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The map itself looks good. Graphics are the best I have seen in racing games. Good performance optimisation.
Yet, the game feels like a downgrade to FH5.

This is just my personal opinion, but I had more fun playing FH5 when it launched than FH6.
I don't fully understand why.. maybe because...
- A lot of cars like McLaren Senna are missing from the game.
- The world still feels empty with not much interesting to do after completing the main 'Get to the Island' plot.
- Not a fan of the bots who can't race fair, can't overtake from the outside, can now ram - push you off track while turninig, and have massive grip advantage. Every race looks scripted like those showcase events. It's either way too easy or way to hard in an unnatural way.
- Can't import tunes and liveries from old Horizon games.
- Still not many visual customisation options compared to some other games in this genre.

I regret this purchase, not worth the price IMO.
I was sold on the hype. I am already 30 hours in so I can't refund, but if I knew, I would not have purchased this game.

Still, ff this is your very first Forza Horizon game, then you might like it.

I thought of myself as a pro gamer because I beat games like Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 on the highest difficulty...

XCOM 2 on Legendary Mode humbled me.
80+ campain attempts.
I want to give up, but the gameplay is so satisfying when things go right. :D

10/10 Recommendation.
+ Great modding community.

No respect for people who purchased their game.
- Extra Money for Battle Pass, and Free to Play Battle Royal Mode

Won't fall for EA ever again.

1/16 STORY
🔲 No story
✅ Some lore (I don’t get it)
✅ Average
🔲 Good
🔲 It'll replace your life

2/16 GAMEPLAY
🔲 Lifeless / static
🔲 Interactive experience / movie
🔲 Average
✅ Good (very fast-paced)
🔲 Excellent

3/16 DIFFICULTY
🔲 Playing while asleep
🔲 Some brain usage
🔲 Easy to learn, hard to master
🔲 Difficult
✅ Dark Souls + no time to breathe

4/16 GRIND
🔲 Nothing to grind
🔲 Isn’t necessary to progress
🔲 Only if you care about leaderboards / ranks
✅ Average grind level
🔲 A lot of grinding
🔲 Too much grind

5/16 GAME TIME
🔲 Short (1–5h)
🔲 Average (5–10h)
🔲 Long (10–30h)
✅ Super long (30–100h)
🔲 To infinity and beyond (∞)

6/16 REPLAYABILITY
🔲 None
🔲 Once or twice
🔲 It has a few endings
✅ Meant to be played again and again
🔲 Party game!

7/16 MULTIPLAYER
🔲 No multiplayer
🔲 Trashy servers
🔲 Leaderboards
✅ Co-op
🔲 PvP
✅ PvE

8/16 GRAPHICS
🔲 MS-DOS
🔲 Low effort
🔲 Decent
🔲 Good
✅ Great (but you don’t play Souls games for graphics, right?)
🔲 You forget what reality is

9/16 AUDIO DESIGN
🔲 Earrape
🔲 Bad
🔲 Not too bad
🔲 Good
✅ Eargasm

10/16 MUSIC / SCORE
🔲 Garbage
🔲 Bad
🔲 Average
🔲 Good
✅ Very good
🔲 HANS ZIMMER

11/16 AUDIENCE
🔲 Children (0–5)
🔲 Kids (6–12)
✅ Young teens (13–15)
✅ Older teens (16–19)
✅ Adults (20+)
🔲 Everyone

12/16 PC REQUIREMENTS
🔲 Potato
🔲 Decent
✅ Good
🔲 Rich boi
🔲 > NASA

13/16 PRICE
🔲 It’s free!
🔲 Not recommended
🔲 Wait for sale
✅ Worth the price
🔲 Best investment ever made

14/16 BUGS / CRASHES
🔲 None / Not discovered
🔲 Minor bugs
✅ Can get annoying (the game stutters sometimes)
🔲 Frequent crashes
🔲 Complete mess

15/16 VERDICT
✅ Recommended
🔲 Not recommended
🔲 Other

16/16{ ? / 10 }
🔲 1
🔲 2
🔲 3
🔲 4
🔲 5
🔲 6
✅ 7.5
🔲 8
🔲 9
🔲 10

Good Game.

:)

Bad servers

My opinion is mostly divided when it comes to reviewing this game. It takes time to understand how to play this game well. That said, it is definitely not beginner-friendly. I had to play a couple of real matches to understand what the tutorial section was all about.

The biggest problem for me personally is the gun mechanics. I have played a lot of arcade-style games like Counter-Strike and Insurgency, and the recoil in this game is the worst I have ever seen. Even when using a bipod in the prone position, your character still wobbles. After pressing the button to stabilize, you have to wait an additional five seconds for the aim to temporarily settle, and even then, landing a distant shot feels like a gamble. This only gets worse when you are being shot at by the enemies.

Now combine that with not being able to easily identify teammates from enemies. It becomes a staring contest with the player in front of you who is pointing a gun at you, also appearing to have the same questioning look. You decide to pull the trigger first, only to realize it was your teammate you just killed. Guilt-Quit
It takes some experience to get used to the uniforms of different factions. Until then, you have to constantly rely on opening your map to double-check, as only friendlies are shown on the map. However, this still doesn't stop you from getting killed by your teammates.

Positioning is more important than getting quick kills. It quickly becomes frustrating when the enemy wipes out your entire squad and you have no idea where the shots are coming from—though it can be satisfying when you're the one on the other end. Unlike the games I mentioned, camping is praised here.

Communication is not optional. The game doesn't care if you are an introvert. It forces you to get out of your comfort zone and speak with your squeaky voice. If you don't speak, get ready to be disrespected by other players on the radio or, worse yet, get kicked out of the squad. I mainly blame this on the inability to put markers on the map (unless you are a squad leader) or use pre-recorded voice commands while pointing in a direction, like in other games.

There is a steep learning curve to this game, which I (ironically) admire. You can have fun if you know what you are doing. There are a lot of other team-supportive things you can do besides just shooting at other players.

TL;DR Squad could have been a great game for me, but the frustrating gunplay holds it back. If the shooting mechanics were more manageable, I'd have considered writing a positive review.

I still miss The Sims 3. It was more immersive.
The Sims 4 is a downgrade in many areas.
- No open world.
- Removed colour wheel and pattern options.
- It's been out since 2014 but still have not added cars, bikes, and other vehicles in the game. "Life Simulator".
- The sims animations are wonky! Everyone acts like cartoons. It ruins the immersion. Needs more maturity.
- DLCs are overpriced, most of them contain content which should have been included in the base game itself.

It just feels like there was so much potential to this game which was wasted.

There are many things that are an improvement to The Sims 3 like the Build Mode, CAS, Clay-like looking SIms, UI, Multi-Tasking, Inclusiveness, etc. it is a good standalone game (when not compared to TS3 and its nostalgia). Shout out to the modding community - they are the ones who keep this game ever interesting. EA should pay them. XD

Anyways, the base game is free! So, that's a win for people who had not already purchased the game. Enjoy!

Immersive RPG. GOTY 2023. More fun to play with friends.
Maybe I am asking for too much, yet I feel the game should include a sandbox arena to test out different builds.