One of Microsoft's best games is EXTINCT.

#forzahorizon #retrospective #videogamepreservation

Digital Rights Management, or DRM, imposes limitations on digital distribution of media, including video games. Even though they are some of Microsoft's best selling and best reviewed exclusive titles, the first three Forza Horizon games are doomed to digital obscurity because of DRM. Which is a shame, because 2012's Forza Horizon is superb.

Played on Xbox Series X.

Recorded on Elgato 4K60 S+ in SD/standalone mode.

[nrXic]

Game dev here. This has nothing to do with digital games or DRM, this has to do with licensing which have term limits. Both music and cars.

People can still play the game so it clearly isn't a matter of DRM (which would prevent people from playing purchased games). Whether physical or digital anyone who has bought the game can still play it.

My brother's band was part of GTA V DLC and there was no term limit, meaning that the game can be sold digitally in 50 years and it covers that. Again, nothing to do with it being a digital copy or the game having DRM.

So your complaint has to do with inadequate licensing practices which is often tied to licensing costs.

Games have a much longer digital shelf life than physical shelf life. Licensing agreements need to take that into account. GTA makes enough revenue to sign these no-term agreements and it would be nice to see that with all games but it's pretty unrealistic to expect.

[Koalawithsixstrings]

Not a licensing expert here but the reason Forza horizon ( or any horizon game after 4 years ) get delisted is because of the car licenses expire every 4 years, ( this is why Horizon 1 was delisted in October 20 2016 ). They can renew them but would cost more then what Microsoft gets in return plus they may not get certain car licenses back. In terms of music, the license is 10 years most of the time.

[BBoySnakeDogG]

Pirating old games is completely ethical in scenarios like this.

[urichh]

This is why I support physical media, among other things. Can't delist a physical copy of a game, movie, or album.

[hi_its_jerry]

the first horizon is truly a time capsule to the early 2010s. i currently have it on my modded 360 and i absolutely love it.

[parker]

Forza horizon 1 has the best music, the best cars, the best progression system, the best dialogue, the best handling, and the best story. Not to hate on the new titles but this one did a lot better.

[Nattieboop]

I was fortunate to get this game as a free gratuity after playtesting it for Microsoft. Such a sweet deal as a kid. Although I consider Forza Motorsport 2 as one of my all-time favorite games Forza Horizon 1 is probably the most solid, well-rounded the series has ever been.

Fantastic video! Keep up the good work!

[xa-]

The thing that makes the map more enjoyable than the latest installments is that you HAVE to use the roads and cant just plow straight across the map or fast travel everywhere. I know it seems counter intuitive at first to say a "less free" map is more fun but it realy is a lot more fun to me having a more restircted map with tight and twisted roads than the huge flat map with a bunch of nothing made for the elimiator.

[BlueShift]

FM 4 and FH1 where goat. And the second and third installment of FH were also awesome.
And please don't call FM a true simulation racer. That would be saying a SUV is a Hypercar. The term Sim-Cade suits it better.

[KOKEE_MEDIA]

I bought this game like 2 months ago on my birthday XD guess i pulled the trigger just in time i missed playing it and bought it literally 2 days after I saw it at a gamestop

[Litl_Skitl]

The thing I missed most from this game is the vibe. Like most of the features you mentioned are also in the later titles, except for the class rivals and the banter between radio stations.
In the later games you start out as the owner of the festival and a well known driver, you've won as soon as you open the game. Starting FH1 is like NFS MW where you're the underdog making it through the ranks.
Saw a video where they put all the intro's from the games side-by-side, and you can immediately see how different 1 feels from all the others.

[jameshardentimedpoy]

Thankfully I can still play this game. It’s just a vibe that you can’t beat.

[haaxxx]

6:41 - The sense of speed is so damn scary that I miss the most from modern racing games. The other games that come close to this is NFS Pro-street/Shift(s), Driveclub, Midnight Club L.A, Project Gotham Racing 4, GT6 (Going around corners as fast as possible), Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune, and Forza Motorsport 4. Now newer racing games have a dull sense of speed that I look at it and just see it as kind of boring... Worse case by this is the newer Forza Horizon games where FH5 maybe have the worst sense of speed that I have ever seen in a racing game due to having a longer running franchise and hitting over 300 mph just feels like going 130 mph in the older forza games... Is those little details in these older games that what makes it more than a video game, as cheesy as that sounds.

Fantastic video! I wish more people like you appreciate older racing games from a handful of people do even if they are not really into it.

[kecskekecske]

The things i would do to get a proper remake of this game, imagine just the tuning feature and customisation in this game. It needs nothing else.

[ausernamed]

I'd like to mention the Project Gotham Racing franchise, another Microsoft/Xbox IP, those games look beautiful for their time in my opinion!!

[ISAK.M]

This was a well done video even tho u had not even played 2, 3, 4 and 5. Subbed

[laytonlemay]

Bro I’m an OG since horizon 1. I feel in love with it instantly. Watching these roads and looking at that map…Holay it’s been a while😢

[davethebaron]

They should've kept the older titles on sale.

[opissinatti]

The first Horizon is a masterpiece! I’m still playing it today, excellent video by the way!

[Xaevryn]

I never played FH2 but just looking at it I think I like the progression system a lot more. I did play FH3, 4, and 5. 3 was pretty good. But 4 and 5 treat you like you are some sort of messiah and you are the most super special here's all the free hypercars with maxed out stats right from the get-go. I don't feel like I earned anything. Everything, cars and money, are given to me in such ridiculous amounts that the amount of money you get from racing seems absolutely paltry.

I want to earn it. I want to be the no-name participant that slowly works his way up to being the best. I want to start off with the entry level wrist band and the slow cars before showing up to the next level of racing with a car I bought and paid for with my off-the-books street racing.

Instead every time I log in to FH5 something new and over the top is just thrown in my face. To be honest it feels condescending. I feel disrespected as if I'm being treated as some drooling idiot child. "Awwww here comes little Xaeby here you go fucker a new Ferrari go away"