Forza Horizon 5 is the game of the month for November 2021

As is appropriate annually for the month in question, November 2021 was also a period full of interesting news, but as regards the election of the game of the month, there was a remarkable agreement in choosing Forza Horizon 5 as the best title. On the other hand, the choice does not come exactly as surprising, considering the excellent results that the game by Playground Games and Microsoft has already received in the field of criticism (also in our review of Forza Horizon 5) and, based on the first data collected so far, including sales.

This game also opens the remarkable autumn season of Xbox, which will then continue next month with the other 90 piece planned for this year, or Halo Infinite, but already the racing game in question represents a product of enormous caliber beyond the possible narrow audiences of the genre to which it belongs.

In any case, one must not make the mistake of underestimating the overall value of the month of November 2021 on the gaming market, given that has brought with it games of great interest: sequels, remakes and experimental titles have enriched the panorama, as well as at least two of the major productions of the whole year, given that it is the month of release of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Battlefield 2042, two shooters destined to compete for the market, although to tell the truth their start was quite far from the greatest glories of their respective series.

It is still easy to consider November 2021 as one of the most important months of the whole year that is drawing to a close and the fact that Forza Horizon 5 alone has established itself with overwhelming percentages could overshadow this impressive specific weight that the month now ended has covered in the entire videogame economy.

The choice of the editors

Forza Horizon 5: a scene on the streets of Mexico The voting inside the editors did not present great surprises, with Forza Horizon 5 precisely voicing the runner-up, however, another clear preference among the members of the group emerged, perhaps unexpected. Playground Games arcade racing is far away in terms of preferences, but not as overwhelmingly as one might think on the eve of the vote, given that Shin Megami Tensei 5 was placed in second place, managing to collect a good amount of preferences. We are still half of the points collected by Forza Horizon 5, but many members of the editorial team have revealed this great passion for the historic Atlus series, which came with this chapter on Nintendo Switch exclusively in one of the most anticipated titles especially by Japanese fans, or in any case by those who follow the Japanese landscape with great interest. A very shared choice, therefore, even if it is definitely far from the racing game set in Mexico, the absolute master of long game sessions for everyone.

In third position we find Jurassic World Evolution 2, in a podium that does not consider the mammoth releases of Call of Duty: Vanguard and Battlefield 2042 in the least, apparently.

Jurassic World Evolution 2, an image of the T-Rex The simulation of a dinosaur park, as often happens with strategic and management, can count on a good base of fans in these parts, which is the reason why the Frontier Development title at the top of the monthly preference ranking, despite the presence of some defects. Off the podium the fight becomes decidedly tighter with minimal gaps, but to emerge on the others we find Exo One, an interesting game that puts us in control of a sort of rolling entity capable of transforming itself from sphere to disc, traveling at the mercy of the force of gravity and its effects for a hallucinating interplanetary journey. Below this we finally find some of the highest caliber productions of November 2021, namely Call of Duty: Vanguard and Pokémon Shining Diamond and Shining Pearl.

Readers' Choice

Shin Megami Tensei V, a screenshot of the game exclusively on Nintendo Switch The predominance of Forza Horizon 5 is simply overwhelming in the poll released to sportsgaming.win readers, where the arcade racing of Playground Games on PC and Xbox has definitely annihilated the competition of titles even though very important and expected. Nothing to do, therefore: the free races in the large Mexican map of the new chapter of the series have had the upper hand over everything, characterizing this November 2021 videogame in a clear and indelible way. To find the runner-up we have to go down to almost a quarter of the total percentage collected by Forza Horizon 5, to find Shin Megami Tensei 5 for Nintendo Switch here too, demonstrating how Atlus has many admirers in these parts too, among the readers of the site. , although the series is usually considered to consist of somewhat niche titles.

However, the odds in favor of Forza Horizon 5 are truly impressive and from what we can see there has been virtually no competition.

Pokémon Shining Diamond and Shining Pearl, a scene from the game. Proof of this is also the fact that, apart from the aforementioned Shin Megami Tensei 5, there are practically no other games capable of attracting the attention enough to break away from the mass of other titles. In fact, in third position we could put Skyrim Special Edition, on a par with Pokémon Shining Diamond and Shining Pearl, but these are still games that do not differ too much from the bottom, having collected only a handful of votes, despite being of huge interest stocks across the board, which are sure to make some fantastic numbers on the global market.

Have you noticed any mistakes?