Forza 2 is like Morza Poo
I’m not sure what exactly happened here.
Let’s see. I loved Forza. It had amazing graphics, felt real as all get-out, was fun to play, and I loved it. When I heard Forza 2 was coming out, I got all excited and thought about getting a force-feedback wheel and the whole nine.
So I bought Forza 2, and it’s all I can do to hire another driver to finish another race. I feel like I’m unlocking things as a part-time job, and I’m not sure where the fun is. Yeah, I know it’s a simulator, and simulation != fun in all cases, but I expected it to be a little bit fun, at least for as many minutes as I spent dollars on the game. (In this case, I did the Best Buy deal via the Xbox Live offer, so it’s $10 less than usual.) But.
I put it in, and was all set to spend like 5 hours driving. The interface looks amazing, the transitions and loading screens are all slick and pretty, but the actual driving feels like not much more than work. Yes, I know it’s a simulation, but I don’t remember Forza feeling like this much work and like zero fun.
Because I have an addictive personality, however, I’ll play it like a sports manager game, and load up new races and match a car against a race and hire a drive in an attempt to at least get some unlocks out of it before I sell it. I wish I had enough money to hire a guy to hire drivers in Forza 2 to earn achievements for me. That way at least I’d be giving someone a real job, as opposing to have to work at this myself for nothing. Maybe I was deluded. Maybe as driving simulators approach reality the driving experience is too real to be a “fun game” anymore (even if there are red lines appearing on the road surface telling me to brake, which never happen in real life (then again, maybe I don’t drive fast enough in real life to see these)).
I haven’t looked at reviews of the game to see if other people feel this way or if I’m just officially old, but Forza 2 makes me feel empty and sick to my stomach like I just binge ate 12 candy bars or something. I give it 2 out of 5 stars cos it sure does look pretty, but I am hoping someone steals it from me so I don’t keep unlocking achievements and feeling emptier and bingey-er.