Horizon Chase 2 Analysis: Improving an Almost Unbeatable Arcade

But there is something that has gotten worse, and that’s it in Turbo Hunting There was DLC dedicated to legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna, which included a first-person perspective behind the wheel for his races. This, for some reason, was not included in the sequel, and I personally missed it. Additionally, as also happened in the previous one, In Horizon Pursuit 2 We have several customization elements for each vehicle, unlockable completely for free just play, just like the cars themselves. This is definitely something to be grateful for these days.

Horizon Chase 2 content will not bore you for many hours

Something that characterizes Horizon Pursuit 2 is the amount of content it presents (apart from vehicle customization and upgrades, which I will expand on in the next section). The main game mode remains the world tour, where we have to face 19 other opponents or against the clock on different street circuits in different countries around the world. This is where we will unlock the majority of rewards, being the main mode as I have already highlighted, although there are a few others.

The people of Aquiris Game Studio do not forget all those who want to enjoy this type of fun arcade with friends or family at home, so in this sequel, as in the first iteration, we have at your disposal race in local split-screen mode. We can also play races online, either privately with friends or against other players around the world, unlocking exclusive rewards in this last. But it doesn’t stop there, and there is also a Challenge mode this will put us in special situations that we will have to face, and the classic tournaments divided into three difficulties. These tournaments are standard races, the only goal is to end up being the driver with the most points to win the championship.

Personalize your car your way

Something I mentioned above in this review is being able to customize our vehicle and make notable improvements/tweaks to it. We can paint the car with different paints that the game gives us for each one, in addition to changing the bodywork. (bumpers, skirts, spoilers, etc.) and the wheels in a wide selection that, as I already mentioned, we will unlock for free just by playing.

This is for the purely aesthetic side, but there is also the side of improvements, where we have the right improve the vehicle’s capabilities, such as acceleration, maximum speed or maneuverability, among others. For this there is an additional requirement besides getting coins and credits while playing, and that is it we will have to improve the car. We automatically get experience points for completing almost all races, but keep in mind that each car has its own experience level that acts separately from others. Therefore, here we still have many hours of fun waiting for us to unlock everything.

Horizon Chase 2 couldn’t be more retro

Horizon Chase 2 offers us a graphics section that recalls the 32-bit era, mainly. Obviously we can’t expect something hyperrealistic, but this is not expected at any time, since the intention is to take us back to those years. The sound part is in phase with the graphics, with engine noise, crashes and sound effects. Eventually, The soundtrack includes a series of songs, notably electronic, which fit together perfectly. to our careers. All of this is very successful in this sense.

However, it is necessary to highlight the irregular optimization of the title. Even if they are only very punctual, the truth is that Sometimes we will experience spontaneous crashes and FPS drops It might bother us a little. Once the game crashed just as I crossed the finish line of a race, then I started the game again and saw that I had to repeat it from the beginning because they didn’t let me know. had not given appropriate rewards.

Horizon Chase 2 brings arcade racing back through the front door

To conclude, we conclude that Horizon Pursuit 2 It’s a decent evolution of the fun retro arcade races we saw in Turbo Hunting. This doesn’t revolutionize the formula, nor is it necessary. It continues with most of the elements that made this first opus great, improve the technical section and refine its game modes, in addition to adding others like online against players from all over the world. Many hours of fun await you as you unlock everything the game presents to us in the form of new cars, with their own customizations and upgrades.

However, it is essential to mention the -few- negative points that this sequel presents. One is its optimization, may experience crashes and occasional fps drops. And another is the lack of incentives in the online aspect, because I think that very soon there could be a lack of players, because there are few incentives and different game modes in this sense.