Forspoken

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User Score
2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 485 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 485
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 485
  3. Negative: 391 out of 485

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  1. Vasot
    Jan 28, 2023
    1
    1) Denuvo Malware checked 2) Overpriced 79 Euros checked 3) Empty world fighting the same bullet sponge enemies checked, 4) Woke annoying character checked 5) Repetitive combat and most enemies are stupid 6) Forgettable story checked,...Square enix is a greedy and awful company and this is one of the worst games ever released
  2. Archmrn
    Jan 28, 2023
    1
    Worst graphics I've seen in any game that released last 10 years. Some textures even worse than in a game that was released almost 15 years ago (Fallout 3).
    Optimization had zero effort - stutters and FPS drops everywhere even on recommended specs.
    Prologue is utterly stupid and doesn't make any sense. Why don't you just made her steal bracelet without half of an hour of a "story" that    Worst graphics I've seen in any game that released last 10 years. Some textures even worse than in a game that was released almost 15 years ago (Fallout 3).
    Optimization had zero effort - stutters and FPS drops everywhere even on recommended specs.

    Prologue is utterly stupid and doesn't make any sense. Why don't you just made her steal bracelet without half of an hour of a "story" that has zero impact on game?

    Combat is fun, I give score "1" just because of that, but that funny decision of removing FOV settings because of 10000% draw distance so at least some FPS will be present? Mm-kay, but how do I see enemies attack flash if only I can see because of this tiny FOV is their belly?    … Expand
  3. sussanos0
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Que jogo horroroso, padrão PlayStation, joguei no PC e não está nada optimizado a minha rx6700xt sofreu pra rodar essa bomba no médio
  4. Shadohan
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    And these are 'high' quality games??? Why is she so bad?! One gameplay only in quality, everything else is a low quality variety. Complete disappointment!
  5. veckans
    Jan 27, 2023
    2
    Very old and outdated graphics, terrible performance, unlikeable main character, poorly written dialogues, poor voice acting, generic and repetitive game world and the list goes on.

    This is very far from a good game and the only good thing I have to say about it is that direct storage-technology have finally arrived in a game which will hopefully mean a lot for future games.
  6. calvinl345
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    This is quite literally the worst game I've seen. Each year the Worth a Buy YouTube channel chooses the worst game of the year in December. It's January, this we already have a clear winner. Everything from the choice of character to the dialog & combat was awful.
  7. TheReaIBillGate
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Sorry. I could not give this game anything when’s project athia coming out the one that actual looked good? Thanks for dropping demo for karma I’ll drop your physical game, This has to be the most boring experience i have ever witnessed listening to dialogue puts me in coma. The characters are bland, flatter than my neighbours dead nans ass and on the other side I don’t know what’s worseSorry. I could not give this game anything when’s project athia coming out the one that actual looked good? Thanks for dropping demo for karma I’ll drop your physical game, This has to be the most boring experience i have ever witnessed listening to dialogue puts me in coma. The characters are bland, flatter than my neighbours dead nans ass and on the other side I don’t know what’s worse EDP455 getting cupcake for kid or forspoken. The story has an extremely bad and unsatisfying. I RETURN THIS GAME FOR REFUND WITH MY MIND. The gameplay has 0 improvements too. Boring. Must play my ass cheeks WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS FROM FEEDBACK FROM DEMO **** off you sloppy doodle donkey **** most cringe I ever witnessed. NO ****IN WAY I JUST DID THAT NO ONE ASKED G HOLD THAT SKILL ISSUE… Expand
  8. Yankee_LFM
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Unoptimized, cringe, not fun. Repetitive world design and repetitive enemies! Bad story overall. Stay as far as you can.
  9. Xboxgamer1
    Jan 27, 2023
    10
    Dam I was going to pass on it because all the reviewers and the metacritic score but I saw high skilled gameplays and walkthroughs on YouTube that I took the plunge. I have been addicted and satisfied on my secondary console PS5. I had to brush from all the dust but it was worth it. The parkour, the magic. How I can combine assist magic with combat magic have me hook. It's not easy to justDam I was going to pass on it because all the reviewers and the metacritic score but I saw high skilled gameplays and walkthroughs on YouTube that I took the plunge. I have been addicted and satisfied on my secondary console PS5. I had to brush from all the dust but it was worth it. The parkour, the magic. How I can combine assist magic with combat magic have me hook. It's not easy to just get all 4 magic. I'm still on the first magic and I have been hearing it's a short game. These reviewers lying. You can get lost in this world. Every corner there are enemies but I be blitz them by putting magic on my feet… Expand
  10. Elmordoc
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Esta versión del juego está aún más rota que la versión de Ps5, ojalá la arreglen pronto.
  11. Ozef
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    boring gameplay
    poorly optimized
    the story is so lame
    graphics is not next gen
    empty worlds
    PS : dont buy this crap game wait for sale!
  12. Sixgate
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    This really does have potential to be the worst game square has ever made. Boring, clunky, uninteresting combat, cringey dialogue, and in classic “AAA” fashion… released unfinished and buggy. Anybody telling you this game is good is trolling. Any critics giving this game green scores are paid to do so. Trash game
  13. umbranclimax
    Jan 27, 2023
    9
    I can't jump on the hate train this game is getting. I liked the game a lot. The dialog was better than High on Life's. Gameplay is fun. The story was good. I really enjoyed this game.
  14. Poioso
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Um dos piores jogos que já tive o desprazer e prejuízo de jogar. Me senti naquele meme “olha que diálogo m&rd@“.
    Lacração em cima até do dragão (dragonesa no jogo). Gráfico ridículo pra um exclusivo de PS5 e nova geração, animação facial péssima, personagens sem carisma nenhum e história completamente desinteressante.
  15. nehpets
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Main character is extremally unlikeable. Even as a homeless girl on the street she is a turd. Game play is slow and forced. i've played probably halfway through it and only redeeming aspects are when you finally get some good movement skills. But unlikeable character has me screaming most the time..
  16. Deadly
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    DO NOT BUY AVOID AT ALL COSTS

    Made the mistake of buying this game, didn't know much about it, thankfully I was wise enough to return it in time. Garbage writing, characters have the charisma of a cabbage, generic open world that looks like absolute garbage but demands 5x the performance of much better-looking games.
  17. OCDgamet
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Don't waste your money on hot trash like this, definitely not worth the price and I wouldn't play this even if it was free. The dev is putting out worse and worse games every release
  18. luvig433
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Very poor game. Extremely disappointed in this one. Terrible protagonist and horrible combat gameplay.
  19. deavonb
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Just awful in every way. Go install UE5 and run their free tech demos and you will have a funner time than this game. When people say this game is cringe, they mean it 100%. Your ears will be bleeding from listening to this corporate teen soap opera.

    Impossible not to see at every moment in this game that it was designed by a corporate board room committee.
  20. oBerniee
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    amazing how square enix has gone down so much in such a short time, this game is a complete shame
  21. Forsmoken
    Jan 27, 2023
    8
    People giving this game with those score for the writing and acting are being too critical. If it comes down to performance I can understand the criticisms. The first hours opening is amazing. Very cinematic awesome looking! You fight a dragon. After that it does slow down a bit, which is one of my only criticisms so far this is a review progress but don't let the haters influence you.People giving this game with those score for the writing and acting are being too critical. If it comes down to performance I can understand the criticisms. The first hours opening is amazing. Very cinematic awesome looking! You fight a dragon. After that it does slow down a bit, which is one of my only criticisms so far this is a review progress but don't let the haters influence you. These are my PC specs. I wouldn't recommend anything lower both my CPU with GPU ar maxed out everything on high except for retracing. Getting 80 to 100 FPS average. 3060 TI 32 gigs of ram i7 12700k keep in mind it's only using 45% of my ram. By the way, at these settings looks amazing. By the way, all the haters go back to playing vampire survivor… Expand
  22. CyberDNA13
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    This game should have been called Forbroken.. They Promised SO MUCH and delivered something that felt like rushed and "just release it already" game. NEVER trust Square Enix anymore. Definitely not preorder. Feel bad for those who paid $70 for this pile of crap.
  23. lumzero
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Made an account just to warn others not to lose your money like I did. The dialogue feels like straight out of some Deviantart fanfiction, I've had headaches running the game properly and I had barely moments where I was really enjoying the world. Overall, I never thought a game would prompt me to write a bad review but here we are.
  24. darkhulk
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Looks like a poor indie game, and they want to sell at full price its laughable, dont but this game
  25. LukCPL
    Jan 27, 2023
    2
    Love open world games this is something straight from 2019 and not in a good way. Graphics feel outdated and still my 2080ti cannot handle the game without dlss.Issues with sound, stutters while moving. The game keeps fading to black to dump expositions that are poorly written but still a masterclass compared to the dialogue between the main characters. Few character models areLove open world games this is something straight from 2019 and not in a good way. Graphics feel outdated and still my 2080ti cannot handle the game without dlss.Issues with sound, stutters while moving. The game keeps fading to black to dump expositions that are poorly written but still a masterclass compared to the dialogue between the main characters. Few character models are serviceable, other are dated and not AAA level, The I think is the biggest issues and why I refunded. Nothing here is worth so much money with many much better PC games available.… Expand
  26. Zer0TheHer0
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    stupid camera position ruins the game. Put the character in the center!!!!!
  27. 11Anks
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    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 thisA 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
  28. naadrius
    Jan 27, 2023
    9
    Really liking the game so far! Played the DEMO on PS5 so I knew what I was getting into.

    PROS: -Incredible loading times. Less than a second waiting after clicking „Continue“ from main menu. Appears to use DirectStorage 1.1 from .dll inspection. -Can save pretty much anywhere (no special save points or something like that). -Very fun gameplay and traversal. The combos you can do with    Really liking the game so far! Played the DEMO on PS5 so I knew what I was getting into.

    PROS:
    -Incredible loading times. Less than a second waiting after clicking „Continue“ from main menu. Appears to use DirectStorage 1.1 from .dll inspection.
    -Can save pretty much anywhere (no special save points or something like that).
    -Very fun gameplay and traversal. The combos you can do with magic are really cool. P.S. there is a way to instantly charge LV3 magic - really satisfying once you learn that.
    -No #StutterStruggle. If it stutters for you then I suggest check your VRAM usage. Also enabling Dynamic Resolution option causes strange stuttering for me at least. I suggest use DLSS - looks better and does not stutter.
    -Awesome HDR implementation. OLED TV users are in for a treat (HDR highlights really look insane on S95B OLED).
    -Good enough PC graphics settings (DLSS2 and FSR2 support, Ultrawide etc..)
    -Feels very good on K&M. Way better mouse support than FFXV (That game runs on the same engine). Menus work natively with mouse.

    CONS:
    -A lot of dialoge can appear too cringy for a lot of people it seems. I kinda like it tho. But I guess I am used to that type of dialogue in different JRPGs. Edit: after playing more the dialogue is really fine and makes sense to me. Also, Ella Balinska doing some fine VO work, good job!
    -GPU reqirements are really high. The demo area is not as demanding as some of the areas in the full game. I'm talking like 70-80fps in one area (the demo area to be precise) and ~55fps in another area. Both areas are tested in a non combat scenario. In combat it drops even more.
    -Graphics appear to be downgraded from very first 2020 trailers. Now it does look Next Gen in some scenes (Mostly in combat) while in other scenes reminds me of PS3 style lighting (Towns and some cutscenes or some non important NPC animations).
    -Not really that visible RT implementation (RTGI or RT Reflections would be really great additions)
    -Slow beggining chapters may put off some people (And a lot of janky animation work at the beggining). Tho I urge everyone to keep playing, it gets a lot better.
    -Quite high storage requirement. 121 GB on my SSD.

    Would love to give a higher rating to the game, but that lighting in most areas is pretty lame. Really strange to see a PS5/PC only game without dynamic time of day and that off putting lighting. Also I recommend playing on powerful PC, because as the time of writing 2023-01-27 the PS5 version runs really poorly.

    Review PC specs:
    CPU: i7-13700KF
    GPU: RTX 4080
    RAM: 32GB DDR5 5600MHZ CL36
    STORAGE: SAMSUNG 980 PRO (Heatsink version)

    Games runs at a mostly locked 60 FPS in 3840x2160 with maxed out settings and DLSS Balanced on this system. (DLSS Quality also works well, but has minor drops here and there).

    Edit: apparently in some more demangind areas I need to set DLSS to performance to prevent noticable drops. I do not think those areas are that much more striking visually to have such a pefromance cost tho. Maybe sometime a patch will make those areas run better.    … Expand
  29. Omence
    Jan 27, 2023
    1
    70 dollars, for this? Runs poorly, paces poorly and was written poorly. Noticing a trend here...
  30. hyeryong
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Forspoken looks like a cheap game.

    Play and graphics worse than Anthem. At least Anthem was good with graphics.
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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. 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]
  2. 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.
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  3. 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.
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