BaD #8: Captain N's Favorite 360 Games of 2016

On 02/08/2017 at 01:25 AM by Captain N

BaD#8

Hiya everyone, how are you? I didn't play many 360 games this year, more like one but I did play a good one I always wanted to try.

Forza Horizon

Forza Horizon: I have been wanting to play this game like forever, and I got it for my birthday last year. It's fantastic. I've only ever played Forza 2 but I'm quite familiar with the game. It's a sim racer obviously. Except Horizon is like an arcade styled racer in an open world. In other words, my kind of racing game. The game still has the racing sim elements from the traditional Forza games, but it feels more newcomer friendly. The game is set in Colorado and the game looks really beautiful. Heck, sometimes I would just boot up the the game just to drive around. It feels like you're on a road trip of sorts. I loved it so much that I was flipping over it last year. The game has a photo mode so you can take photos in the game and upload them to the official website. Unfortuantely, in order for you to upload them, you need to have XBL Gold. If I ever do get that, I'll post some pics I took.

Forza Horizon Rally

Forza Horizon Rally: If the more open world arcade styled gameplay wasn't your thing, and if you were a fan of the traditional Forza gameplay, then the Horizon Rally Expansion is your baby. It's paid dlc but really well worth it. This dlc expansion is a bit more technical and more sim like, but still keeping that same Horizon feel. The dlc adds new Rally stages as well as new vehicles and custom rally parts for them. It makes you feel like a Rally professional. Unfortuantely dlc has been delisted as of October last year? I'm not sure but this dlc was worth paying for.

That's all of the game, or games I played on the 360 last year. I added the dlc because it feels like a whole different game.

Thanks for reading and...

jgusw

02/08/2017 at 07:59 AM

I'm bad at all the Forza games.

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/08/2017 at 02:31 PM

I suck at sim racers in general. When Need for Speed 2015 released, I breathed a sigh of relief. I LOVE arcade racers. Can't stand sims. I want to play Horizon though. And maybe if I gave more time to learning the controls in something like riveClub, I could stop hating it so much.

Captain N

02/08/2017 at 09:26 PM

Same, I couldn't get into them. I remember trying Grand Turismo on PS1 and I couldn't get into it back then. Try Horizon, it has that arcade-y feel in an open world.

02/08/2017 at 09:25 PM

Me too, I was pretty bad in 2. Mostly because I'm just used to stepping on the gas and going fast. But those games like Forza are more technical.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/08/2017 at 10:36 AM

My brother wants me to get an Xbox and the new Forza because his car, a 1970's Fiat, is in it and you can race it. Hmmm. Maybe....

02/08/2017 at 09:27 PM

I want to get an Xbox One just for Horizon 3 as well. That would be cool if you could race him.

KnightDriver

02/08/2017 at 02:11 PM

I want to try a Forza game. I think I got Forza 2 on Games with Gold a few months ago. The new one seems fantastic also. I gotta rent that.

02/08/2017 at 09:28 PM

2 seems like a good start, if you're talking about the original 2 and not Horizon 2 since I've yet to try the latter. The new one looks amazing.

02/09/2017 at 02:08 AM

I think it was the original 2.

Cary Woodham

I put away my 360 early last year because I wasn't playing any games on it and it was kind of acting funny on me anyway. But it lasted a good 8+ years so that's not bad.

02/08/2017 at 09:31 PM

Oh that sucks, hope it isn't on its last legs or anything. My Wii stopped reading discs a while back, so might need to put that one away soon, just need to transfer Virtual Console stuff.

PixlBit