One thing I loved about Horizon 3 was the soundtrack. The radio was already pretty solid but Groove Music/OneDrive support was amazing and is something I really wish they bring back in someway or another.
Agreed out of all the horizons. 3 had the best fitting soundtrack. Songs like bury it, ashes of love, shine etc. Every song just perfectly fits the theme. While 2 over all had the best songs it really didn't fit the European landscape. But 3s soundtrack worked perfectly with the game
I'm partial to FH1, but 2 is the best overall imo. FH3 is pretty mint, it's a better overall game than 1, but I love 1's cheesy story, I like the structured progression as well. 4 was fun for awhile, but I'm over it lol. 5 sucks.
I think someone else commented this interpretation on a previous video, fh1, 2 and 3 were like the old top gear, your dream holiday, fantastic and remarkable cars, great landscapes and locations to explore and just have fun with it with a charming vibe, where as fh4 is like the new top gear, at the start of fh4 they literally said "its not your dream holiday anymore, it's your dream life" it's not that pleasant to drive, make some challenges, explore, without that charm and the vibe that makes a forza horizon game. Now we need to see The Grand Tour (fh5) and we'll be on the right direction again
This is my favourite of all the Horizon games, just a tiny bit above the second one. (never played fh1, probably should)The fact that you can do anything you want and get rewarded for it is what made it the best... ok I'll tell the truth it's just because of Hotwheels
I still remember when one day i was browsing the Microsoft store and saw Horizon 3 on sale, without hesitation i bought it, started playing it and loved the story and midnight battles, like the time i beat a Murcielago with the Pontiac GTO, sadly i couldn't buy the expansions and by the time i had the money they were already gone, wish i could have played the Hotwheels Expansion. Such an Amazing Choose your own adventure racing game.
If you know someone who owns the expansions you could do the home Xbox trick. I would, but I'm not entirely comfortable sharing my password with a random person on the internet 😅
I think the way you explained the campaign in fh3 vs fh4 is why I preferred 3 and just never could figure out why. When I turn on fh4, it's beautiful but it feels so unorganized I often just start driving and screwing around. Fh3 seemed like it was open world but more streamlined with things to do. Exploring in fh3 felt more satisfying, the map was better, the rewards were better, it really did a better job of immersion. If it had a 60fps mode on Series X I'd be still playing it
I'm Aussie, so of course I'm gonna be biased, but FH3 is still the best Horizon title to this day. The map, for one, never seems to get boring, no matter how much you drive it. I've clocked at least a few hundred hours into Horizon 3, and majority of that has just been screwing around doing linelockers up the main road of Surfers or drifting around Byron, or trying to get that perfect car and that perfect setup in an attempt to break the sound barrier on the outback highway. The soundtrack was the best - the radio stations were absolutely amazing, and even though I almost always rocked Epitaph for those sweet metal & hardcore tracks, I regularly found myself switching over to Pulse, Block Party and both Vagrant & Hospital Records. And the fact that FH3 had support for your own custom playlists was just the cherry on the cake. The cars were perfect - being Aussie, 95% of my time was spent driving the Aussie cars (and the Maloo ute is the only correct starter car, I will die on this hill so fight me) but the exhibition races & series actually promoted the races in such a way that you truly wanted to try out the different categories and cars. Even though you could do up your own blueprints, the default races were still fun because of the variety they offered, and the fact that there was always something to look forward to when you were just starting up a new car for its first race. The bucket lists were amazing. Vibes unmatched to this day. The little tasks were great, tailor-made for each car, had a bit of a challenge to them, and the songs for each were perfect. The vinyl editor was actually fun to play around with, and I made a shit-ton of cool liveries (they weren't good, but I liked them). I barely touch the vinyl editor in FH5. The driving physics were fun as hell. Even without drifting setups, drifting was fun - though granted, it was less drifting and more sideways demo derby. Proper road racing was always fun - I loved doing a series with 10 circuit races and only having the V8 Supercars as legal vehicles, and trying to re-enact my favourite moments from the V8s. Off-roading was just beautiful; if your car wasn't completely caked in dirt and dust (and a few dents & scratches), you missed out on the true experience. And the side missions were legitimately fun; I even tried to 3-star every drift zone, danger zone, speed zone, all of them (still haven't succeeded, but I'm almost there). Even the characters in FH3 were cool. Keira was actually not a pain in the arse to listen to (unlike majority of the other Horizon assistants), and Warren was just cool - the over-the-top accent made me like him instantly because I live in an area of Oz where (some) people actually speak like that. To me, it actually feels authentic. It feels real. That's probably part of why this game resonates so much with me. When I first played Horizon 3, it was at my best mate's house. I spent the next 12 months saving up for an Xbox, and when I finally got one, Horizon 3 was the first game I bought for it. When I booted it up for the first time and got into the game proper, I felt a sense of joy and wonder that, when it came to video games, I hadn't felt for years and haven't felt since. Sometimes, I still go back to Horizon 3. Even though I practically beat it to death, I can still play it and enjoy it. Horizon 5, in comparison, kinda feels like a chore. If they make a Horizon 6, I dunno if I'll be getting it... especially when I can just go back and revisit 3. I miss the days when Playground Games gave a shit about Horizon. Great review, man. I know I'm a year late, but thanks for reminding me to go play FH3 again :)
For me Forza Horizon 3 was like a gem i needed in my life long before I discovered it, I don't know how to explain it but it is to this day my favorite game of all time, i'd do anything to get back, I remember the day I got it, what a masterpiece of one little disc, little did I know it changed my life forever , got me into car culture. Forever Horizon 3 will always be somewhere in my heart, If it was a physical person i'd hug it forever.
Horizon 3 was the first in the series that I ever played, and was the game that got me hooked on not only the horizon series, but also on car culture and racing games in general. I absolutely fell in love with the Australia map, it wasn't big but it felt huge because every inch of it was used to beautifully represent the country as a driving playground. Sure, the game wasn't perfect, to me it felt grindy at parts, and playing the older horizon games made me notice better progression in them. But there is something about the vibe and soundtrack in this game that is special and makes me want to revisit it at times, and only good games have ever given me the urge to do that. That could be why I think It's one of my all-time favorite games.
Growing up it was halo, Gears of war, assassin's creed and resident evil and for the most part I never play sports games or anything like them, but this game, I dunno what it is about it, the music, the cars, Australia, the commentary, the barn finds it was just a vibe. This is the one exception game in my usual shooters but yea this game is amazing I sank so many nights during high school into it. So glad I did
one of the best things in australia that they shouldve included more of is the crackheads, good video btw i really enjoyed it and agreed with lots of things
@@UltraViolet_Moses ik its not a racing game but i would really like to see a video about guitar hero from you, it has a pretty cool backstory and i want to know your opinions on it
Forza Horizon 4 has something that Forza Horizon 3 doesn’t and that is the stories missions! After you beat races and go through a couple of seasons then your able to buy properly which unlocks stories for those businesses! You buy a cab service then you pick up riders and drive them to their destinations as fast as you can! You can do the stunt story missions where your doing stunts for a movie. You can do Top Gear missions where they introduce and describe a car then you race the car to the destination. There is a lot of stories in Forza Horizon 4 it’s crazy how people never talk about that! Of course you have all 4 seasons to race in which is great! Forza Horizon 4 has one of the best intros ever in the series or any car racing game for that matter!
When the Xbox One S was brand new and this game had just released, I got it along with the console for my birthday. This was the game that made me buy the console. I probably clocked in several months worth of playtime on this and a lot of it was free roaming while listening to the in-game music, mostly Hospital Records. Loved the vibes of this game and that's what attracted me to it, but I haven't been that interested to play FH4 and 5.
Brilliant review. I think Horizon 3 is the best one in the series, even though I hope the fifth game will take it's place when that is released. For me it's the map that really makes this game so good. The exploration aspect just wasn't there in the first two games and I've always found that a little bit disappointing. I also likes that they added more car manufactures to the base game with a lot more customization. Every time I hear a song that is featured in the game when I'm going about life, it makes me want to play it. No other game is like that for me. The only proper criticism that I have about the game is that it is so badly optimized on PC.
Cheers! I found horizon 4 to actually really ruin a lot of what made the past horizon games so good, And was extremely disappointing, but glad you liked it
@@UltraViolet_Moses yeah nah I’m with you for sure! Finished playing FH4 way before I thought I would, got bored of the map, basically never touched online and was disappointed that the video editor still only allowed for 30secs of replayable footage (for montages and what not). I spent way more time online, loads more hours, loved the edition of more Aussie cars, really enjoyed the map and the hot wheels expansion was insane for FH3!
This was the first Forza game I purchased. I even bought an Xbox specifically just to play it! I am from Australia and the map was great. only thing I would have liked besides the playgrounds would have been for the main mountain to be drivable to the top for mountain racing and drifting (I understand the real mountain doesn't have a road so that's fine but the ability to at least drive up it would have been fun) and the only other wish is that in the city it had one car park which was a hot spot for players to meet and drift similar to the airstrip for drag racing. I would have liked to see multilevel carparks in the city for car meets and drifting. other than that it was perfect. (yes I know there is a car meet feature by the airstrip which was nice but I found the city lacked a little bit. maybe a fun park in the city like a theme park. Hot wheels was a great arcade ad on, it was fun.
Alongside the first Horizon, this one was my favorite in the series. I loved all the additions to the game, including forzavista and the new customizations available. While it did introduce wheelspins and the weekly challenges, they weren't as egregious and in your face as they were in 4 and 5 (it seems, correct me if I'm wrong) and actually were a neat little diversion. The best parts, however, were the vehicle selection and the map. The former is a personal reason, as my dad had 3 of the vehicles in this game (fj40, Subaru brat, and Pontiac GTO) so it was really cool to be able to drive those in the game. Also the diversity of the map is fantastic.
Felt the need to be the 100th comment lol. I grew up playing FH2 but I always remember myself loving Australia. So open, fun, and bright. This game is great!
I will forever be grateful to still have my physical copies of FH2+FH3 on Xbox one X. Though will be missing that amazing dlc.. as much as i love these two games, without the dlc, something will always be amiss... but these two games are handsdown the best open world racing games ever made nonetheless. Thanks again for making a video on this beautiful game and shinning just abit more light on one of the best racing games ever made, just one more time before FH5s release.👍👍
I know one of the best memories I had of FH3 was definitely the one where I did a 10-lap circuit race in Byron Bay with A Love Song by Ladyhawke playing on Pulse and I developed an obsession with that song afterwards and would always get hyped up whenever it started playing in free roam, races, etc. lol
I love FH3, the only thing I don't like is the part of buying DLC cars, Hot Wheels is understandable because is part of the expansion, but the fact that you have to buy the cars to complete the collection, feels odd. In the other hand, I wish you good luck with the search for a job and moving to other house, great video, cheers.
Horizon 3 is the 2nd favorite horizon game right after horizon 1, the progression was just so good and the celebration of cars and music thing mostly showed off in horizon 3. The atmosphere of the game brings me back those 2016 days when EDM was still good, pop music had catchy songs, listening to I follow rivers or Crave you at the sunset is one of the greatest things in the game and as a huge fan of off-road and rally, I really adore that this game 50% focusing on them, 50% focusing on other race types, the street races were also good and not cringey like horizon 4 and 5 did. I think Horizon 3 had the biggest map in the horizon series and I really like when I expand a festival and after that Keira gives you new events and pr stunts, it really reminds me of Horizon 1 wristband system.
Absolutely love the first two, still really like this one (I still liked Horizon 4 but mostly because I live close to Derwent Water so I'm very biased there. Still my least favourite of the series) the diversity of the map kinda gives me the illusion that it's bigger than Forza Horizon 4's despite actually being smaller. Kinda like GTA San Andreas and GTA 5. San Andreas somehow felt bigger to me because of the diversity. Really looking forward to the 5th entry for that reason. Just hope the progression is satisfying enough to keep me enticed into playing through the story instead of just driving around having more fun exploring without caring about the story. (Edit: I have a lot of nostalgia for this one because my younger cousin got this for Christmas the same year this game came out and I remember us playing through it all day on Christmas and New year's eve) so I may actually end up having stronger feelings for this one 10 years from now.
Al tho i have played all of the horizon games this one stuck to me, i did broke the disk but my mind is made to rebuy it again, i wouldnt be even too mad if i lost all my progress because id love to replay the game. Gaming
Been playing 3 and 4, from a driving standpoint Horizon 3 is so much better than 4 that there is no comparison. My impression is 3 probably is the last Horizon they really put love into the actual driving experience Issues I perceived with Horizon 4 playing with controller: -Oversteering: Extremely oversteery, impossible to drive precisely at lower speed on asphalt. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see a way to adjust the joystick sensitive in the game. This is not an issue with Horizon 3. -Sticky steering syndome: When you steer during high speed and released the joystick, it continues to steer the car more than you intended to, this causes a lot of sliding and wheels lockup which forces you to correct. Not an issue with Horizon 3, much better control at high speed. Also means I can do do control slides better in 3 without losing control. -Narrow throttle input range from the trigger button (R2): Meaning you can't control the throttle very finely. This means very easy to wheel spin and burn out during race starts. With Horizon 3, I can literally drive at a constant 10mph because the sensitivity range of the trigger is so much wider, where as in 4 that is impossible to do. I just discovered the one massive mega problem with buying Horizon 3 today: I discovered even with Ultimate edition you are missing a ton of cars, because they can only be won by playing the Forzathon events, which no longer exist for this old game. The only other way to buy these Forzathon cars seem to be winning bids in the Auction house, problem is low availability and it seem the desirable cars are at outrageous buy out price yet some one is able to afford it so you have no chance winning.
Great video, and a very good summation of FH3. IMHO FH4 failed in all aspects. You nailed why. Plus it did not have the diversity of landscapes and exploration that you could do in FH3. If you liked off roading, there were even rivers that run from the mountain all the way to the sea, that were challenging to make runs in. I believe (as you said) FH5 is returning a little to what was in three. It's starting out similar, they say you are the Boss of setting up the Horizon Festivals. Plus you have a more diverse and larger map to explore. I also believe they said that it will have both online play and single player also. I hope they do open up the auction house and store fronts for paints and mods. From Forza Motorsports 3 through FH1, 2, & 3 I used to do a lot of custom paints and Replica paints of Older Muscle cars as well as NHRA and NASCAR paints. I enjoyed it, and used to have a lot of movement of them. Again, great video. Good luck on your move and your new job.
I really miss having this kind of progression in FH5 and especially the big city. Damn the map in FH5 is pretty decent but I’d love to have a big busy city!
Nice Job mate ! i myself think that FH3 has the best DLC of all the Forza Horizon games! Also are you still working on revisting Forza Motorsport games video's?
@@thejrbuiscut6213 I’m aware, but if you start as the champion shouldn’t you get Koenigseggs and Bugatti’s!!?? And side rant, why start as a festival champion? If you are already champion what’s the point of playing the game then. It’s all silly to me
Forza Horizon 3 mit XBS X + 4K UHD 120 Hz / HDR10+ ist optisch auch 2024 absolut TOP . Die Rennen / Einzelspieler machen enormen Spass , auch mit kleinen Autos in Australien . FH4 ( ohne Lego ) in Britanien war gewöhnungsbedürftig trotz Jahreszeiten und FHorizon 5 in Mexiko der Absturz der Serie , es ist kein Selbstläufer im Gaming , auch nicht wenn der Entwickler immer erfolgreich ist mit einer Spielserie ... siehe Forza Motorsport ( 8 ) . Microsoft scheint es egal zu sein , ob das Spiel kritisiert wird . FH3 ist echt ein positives Erlebnis .
To this day, Forza Horizon is the only game that captures real skies and adds them into the game...8 years that no other game has been able to overcome this
as i remember from expanding you can get 3 free cars the suv in byron bay muscle car in surfers paradise and buggy in desert the rest was just discounts
What is the best story mode of an open-world single-player racing game to you? I personally really like tdu 2's progression system but I think driver san francisco's story is my pick
i want rivals back in horizon and here is how they could work could had a rival for each type of race normal race street race offroad race cross country and then you could have the main boss with all race in one
Ive never played any Horizon game but recently I started Horizon 1 via Xenia emulator and it feels so nostalgic and great. Iam not interested in the modern titels for reasons but it looks like I should give Horizon 3 a try too. Being that H3 is on Windows put them on my map in 2016 but somehow I didnt buy it then. Looks like I got some catching up to do :) Edit: So I installed it and its a big contrast to H1 but as bad as newer titles. I dont like that you have to set up an account and spinning a fortune wheel didnt age well. It looks great and overall I like it so far...
I remember grinding the Goliath with this credit boost dodge, it was awesome lmao… during my racing prime and straight after my favourite race game, Forza horizon 2.
You gotta try to find a digital code online or on disc used but you have the S so that isn't gonna help unless you have an older xbox one with a disc drive.
Honestly I hate Horizon 3, it felt big and boring taking out a lot of things I liked in the first game. sure it was small but there was so much little Details I really liked about the first game and it honestly felt it had more heart put into it, the little out post where people were standing outside and the street races had a nice little hang out. the street races had people at the start and the end of race was nice little Detail but honestly the little story that horizon 1 had was the best little part of that game, the "being your own boss" is boring and it doesn't feel rewarding I like starting from the bottom and working your way to the top. it's something that most game should do to make the player feel like they reach a goal, and it's something that I loved about the first two games. you started with a slower car only to work your way to much faster cars, Horizon 3 was a downfall to me because the passion and soul isn't there I can't have that same feeling like I did with Horizon 1 and 2.
@@UltraViolet_Moses It keeps crashing, no matter what settings i use. I got/had pretty strong machines RTX 3080, RX 6800 XT, GTX 1080 Ti, i7 6700K, Ryzen 5800X, 16 and 32GB RAM and it keeps crashing. Whats interesting, only original, legal copy keeps crashing, pirate i downloaded for testing purposes works fine, but it lacks all online features, including tuning and paintings from other players.
I am still massively disappointed that there is no song by THE australian Band from Byron Bay in the soundtrack. How could epitaph records miss the obvious and not give us a Parkway Drive song ?!
YEAH BUDDD!!!! UP THE AUSSIES!!!!!! Nah seriously, fh3 is one of the best games in the horizon franchise. Best first, worst, last. Fh1, fh3, fh2, fh5, fh4
One thing I loved about Horizon 3 was the soundtrack. The radio was already pretty solid but Groove Music/OneDrive support was amazing and is something I really wish they bring back in someway or another.
Agreed out of all the horizons. 3 had the best fitting soundtrack. Songs like bury it, ashes of love, shine etc. Every song just perfectly fits the theme. While 2 over all had the best songs it really didn't fit the European landscape. But 3s soundtrack worked perfectly with the game
Wasn’t horizon 3 based in Australia
@@asteroidmeteor it was
FH3 is and will always be the best horizon. It will also have the best e3 trailer
That E3 trailer is god tier
Yes i disagree
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Horizon 3 is my favourite and I love it so much not because I live near sufers parodies I love in Brisbane in real life lol
I'm partial to FH1, but 2 is the best overall imo. FH3 is pretty mint, it's a better overall game than 1, but I love 1's cheesy story, I like the structured progression as well. 4 was fun for awhile, but I'm over it lol. 5 sucks.
This game is still one of my favourites throughout the last decade and still my favourite horizon game.
FH5 is gonna bring me vibes with this game
so... What do you think about FH5 now?
@@SiulSC Boring + repetitive game now, I do not have as much fun with the game anymore...
@@Sakurubii 100% agree, Forza games need progression
I think someone else commented this interpretation on a previous video, fh1, 2 and 3 were like the old top gear, your dream holiday, fantastic and remarkable cars, great landscapes and locations to explore and just have fun with it with a charming vibe, where as fh4 is like the new top gear, at the start of fh4 they literally said "its not your dream holiday anymore, it's your dream life" it's not that pleasant to drive, make some challenges, explore, without that charm and the vibe that makes a forza horizon game.
Now we need to see The Grand Tour (fh5) and we'll be on the right direction again
"its not your dream holiday anymore, it's your dream life"
My dream life distinctly lacks Britian
This is my favourite of all the Horizon games, just a tiny bit above the second one. (never played fh1, probably should)The fact that you can do anything you want and get rewarded for it is what made it the best... ok I'll tell the truth it's just because of Hotwheels
It's my favorite also, and the dlcs were so good
Unfortunately never got the chance to play the hot wheels dlc
I still remember when one day i was browsing the Microsoft store and saw Horizon 3 on sale, without hesitation i bought it, started playing it and loved the story and midnight battles, like the time i beat a Murcielago with the Pontiac GTO, sadly i couldn't buy the expansions and by the time i had the money they were already gone, wish i could have played the Hotwheels Expansion. Such an Amazing Choose your own adventure racing game.
If you know someone who owns the expansions you could do the home Xbox trick. I would, but I'm not entirely comfortable sharing my password with a random person on the internet 😅
Nothing like browsing the store 4 a sale lol I do that every night. Hit wheels was a really fun dlc
I think the way you explained the campaign in fh3 vs fh4 is why I preferred 3 and just never could figure out why. When I turn on fh4, it's beautiful but it feels so unorganized I often just start driving and screwing around. Fh3 seemed like it was open world but more streamlined with things to do. Exploring in fh3 felt more satisfying, the map was better, the rewards were better, it really did a better job of immersion.
If it had a 60fps mode on Series X I'd be still playing it
Yeah 60FPS is a game changer, I love it on the PC version of FH3
Moses talk about the map like he's trying to sell me a trip to australia or something
Great work man
Thanks man
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Wouldn’t go there, you could be attacked by the police just for walking outside
I mean after this i want to go to Australia, but to drive at a modern city not just visit the country
the last good horizon 😥
FH3: the last Forza game with good decent car sounds
FH5: Hey! I exist!
@@Hayden2447 Let's see if FH5 breaks the bad car sounds curse from the last two Forza games (FM7 and FH4)
@@Hayden2447 I disagree, while the sounds aren't repeated or compressed, they just don't sound good to me
I'm Aussie, so of course I'm gonna be biased, but FH3 is still the best Horizon title to this day.
The map, for one, never seems to get boring, no matter how much you drive it. I've clocked at least a few hundred hours into Horizon 3, and majority of that has just been screwing around doing linelockers up the main road of Surfers or drifting around Byron, or trying to get that perfect car and that perfect setup in an attempt to break the sound barrier on the outback highway.
The soundtrack was the best - the radio stations were absolutely amazing, and even though I almost always rocked Epitaph for those sweet metal & hardcore tracks, I regularly found myself switching over to Pulse, Block Party and both Vagrant & Hospital Records. And the fact that FH3 had support for your own custom playlists was just the cherry on the cake.
The cars were perfect - being Aussie, 95% of my time was spent driving the Aussie cars (and the Maloo ute is the only correct starter car, I will die on this hill so fight me) but the exhibition races & series actually promoted the races in such a way that you truly wanted to try out the different categories and cars. Even though you could do up your own blueprints, the default races were still fun because of the variety they offered, and the fact that there was always something to look forward to when you were just starting up a new car for its first race.
The bucket lists were amazing. Vibes unmatched to this day. The little tasks were great, tailor-made for each car, had a bit of a challenge to them, and the songs for each were perfect.
The vinyl editor was actually fun to play around with, and I made a shit-ton of cool liveries (they weren't good, but I liked them). I barely touch the vinyl editor in FH5.
The driving physics were fun as hell. Even without drifting setups, drifting was fun - though granted, it was less drifting and more sideways demo derby. Proper road racing was always fun - I loved doing a series with 10 circuit races and only having the V8 Supercars as legal vehicles, and trying to re-enact my favourite moments from the V8s. Off-roading was just beautiful; if your car wasn't completely caked in dirt and dust (and a few dents & scratches), you missed out on the true experience. And the side missions were legitimately fun; I even tried to 3-star every drift zone, danger zone, speed zone, all of them (still haven't succeeded, but I'm almost there).
Even the characters in FH3 were cool. Keira was actually not a pain in the arse to listen to (unlike majority of the other Horizon assistants), and Warren was just cool - the over-the-top accent made me like him instantly because I live in an area of Oz where (some) people actually speak like that. To me, it actually feels authentic. It feels real. That's probably part of why this game resonates so much with me.
When I first played Horizon 3, it was at my best mate's house. I spent the next 12 months saving up for an Xbox, and when I finally got one, Horizon 3 was the first game I bought for it. When I booted it up for the first time and got into the game proper, I felt a sense of joy and wonder that, when it came to video games, I hadn't felt for years and haven't felt since.
Sometimes, I still go back to Horizon 3. Even though I practically beat it to death, I can still play it and enjoy it. Horizon 5, in comparison, kinda feels like a chore. If they make a Horizon 6, I dunno if I'll be getting it... especially when I can just go back and revisit 3.
I miss the days when Playground Games gave a shit about Horizon. Great review, man. I know I'm a year late, but thanks for reminding me to go play FH3 again :)
Thanks for the stories dude! FH3 is the reason I’m headed to Australia later this year, it really holds a special place in my heart
@@UltraViolet_Moses no worries mate, I hope you enjoy your visit. There's some really pretty country here, it's really something.
For me Forza Horizon 3 was like a gem i needed in my life long before I discovered it, I don't know how to explain it but it is to this day my favorite game of all time, i'd do anything to get back, I remember the day I got it, what a masterpiece of one little disc, little did I know it changed my life forever , got me into car culture. Forever Horizon 3 will always be somewhere in my heart, If it was a physical person i'd hug it forever.
First Forza game I played and still to this day, my favorite Forza game I've ever played...
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Hehe. You're channel is a hidden gem that deserves more growth. I saw your GTA online shark card video. Excellent takes.
Cheers, when it comes to shark cards I will be working on talking about them in a segment in an upcoming video ;)
bring back FH1's story/progression system... free cars be damned!
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This is the perfect horizon period so far.
Horizon 3 was the first in the series that I ever played, and was the game that got me hooked on not only the horizon series, but also on car culture and racing games in general. I absolutely fell in love with the Australia map, it wasn't big but it felt huge because every inch of it was used to beautifully represent the country as a driving playground. Sure, the game wasn't perfect, to me it felt grindy at parts, and playing the older horizon games made me notice better progression in them. But there is something about the vibe and soundtrack in this game that is special and makes me want to revisit it at times, and only good games have ever given me the urge to do that. That could be why I think It's one of my all-time favorite games.
Now this one started my forza playtime man
You had a good start game i can say
Growing up it was halo, Gears of war, assassin's creed and resident evil and for the most part I never play sports games or anything like them, but this game, I dunno what it is about it, the music, the cars, Australia, the commentary, the barn finds it was just a vibe. This is the one exception game in my usual shooters but yea this game is amazing I sank so many nights during high school into it. So glad I did
one of the best things in australia that they shouldve included more of is the crackheads, good video btw i really enjoyed it and agreed with lots of things
Couldn't agree more! 😃
Thanks! 😃
@@UltraViolet_Moses ik its not a racing game but i would really like to see a video about guitar hero from you, it has a pretty cool backstory and i want to know your opinions on it
I'm so hyped for Forza horizon 5 I really hope that Forza horizon 5 has a lot of Chevy Camaros
Forza Horizon 4 has something that Forza Horizon 3 doesn’t and that is the stories missions! After you beat races and go through a couple of seasons then your able to buy properly which unlocks stories for those businesses! You buy a cab service then you pick up riders and drive them to their destinations as fast as you can! You can do the stunt story missions where your doing stunts for a movie. You can do Top Gear missions where they introduce and describe a car then you race the car to the destination. There is a lot of stories in Forza Horizon 4 it’s crazy how people never talk about that! Of course you have all 4 seasons to race in which is great! Forza Horizon 4 has one of the best intros ever in the series or any car racing game for that matter!
When the Xbox One S was brand new and this game had just released, I got it along with the console for my birthday. This was the game that made me buy the console.
I probably clocked in several months worth of playtime on this and a lot of it was free roaming while listening to the in-game music, mostly Hospital Records. Loved the vibes of this game and that's what attracted me to it, but I haven't been that interested to play FH4 and 5.
Forza Horizon 3= Best Diversity
Forza Horizon 5= Best Diversity + 1
Also awesome video, good as always
Thanks!
Brilliant review. I think Horizon 3 is the best one in the series, even though I hope the fifth game will take it's place when that is released. For me it's the map that really makes this game so good. The exploration aspect just wasn't there in the first two games and I've always found that a little bit disappointing. I also likes that they added more car manufactures to the base game with a lot more customization. Every time I hear a song that is featured in the game when I'm going about life, it makes me want to play it. No other game is like that for me. The only proper criticism that I have about the game is that it is so badly optimized on PC.
Cheers, yeah I played on Xbox One,Series S and PC and all of them were decent, but the PC version certainly wasn’t optimized well
@@UltraViolet_Moses It wasn‘t in the beginning, but they fixed it eventually. I have the same roughly the same FPS on FH3 and FH4.
Such a great breakdown mate! FH4 was a better game in loads of areas but FH3 is definitely my favourite.
Cheers! I found horizon 4 to actually really ruin a lot of what made the past horizon games so good, And was extremely disappointing, but glad you liked it
@@UltraViolet_Moses yeah nah I’m with you for sure! Finished playing FH4 way before I thought I would, got bored of the map, basically never touched online and was disappointed that the video editor still only allowed for 30secs of replayable footage (for montages and what not). I spent way more time online, loads more hours, loved the edition of more Aussie cars, really enjoyed the map and the hot wheels expansion was insane for FH3!
The route creator, drift suspension, formula drift cars and the map elevation of FH4 were some of my favourites.
This was the first Forza game I purchased. I even bought an Xbox specifically just to play it! I am from Australia and the map was great. only thing I would have liked besides the playgrounds would have been for the main mountain to be drivable to the top for mountain racing and drifting (I understand the real mountain doesn't have a road so that's fine but the ability to at least drive up it would have been fun) and the only other wish is that in the city it had one car park which was a hot spot for players to meet and drift similar to the airstrip for drag racing. I would have liked to see multilevel carparks in the city for car meets and drifting. other than that it was perfect. (yes I know there is a car meet feature by the airstrip which was nice but I found the city lacked a little bit. maybe a fun park in the city like a theme park. Hot wheels was a great arcade ad on, it was fun.
Compared to fh2, fh3, and fh4. fh3 had been played the most out of the the three games
Alongside the first Horizon, this one was my favorite in the series. I loved all the additions to the game, including forzavista and the new customizations available. While it did introduce wheelspins and the weekly challenges, they weren't as egregious and in your face as they were in 4 and 5 (it seems, correct me if I'm wrong) and actually were a neat little diversion. The best parts, however, were the vehicle selection and the map. The former is a personal reason, as my dad had 3 of the vehicles in this game (fj40, Subaru brat, and Pontiac GTO) so it was really cool to be able to drive those in the game. Also the diversity of the map is fantastic.
Felt the need to be the 100th comment lol. I grew up playing FH2 but I always remember myself loving Australia. So open, fun, and bright. This game is great!
i used to say that horizon 3 had the best map in any game but now is horizon 5 that has the best map
posssibly
Aged like crap
I will forever be grateful to still have my physical copies of FH2+FH3 on Xbox one X. Though will be missing that amazing dlc.. as much as i love these two games, without the dlc, something will always be amiss... but these two games are handsdown the best open world racing games ever made nonetheless. Thanks again for making a video on this beautiful game and shinning just abit more light on one of the best racing games ever made, just one more time before FH5s release.👍👍
Did you never buy the DLC?
Still have quite a few good memories of Horizon 3 💙
I have more
Never played it sadly
I know one of the best memories I had of FH3 was definitely the one where I did a 10-lap circuit race in Byron Bay with A Love Song by Ladyhawke playing on Pulse and I developed an obsession with that song afterwards and would always get hyped up whenever it started playing in free roam, races, etc. lol
All my homies love Horizon 3
Very good video and good luck with your stuff.
Cheers mate
Absolutely love this game! I like how FH5 kinda takes that same approach as they revealed the other day!
Yeah man, hopefully it does it well
The three starter cars in Horizon 5 (c8, bronco, supra) are all too good, but even worse you get all of them!
I love FH3, the only thing I don't like is the part of buying DLC cars, Hot Wheels is understandable because is part of the expansion, but the fact that you have to buy the cars to complete the collection, feels odd. In the other hand, I wish you good luck with the search for a job and moving to other house, great video, cheers.
Thanks man, it’s going very well so far
8 years...😢
i miss Forza Horizon 3, now is so much expensive in my country to buy a digital key
Horizon 3 is the 2nd favorite horizon game right after horizon 1, the progression was just so good and the celebration of cars and music thing mostly showed off in horizon 3.
The atmosphere of the game brings me back those 2016 days when EDM was still good, pop music had catchy songs, listening to I follow rivers or Crave you at the sunset is one of the greatest things in the game and as a huge fan of off-road and rally, I really adore that this game 50% focusing on them, 50% focusing on other race types, the street races were also good and not cringey like horizon 4 and 5 did.
I think Horizon 3 had the biggest map in the horizon series and I really like when I expand a festival and after that Keira gives you new events and pr stunts, it really reminds me of Horizon 1 wristband system.
Would love to see you talk about the older NFS games as well
Horizon 3 just a masterpiece man
Absolutely love the first two, still really like this one (I still liked Horizon 4 but mostly because I live close to Derwent Water so I'm very biased there. Still my least favourite of the series) the diversity of the map kinda gives me the illusion that it's bigger than Forza Horizon 4's despite actually being smaller. Kinda like GTA San Andreas and GTA 5. San Andreas somehow felt bigger to me because of the diversity.
Really looking forward to the 5th entry for that reason. Just hope the progression is satisfying enough to keep me enticed into playing through the story instead of just driving around having more fun exploring without caring about the story.
(Edit: I have a lot of nostalgia for this one because my younger cousin got this for Christmas the same year this game came out and I remember us playing through it all day on Christmas and New year's eve) so I may actually end up having stronger feelings for this one 10 years from now.
I totally agree with the San Andreas to GTA V analogy, 3 FEELS bigger than 4, while it might not necessarily be
Al tho i have played all of the horizon games this one stuck to me, i did broke the disk but my mind is made to rebuy it again, i wouldnt be even too mad if i lost all my progress because id love to replay the game. Gaming
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Been playing 3 and 4, from a driving standpoint Horizon 3 is so much better than 4 that there is no comparison. My impression is 3 probably is the last Horizon they really put love into the actual driving experience
Issues I perceived with Horizon 4 playing with controller:
-Oversteering: Extremely oversteery, impossible to drive precisely at lower speed on asphalt. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see a way to adjust the joystick sensitive in the game. This is not an issue with Horizon 3.
-Sticky steering syndome: When you steer during high speed and released the joystick, it continues to steer the car more than you intended to, this causes a lot of sliding and wheels lockup which forces you to correct. Not an issue with Horizon 3, much better control at high speed. Also means I can do do control slides better in 3 without losing control.
-Narrow throttle input range from the trigger button (R2): Meaning you can't control the throttle very finely. This means very easy to wheel spin and burn out during race starts. With Horizon 3, I can literally drive at a constant 10mph because the sensitivity range of the trigger is so much wider, where as in 4 that is impossible to do.
I just discovered the one massive mega problem with buying Horizon 3 today:
I discovered even with Ultimate edition you are missing a ton of cars, because they can only be won by playing the Forzathon events, which no longer exist for this old game. The only other way to buy these Forzathon cars seem to be winning bids in the Auction house, problem is low availability and it seem the desirable cars are at outrageous buy out price yet some one is able to afford it so you have no chance winning.
Great video, and a very good summation of FH3. IMHO FH4 failed in all aspects. You nailed why. Plus it did not have the diversity of landscapes and exploration that you could do in FH3. If you liked off roading, there were even rivers that run from the mountain all the way to the sea, that were challenging to make runs in. I believe (as you said) FH5 is returning a little to what was in three. It's starting out similar, they say you are the Boss of setting up the Horizon Festivals. Plus you have a more diverse and larger map to explore. I also believe they said that it will have both online play and single player also. I hope they do open up the auction house and store fronts for paints and mods. From Forza Motorsports 3 through FH1, 2, & 3 I used to do a lot of custom paints and Replica paints of Older Muscle cars as well as NHRA and NASCAR paints. I enjoyed it, and used to have a lot of movement of them. Again, great video. Good luck on your move and your new job.
Cheers! Thanks for the well wishes
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I really miss having this kind of progression in FH5 and especially the big city. Damn the map in FH5 is pretty decent but I’d love to have a big busy city!
I’ve never clicked in notification bar that quickly.
Same bro
totaly underrated game
midnight battles were super awesome. You could sometimes won against a S1 Class rival in a stock M3. I wish they could return for FH5
Nice Job mate ! i myself think that FH3 has the best DLC of all the Forza Horizon games! Also are you still working on revisting Forza Motorsport games video's?
Cheers, yes I still am, going to take a slight break from the Forza series for now though
No i agree
Forza Horizon 3 is my favorite racing game. I hope 6 can surpass it, 4 and 5 are just lackluster and disappointing.
What is convoy driving good for....?
Moses I have a question,are there any censored songs in Forza Horizon 3?
as far as I remember this started in horizon 4
Would you consider a c8 vette, a a90 supra and the bronco to be starter cars?
Nope
@@UltraViolet_Moses they really should have legendary cars that are slow such as the 2002 turbo, mk1 golf gti and ect to be starter vehicles
Car go fast bad
@@UltraViolet_Moses well you do start the game as the remaining Horizon Champion, so it kinda makes sense
@@thejrbuiscut6213 I’m aware, but if you start as the champion shouldn’t you get Koenigseggs and Bugatti’s!!?? And side rant, why start as a festival champion? If you are already champion what’s the point of playing the game then. It’s all silly to me
Tbh I think this game is the last “good” horizon and I didn’t even played the first 3 games because they were off sale when I got my Xbox SS😢
Forza Horizon 3 mit XBS X + 4K UHD 120 Hz / HDR10+ ist optisch auch 2024 absolut TOP .
Die Rennen / Einzelspieler machen enormen Spass , auch mit kleinen Autos in Australien .
FH4 ( ohne Lego ) in Britanien war gewöhnungsbedürftig trotz Jahreszeiten und FHorizon 5 in Mexiko der Absturz der Serie , es ist kein Selbstläufer im Gaming , auch nicht wenn der Entwickler immer erfolgreich ist mit einer Spielserie ... siehe Forza Motorsport ( 8 ) .
Microsoft scheint es egal zu sein , ob das Spiel kritisiert wird .
FH3 ist echt ein positives Erlebnis .
6:52 - that sky is stunning!
To this day, Forza Horizon is the only game that captures real skies and adds them into the game...8 years that no other game has been able to overcome this
imo it is the best and for me it always be the best forza horizon
as i remember from expanding you can get 3 free cars the suv in byron bay muscle car in surfers paradise and buggy in desert the rest was just discounts
What is the best story mode of an open-world single-player racing game to you? I personally really like tdu 2's progression system but I think driver san francisco's story is my pick
Both of those are amazing!
@@UltraViolet_Moses But what is your favourite story of an open world racing game?
@@matthewwong1326 DSF is probably it. Not my favourite racing game, but my favourite story in a racing game
nice video.✌️
No i agree
Hi, great video. One suggestion. Turn off the HUD completely when showcasing the map. Thanks a lot!
Good suggestion, thanks!
Man I wanna play it soo bad but I can’t find it anywhere irl
nor can I find a working online copy
I’ll always miss the idea of a proper ending in a Horizon game. Now it’s pretty much just keep playing until there’s no new content left
Me
Wrong I - dare someone to question me.
i want rivals back in horizon and here is how they could work could had a rival for each type of race normal race street race offroad race cross country and then you could have the main boss with all race in one
What do you think of the starter car situation in horizon 5?
What starter cars? lmao
"BMW M4s and Shelby GT 250 Rs are not starter vehicles"
*laughs in Horizon 5*
XD
The map is the best map in a horizon change my mind
Ive never played any Horizon game but recently I started Horizon 1 via Xenia emulator and it feels so nostalgic and great. Iam not interested in the modern titels for reasons but it looks like I should give Horizon 3 a try too. Being that H3 is on Windows put them on my map in 2016 but somehow I didnt buy it then. Looks like I got some catching up to do :)
Edit: So I installed it and its a big contrast to H1 but as bad as newer titles. I dont like that you have to set up an account and spinning a fortune wheel didnt age well. It looks great and overall I like it so far...
This game is fantastic 👍👍👍👍👍
I remember grinding the Goliath with this credit boost dodge, it was awesome lmao… during my racing prime and straight after my favourite race game, Forza horizon 2.
Can somebody say where can I buy this masterpiece for series s?
You can find a code online
You gotta try to find a digital code online or on disc used but you have the S so that isn't gonna help unless you have an older xbox one with a disc drive.
Honestly I hate Horizon 3, it felt big and boring taking out a lot of things I liked in the first game. sure it was small but there was so much little Details I really liked about the first game and it honestly felt it had more heart put into it, the little out post where people were standing outside and the street races had a nice little hang out.
the street races had people at the start and the end of race was nice little Detail but honestly the little story that horizon 1 had was the best little part of that game, the "being your own boss" is boring and it doesn't feel rewarding I like starting from the bottom and working your way to the top. it's something that most game should do to make the player feel like they reach a goal, and it's something that I loved about the first two games.
you started with a slower car only to work your way to much faster cars, Horizon 3 was a downfall to me because the passion and soul isn't there I can't have that same feeling like I did with Horizon 1 and 2.
Yeah I hear you man. The game isnt perfect but I can still appreciate what It got right
what do you think about FH5's starter cars? (C8 Stingray, Ford Bronco, 2020 Supra).
I’m fine with the Bronco, the Supra is ok…..ish, the C8 is pathetic. A literal supercar to start thr game
@@UltraViolet_Moses they give you all 3 anyway
Fantastic game, but unstable on my 3 totally different rigs.
What happened?
@@UltraViolet_Moses It keeps crashing, no matter what settings i use. I got/had pretty strong machines RTX 3080, RX 6800 XT, GTX 1080 Ti, i7 6700K, Ryzen 5800X, 16 and 32GB RAM and it keeps crashing. Whats interesting, only original, legal copy keeps crashing, pirate i downloaded for testing purposes works fine, but it lacks all online features, including tuning and paintings from other players.
Do one of these for split second, in my opinion it isn't talked about as much as it should
Already in the works ;)
It might not be my favorite, but it definitely isn’t the at the bottom.
I love fh3 its not as good as fh2 or fh1 but its still a fun game love your content 🦍👁️👄👁️
Used to play alot
FH3 is the second best horizon for me
Ok but where is "Forza horizon 4 fucking up the Arcade sandbox"?
11:05 unfortunately not, FH5 is just as bad as FH4 or worse in this aspect
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5 is worse than 4 in almost every way
FH2 and FH3 are tied for me
Horizon 3 was the last good Horizon for me. Horizon 4 was just ok and we don't even need to talk about 5...
I am still massively disappointed that there is no song by THE australian Band from Byron Bay in the soundtrack. How could epitaph records miss the obvious and not give us a Parkway Drive song ?!
YEAH BUDDD!!!! UP THE AUSSIES!!!!!! Nah seriously, fh3 is one of the best games in the horizon franchise. Best first, worst, last. Fh1, fh3, fh2, fh5, fh4
I don’t really see how anyone could say this game is better than fh5 personally.
Forza horizon 1 is still best for me
No i agree
Same the story was just so good and it just fit with Colorado
I was lucky 2 buy H3 b4 windows store take it down 4 good haha
Horizon got a great trilogy of games and then 4 was decent just not the same as the last three
I've got my volume cranked but I can barely hear you...
Are your headphones plugged in?
@@UltraViolet_Moses I think he doesn't have headphones
Hmmm... Hotwheels
Your audio on this video is a bit too quiet, it’s hard to hear what you’re saying
Thanks for the input
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11:20 HAHA it wasn't