BID0 wrote:The Showcase events are everything that's wrong with old style racing games. Easily the worst part of the Horizon games.
Out of interest, what do you mean by "old style racing games" and by contrast what are "new style racing games" and how are they different? I've never understood the hype around the showcase events - they collectively last about 30 minutes compared to the rest of the massive game they're in, and when broken down are just time trial events - you can't impede or alter the progress of whatever scripted things you're racing against and have to get to the end before they do.
They're a bit like modern shooters in story campaigns, lots of explosions when you hit certain triggers. Smoke and mirrors.
Old style racing games = rubber banding, no AI. The showcases in Forza are the same, the faster you go the harder you make it for yourself. Likewise the plane, train, spaceship go slower if you go slow. It's not fun, it's really boring as it's playing itself and I have no input in to the experience.
I play games to be challenged, to beat the computer, people or whatever. When I want to watch explosions, or other pretty things that don't require my input then I'd rather watch a movie.
I must admit that while I love the Forza series I skip the showcase events if I can as I agree that having set piece sections like spectacular jumps over trains just somehow ruins it. It's great for spectacular promo video's but not for the actual game.
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