Forspoken

 PC
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. 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
  2. DandyCrow
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    Cringe and super-cringe is not nearly enough to describe this cringe pile of cringe s*it! This is what happens when you suddenly decide to appeal to a "gLoBaL AuDiEncE" that, (un)ironically, doesn't even exist!
  3. Games4lif
    Feb 12, 2023
    9
    The bad reviews are clearly left by terrible gamers
  4. TashWildthing
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Open-world trash. In fact, not a game, but a blank for it. And do not inflate the topic of racism. The girl is lovely, but the game is terrible. Oh, yeah... Plot and characters. Boring, stupid, does not cause emotions. Optimization? Works fine if you have 4090. And it would be all right if the graphics level were excellent. But no, the picture is empty and primitive in the vast majority of cases.
  5. tkg2s
    Feb 2, 2023
    10
    forspoken is a very challenging and ambitious title. I love and support the luminas engine. Sorry for the many critical comments. The speed of loading and the fun of the action. There are a lot of cool parts such as magic parkour. Of course, there are places to be improved, but it is not a title to be criticized. It's a pity that the worst users are bombing 0 points.
  6. kyoslilmonster
    May 8, 2023
    8
    Despite a lukewarm at best marketing campaign and internet malign, this game is a unique experiment in pushing just how far and fast an open world adventure can be. An interesting cast and crew with a wildly fun and frenetic combat pace paves the way for the future of action RPGs. Excited to see how this game ages as time goes on. Unfortunately I feel like it will suffer the same fate asDespite a lukewarm at best marketing campaign and internet malign, this game is a unique experiment in pushing just how far and fast an open world adventure can be. An interesting cast and crew with a wildly fun and frenetic combat pace paves the way for the future of action RPGs. Excited to see how this game ages as time goes on. Unfortunately I feel like it will suffer the same fate as FFXV, where it was lambasted early on (quite unfairly) and then years later people return, realizing it's actually quite good.… Expand
  7. BRubble
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    $100 CDN...for this?! $100. Didnt take long for me to irrefutably decide to refund this tacky trope laden mess.
  8. Razrback16
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    I see you deleted my review a 2nd time, and honestly...I'm flattered. If you want to censor me this badly it means I'm right over the target and hitting right at home for you - not hard to see either considering so many people disliked this game and dislike wokeness in general. Well here it is again, and I'm dropping the numerical rating score further as a punishment for your censorship.I see you deleted my review a 2nd time, and honestly...I'm flattered. If you want to censor me this badly it means I'm right over the target and hitting right at home for you - not hard to see either considering so many people disliked this game and dislike wokeness in general. Well here it is again, and I'm dropping the numerical rating score further as a punishment for your censorship. As I noted after the last time you censored me, I saved the review as a text file so it's an easy copy and paste the next time you try to delete the truth. I will continue to maintain a saved version of this one as well.

    Game is an absolute disaster and a financial failure. I ended up refunding it on Steam. Awful performance on PC - no optimization. The game is woke as heck - cringey dialogue, awful main character. And you should really take a look at some of the graphics comparison vids I've seen out there showing Forspoken alongside Assassin's Creed Unity (from 2014) and Unity just blows it away which is crazy considering its age.

    Save yourself money and avoid this game.    … Expand
  9. Maugaran
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    embarrassed by characters. Bad edgy hop **** game. Big pre game promises and nothing was complied with.
  10. Lyvione
    Mar 3, 2023
    0
    Overpriced trash, with subpar writing, slow pace and an unlikable character. Square Enix's money-be-wasted.
    PS: I can kill a studio with my mind whooooo!
  11. Freebird7887
    Feb 3, 2023
    0
    En PC no merece la pena, es un port que pide un pc muy potente para tener unas texturas de juegos de hace años con fps muy bajos. Tal como está ahora me a parecido poco menos que injugable.
  12. Gor80hd
    Feb 4, 2023
    0
    How it release in 2023?! Baddest game i ever seen, make this sh*t is impossible…
  13. mishamavashi
    Feb 28, 2023
    0
    The most cringe-worthy protagonist in the world, horrible graphics, lack of plot, the worst game of the year is just not worth a single penny, even for free to play this solid mockery of man
  14. rayalk
    Feb 1, 2023
    0
    Невероятно ужасная игра. Оптимизация - 0, сюжет = 0, итоговая оценка = 0
  15. Skhaarin
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    It's embarrassing.
    A very disappointing tech demo pretending to be something else. Anything within the universe makes any sense, neither it is well executed. It doesn't even look good.
  16. Sainleo
    Feb 6, 2023
    0
    terrible and boring game, many bugs, the story is boring, the graphics are very bad, please do not buy
  17. Sergin
    Jun 2, 2023
    10
    Giving a 10 so it might have a bigger score than redfall. The game is mid and not worthy 60$ BUT, still playable and is possible to have fun. (I know a lot o ppl says the cringe dialogue kills the game and i agree, but try to put the game áudio in JP or idk and problem solved
  18. PiZdr0T
    Feb 5, 2023
    1
    There is no plot. Empty world. Lots of spells that are not needed. Bad optimization. Full of sh1t. I give TWO points. People will forget about this game in two weeks. (ง ͠°ل͜ ͡°)ง

    One of the worst games I've ever seen in my life
  19. LeDoomi
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    Not that the lackluster attempt at a game with cringey dialogue wasn’t bad enough already, they also make this one of the worst PC ports ever with insanely unreasonable system requirements and textures not loading in properly at all if your GPU has 8GB of VRAM or less. I highly recommend Digital Foundry‘s latest video on the subject to get a better understanding, but seriously: don‘t buyNot that the lackluster attempt at a game with cringey dialogue wasn’t bad enough already, they also make this one of the worst PC ports ever with insanely unreasonable system requirements and textures not loading in properly at all if your GPU has 8GB of VRAM or less. I highly recommend Digital Foundry‘s latest video on the subject to get a better understanding, but seriously: don‘t buy and support this crap!… Expand
  20. VIAKAL
    Feb 1, 2023
    0
    The award of the best unoptimized game for 2023
    Have a good night ladies and gentlemen!
  21. rufuxz
    Jan 30, 2023
    0
    menuda catastrofe una 4080 para correrlo a 60 fps narrativa pesima, el combate es meh enserio esto es de square enix?
  22. ClassyCactus
    Feb 2, 2023
    4
    This game is donkey piss, the only reason im so late to this review is because i genuinely just did not want to play this game. And it all comes down to pretty much the story being boring, the main character being boring, the main villain being boring, and the voice acting being absolutey terrible in every way imaginable. This game also has a huge lack of polish, if its the performance orThis game is donkey piss, the only reason im so late to this review is because i genuinely just did not want to play this game. And it all comes down to pretty much the story being boring, the main character being boring, the main villain being boring, and the voice acting being absolutey terrible in every way imaginable. This game also has a huge lack of polish, if its the performance or the glitches the game is just a mess. Lastly the gameplay which is mediocre most of it is boring like tailing missions and side quests in the mediocre open world but the combat is pretty good and fun, but still the open world gives you no insentive to play since the world is completely shallow. In conclusion, just keep away, way to pricey for a game like this its realy just meeeeeeh, thank you for reading. Death grips is online… Expand
  23. Xevoss
    Jan 30, 2023
    0
    Played demo for 20 min and most likely seen all that this game has to offer. On highest graphic settings still looks like few years old and I got only 30 fps but dropping to just few during boring combat. Equipment is not existing (just a cape and necklace) but you can paint heroine's nails- really.... It's more of a joke than a real game
  24. Terizor
    Jan 30, 2023
    0
    It seems to be a 2023 game, but the quality is like it's from 2010, the graphics are worse than Watch Dogs 1 or even Dishonored, it's a shame, I don't advise anyone to buy this game.
  25. Broxter
    Feb 1, 2023
    0
    The game has some issues like lack of optimization, I don't understand how the game doesn't run smoothly on my pc with a 3070ti as GPU and an AMD Ryzen 5700x as CPU with 32 gb of RAM. Also the game is installed on SSD, but I have experienced huge lag and stuttering spikes while playing the game. I don't understand how a game that is supposed to be next gen has graphics and textures of PS3The game has some issues like lack of optimization, I don't understand how the game doesn't run smoothly on my pc with a 3070ti as GPU and an AMD Ryzen 5700x as CPU with 32 gb of RAM. Also the game is installed on SSD, but I have experienced huge lag and stuttering spikes while playing the game. I don't understand how a game that is supposed to be next gen has graphics and textures of PS3 games or worse, can't run smooth at 1920x1080 resolution in ultra on a 3070ti GPU below 60 FPS when that GPU is supposed to be the recommended GPU to play at 1440p in ultra at 30 FPS.
    The particles are great and the story looks great but a bit empty. I don't think this game is worth the 80€ it costs and I don't recommend anyone to buy it.    … Expand
  26. XGraetNoobX
    Feb 1, 2023
    3
    The game have no life the protagonist is annoying the plot was so easy to know the open world is dead I can keep going but Ieave you to it.
  27. BeastMaster56
    Feb 3, 2023
    0
    this game sucks its compelte baloney do not waste your time or MONEY playing this Garbage if i could give this a minus 10 i would
  28. vladtdr
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    I'm not gonna review bomb this game, or talk about how the gameplay is boring and repetitive, that the npcs are brainless goons or the fact that the dialogue seems cringy and over saturated with the character cursing a lot. I just wanna play this game, so I'm going to talk about the performance aspect, and how badly it is optimised for PCs. I'm not even going to go into detail about howI'm not gonna review bomb this game, or talk about how the gameplay is boring and repetitive, that the npcs are brainless goons or the fact that the dialogue seems cringy and over saturated with the character cursing a lot. I just wanna play this game, so I'm going to talk about the performance aspect, and how badly it is optimised for PCs. I'm not even going to go into detail about how the graphics have been down graded since the project was first anounced, because hey, a lot of ppl do that these days, So i have an 1660 Ti and i5 9400 with 16GB of Ram and a good SSD. The game works on low with fidelityX on performance, when i say it works i mean it usually plays around 50 fps and dips into 30's. I dont understand why? i mean there is nothing graphically wow to justify this . I can play most of the games in 1080p with high settings. Games that look a lot better than this. Is it the Denuvo implementation or what? I played the DEMO for and in that time i encountered 2 bugs that needed me to restart the game. Once the frame just froze and nothing else was moving and the other time i was flying with no way of being able to come down. I couldnt save either because it told me that i needed to be on the ground to do so. Very frustrating… Expand
  29. Criric
    Feb 7, 2023
    0
    Я не представляю, как эта игра вообще смогла выйти в свет. Игра ужасна во всех смыслах, это, вероятно, худшая халтура за многие годы. Начну с того, что бросается в глаза с первого взгляда: с графики. Она не просто плохая, она действительно ужасная. Это уровень игр 2014-15 годов, но никак не 2023 года. И ладно бы при такой графике она требовала бы столько же, сколько и они. Но нет, этуЯ не представляю, как эта игра вообще смогла выйти в свет. Игра ужасна во всех смыслах, это, вероятно, худшая халтура за многие годы. Начну с того, что бросается в глаза с первого взгляда: с графики. Она не просто плохая, она действительно ужасная. Это уровень игр 2014-15 годов, но никак не 2023 года. И ладно бы при такой графике она требовала бы столько же, сколько и они. Но нет, эту убогую игру еле вытягивают карты 40-ой серии... В некоторых областях фпс падает просто катастрофически. У меня не просто ощущение, нет, я знаю, и все мы знаем как факт, что в игре нет абсолютно никакой оптимизации. Даже намека на нее.
    Что у нас дальше? Ах да, сюжет...)) Сюжет))) Боже))) Будет невероятным комплиментом назвать ЭТО сюжетом) Абсолютно пустые и даже кринжевые диалоги, пустые персонажи, обилие стыдной повесточки, ну и вишенка на торте: неимоверно бесячий и тупой главный герой (геройка?), паталогический нытик и эгоистка с ужасным топорным чувством юмора, которая на всё реагирует неуместным матом. Сам сюжет до ужаса вторичный, а наратив просто смешон: вместо катсцен с диалогами, операторской съемкой и так далее — статичные стеклянные статуи людей, которые обмениваются звуковой информацией (речью я это назвать не могу), а игроку предлагают слушать всю эту тягомотину по несколько минут и так 15+ раз за игры. Мммм, класс (нет)
    Может быть весь этот ужас перевесит интересный геймплей?) Нет)) И здесь разработчики наделали в штаны: играть в это абсолютно неинтересно, карта пустая, нет никаких точек интереса, кроме "лабиринтов" формы прямой кишки, где в конце нас ожидают одни и те же соперники, нет адекватных сайдквестов и заданий, кроме как "ыы пойди убей монстров где-то там/ыы а теперь убей чуть больше монстров, но вот там/ыыы вот тут на полу мана валяется, собери ее ыыы", нет никакого желания изучать мир этой игры, он просто пустой, как и сама игра.
    Вердикт: провал года, пустая трата времени и денег, наглая халтура и тревожный звонок игровой индустрии.    … Expand
  30. Sarkton
    Feb 23, 2023
    1
    One word

    Cashgrab that's what the game is


    Holy **** its so bad yhe story is **** the gameplay is piss easy i absolutely hate it and don't to talk about it again
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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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