

[ManaByte]

And yet on PC on Microsofts own store its sat at 2/5 star reviews. Sadly I have been unable to play and will be until they deliver there patch.

I can play the intro with the 4 cars (120 FPS at max setting is amazing) however it crashes as soon as you reach the horizon festival.



Guess the PC launch is delayed a week for some of us.

Strange. Been playing on PC a lot fine.

 

[MrFunSocks]

And yet on PC on Microsofts own store its sat at 2/5 star reviews. Sadly I have been unable to play and will be until they deliver there patch.

I can play the intro with the 4 cars (120 FPS at max setting is amazing) however it crashes as soon as you reach the horizon festival.



Guess the PC launch is delayed a week for some of us.

Mine was the same, I managed to fix it by disabling windows sonic and changing up my power settings to highest performance. Not saying it’ll work for you but worth a shot.

 

[akaFullmetal]

Great numbers so far, wonder where it will land.

 

[midasmulligan]

Guys…I’m addicted and it’s clicking In a way it didn’t before. Gaf clan, let’s go!

 

[CatLady]

BuT hOw MuCh HaS iT sOlD?

Sold what are you talking about? It's sold maybe 25 copies, there is almost 8 million, journalists, influencers and pirates playing the game though.

 

[Javthusiast]

Let's go! There's no slowing down baby.

 

[Plantoid]

Top 40% of 7,911,611 players.
What do the red roads mean on the map?

Mean they're "off-roads"

 

[lh032]

I mean...its the best racing game franchise and its on gamepass.
Seems pretty normal to have this kind of numbers.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Mean they're "off-roads"

Ah I see it just turns red when you drive over them. I kept looking for some event.

 

[xmagxus]

Well deserved, it's a great racing game, it's nice to see it rightfully overtake something that is simply a product placement advertisement machine.

I will say though sometimes when playing great racing games like forza horizon's series it makes me think back to driveclub and how unfortunate it is that it is now gone - it had a rocky start but ended up being something amazing.

 

[Potato Chip PRO]

As someone who rarely plays Racing games.. I keep coming back for more!

 

[Chris_Rivera]

Is this by hours played or just player counts?

 

[SportsFan581]

Let's go! There's no slowing down baby.

Just about the way I take corners in the faster cars.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Wait till people learn it has a battle Royale mode too.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

8 million. Jesus. And the game is so damn good! No wonder people hopping on.

 

[MrFunSocks]

Is this by hours played or just player counts?

Yes.

 

[plip.plop]

Racing game revival!!
Brits know how to make a legit racing game, it's ingrained in their DNA.

 

[Warablo]

Love Horizon games, it captures that perfect medium of feeling arcade and sim at the same time. It captures the general audience with its setting and great gameplay.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

8m players in 5 days is impressive.

 

[MrFunSocks]

Love Horizon games, it captures that perfect medium of feeling arcade and sim at the same time. It captures the general audience with its setting and great gameplay.

It was an ingenious move by MS tbh. Use an existing incredible sim engine and then tweak it to be more accessible while still being rooted in realism and also benefiting from 2 different developers improving the engine. Forza Motorsport will no doubt have playground games engine enhancements in it too.

 

[GymWolf]

I'm a fan of whatever can dethrone that shit even for a day, so kudos to forza.

 

[Brofist]

I mean...its the best racing game franchise and its on gamepass.
Seems pretty normal to have this kind of numbers.

I'd say if anything they underperformed. I expected them to outsell the number of McDonald's Happy Meals over the last year and they aren't even close

 

[Banjo64]

Glad to see it beat out those F2P games, they’ve had a monopoly for too long. Number 1 in based UK.

 

[Fess]

This is worthy of some celebration!
FH5 > Everything on Xbox right now.
Metroid Dread is still GOTY though.

 

[Fess]

The reason why I like playground doing fable, is the details. The insane amount of details fable is gonna have, will be amazing.

The downside is the dialogue and the story. I dont want that cringy dialogue like fh5.

With obsidian, bethesda being under the same umbrella might fix that issue. Hope the knock out the park with fable, just like how Guerrilla Games did with hzd, when they transitioned from fps games.

Yeah it’s the tech that makes me excited about the new Fable. The story and dialogue can still be shit. Hopefully MS know that they have the best RPG makers under the same roof so they don’t bank on Playground to come from nowhere and make an RPG classic all by themselves, racing is a whole other thing.

 

[mansoor1980]

well done

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

genuine question: what makes it better than previous games? i played Horizon 3 + 4 but didn't enjoy them. what is so good about 5 that everyone is going crazy about?

 

[kanjobazooie]

The reason why I like playground doing fable, is the details. The insane amount of details fable is gonna have, will be amazing.

The downside is the dialogue and the story. I dont want that cringy dialogue like fh5.

Yeah it’s the tech that makes me excited about the new Fable. The story and dialogue can still be shit. Hopefully MS know that they have the best RPG makers under the same roof so they don’t bank on Playground to come from nowhere and make an RPG classic all by themselves, racing is a whole other thing.

Fable's lead writer is Anna Megill, who worked on games like Control and Dishonored DotO. She had nothing to do with Forza Horizon 5.

She seems to be a capable writer.

 

[reksveks]

Fable's lead writer is Anna Megill, who worked on games like Control and Dishonored DotO. She had nothing to do with Forza Horizon 5.

She seems to be a capable writer.

Got rpg-related experience with Guild Wars 1/2 as well.

 

[Fess]

FH5 vs FH4

This game will break all kinds of records.

 

[Vasto]

GOTY

 

[MrFunSocks]

genuine question: what makes it better than previous games? i played Horizon 3 + 4 but didn't enjoy them. what is so good about 5 that everyone is going crazy about?

If you didn't like the others you won't like this one. Clearly not your type of game.

 

[reksveks]

genuine question: what makes it better than previous games? i played Horizon 3 + 4 but didn't enjoy them. what is so good about 5 that everyone is going crazy about?

I only got into the xbox ecosystem a couple of years ago and haven't played alot of 4 but one thing that I like more about 5 is the variation of the world. The festival nature of the world and its associated dialogue never bugged me but it might bug you.

 

[freefornow]

Pffft! Nothing to see here until those UK Retail Box sales numbers come in.
I have been reliably informed that this is the only benchmark of success.

 

[skit_data]

Unlike many others I can’t really see why it would be a problem if Forza Horizon 5 would win GotY. Its obviously a quality game and they have reached a pretty wide audience with this installment.

 

[PropellerEar]

Bu bu butttt something something uk physical sales lol

Surely physical cut for this game will be 100% Xbox in UK.

 

[JackSparr0w]

Crazy numbers with Xbox + PC . Gamepass flexing its legs right there.

 

[nemiroff]

genuine question: what makes it better than previous games? i played Horizon 3 + 4 but didn't enjoy them. what is so good about 5 that everyone is going crazy about?

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[Makoto-Yuki]

If you didn't like the others you won't like this one. Clearly not your type of game.

i do like arcade racers though but thanks for telling me what i like.

my biggest issue with the Horizon games were the car controls which yknow play a huge part of a racing game so i didn't enjoy it for that. Everything else was fine but quite secondary in a car game. I'm just curious what 5 does that's better than 3/4? you're telling me i won't like it if i didn't like the others. so i'm asking if people liked the others then why is 5 so good? what's new/different?

I only got into the xbox ecosystem a couple of years ago and haven't played alot of 4 but one thing that I like more about 5 is the variation of the world. The festival nature of the world and its associated dialogue never bugged me but it might bug you.

thanks for your answer. the festival setting/dialogue didn't bother me. the maps were impressive too. the one set in the UK did bother me a little but i do live there so i was being a bit nit picky with places that were missing/in the wrong place. so 5's map is just bigger and more detailed?

 

[Fess]

Unlike many others I can’t really see why it would be a problem if Forza Horizon 5 would win GotY. Its obviously a quality game and they have reached a pretty wide audience with this installment.

It’ll be on many GOTY lists but The Game Awards has never nominated a racing game for the GOTY award. And this year Metroid Dread and Ratchet & Clank Seems more likely winners imo. But FH5 is the highest rated game this year when you remove games that has had earlier releases which TGA usually do, so who knows. It would be a historical win.

 

[Gameplaylover]

Unlike many others I can’t really see why it would be a problem if Forza Horizon 5 would win GotY. Its obviously a quality game and they have reached a pretty wide audience with this installment.

Why do you give a shit about what a few dozen Oscars wannabe critics think? If FH5 is your GOTY that's all that matters. It's mine too for now.

 

[LeftThumbstick]

i do like arcade racers though but thanks for telling me what i like.

my biggest issue with the Horizon games were the car controls which yknow play a huge part of a racing game so i didn't enjoy it for that. Everything else was fine but quite secondary in a car game. I'm just curious what 5 does that's better than 3/4? you're telling me i won't like it if i didn't like the others. so i'm asking if people liked the others then why is 5 so good? what's new/different?


thanks for your answer. the festival setting/dialogue didn't bother me. the maps were impressive too. the one set in the UK did bother me a little but i do live there so i was being a bit nit picky with places that were missing/in the wrong place. so 5's map is just bigger and more detailed?

I would describe 5's map to be more open. It feels less constricted, brighter and just more fun to play. You get bigger stretches of road and more room to maneuver around. I think all and all, the difference in map is what makes it a much better game.

 

[Mattyp]

i do like arcade racers though but thanks for telling me what i like.

my biggest issue with the Horizon games were the car controls which yknow play a huge part of a racing game so i didn't enjoy it for that. Everything else was fine but quite secondary in a car game. I'm just curious what 5 does that's better than 3/4? you're telling me i won't like it if i didn't like the others. so i'm asking if people liked the others then why is 5 so good? what's new/different?

You’re going to have to explain what’s wrong with Horizons car controls because that’s one of the first times hearing a complaint about it.

You didn’t like the others so why would you like this?

You’re asking why people like this? Because a lot of people like Horizon and it’s just getting bigger.

I don’t like X but I don’t ask why I won’t like the X2 because I know nothing changes, games specially sequels are the same formula. 24 million players on FH4 just want more of the same in a bigger world.

 

[Fess]

i do like arcade racers though but thanks for telling me what i like.

my biggest issue with the Horizon games were the car controls which yknow play a huge part of a racing game so i didn't enjoy it for that. Everything else was fine but quite secondary in a car game. I'm just curious what 5 does that's better than 3/4? you're telling me i won't like it if i didn't like the others. so i'm asking if people liked the others then why is 5 so good? what's new/different?


thanks for your answer. the festival setting/dialogue didn't bother me. the maps were impressive too. the one set in the UK did bother me a little but i do live there so i was being a bit nit picky with places that were missing/in the wrong place. so 5's map is just bigger and more detailed?

I would say it’s mostly the same, still arcadey, still crazy, but at a warmer and more varied location and it’s simply better at everything. And you drive on the right side of the road. You have a very clear Pokémon gotta catch them all thing going for cars and there is an easy to understand progression map with boxes you check, and the campaign is bigger and better, you have absolutely mental xp and fast travel boards at the weirdest places too which I find fun to smash. I’m only 11 hours in, about 1/4 of the campaign I think, and it’s just getting better and better. If you didn’t like 3 and 4 I doubt you’ll like 5, But if you have Gamepass and can try it for free then jump in asap and play until you reach the Goliath race, that’s the absolute peak for me so far

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Lots of people are playing recently launched gamepass games in a time when Microsoft is currently giving away 3 months of the service for $1/1€?

Wow I'm so shocked.

 

[ManaByte]

Lots of people are playing recently launched gamepass games in a time when Microsoft is currently giving away 3 months of the service for $1/1€?

Wow I'm so shocked.

Serious question, why is this disingenuous $1 bullshit allowed when the equally disingenuous TF stuff isn’t?

 

[Concern]

Surely physical cut for this game will be 100% Xbox in UK.