So many sequels, prequels, and reboots come out every year that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of them all. While it would be easy for developers to just rehash old — yet successful — ideas, many are able to give players a brand new way to look at a beloved franchise. All of these games have given fans that familiar feeling with enough change to make coming back worth the time. Here are the best sequels of 2021.
The results below were all voted on by the staff here at Twinfinite.
Best Sequels of 2021
Honorable Mention: Forza Horizon 5
Guides Editor Chris Jecks: The Forza Horizon series has always been a fantastic open-world racer, but it was only with the release of Forza Horizon 5 that Playground Games’ prowess in the genre was truly appreciated on the mass scale it so rightly deserved.
Boasting a roster of over 500 cars and an enormous, varied map filled with hairpins, winding roads, mass expanses of sandy nothingness and yes, an active volcano, Forza Horizon 5’s Mexico festival is the biggest and best yet. There are plenty of races to complete, fun side content to check off, as well as new challenges and events to complete every two weeks with the changing of the seasons.
The whole thing is wrapped up with the impeccable level of polish that the series has always managed to deliver on consoles. Each car handles true to its real-life counterpart, and every vehicle model is painstakingly detailed right down to warning notices in the door sills or under the hood.
If you have any semblance of interest in racing or cars, Forza Horizon 5 simply has to be experienced. It’s the rubber-burning, asphalt skimming, high-octane open-world racer that you’ve been waiting for.
