Forza series inspired by Pokemon

My Lamborghini is Level 62. What about yours?

That's pretty cool

I very much agree with "the worst place to look for inspiration is in your own genre."  This applies in music too if you really want to create something unique.

Next everyone's gonna want a shiny legendary Ferrari(insert model here).

if Forza is inspired by Pokemon, then the next Battlefield Dice/EA should stop looking at Call Of Duty for inspiration.

It's a good thing racing games are looking for ways to be better, but a bad thing that I think they suck.

I choose you, Lotus 2-Eleven!

There's no denying that's pretty damn smart. I mean look at what happens when games to take inspiration purely off of the same genre (look at modern shooters at least). Also notice all the ones that DON'T. The ones that don't usually are a lot better.

Dan Greenwalt isn't far off the mark to be honest.  If its something gamers like doing it is being competitive, bragging, collecting something unique or rare (see bragging), comprehensive comparable statistics (see bragging again) and playing alongside or against one another.  Throw all that into the mix along with a well designed and polished game, no matter what the genre is and you'll have a recipe for success.  Obviously different gaming genres will suit different individuals.

I am (or was) a massive fan of Bizzare Creations, having purchased Forza 1,2, 3 and 4 I can't see why I wouldn't also grab Horizon.  If anything I am really interested to see the direction it has taken.  Forza 5 will obviously be a next gen xbox release title, so that should also be something to look out for.

I suppose then that make's most Hondas the Magikarps Forza. X3

That is funny. Like, really funny. and pretty cool at the same time.

God PLEASE tell me I'm not the only Gamespot user who loled at the topic title. XD

that is actually pretty cool and interesting

Last time I played this (believe it was the 4th one) cars felt pretty floaty for my liking. Maybe I'll try out the next one coming out though, definitely gonna get the demo and see how I like it. I like developers with minds like these, we need more of them. If games were based off creative design and not what you think will make the most money, we'd have better quality games overall.

This explains why Forza can stand its own against GT... The developers have a great design philosophy had they simply tried to chase GT and make a better GT the series would have failed. So many shooters try to take inspiration from CoD but it rarely results in a good game. Not to mention people rarely leave the original series for one that only matches...

It's about time more games took inspiration from the most unusual sources. That would certainly make for an amusing variety of games (remember, Miyamoto wants to make an FPS). Come on lads, let's hear your ideas! 

thet is amazing .. :)

Car Collecting, a CarPG? Hmmm...where have I heard that phrase before? lol. A little franchise called Gran Turismo?

wtf?!?! inspired by Pokemon????? hahahahha!!!!!

i see where he's coming from but its not like u can tune them to your liking.... oh wait thats nfs that cant do that.lmao

That is an unusual inspiration.

I take it the Ford GT is a legendary? :P

FERRARI used FIRE BLAST!

It's super effective!

any one else just scroll to the coments to see what every one else said?

Inspiration is awesome! The best ones always come from places you don't expect. I wish more developers would look to other genres for inspirations on how they can apply design principals not normally associate to their own genre to expand their franchise in bold and new directions, instead of doing rehashes with minor tweaks and additions year after year.

In any case, everyone is happy as long as developers don't walk the dark path that Zynga has been taking.

*reads* "Forza series inspired by Pokemon".......O_O.......*clicks*

lol Funny, yet cool in a way. 

ahaha that's cool!

They should move to make games for nintendo from now on lol,I am just saying not hating I love Forza.

Gotta Own em' all! For...za!!

Not as "catchy" as Pokemon. huh huh? 

Gotta drive em allllllll Forzamon

I skipped forza 4... becoz it was to much similar to the 3. and had just a few tracks more than previous... Forza horizon seems to be a lot different... so I'm deff gettin this one :)