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Almost four years on from its original launch on Xbox Series X, I'm reliving the opening of Forza Horizon 5 on PS5.
The gloriously over-the-top introduction to Playground Games' open-world racing adventure is just as entertaining as it ever was, but there's one marked difference that steps things up a gear.
After jettisoning out of the back of a plane behind the wheel of a Ford Bronco, I careen over the hilltops of Mexico and I'm instantly taken by the responsive feel of the DualSense controller.
Not only do the adaptive triggers give me tactile feedback as I put the pedal to the metal, but the controller's vibrations change to mirror the traction of the wheels as I hit different surfaces. I really begin to notice how it enhances the experience when the race switches things up and has me speeding across tarmac in the silky smooth Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe.
I've always loved how every vehicle in Forza Horizon 5 feels different to drive.
I love how much shit ppl were happy to talk about Forza Horizon, but now that it’s on PS5, suddenly it’s amazing.
I’ve got news for you - it was always great, and a lot of other Xbox owned games are great too - but nobody wanted to hear it bc dumbass console war bs.
I don't recall hearing shit about FH5 here.
Only just a few ridiculous things from some special people claiming the player counts are fake or suspicious, even though the player counts are *literally displayed on in-game leaderboards* and are based on nearly 4 years of availability as one of the most acclaimed racers in history having gone through several waves of largely-discounted pricing along the way
I’ve never heard anyone talk about forza games. I’ve heard tons of forza over GT sports or 7 though. I’m not into racers but the commentary on the games was never negative. Perhaps you could link some for me?
Dude come on. Stop with the strawman argument. Nobody shit talks Forza Horizon. Everybody knows, even PS gamers, that Forza Horizon is Xbox's best IP.
It looks like the PS5 release of Forza Horizon 5 has already added almost one million players to Microsoft’s mammoth arcade racing game.
...just shows how starved for good arcade style racing games the PS fans have been. Just imagine if Sony had not closed Evolution studios. They are sitting on their own open world style arcade racer series... Motorstorm.
Letting go of Evolution Studios was so dumb. There was and is a big gap in the market for this kind of game.
I think people forget that Shuhei shut down a lot of studios and definitely made some mistakes.
I played Motorstorm Pacific Rift last weekend, first time in years. I forgotten how good that game was.
Driveclub is another game I miss. I still got the steelbook case. I couldn't believe Sony closed Evolution studio...
Pacific rift is my favorite of the lot. I will say though, arctic edge is a very well made game for the PSP/PS2. I do find myself having a spin on the Vita RC game now and then too.
^ That Vita RC game was a blast. Yet another Vita game that got a raw deal from the gaming press, for no reason at all.
Driveclub was so crazy back then, it got much better over time too with dlc packs. I don’t understand why some games become forgotten when they are clearly fan favorites. Cough, Bloodborne, ahem.
Sony actually didn't close Evolution studio, the head of the studio did because they were bleeding money, I remember reading an article about that back in the day. But it was their studio and they shouldn't have let that happen and should've lent them the money, dammit, how difficult could that be for a multinational multi-billion $$$ company to lend one of their best studio a few millions and just tell them to pay it back whenever they can.
They could still reopen Evolution studio though. I want Motorstorm 4 so bad.
Drive club was in such a great shape before studio closure. So they had worked hard to fix the issues and than got shut down. Sony has definitely made some dumb moves when it comes to closures and acquisitions. They paid 3.6 billion for bungie and bought concord studio before they released a single game along with closing many studios
darth, I would have loved a sequel to Driveclub or at the very least an update patch. That gem of a game had so much potential. I'm going to buy Forza at the end of the week as I love racing games.
how that game did not get at least a Pro update is beyond me. It was very polished either way. Even the VR game is good.
We wernt starved though, we got every arcade racer apart from this one.....
It selling well is a combination of things, but I dont think players being starved is one of them.
Agree with the rest, sony really messed up with evo
Sony also had a damn good Kart racer on PS3/Vita in Mod Nation Racers. Now that IP is just sitting in limbo, doing nothing. Thanks Sony!
Man... I kept hoping they would do a kart racer what they did with PSASBR. To have the stable of PS characters in a kart racer would have given MK a run for its money. I get that it may seem hokey to have kratos driving a kart, but having him throw his axe out at other racers would have been cool.
@darthv72
What made MNR so great was it's creation tools. You could create just about anybody in the game! The car customization was pretty extensive too! I had everything from Hitler driving a Nazi jeep to Michael Myers driving the Smiths Grove station wagon, to a black Iron Maiden van with "Eddie" driving! You could make anything!
There are a lot of games that sell great on PS even if it’s a flooded genre. Games sell on PS period.
Yup, GT7 is great but we need Burnout or a good NFS. Would pay a lot of hard earned money for Driveclub remake, Bikes dlc was godly, or would happily day one a new Motorstorm.
Waiting for sale on Horizon like I do 90% of games—the game is old at this point not paying day one prices.
Microsoft keep serving up dinner for starving Playstation fans. They must be raking in the dough.
Someone has to fund your gamepass, yall aint doing it🤣
Playstation fans have always supported third party devs, its just what we do🤷♂️
I don't sub to gamepass... But it's been obvious how bad of a generation it's been for Sony gamers. Thank you Microsoft for not letting them feel left out.
I'm just glad we could save another 3rd party publisher from shutting doors🤷♂️
Glad they are seeing success from this. The game is one of the best racing games on the market. There are not much arcade racers available on PlayStation so to get a AAA experience is welcomed.
Its a fantastic game.
Highest rated PS5 racer and potentially 2025 game is a Xbox studios title. Who saw that coming a decade ago.
Not surprised. Forza has always been the best in that genre. Playground Games are really good devs. Microsoft was smart to add them to their family of devs.
The article discusses the release of Forza Horizon 5 on the PS5.
Nathan Ingraham, deputy editor of Engadget initially bought an Xbox Series S for the game but now finds it unnecessary since it's on PlayStation. He praises the game's performance on the PS5, especially the DualSense controller, and highlight the continuous updates and new content, making it a great experience for new PS5 players.
I don't need any console PS5 or xbox got what i wanted on PC.
I can wait a year or two for some games, but if Sony makes it 6 months to port a game will be better.
Horizon 5 is 2021 game.
Yes you played it and millions of non-Xbox owners haven't.
"Horizon 5 is 2021 games" is irrelevant if the game is still supported by developers and still the most played game.
' "Horizon 5 is 2021 games" is irrelevant ' ~ yes of course.
^ And yet we see countless "| insert_PS_game | is an old | insert_any_past_year | game" comments on N4G whenever any PS 1st or sponsored game moves to other platforms and those comments even get double digits upvotes just for that.
Even saw few under CP2077 for Switch 2 thread.
Lmaoo you said I can wait a year or two for some games and then say horizon 5 is a 2021 game.
What?
So it’s 3-4 years to long for you or something, 2 years is the cut off time lol.
I am talking about sony games can you even read?
Horizon 5 - Gears 5 - Hellblade 2, Ori indy jones , starfield etc are day one games on PC there are a lot more day one games that released on pc without ps5
Returnal - spider man 2 are 1- 2 years console exclusive.
Same, casual plebs are the main console player these days. I’ve switched solely to PC where I can play what I want when I want without subscriptions or paywalls.
Good for you. Hope you dont have to pay price of a new console in electricity costs per month.
@obscured/haden:” Lol i knew u low intellect pathetic”
Ya mad bro because forza is sailing more games and looking better on PlayStation 🤣
Btw reported as spam bye bye 👋.
Next stop on the obsolete rage train is HALO stand clear of the whining doors.
Good for the the writer if he can save money like any smart player by owning a PC and PS5
Well... PSVR2 still has exclusives and PS5 has some more, as well as PS4 (and PS3, PS2, PSOne ones). So, yes, your argument is valid, but not correct. You will lose very incredible experiences only with a PC and no PS5.
Why lol? And yes PSVR 2 has some i credible gaming, just because most arent jumping into VR doesn't make it less good.
Nope, nothing to lose
PCs also still have Half life alyx as an exclusive
And I am more interested and hyped for Squadron 42 than any game on PS5.
Also, Fable, Perfect Dark, Gears E-day, OD, etc
day one on PC.
PC has emulators too like switch games that not on PS5.
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Microsoft was involved with Halo, Gears, Forza, Ori, Flight Simulator and Fable from early development, I will give them credit for those franchises. Fallout, Elder Scrolls and Doom were established franchise before being acquired by MS.
Ah yes, feels like forever ago since Microsoft created Skyrim. So much so, I had actually forgotten they had created it and the other Elder Scrolls games! 🤔
*They really shaped my preteen years w the original Doom too!
I fully expect all these popular franchises to be killed off by Microsoft. Just a matter of time.
Unless they take a huge distance approach which pretty much means they don't ba e anything to do with the games being made ...in that case the franchises should be fine. But then...they shouldn't really get credit.
Soon Microsoft will be known for making Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Candy Crush, Call of Duty etc. Lmao they know what they're doing. Especially with the archiving issue the gaming industry has.
You mean any studio Microsoft could acquire to flog last gen games on game pass ... What happened to HD-DVD that Microsoft pushed so hard ...