The seasons concept with weather patterns (seen in “Forza Horizon 4) is one of the most forward-thinking concepts to come to open worlds in a long time. Taken together, that means players will see plenty of environments and variations upon them. It’s a diversity of 11 biomes with changing seasons.

This entry takes place in Mexico and features deserts, jungles, ruins, cities, beaches and volcanoes. These are the prettiest visuals I’ve seen since “Demons’ Souls” on PlayStation 5. Now with ray tracing and more powerful hardware, that image quality stretches to the environment. In the past, photorealism was impressive on vehicles. At first glance, I thought the environments were real-life videos, but when the cars roared across the landscape and the HUD popped up, that’s when I knew it was a game. What astounded me the most were the visuals. Forza Horizon 5 - Can a racing game be game of the year? “Forza Horizon 5” can make the most convincing case in years as Playground Games project arrives Nov. Here are the top five games that caught my eye.ġ. That offer looks even better as it showed off exclusive projects available to its platforms.

Twenty-seven of those titles will be included on Xbox Game Pass, which is the centerpiece of the company’s strategy to capture this generation of gamers.īy building a large library of titles and giving players near-ubiquitous access to it, Microsoft creates a compelling value. Microsoft’s buying spree of studios finally looks like it’s paying off as the company announced a flurry of 30 games at its E3 Showcase with Bethesda.

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