- Publisher: Square Enix
- Release Date: Jan 24, 2023
- Also On: PlayStation 5
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Jan 31, 2023Forspoken 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.
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Jan 31, 2023There's no incentive to actually fu.king do anything, and in between the things you can't be arsed to do are just vaste swathes of nothing. I'm convinced everything in Forspoken would be 100% improved if it was about 60% smaller. The world would be compact, but it would be dense, more interesting, and appropriately scoped. It might have characters in it beyond the same few urchins standing on the streets in Cipal dong one of three "I'm scared" poses, and cutscenes that don't have a fade to black every five seconds for no apparent reason. It's so annoying, because I think a lot of the core ideas here are very cool, and it's one of those games where I want a sequel where they do everything better. Given the nature of these things, I expect we never will.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 75 out of 485
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Mixed: 19 out of 485
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Negative: 391 out of 485
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Jan 25, 2023
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Jan 26, 2023It ain't good, chief. Lame combat, seriously unlikeable characters, and an incoherent story all make for a very poor outing by Square.
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Jan 26, 2023