Forspoken

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  • Summary: Forspoken is an action RPG that follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes, battle monstrous creatures and defeat powerfulForspoken is an action RPG that follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes, battle monstrous creatures and defeat powerful matriarchs known as Tantas.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. PC Invasion
    Jan 31, 2023
    85
    Forspoken isn't perfect, owing to a middling campaign and a need for more optimization. Still, its spell combat system and parkour mechanics are top-notch, with landscapes and abilities that can truly amaze.
  2. SomosXbox
    Feb 3, 2023
    68
    If you are looking for a new open world game to explore with an innovative but clunky combat system, and you have a high-end computer to get around the technical problems, Forspoken might be the game for you. However, you'd better not have high expectations regarding its story or dialogues, because at best they are not great, and at worst, you will even think about doing the unthinkable: skip the cinematics.
  3. GameStar
    Jan 27, 2023
    67
    Neat action-adventure with role-playing elements, which surprises with many fresh ideas, while ultimately implementing them inconsistently.
  4. RPG Site
    May 30, 2023
    60
    For all its ambition, Forspoken doesn't bring much new to the genre, and instead falls into various pitfalls common with open-world games. While the combat is serviceable and fun in spurts, the game's narrative, characters, and exploration all come up short. It's too bad it seems like Forspoken won't get a second chance, because I think there is some potential sitting dormant underneath all the imperfections, but it looks like Frey's journey will remain a missed opportunity.
  5. XboxEra
    Jan 25, 2023
    50
    Its initial teasers promised a gorgeous magical world full of incredible sites. Instead, we’ve been given something boring, that runs terribly and has a story full of overused tropes.
  6. Hooked Gamers
    Feb 16, 2023
    40
    Forspoken is not worth either your money, or your time. Even were it offered for free, perhaps as part of a free weekend promotion on Steam, or as one of the rotating weekly free game giveaways on the Epic Games Store, it would still be too high a price to pay, as the time investment costs far outweigh the doubtful pleasure of experiencing what little Forspoken has to offer.
  7. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    40
    Doesn't matter that the effects and magic look great, or that the art stylization is breathtaking at times, when you're standing on a desolate plain and looking into the fog most of the time, because the creators simply couldn't manage a decent visibility. This is how games were made a decade ago. The only thing I wouldn't be afraid to praise the authors for is the action, which has pace, and the magical abilities bestowed on the protagonist by the magic bracelet. [Issue#325]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 194
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 194
  3. Negative: 152 out of 194
  1. megabusterx
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    The game is fantastic, one of the best and innovative combat systems you can think of with the best exploration system in years. EverythingThe game is fantastic, one of the best and innovative combat systems you can think of with the best exploration system in years. Everything flows toghther nicely and looks spectacular when it does. The story is actually interesting which surprised me and Frey actually was endearing.… Expand
  2. Games4lif
    Feb 12, 2023
    9
    The bad reviews are clearly left by terrible gamers
  4. Diaphin
    Feb 13, 2023
    4
    Okay sorry, but this game was so bad and hard to play for me. And all the time i thought : why, why are developers and scripters doing it likeOkay sorry, but this game was so bad and hard to play for me. And all the time i thought : why, why are developers and scripters doing it like this. Why? Why this kind of story and shamefull storytelling.
    And why spending millions and working thousands of hours on this shamefull storytelling instead of creating a nice athmospheric realistic world without cringe?
    The world they tried to tell me isnt credible at all.
    Really sorry for the hard work spending on this but - naaaaah. not again    … Expand
  5. nignog42069
    Mar 26, 2023
    0
    80€ is 60€ too much for a game of this quality, if you are charging 20€ more than anyone else, you should at least optimize it a little bit,
  6. 11Anks
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    A very disappointing game in all respects - animation, art direction, cinematics, environment, mood, tone, dialogue, and story progression.A very disappointing game in all respects - animation, art direction, cinematics, environment, mood, tone, dialogue, and story progression. The dialogue is the main highlight and seems to represent the nadir/lowest point of video games. Just even hard to imagine how the developers and the team of "all-star" writers could think that this game could be successful by any means. But this review is only for the developers and the writers and not the actor who voiced Frey. Instead, I would like to commend Ella Balinska (the voice actor) for keeping up with and voicing the extremely unlikable and unsympathetic dialogue crafted by the developers and the team of "all-star" writers.

    Forspoken is a masterclass in how not to make video games.

    The developers should take lessons from A Plague Tale series, Red Dead Redemption series, God of War (2018 and Ragnarok), The Last of Us series, Halo series, and indie titles (Hollow Knight, Ori, Tunic, Stray, etc.) on constructing impactful video games.    … Expand
  7. StormDeath69
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Une catastrophe !
    Optimisation désastreuse, graphisme digne de la PS3, des dialogues beaucoup trop longs et soporifiques, un open world vide,    Une catastrophe !
    Optimisation désastreuse, graphisme digne de la PS3, des dialogues beaucoup trop longs et soporifiques, un open world vide, un language grossier et continu de Frey exaspérant, 80€ le jeu, etc.
    Bref un vrai désastre, bravo Square Enix pour ce chef-d'oeuvre     … Expand
  8. Acrofilo
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    If you give even one cent to this greedy developers you are supporting the silly agenda that we all suddenly need 4 grand GPUs to run regularIf you give even one cent to this greedy developers you are supporting the silly agenda that we all suddenly need 4 grand GPUs to run regular games.
    Actually, regular is a compliment for this bottom-of-the-barrel boring "game". It is a rather lame and ineffective tech demo.    … Expand

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