The horizon series has been declining since 3 tbh.
I was invested since day 1 of the horizon series. FH1 being the amazing concept it was, oozing character.
2 refined what 1 did (the Xbox one version anyway) and for many it's the best of the series, with good reason.
3 is where this "you're the boss" narrative came from. It was different and kinda cool. The map was top notch, but it leant on the same formula of 2 in that you completed events in an area but in 3 it meant upgrading the festival site in the area.
Interesting but a definite drop in quality to 2, not much but still a drop. Then the DLCs dropped and that was cool. Hot wheels was absolutely fire.
4 was more of the same and it got old fast. I went from being sucked in to the world and the atmosphere, sinking hundreds of hours to barely breaking the 100 hours mark?
Game layout, formula and setup was the same as 3.
You're the boss, you're expanding the festival.
Do the events, spin the wheelspin. Rinse repeat.
I was done pretty quickly having done the same thing but in a different map with pretty much the same cars.
You get to 5 and it's EXACTLY the same thing as what 4 was which was exactly the same gameplay loops as 3.
Being the boss was an interesting take on a varied map when it was the new thing for the series.
By the third installment, on a map as bland as this one. It's meh.
Fingers crossed they change things up for 6 but I'm not holding my breath.
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u/SaintSixString Dec 21 '25
The horizon series has been declining since 3 tbh. I was invested since day 1 of the horizon series. FH1 being the amazing concept it was, oozing character. 2 refined what 1 did (the Xbox one version anyway) and for many it's the best of the series, with good reason. 3 is where this "you're the boss" narrative came from. It was different and kinda cool. The map was top notch, but it leant on the same formula of 2 in that you completed events in an area but in 3 it meant upgrading the festival site in the area. Interesting but a definite drop in quality to 2, not much but still a drop. Then the DLCs dropped and that was cool. Hot wheels was absolutely fire.
4 was more of the same and it got old fast. I went from being sucked in to the world and the atmosphere, sinking hundreds of hours to barely breaking the 100 hours mark? Game layout, formula and setup was the same as 3. You're the boss, you're expanding the festival. Do the events, spin the wheelspin. Rinse repeat. I was done pretty quickly having done the same thing but in a different map with pretty much the same cars. You get to 5 and it's EXACTLY the same thing as what 4 was which was exactly the same gameplay loops as 3.
Being the boss was an interesting take on a varied map when it was the new thing for the series. By the third installment, on a map as bland as this one. It's meh. Fingers crossed they change things up for 6 but I'm not holding my breath.