Forza Horizon 4 is very good, everyone knows that already. The games are full of content, the controls and physics feel great, the graphics are breathtaking, but one aspect that's gone a little under the radar in my opinion is how amazing its setpieces are. Spoiler warning, if you want to check them out by yourself I guess.
For those of you that haven't played the game, Forza Horizon 4 has something called Showcase Events, in which you race against some... unconventional vehicles. To give you an idea, the first one is you racing against a hovercraft:
These Showcases start turning up the wackiness and all of them are really fucking cool, but the final one in particular blew my mind:
How the entire world changes to have shields and shit, how you play as fucking Master Chief in a Forza Horizon game, seeing the ring stretching into the distance, the epic orchestra playing in the background, the ships flying by, and while all of this is obviously scripted, you don't actually feel limited by playing. It's amazing, and if it blew my mind I can't imagine how cool Halo fans found it. It's really hard to make good setpieces in racing games (to be fair, there's not many games that try), but all of the Showcases pulled it off perfectly, it's really impressive.
For those of you that haven't played the game, Forza Horizon 4 has something called Showcase Events, in which you race against some... unconventional vehicles. To give you an idea, the first one is you racing against a hovercraft:
These Showcases start turning up the wackiness and all of them are really fucking cool, but the final one in particular blew my mind:
How the entire world changes to have shields and shit, how you play as fucking Master Chief in a Forza Horizon game, seeing the ring stretching into the distance, the epic orchestra playing in the background, the ships flying by, and while all of this is obviously scripted, you don't actually feel limited by playing. It's amazing, and if it blew my mind I can't imagine how cool Halo fans found it. It's really hard to make good setpieces in racing games (to be fair, there's not many games that try), but all of the Showcases pulled it off perfectly, it's really impressive.
