An expansion for Forza Horizon 4
Seek your fortune in the most treacherous Horizon expansion yet, where you will conquer extreme terrain, lightning storms, and perilous roads in search of hidden treasure. Embark on a new campaign, solve Treasure Hunt riddles, and carve your own path in new Trailblazer PR Stunts. Tackle the island’s twisting mountain switchbacks, ocean cliffside roads and rough terrain in 10 exciting new cars including the 2019 Lamborghini Urus, 2017 Ram Rebel TRX Concept, and the 2018 BMW M5.
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2nd playthrough and I don't remember this being as good as it was. Again, maybe just my FH4 bias, but I had nothing but a good time playing through this again.
The occasional storms were nowhere near as annoying as the blizzards in 3's expansion, the progression felt good with better rewards (1mil for finding a treasure chest each round and some new to this DLC cars with some of them), all good races and stunts, really good map for what it set out to do, new drift story (which I really appreciate since I love drifting in this, and no overly bs bonus boards or anything. It's just solid. More FH4 with the addition of that story I mentioned, treasure chests, and trailblazers.
Treasure chests and trailblazers did come back in 5, but the chest in 5 are just to progress towards the latest Forzathon car and don't give much of a reward. And then the trailblazers in 5 also just didn't feel as good as they did here. Really nailed it their first time with them. Still, it seems the drift road in this really inspired them to give us better drift roads (like the mountain) in 5. So that's something.
Great vibes in this expansion all around, not too long either.
The occasional storms were nowhere near as annoying as the blizzards in 3's expansion, the progression felt good with better rewards (1mil for finding a treasure chest each round and some new to this DLC cars with some of them), all good races and stunts, really good map for what it set out to do, new drift story (which I really appreciate since I love drifting in this, and no overly bs bonus boards or anything. It's just solid. More FH4 with the addition of that story I mentioned, treasure chests, and trailblazers.
Treasure chests and trailblazers did come back in 5, but the chest in 5 are just to progress towards the latest Forzathon car and don't give much of a reward. And then the trailblazers in 5 also just didn't feel as good as they did here. Really nailed it their first time with them. Still, it seems the drift road in this really inspired them to give us better drift roads (like the mountain) in 5. So that's something.
Great vibes in this expansion all around, not too long either.
Two new mechanics were introduced with this expansion. The first, Trailblazers, are a new activity which makes real good use of the open world nature in Horizon, you have a start and finish, but how you drive between them is completely up to you. The second, Treasure Hunts, are forgettable, but fun. In the end, both went on to become main features in the sequel.
The rough map is interesting but I feel that aside from trailblazers it doesn't play a large role. Dirt racing still feels like it could use more emphasis, some areas feel underexplored just because there are no roads.
The expansion delivers an extension of what the base game did with some added wilderness, and left an impact with substantial new experiences that went on to become the norm. In retrospect, Fortune Island is an important step in the Forza Horizon franchise.
The rough map is interesting but I feel that aside from trailblazers it doesn't play a large role. Dirt racing still feels like it could use more emphasis, some areas feel underexplored just because there are no roads.
The expansion delivers an extension of what the base game did with some added wilderness, and left an impact with substantial new experiences that went on to become the norm. In retrospect, Fortune Island is an important step in the Forza Horizon franchise.