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  • Summary: You are now in charge of the Horizon Festival. Customize everything, hire and fire your friends, and explore Australia in over 350 of the world’s greatest cars. Make your Horizon the ultimate celebration of cars, music, and freedom of the open road. How you get there is up to you. With theYou are now in charge of the Horizon Festival. Customize everything, hire and fire your friends, and explore Australia in over 350 of the world’s greatest cars. Make your Horizon the ultimate celebration of cars, music, and freedom of the open road. How you get there is up to you. With the new Horizon Blueprint feature, you have the power to create and instantly share your custom gameplay. You can even hire friends to star in your festival and win you more fans. If they’re not winning you fans, fire them. Danger Sign Jumps, Convoys, Drift Zones, and Showcase events that pit you and against a fleet of speedboats, a giant zeppelin, and more. Select your own driver character, customize your cars, create vanity license plates – even choose your own horn sound. Drive to the music you love choosing from eight diverse radio stations, or create a custom station using your own music collection. In addition to 12-player online free roam and multiplayer racing, all-new 4-player online co-op allows you and your friends to enjoy the variety, competition, and rewards of a Horizon campaign together for the first time. [Xbox.com] Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 89 out of 91
  2. Negative: 1 out of 91
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Nov 5, 2016
    100
    Nicer and more sophisticated, also we finally see the sequel trying to change the existing status quo. The third Horizon is doing the most to deserve your attention, and newly it is now available on PC too. [Issue #268]
  2. Sep 20, 2016
    100
    Seriously, I have no idea where Playground Games can go with Forza Horizon from here. The map is huge, yet well-populated with things to do. The car selection is vast, the controls are spot-on, the game looks gorgeous in all areas, the musical options are diverse, the online play is excellent, and the community tools are rock solid. I have little doubt that we’ll see a Forza Horizon 4 down the road, but I think you’ll find Forza Horizon 3 leaves little room for improvement. It’s an A+ game top to bottom, and absolutely one of the best games you’ll play all year.
  3. Sep 25, 2016
    95
    Forza Horizon 3 doesn’t reinvent the wheel in any way – but it does perfect it. Everything that worked about past games is better here. There’s more terrain to traverse, more variety, and the inclusion of off-road racing alone expands the game’s already-expansive replay value. If you have always wanted to enjoy a Forza game, but don’t like the idea of sim racers, the Horizon series makes for a great gateway.
  4. Sep 20, 2016
    90
    The worst thing about Forza Horizon 3 is that it may have stolen me away from the 'Forza Motorsport' series for good. There's an important freedom to be found in the Australian festival racing, and the land is a gorgeous one when alight or after the rain. For those of us on the HDR train, this is close to must-have demo material, but it's tremendous fun on top of that. Playing casually or with a crazed glint in my eye, Forza Horizon ' is a fantastic playground.
  5. Nov 19, 2016
    90
    Horizon 3 is the best open world racer in years. [Issue#180, p.76]
  6. Sep 20, 2016
    90
    Playground Games reminds us once again that a car can be nothing more than a huge, expensive toy. Breaking the law in the Australian outback and building a great festival is a lot of fun - the newest Forza Horizon is the best one yet.
  7. Sep 20, 2016
    40
    Massive, full and with a list of things to do which borders upon incessant, Forza Horizon 3 is a driving game both without direction and made by a studio seemingly – understandably – bored with cars. It isn't wholly different or worse than its predecessors, but after four years of these games, and with titles like DiRT Rally rediscovering the fundamental, basic thrills of racing simulations, Horizon 3 feels tired.

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 20 out of 237
  1. Sep 23, 2016
    10
    Forza Horizon returns! This time the Festival visits Australia which was a good choice for scenic purposes. Now, I am not a car guy, IForza Horizon returns! This time the Festival visits Australia which was a good choice for scenic purposes. Now, I am not a car guy, I literally know nothing about cars. But I bought Horizon 2 on Black Friday two years ago and I loved it. So I had high expectations for Horizon 3. It delivers on those expectations. The game immediately tosses you in as the Festival leader for the first time, walking you through new features like hiring drivatars to work for the Festival, hiring radio stations, or building a fan base through both races and stunt events. Showcase events are back and the game pretty much kicks off with the showcase that is shown in many of the trailers, where you race a huge double-rotor helicopter.

    I bought the Early Access because I am out of town next week and I really wanted to play ASAP, and I'm glad I did. It's been fun. Horizon 3 is an easy game to pick up, but you can make it as challenging as you would like. There's a lot of flexibility and customization, but at the same time it's not overwhelming. Many features and vehicles from previous Forza games return. The graphics look great, especially the Australian environment and sky. There are a ton of songs to listen to as you play, from EDM to classical, or just drive in silence. I highly recommend buying this game if you are a car person or a driving simulator enthusiast. The game has a 91 on Metacritic, so they must have done something right with this game. I have loved it and look forward to playing it in the weeks ahead.
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  2. Aug 25, 2023
    10
    I still playing it since 2018, almost every week!

    Now, FH4, 40hours is too much and about the other I don't wanna see in my life, I don't
    I still playing it since 2018, almost every week!

    Now, FH4, 40hours is too much and about the other I don't wanna see in my life, I don't care. It's a huge disappointment compared to prevoius Forza's. It's empty, shallow, no real progression and the soundtrack is far beyond horrendous. And I'm not even saying about the SJW marxist ideology in it, with pronouns.

    FH3 has a great soundtrack, achievments, a real progression, which means you're not millionaire in the first hours/days in the game, and the map cities and places match with each other, they feel connected!
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  3. Mar 3, 2017
    10
    Jogo espetacular.
    Excelente gameplay e física.
    Excelente sound design e gráficos. Forza Tech Enegine é absurda. Parabéns para Turn10 e
    Jogo espetacular.
    Excelente gameplay e física.
    Excelente sound design e gráficos.
    Forza Tech Enegine é absurda.

    Parabéns para Turn10 e Playground Games!
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  4. Oct 6, 2016
    10
    its so much awesome game ilove it and blah blah blah ilove it andits so much awesome game ilove it and blah blah blah ilove it and .................................................................................................................................... Expand
  5. Jan 9, 2017
    9
    7'4 increible los piperillos. Bueno hablemos del juego: Forza Horizon 3 es la perfecta mezcla de una increible jugabilidad arcade y un mapa7'4 increible los piperillos. Bueno hablemos del juego: Forza Horizon 3 es la perfecta mezcla de una increible jugabilidad arcade y un mapa simulado como la vida real. Forza Horizon es precioso, increible, divertido y el mejor juego de conducción y deportes de este año.Un juego redondo Expand
  6. Oct 30, 2021
    9
    Forza Horizon 3 is THE game I go to for a shot of nostalgia! I’ve spent 12 days in total playing this and I’m still not tired of it. I’llForza Horizon 3 is THE game I go to for a shot of nostalgia! I’ve spent 12 days in total playing this and I’m still not tired of it. I’ll never stop playing this game because of how timeless it is. Oh the soundtrack, my favourite radio station was Block Party and for good reason! Sure Shot, Rings, Part Of, X Gon’ Give It To Ya, Higher, That’s Love, Shine, It’s Tricky! You know what? Im going to go play it now! See ya in my next review. Expand
  7. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Enjoativo e maçante, mecânica dos carros todas iguais, eventos repetitivos, os carros não sofrem danos ao bater no estilo Mario Kart ouEnjoativo e maçante, mecânica dos carros todas iguais, eventos repetitivos, os carros não sofrem danos ao bater no estilo Mario Kart ou carrinho bate bate, também não há punições por prejudicar outros jogadores, muitos glitches e bugs, andar fora da estrada cortando caminho gera mais xp do que correndo de verdade nas ruas, coletáveis em excesso, menus em excessos, menus complicados e repetitivos...ou seja, o jogo é bem fraco para os amantes de jogos de corrida. Expand

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