Forspoken

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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. 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, un language grossier et continu de Frey exaspérant, 80€ le jeu, etc.
    Bref un vrai désastre, bravo Square Enix pour ce chef-d'oeuvre
  2. I_HATE_SPLATOON
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    This game is game of the year , worst of the worst , why the management thinks this is a good game ?
  3. terrapong
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    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.

    Is Square Enix insane?
  4. burnout02urza21
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    It ain't good, chief. Lame combat, seriously unlikeable characters, and an incoherent story all make for a very poor outing by Square.
  5. CyberRobotnix
    Jan 26, 2023
    2
    Bad game with bad narrative, boring as hell, etc.
  6. Ethiniel02
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    I never see a so bad optimized game ..... really a shame .... Worst than FF15 .... yes it's possible ..... Wait for update
  7. WanderinMelmoth
    May 6, 2023
    1
    Forspoken is NOT really woke. Just making the main character a black female New Yorker does not make a game woke. Check out the New York demographic.

    The real problems why Forspoken is a below average game are: 1) technical issues (framerate drops, stuttering) graphically it's not impressive (will probably be fixed eventually) 2) gameplay: it feels like watching a movie. Expect a LOT    Forspoken is NOT really woke. Just making the main character a black female New Yorker does not make a game woke. Check out the New York demographic.

    The real problems why Forspoken is a below average game are:
    1) technical issues (framerate drops, stuttering) graphically it's not impressive (will probably be fixed eventually)
    2) gameplay: it feels like watching a movie. Expect a LOT of cutscenes. Remember the "interactive" CD-ROM movies in the 1990s? First hour feels like that.
    3) Unlikable characters. No, it's not because she's black, so stow the "racist!" outcry. Faye is a total biotch. She's a terribly written, constantly cussing entitled, whiny POS. Unfortunately she isn't the only one. The talking bracelet is annoying as hell, several other character you wish you could just kill off to silence them (which you can't. I tried).
    4) expect pop-up triggers (press "E" to do this) and numbers (damage done) everywhere. The designers don't even trust you can do a sneak mission on your own: you have to follow a character (with a marker on top of her head!) as she does the sneaking for you!
    5) generic enemies with braindead AI and genereic, empty world
    6) it's $70 !!! Really!? It's not even worth $50! If you buy it (which you shouldn't) wait for a 75% discount.    … Expand
  8. Jagaro
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    One of the worst games i have ever played. Its lackluster world, frustrating controls, unresponsive/unsatisfying combat, old Assassin's Creed graphics (pale textures and colors for an adventure game) and poor optimization for that, cringe and not interesting story, feminism and awareness of literally nothing has been enough for me to not look game with anticipation of havin fun.
  9. Tyronom
    Jan 25, 2023
    1
    Childish story. Boring and unlikable Character. Empty world. Stupid story...
  10. Daniel2009
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    This game was really boring and it wasn't fun and will be forgotten very soon
  11. KingCrazyC
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    This is the WORST rpg i have ever played! the story was mediocre and all over the place.. the side quests was terrible! the voice acting and combat is half hearted to say the least... i will rather play through the Final Fantasy Lighting trilogy 100 times then to play this crap ever again! that is how bad this game is... haha rather play Two Worlds than this...
  12. MoonlightSword
    Jan 25, 2023
    1
    This game has the mechanics of an old assassin creed. The number of existing open worlds superior to it is impressive, but above all it completely sucks when compared to gosht of tsushima, witcher 3, horizon 1 and 2 (which I personally find average though), skyrim, Elden Ring, ...
    It's not an AAA at all, it's expensive for such a bad and boring game. On PC it's even worst due to the lake    This game has the mechanics of an old assassin creed. The number of existing open worlds superior to it is impressive, but above all it completely sucks when compared to gosht of tsushima, witcher 3, horizon 1 and 2 (which I personally find average though), skyrim, Elden Ring, ...
    It's not an AAA at all, it's expensive for such a bad and boring game. On PC it's even worst due to the lake of optimization.    … Expand
  13. 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. Everything flows toghther nicely and looks spectacular when it does. The story is actually interesting which surprised me and Frey actually was endearing.
  14. Cmm200117
    Apr 2, 2023
    9
    The gameplay of Forspoken is literally so much fun. You will never get tired of it. I feel like people should of gave this game a chance at lunch but sadly people made their mind ups because of Twitter.
  15. infraRecon
    Aug 13, 2023
    4
    Forspoken Review Incoming,
    Ok, Square Enix I'm Giving you the benefit of the doubt you see this rating it's a 10 right? Good.
    Now below me, I will update this review for every Flaw this game has accordingly. You will see how your game drops from a 10 to whatever rating it really is. Not only that I will also leave some tips, yes I an Indi dev, will leave you AAA studio/publisher    Forspoken Review Incoming,
    Ok, Square Enix I'm Giving you the benefit of the doubt you see this rating it's a 10 right? Good.
    Now below me, I will update this review for every Flaw this game has accordingly.

    You will see how your game drops from a 10 to whatever rating it really is.

    Not only that I will also leave some tips, yes I an Indi dev, will leave you AAA studio/publisher tips on how to create a cool game.

    So it's 2023/07/29 22:31 - Let's begin playing your game...

    Dialogue is pretty garbage (-1)
    Combat is pretty bare so far (-1)
    The performance is so bad (-1)
    The graphics are passable, but for a next-gen game this is quite pathetic (-1)
    Are we at a 6 already?!

    ok let me stop fooling around and rate this game,
    There are good bones in this game, the Parkour, Visuals, combat (Kinda), The Characters Design...BUT, Every other thing in this game weighs it down so much, that it floods you with an overall uninteresting world, experience and design of a game.

    If you try really hard you can enjoy this game, but bear in mind, this game tries its hardest to not make you want to play it.
    And I refuse to elaborate further.

    Also, this game was review bombed, and frankly, it deserves it, but sadly due to my good nature, I have to rate it fairly, It's a 4/10. Maybe I might change this to a 5, but right now at this point, I'm not feeling it deserves it.

    RIP Luminous Productions.    … Expand
  16. Melrroiano
    Apr 22, 2023
    10
    Uno de los mejores juegos de lo que va de año,como todos los juegos tienen cosas que estarían mejor pero la jugabilidad y el concepto brillantes,bravo.
  17. Andrudis
    Jan 26, 2023
    4
    Another below average game with dull story and uninspiring open world. Combat is more or less fun, but with limited number of enemies become boring very soon. Too overpriced for what it offers.
    For an indie game with -50% price tag and after some performance optimization it could be 8/10, but for an overpriced AAA - it is a safe skip/refund.
  18. melipa
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. all in all a terrible game.Childish story. Boring and unlikable Character. Empty world. Stupid story.… Expand
  19. Carda1972
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    80 euro for this unoptimized mess of a game. Thank goodness steam has a 2 hour refund policy which I gladly used. 5950X/3090... turn camera, frame drops, camera change, frame drops, starting a 'cinematic'... frame drops. Remember crysis in 1985? This is 10 times worse... avoid
  20. Joshua100605
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    Wow I’ve seen the exact same comment on the game word for word by different accounts on here giving it a 10, review bombing clearly works in favour of bias!
  21. nix1331
    Jan 26, 2023
    4
    What a disappointment.
    -Terrible optimization for PC, but maybe one day it will be good...poor ps5 people will be stuck with terrible resolution and fps forever.
    -The writing is not very good, they make a lot of jokes that fall flat (we are making jack and jill went up the hill jokes in 2023? really?) Everything has to be told to you at least 10 times, but generally far more....did you    What a disappointment.
    -Terrible optimization for PC, but maybe one day it will be good...poor ps5 people will be stuck with terrible resolution and fps forever.
    -The writing is not very good, they make a lot of jokes that fall flat (we are making jack and jill went up the hill jokes in 2023? really?) Everything has to be told to you at least 10 times, but generally far more....did you hear about the corruption, we only told you about it 36 times by now.
    The main character is very inconsistent: she spends the first part of the game being a terrible person and treating most people badly and then has the audacity to say she thought she was being the hero...did they cut a portion of the game and forget about this line?

    -The gameplay can be fun, but it is so brain dead easy even on the hardest difficulty in late game, they should add at least 2 more difficulty levels and not with just more health on enemies, but actual challenging ai    … Expand
  22. tittren
    Jan 26, 2023
    2
    Let's be honest. Everyone knows this game is bad. Its not terrible, but its far from good. Story, Character, Dialogue are bland and cringe. The world is empty, the graphic overall is lackluster and, besides of the Magic spells, nothing excuses the horrible PC port.
    The Combat is fine but still kinda bland and repetitive. The same goes for "bosses" and the enemies. They have like    Let's be honest. Everyone knows this game is bad. Its not terrible, but its far from good. Story, Character, Dialogue are bland and cringe. The world is empty, the graphic overall is lackluster and, besides of the Magic spells, nothing excuses the horrible PC port.
    The Combat is fine but still kinda bland and repetitive. The same goes for "bosses" and the enemies. They have like 0-brain-AI and even on "Hard" difficulty you just spam stuff and thats it. Boring
    The parkour could have been good. Really. But it just feels not good enough. Its not like moving through the world as Spiderman. Its just Fast, but it doesnt flow as good as people make it to be

    Now to all those "10" who keep calling the honest reviews fake: We all know that these 10-Rating are fake reviews from butt-hurt delusional people who were like: **** I just spend 80€ on this low-tier game, but I don't want to admit it. That's why I run around this boring world and act like its a masterpiece. No its not. The difference between you and me is that I am honest. I accept when I purchased something stupid.    … Expand
  23. Priyanshu_1998
    Jan 26, 2023
    2
    Played this game for 3 hours, so i can say that this game is terrible in every part be it writing,game design, cinematography(cutscenes) and optimization, its a unfinished product with some annoying development decisions like akward silence during communications, fade to black transition and movement restrictions during conversation... The only thing i like about this game is the particlePlayed this game for 3 hours, so i can say that this game is terrible in every part be it writing,game design, cinematography(cutscenes) and optimization, its a unfinished product with some annoying development decisions like akward silence during communications, fade to black transition and movement restrictions during conversation... The only thing i like about this game is the particle effects and parkour for that reason only i am giving it a 2*, remove this two aspects from the game, then this game doesnt deserve and *… Expand
  24. Tubey
    Jan 27, 2023
    3
    First game I've refunded on Steam that wasn't outright broken, because I didn't buy it to play a cut scene simulator. Which is a shame as I had this wishlisted forever since the Project Athia demo and expected good things, thinking they'd have elaborated on the foundation of Final Fantasy 15.

    They didn't. I only played it an hour and a half and I was done - what limited combat I was    First game I've refunded on Steam that wasn't outright broken, because I didn't buy it to play a cut scene simulator. Which is a shame as I had this wishlisted forever since the Project Athia demo and expected good things, thinking they'd have elaborated on the foundation of Final Fantasy 15.

    They didn't.

    I only played it an hour and a half and I was done - what limited combat I was allowed to take part in was god-awful (if you played the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows games back in the day, where it's a third person shooter? Yeah, that. Fun.), the writing is interminably bad with an extremely irritating protagonist. The world building seemed encouraging enough, Athia wasn't terrible (as a world; the x-ray vision and stupid 'open world' tropes of collecting for the sake of collecting is paint-by-numbers dull), but not enough to pull anyone in because of the obvious other flaws.

    Because yeah, the real killer was the non-stop fade to black for cut scenes, every 10 seconds, over and over and over and over again. Unplayable. Had to refund as can't reward this game design - it's padding, nothing less than pointless padding.

    Also, it's unoptimised to a funny degree. I have a 3090 and 32GB RAM, 12900K (not bragging obviously but have to give context), game still stutters along like crazy on everything over medium settings. Awful, just awful.    … Expand
  25. 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 regular games.
    Actually, regular is a compliment for this bottom-of-the-barrel boring "game". It is a rather lame and ineffective tech demo.
  26. NightBossman
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Podsumujmy:

    - Śmiesznie niearealistyczna cena
    - Brak języka polskiego
    - Kosmiczne wymagania, a przez to...
    - Okropna optymalizacja
    - Antypatyczna "edgy" protagonistka
    - Dialogi pisane przez kogoś na poziomie emocjonalnym dwunastolatka.

    Ciężko znaleźć jakikolwiek dobry powód aby w to zagrać. Mnie osobiście nawet dema nie chciało się dokończyć, tak bardzo się męczyłem.
  27. Im_just_playing
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    I honestly cannot believe this game was made. Poorly optimized, graphics from PS3/Xbox 360 era, no art style, an awful protagonist, and boring gameplay. A story is comparable to Velma at best. Congratulations, Square Enix, and the development studio that I forgot the name but I don't care. You've made one of the worst video games in the existence of mankind.
  28. Garsupial
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    High price for an unoptimized port and mediocre game. If you are interested buy it very discounted. It's a mix of something modern, with situations from old games era. For as much fun as it can be, is overshadowed by its biggest flaws.
  29. Pmstz
    Jan 30, 2023
    5
    This game is an average and tasteless open-world (Gameplay/fight is nice and fun)

    (Worst intro/tutorial ever)

    BTW, the game doesn't deserve a red notation. Its not an absolut garbage, don't listen those guys.
  30. nvmypwr
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Terribly unoptimized, looks like a PS4 game, HORRIBLE voice acting, no reason to care about any location or character. The fight mechanics aren't great but they're the only decent thing in this game. The main character constantly curses and has ZERO depth.
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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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