Forspoken

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2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 485 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 75 out of 485
  2. Mixed: 19 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
  31. Avus
    Feb 28, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo é perfeito! Recebi da Square Enix, é tudo de bom, todas as jogabilidades perfeitas, história, movimentos, liberdade, sensação incrível de gameplay deliciosa! Eu amei demais! O jogo tem seu modo história, seu modo explorador, tem tudo oque você quiser! É perfeito! Parabéns pelos criadores!
    Para quem quiser acompanhar: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlU5H3Fq2eRk_0Yi1iEEBlT3XBI6ECeAG    … Expand
  32. superman2223332
    Feb 28, 2023
    0
    if you want a fun experience, this game is not for you. With seventh gen graphics, a **** narative and the writing is the sum of pure ****, dont spend your money on this. Buy fast and furious crossroads, atleast that has a better experience
  33. sighh
    Mar 1, 2023
    0
    this game is absolute **** has bad ui navigation bad story lines its overal not the 75 dollars worth it
  34. edisonkum
    Mar 19, 2023
    0
    As a passionate gamer, it's always disheartening to come across a game that fails to meet even the most basic expectations. Sadly, that was precisely the experience I had when I played Forspoken, a game that was supposed to be a thrilling adventure but turned out to be an exercise in political correctness and social justice.

    One of the biggest issues with the game was its content, which    As a passionate gamer, it's always disheartening to come across a game that fails to meet even the most basic expectations. Sadly, that was precisely the experience I had when I played Forspoken, a game that was supposed to be a thrilling adventure but turned out to be an exercise in political correctness and social justice.

    One of the biggest issues with the game was its content, which was chock-full of social justice and political correctness that had no place in the gameplay. While it's essential to have representation and inclusivity in games, it's another matter entirely when the storyline and mechanics are overshadowed by these issues. Unfortunately, that's precisely what happened with Forspoken, where the political messages felt forced, preachy, and often completely irrelevant to the gameplay.

    The game's storyline was also disappointing, as it seemed more interested in pushing its political agenda than providing an exciting, immersive experience. The characters were shallow and one-dimensional, with their entire existence seemingly defined by their gender, ethnicity, or sexuality. It was as if the game was trying to tick off a checklist of diversity rather than focusing on creating a compelling story with memorable characters.

    Even worse, the gameplay itself suffered from the game's political agenda. The mechanics were often clunky, and the controls were frustratingly difficult to master, making the game almost unplayable. It felt like the developers had focused so much on pushing their message that they forgot that the game itself needed to be enjoyable to play.

    Overall, Forspoeken was a massive disappointment, with its heavy-handed political messages and irrelevant social justice content detracting from what could have been a genuinely exciting gaming experience. While representation and inclusivity are essential, they should never come at the expense of gameplay or story. If you're looking for a game that delivers on both counts, I'd recommend looking elsewhere.    … Expand
  35. ForspokenBest
    May 4, 2023
    10
    Forspoken is the greatest video game of all time!!!!!!! It has perfect writing, innovative and fun combat system, excellent performance of 30p10 and a likable main character. If you hate this game go suck black dick
  36. pkarapan77
    Jan 30, 2023
    10
    Criminally underrated. Everyone seems to be hyper focusing on either the race of the protagonist, or performance issues, both of which are honestly blown way out of proportion. People complain there's never any new, original IPs. Now we have one and everyone complains about it. I guess that's gamers for you.

    Here's what to like: - Rich story and immersive world - Extremely fluid    Criminally underrated. Everyone seems to be hyper focusing on either the race of the protagonist, or performance issues, both of which are honestly blown way out of proportion. People complain there's never any new, original IPs. Now we have one and everyone complains about it. I guess that's gamers for you.

    Here's what to like:
    - Rich story and immersive world
    - Extremely fluid combat mechanics and movement through the world
    - Open world with interesting POIs
    - Cool looking architecture and style for Athia, the alternate world from our own, with subtle parallels to Earth
    - Many different spells to try and theorycraft around
    - Tongue in cheek main character that often unintentionally makes fun of herself in subtle ways
    - A sense of humour that isn't in your face obvious

    As for people complaining about the "woke" aspects of the game. I'm a conservative. I hate the woke as much as anyone else. At first I listened to all the reviews on here saying the game was a woke dumpster fire. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    The game isn't woke at all. In fact it often makes fun of the main protagonist in subtle ways. It's one thing to take an existing IP and race swap or do something equally stupid, like trying to reform past history to conform to modern day sentiments. But the game is literally about a grubby NYC hoodrat -- and then people complain that she acts like a modern day NYC hoodrat and has crude habts, etc. This is intentional people.    … Expand
  37. Procrustes
    May 14, 2023
    0
    Square Enix has turned into the laughing stock of the gaming industry.
    Horrible story
    Horrible writing
    Horrible performance
    Horrible pricing.
  38. VThrae
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    Short version its ok. Its not the most earth shattering story but its passable and funny at times the characters are a little tropey but it kind of feels like it was intentional as opposed to just kind of thrown in. I find the exploration fun and engaging and the combat fluid if a little easy at times. There are better open world games but this one isn't a bad offering for what it is. NotShort version its ok. Its not the most earth shattering story but its passable and funny at times the characters are a little tropey but it kind of feels like it was intentional as opposed to just kind of thrown in. I find the exploration fun and engaging and the combat fluid if a little easy at times. There are better open world games but this one isn't a bad offering for what it is. Not for everyone but not even close to the worst like some people claim. Think of it more like infamous and less like Elden Ring or GoW and Witcher.… Expand
  39. Samudrake
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    Necesitas una gráfica buena, pero el juego no es malo, yo lo recomiendo, si vas a la historia y disfrutas de unas 15 horas, no está nada mal, se quejan del precio, pero cuando salió resident evil 3 remake por 60 euros y duraba 3 horas , nadie dijo nada
  40. KinimodYunmi
    Mar 3, 2023
    9
    Ich hatte immer sehr viel Lust das Spiel möglichst lange und am nächsten Tag direkt wieder zu spielen. Das Spiel hat mich sehr gefesselt, Frey ist ein top Hauptcharakter! Es gibt verdammt viele Fähigkeiten mit einem Konzept, sie alle auseinanderhalten zu können und auch immer wieder einsetzen zu wollen. Die Grafik ist in der riesigen Open World von größeren Konstrukten (HauptstadtIch hatte immer sehr viel Lust das Spiel möglichst lange und am nächsten Tag direkt wieder zu spielen. Das Spiel hat mich sehr gefesselt, Frey ist ein top Hauptcharakter! Es gibt verdammt viele Fähigkeiten mit einem Konzept, sie alle auseinanderhalten zu können und auch immer wieder einsetzen zu wollen. Die Grafik ist in der riesigen Open World von größeren Konstrukten (Hauptstadt ausgenommen) verloren gegangen oder noch nicht vorhanden, aber das überwiegt das schnelle und vor allem fantastische Gameplay aber mehr als genug.

    Man hat für alle 4 Elemente/Skill-Tree´s 3 Angriffszauber, die entweder halb-automatisch oder vollautomatisch eingesetzt werden können, die meisten davon können auch 3 Stufen lang aufgeladen werden und nochmal einen extra starken Schuss abgeben. Dann gibt es ca. 10 Unterstützungsmagien, die Target-Zauber, AOE, Heal, Buff oder Defense-Zauber sind.
    Jede Elementmagie hat nochmal eine Schubmagie, welche eine extrem starke Magie, die über Einsatz von Unterstützungs- und Angriffsmagie aufgeladen wird. Diese hat ebenfalls drei aufladbare Stufen und haut ordentlich rein.

    Die Story ist am Anfang sehr präsent, ungefähr zum Verlassen der Hauptstadt. Dann ist man erstmal auf die Open World losgelassen und ich für meinen Teil fand das völlig in Ordnung, ich wollte erstmal erkunden, alle Open World Aktivitäten kennenlernen und dann erstmal alles weiter auf dem Weg bis zum Questgebiet abarbeiten. In der Mainquest kommt man später auf Grund der vielen Zauber teilweise auch gar nicht, dafür bekommt man eine sehr schöne Story vorgesetzt. Danach hat man mehr Fähigkeiten, die man erstmal alle vollumfänglich ausprobieren möchte und dafür ist die große Open World perfekt, in die man sich dann stürzen kann, um alles auszuprobieren und auch sonst macht es einfach Spaß in riesen Gegnermenge reinzurennen und alles einzusetzen was man hat, mir hat das gesamte Spiel (mit Abstand sehr vielen anderen Spielen) sehr gefallen!    … Expand
  41. MacamTema
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Forspoken is fine game. Graphics, Writing, Performance is 50/50, sometimes felt unfinished. But magic combat and Parkour actually really fun. I enjoyed playing it, and recommend for RPG fan like myself.
  42. Endemize
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    Wow, I have never seen such a large review bomb effort on a game like this. They are all liars. It’s obvious to see that. I promise you they barely played the game. Is the game perfect? No, but it is very fun. The combat in this game is extremely in depth and a blast to play, story is pretty good, and it’s world is beautiful. The environments are very diverse and a far shot from what FinalWow, I have never seen such a large review bomb effort on a game like this. They are all liars. It’s obvious to see that. I promise you they barely played the game. Is the game perfect? No, but it is very fun. The combat in this game is extremely in depth and a blast to play, story is pretty good, and it’s world is beautiful. The environments are very diverse and a far shot from what Final Fantasy XV had. If you enjoyed FFXV or you enjoy Nier then you will love this game.… Expand
  43. BadIdeas
    Jan 30, 2023
    10
    Don't listen to the haters, this is a great purchase. Some people would say they wouldn't play this game unless they were paid to, but I say, where else can you waste $70 for a good cause? Now I know what you are thinking, the game is almost 50% cutscenes, with a boring, empty world, boring combat, diversity for the sake of wokeness, without any reasonable in world explanantion, a playerDon't listen to the haters, this is a great purchase. Some people would say they wouldn't play this game unless they were paid to, but I say, where else can you waste $70 for a good cause? Now I know what you are thinking, the game is almost 50% cutscenes, with a boring, empty world, boring combat, diversity for the sake of wokeness, without any reasonable in world explanantion, a player character you want to push out a plane without a parachute, graphics that are both dated and unoptimized, and a story that reads like it was written by a child, without any internal continuity.

    All that may be true. However, keep in mind the people that made this game are all in one place, and they all failed, in every aspect. If you buy this game, they won't get fired, and if they don't get fired, they will continue being in one place making more incredibly bad games. On the other hand, if you do not buy this game, many, if not all of them, will be fired, then they will go to different companies, and many games will be worse for it.

    Think of this as a fee you pay to keep these people together, happily making terrible games, that you will also buy in the future to keep them together even longer. Where else can you pay $70 to contain such a destructive force?

    On a side note, the player character made it to my top 3 most annoying player characters ever list, right up there with the whiny idiots that you have to play as for FFX and FFXII. Odd that all 3 characters came from the same publishing company.    … Expand
  44. Steddag1
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    The hate for this game is overblown! Seriously! People ya really going to let people on the internet dictate what you like? I know I'm not going to allow anybody to dictate my purchase without doing sny research myself. Watch a walkthroughs and gameplays. Speaking of gameplay, its so awesome. Summon plants to shoot condense rocks at enemies. Summon clones made of fire to distract massiveThe hate for this game is overblown! Seriously! People ya really going to let people on the internet dictate what you like? I know I'm not going to allow anybody to dictate my purchase without doing sny research myself. Watch a walkthroughs and gameplays. Speaking of gameplay, its so awesome. Summon plants to shoot condense rocks at enemies. Summon clones made of fire to distract massive amount of enemies from charging you. You never could breathe there are always Monsters that is corrupted attacking you. Water magic that you surround alot of enemies and explode it at will. Electric magic that you Summon thunder, and etc. It has two endings for replay ability so worth it. The dialogues are much funnier. Those clips online were taking out of context so it seemed. I was caught off just like you but Forspoken is worth picking up. You won't regret it. I'm eager to get back into the world. I'm going to platinum it… Expand
  45. Nixvip
    Jan 25, 2023
    9
    จากที่เล่นมาผมว่าเกมมันก็สนุกดีนะครับ
    แต่มาติดปัญหาคือเกมมันกินสเปคเกินภาพไปหน่อย ถ้าพอร์ตมาดีๆลื่นๆก็คงจะดี
  46. 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
  47. shoebox2
    Jan 25, 2023
    10
    Review bombers who have not even played the game have chosen this game as their next target because they are racist and hurt over a protagonist who is Black and who is also a woman.

    Forspoken is legitimately great and has some really fun gameplay, the magic parkour is next level and the battles are both deep and highly rewarding.
  48. here2comment
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    11/10 this game is revolutionary in term of world exploring, combat (very deep learning carve) gameplay and spell progression, story and protagonist can be lousy and annoying, but other than that the game itself is a masterpiece, buy it
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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.
  53. LlamasBCN
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    The game is actually a 7.5 or so considering the high requirements and the graphics downgrade. Everything else is great. I liked the story, the conversations between Frey and the bracelet are funny, magic looks great and it's the best experience I've ever had when it comes to mobility.

    The 10 is because most reviews have nothing to do with the game itself or people directly never played.    The game is actually a 7.5 or so considering the high requirements and the graphics downgrade. Everything else is great. I liked the story, the conversations between Frey and the bracelet are funny, magic looks great and it's the best experience I've ever had when it comes to mobility.

    The 10 is because most reviews have nothing to do with the game itself or people directly never played. The PS5 version has 69 points and it's much worse than the PC version.    … Expand
  54. nest55
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    Forspoken is a 10/10!

    Forspoken is a fantastic game, do not let the racist negative review spammers who have not even TOUCHED the game trick you! The combat is extremely fun and the parkour feels exhilarating, the story is interesting with some decent mystery and Frey is very well written.
  55. J0kersan
    Feb 3, 2023
    8
    First of all, Forspoken is a good game but could have been a 100 times better.

    It's positive point are a complex and interesting combat system, a dynamic and fluid movement system, an incredibly vast and colorful world, and a well designed story that brings tears to the eye. However, despite it's really good point, Forspoken lacks the basic of it's genre : a well designed open world.    First of all, Forspoken is a good game but could have been a 100 times better.

    It's positive point are a complex and interesting combat system, a dynamic and fluid movement system, an incredibly vast and colorful world, and a well designed story that brings tears to the eye.

    However, despite it's really good point, Forspoken lacks the basic of it's genre : a well designed open world. Indeed, despite a beautiful world, I ended the game without exploring maybe 70% of the world and the reason for that lays in the lack of variety in the main quest to make us explore the world (it's mostly just go to the boss and we can do stuff on the way) and the lack of side quest. The side quest are non existent, just being useless objectives in the only city of the game.

    Forspoken would have been a 10/10 for me just by pushing us to explore more with real side quest and more diverse main quest. Over all still a good game that I would buy again if I had to but at a lower price.    … Expand
  56. pomf
    Jul 25, 2023
    0
    Whomever wrote this pile of garbage will continue to create and write skidmarks on toilet paper. And they are clearly racist.

    Just remember that.
  57. BreatFR
    Jul 2, 2023
    6
    here is my feeling:

    - graphics / ost: 10/10
    - outfits: 4/10
    - story: 8/10
    - secondary quests: 4/10
    - combat system: 6/10

    31/50 -> 6/10

    to this I will add:

    25/50 - 5 = 20/50 -> 4/10
  58. GruesomeBlock
    Feb 1, 2023
    3
    Alright,so I got this game with my graphics card so I got it for free,lets see,the graphics are good I guess +2 points,uh it's a game that's somewhat fun at the beginning, but for a open world game it forces you to do the story, points again, but this game isn't worth 70 dollars, everyone hates this game if they spent more time on the game instead of the graphics this might be a funAlright,so I got this game with my graphics card so I got it for free,lets see,the graphics are good I guess +2 points,uh it's a game that's somewhat fun at the beginning, but for a open world game it forces you to do the story, points again, but this game isn't worth 70 dollars, everyone hates this game if they spent more time on the game instead of the graphics this might be a fun game,also the only hard part of the game is the boss fights(on hard mode) if only they didn't make the game boring as hell because this has potential, but you're better off playing the other magic game that hasn't released yet, Hogwarts legacy.so to conclude I am giving it a 3 because it's a playable game,but it shouldn't be played… Expand
  59. Fate21X
    Aug 15, 2023
    10
    I've been genuinely having a blast with Forspoken, and I can't quite wrap my head around the substantial criticism it's received. While the initial hours are not the greatest, they certainly don't define the whole experience either. It almost feels like many folks played a mere couple of hours before rushing to slap an unjustifiably low score on it. The gameplay is undeniably top-notch andI've been genuinely having a blast with Forspoken, and I can't quite wrap my head around the substantial criticism it's received. While the initial hours are not the greatest, they certainly don't define the whole experience either. It almost feels like many folks played a mere couple of hours before rushing to slap an unjustifiably low score on it. The gameplay is undeniably top-notch and fluid (what I had hoped for in FFXV, gameplay-wise.)

    I must admit that certain conversations between Frey and Cuff can be a bit jarring at times, but it's crucial to remember that these moments don't encapsulate the entire game. I'd strongly urge players to give this game a proper chance and at least continue until unlocking the second school of magic; this is where the game truly begins to shine. The combat mechanics are exceptionally satisfying and fast-paced. Notably, the traversal mechanics are among the best I've encountered in any game, and no, I'm not exaggerating.

    The absence of mounts doesn't even bother me in this game since Frey's swift navigation around the map is so incredibly gratifying, making mounts basically unnecessary. It's disheartening that so many individuals seem to think that trashing Forspoken has become a substitute for showcasing their own personalities. It's almost as if a lot of gamers are hesitant to speak positively about Forspoken because it's somehow become a popular target for negative memes. Granted, the game isn't flawless, but it certainly doesn't warrant the excessively harsh ratings it's been given.

    One of my favorite aspects of the game is exploring the captivating world of Athia, thanks to Frey's remarkable abilities. Many waypoints and landmarks bring more than just scenic delight, they often offer stat upgrades, new equipment, or even endearing demon cat familiars that accompany you afterward. There's a certain enchantment about this game that reminds me of the initial Nier, which also faced initial criticism from critics. Admittedly, it feels like Forspoken could have benefitted from more developmental time to iron out optimization issues, but it's far from the only game that's encountered such hiccups.

    A good number of the vehemently negative comments regarding this game seem rather unwarranted. If you push through the opening hours, it becomes abundantly clear that the introduction doesn't provide a comprehensive picture of what the game has to offer.    … Expand
  60. notacarebear
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    Still better than real life references used to make the game. People giving 0 just wants fantasy games.
  61. AJCk19
    Apr 15, 2023
    4
    Saying that the game is a 1, is pretty brutal. I feel it has some great aspects like its' magic system. However it takes too long to get good, and doesn't allowed for a variety style of combat. Some people would have loved melee being a option right at the get go or a mixed style.
  62. Shane1
    May 30, 2023
    0
    You could obviously tell this game was going to be bad just from the trailer and dialogue but my god it was even worse than I expected. What a joke. Stop releasing garbage!
  63. daryl83
    May 4, 2023
    0
    To make matters worse, the writing was horrible, so the story is bad...
    Very unlikeable characters to very forgettable characters.
  64. Eloyjf
    Feb 12, 2023
    3
    I am extremely disappointed with this game.
    Forspoken is completely poor, lazy and careless.
    And the worst, the game is expensive.
    -3,5/10,0-
  65. supermalik987
    Feb 2, 2023
    3
    Okay this is review of the PC demo . There is no way this needed a RTX 3070 FOR SEE YOUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENT . The combat and controller layout is a messed. I even was on my phone keep hitting R1 to when I look back not a single hit . The parkour I didn't like . Kingdom and the infamous was some pretty nice parkcore . Why is every time I do graphic settings it reset the game and I haveOkay this is review of the PC demo . There is no way this needed a RTX 3070 FOR SEE YOUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENT . The combat and controller layout is a messed. I even was on my phone keep hitting R1 to when I look back not a single hit . The parkour I didn't like . Kingdom and the infamous was some pretty nice parkcore . Why is every time I do graphic settings it reset the game and I have redo everything again ? The dialogue who my God it's awful. No I really felt you give a 13 year old kid to write how people sound. This girl she hate everything because she said F word alot. And if you where someone who was looking forward to there next after FF XV than I'm sorry. They hav great staff who in the past work on Kingdom hearts.… Expand
  66. promessa1111
    Jul 25, 2023
    2
    Oyunun hikayesi hiç düşünülmemiş. Karakterler çok donuk ve gerçek hissettirmiyorlar. Diyaloglar çok cringe. Kontroller bence çok yetersiz. Kombolar oldukçta başarılı ancak vuruş hissiyatının olmaması o kadar emeği çöp etmiş. Bu oyuna para vereceğinize gidin bir hayır yapın daha çok tatmin olursunuz.
  67. Denisjus
    Aug 10, 2023
    0
    boring !!!!!!boring !!!!!!boring !!!!!!boring !!!!!!boring !!!!!!boring !!!!!!
  68. ArchAngelAries
    Feb 10, 2023
    1
    I was so hyped for this game.... I approached this open-world Isekai RPG with high expectations. The promise of a high-end, graphical, realistic game made by a AAA developer, featuring a spunky, female POC protagonist, had me excited to dive into the world Square Enix had created. However, upon playing the game, it became clear that while the game featured a vast map and decent graphics,I was so hyped for this game.... I approached this open-world Isekai RPG with high expectations. The promise of a high-end, graphical, realistic game made by a AAA developer, featuring a spunky, female POC protagonist, had me excited to dive into the world Square Enix had created. However, upon playing the game, it became clear that while the game featured a vast map and decent graphics, the story and gameplay fell short of many of my expectations. The world-building and rewards for exploration were underwhelming, the story was dull and cringe-worthy, the MC and dialogue was horrendous, and the traversal and combat mechanics, even if fairly fun, were clunky and jarring.

    Here's my breakdown:

    Graphics- 4/10 - The graphics in this game are a mixed bag of beauty and disappointment. While the combat, animals, enemies, foliage, hair, clothes, magic, and most environments are breathtakingly gorgeous, the water looks stale and outdated, like it belongs in an unmodded 2011 Skyrim. The models and textures for human faces are decent, but the clunky and lifeless facial animations detract from the overall experience. The skybox also feels flat and unrealistic, even when all the settings are set to Ultra, and fails to inspire any sense of awe or beauty. The landscape, while still beautiful, is marred by poor quality sky and water. The NPCs in this game are generally dull and bland looking, with the exception of Frey and a few actors that were clearly 3D scanned. Clothing designs seem to have been given more attention than NPC faces and animations. Interestingly, the children in Athia are an exception to this trend, with their faces and facial animations being of a much higher quality than the adult NPCs, which compared to other titles is surprising, out of all the NPCs in this game it seems the children, Frey, enemies, and animals are the most well done. The combat, magic, and other areas of the game are visually stunning, but ultimately fall short of a cohesive Next Gen appeal that the marketing materials implied.

    Worldbuilding - 9/10 - The map is pretty big, I'd wager to say it's about on par with HZD in size; there's plenty of notes and books and things to read and learn to deepen your understanding of the world and it's lore. Not much to say here, the world building felt pretty solid, the only thing that knocked a point off for me was the cringey and unrealistic commentary that starkly contrasted with the tone in the menus.

    Traversal - 4/10 - The game's movement mechanics are pretty fun, but alas, the parkour abilities are unfortunately hampered by invisible walls and other restrictive elements in cities. Understandably, the game disables magical traversal in certain cities, but it left me feeling cheated as I had hoped to jump and explore on rooftop using parkour throughout the game, which seemed implied by the game earlier on. Furthermore, certain areas and parts of the story force you to walk at a slow pace or prevent climbing, running, and exploring, whether due to poor collisions or simply being restricted by design, which is irksome. In summary, the traversal can be fun but is ultimately hindered by limitations in exploration and unresponsive parkour.

    Combat - 3/10 - The combat in the game is fairly fun to an extent, with a large skill tree to upgrade abilities, but many skills do not feel organically earned, just "you earned enough XP and here you go, you can unlock this now". Mixing of combat seems clunky and unintuitive, making it hard to stream combos and apply style with parkour system. The game also forces you to switch abilities on the fly with cool-down periods and slow recovery times. Dodging is fun, but seems to be introduced at the wrong point in the story, making it feel inorganic. The magic abilities are gorgeous but not well set up for chain combos, relying more on spamming and taking you out of the action with slowed menu switching. Overall, it feels like Square Enix was trying to mix Witcher 3, PS4 Spider-man, Dark Souls, and Horizon Zero Dawn combat systems, but fails to implement them in a cohesive way, leaving you with a decently fun but not overly enjoyable combat system.

    Story - 1/10 - The story in this game is an utter failure, with cringey dialogue, nonsensical character traits, an overly mean and un-relatable main character, missed story beats, mis-paced, and overall destruction of the suspension of disbelief. The Isekai plot points are non-existent beyond the very basic "transported to a new world and now have superpowers", and seems devoid of making friends or any romantic interest. The plot is predictable and shallow, as if it was written by a 6th grader. Unfunny, cringey, forgettable and boring, it put me to sleep twice so far and I am left wondering if I'll even be able to finish the game.

    Overall Score - 1/10 - fun to play overall, but the story and other negative points make this game very boring, un-intuitive and nauseatingly cringey.    … Expand
  69. kluader
    Mar 29, 2023
    0
    Can't decide whether this game is worse than Saints Row. Never wasted 2 hours of my life in such a way before. Avoid.
  70. SergeiZ
    Feb 5, 2023
    2
    That's horrible. Everything is terrible: optimization, design, plot, and voice acting.
    1) Graphics are similar to assets for UE4 and generated from UE5. You get tired of the same texture patterns very quickly.
    2) The game does not work well even on modern hardware. 3) The fights are very boring. Many bosses do not pose any danger at all, they only require time from the player. 4) The    That's horrible. Everything is terrible: optimization, design, plot, and voice acting.
    1) Graphics are similar to assets for UE4 and generated from UE5. You get tired of the same texture patterns very quickly.
    2) The game does not work well even on modern hardware.
    3) The fights are very boring. Many bosses do not pose any danger at all, they only require time from the player.
    4) The worst thing is the plot: the character does not cause any sympathy. That's what prevented the girl from being just a nice person? The story is dull. It's not fun to follow him.
    5) The voice acting of the characters is just a nightmare.

    I don't know who might like this game. Maybe those people who have not played video games for the last 20 years and after Tetris will accidentally see this?    … Expand
  71. Visitbr
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    gráfico extremamente defasado parece de ps3 e xbox 360 , os modelos de personagem e expressão facial parece de um jogo de ps2, a história é ridícula, a direção de arte é precária, mas o combate e a gameplay é muito divertido, e faz com que o jogo que é muito mal feito não se torne algo torturante, a otimização não existe.
  72. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    2
    Horrid game! In a way, I'm kinda glad that Square Enix shut down Luminous Productions: I do believe game developers should take responsibility for what they do, and a game like that was disrespectfull to all Square Enix fans.
  73. 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 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    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 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
  74. piglordofallham
    Jul 29, 2023
    3
    This is atrocious. Absolutely atrocious. For one, the game's actual performance is shockingly bad, we're talking about a game that looks awful even compared to stuff that's come out in the past several years, and cannot maintain a consistent framerate even with Ray-tracing off, its that bad. I mean even Control from 2019 runs and looks better than Flop-spoken. Secondly, the actualThis is atrocious. Absolutely atrocious. For one, the game's actual performance is shockingly bad, we're talking about a game that looks awful even compared to stuff that's come out in the past several years, and cannot maintain a consistent framerate even with Ray-tracing off, its that bad. I mean even Control from 2019 runs and looks better than Flop-spoken. Secondly, the actual start of the game is seriously ten cutscenes, a 3 second run through a hallway, then another 10 seconds of running down a city street where male NPC's react to you but NPC women inexplicably don't probably because they forgot to animate it or work it into collision detection when you brushed up against certain non-interactable surfaces or something. Then our heroine escapes into her apartment, where we get another cutscene. I mean is this what developers think modern games are supposed to be now? How odd, because I always heard first impressions matter.

    The first actual bits of gameplay in Forspoken is looking at three photos, which is not skippable for some reason, even though its just a cutscene that forces you to look at the photos- for no reason when this could be accomplished.. in a cutscene. Actual movement in this game is bizarrely animated, and cumbersome. I have no idea how to describe it. Its like a skeleton on roller-skates, and Mrs. Forspoken plows into everything as if she needs to climb it or vault over it or jump off of it, because apparently this is what developers think constitutes parkour elements, when they were done better in games like Mirrors Edge over 14 YEARS AGO. If anything this game is a strong argument that western development teams are getting less talented and more dumb every year.

    Beyond all of these initial unbelievably terrible choices I can't imagine playing it. Like for more than 10 minutes, which I didn't bother to. I wasn't about to sit through skipping cinematics to get to three minutes of gameplay that isn't interesting in the slightest. Its not a surprise that the studio basically was shuddered after this failed to produce results, but then again SquareEnix as a publisher has been making some shockingly bad decisions as well as unwise investments in terms of development teams and this should be a wake-up call for them. Forspoken is so awful that it shouldn't be played. No attention should ever be given to it unless its to point out complete and utter failures in this decade so far. Pretty wild that even the PC port with modding potentional, if anyone even cared to invest in modding potential that is, still couldn't ever hope to fix this title.

    As a final note, numerous channels have covered the abhorrent dialogue, writing, and just disgusting facial animations that plague what could've at least been a well presented story, even if the gameplay was mediocre. This is that whole argument that videogame journalists like to use when it comes to garbage like Forspoken, and they would've defended it had the story been worth preserving in some way, but its hopeless trash that could barely be considered fan-fiction in terms of quality. The dialogue is so bad, so obtuse, the narrative so bland, so lifeless, that I would rather pay a 6 year old kid to play the game, and then recall the story to me with finger puppets from memory. At least then, I might get some entertainment out of it. Lines like, "you are hereby charged with the crime of Tanta-cide," or the fact that the main villains name is Susurrus, a word not used in the english language since 1824 and definitely not known to the writer when he was conceptualizing this turd of a game- are just the tip of iceberg when it comes to how bafflingly bad everything is.

    Something like Forspoken should be put in a vault, like a great evil or cursed object so our parents can tell us stories about how it almost crashed the videogame market or something 80 years from now. It has to be seen to be believed to be quite honest, but I wouldn't recommend getting too close something this bad for your health.    … Expand
  75. KirbyKirbs
    Jan 31, 2023
    1
    There are games on the nintendo switch that look better than this. You can clearly do better than this square enix
  76. pokeaatrox
    Aug 8, 2023
    1
    No game should cost 80€ but even less this one. Square Enix isn't what it used to be anyway.

    In addition the game could have been very good but too many bad choices in this one and as for FF7 Remake, all these additions to increase the lifespan artificially are to vomit
  77. pheonixx74
    Jan 29, 2023
    1
    Jeu très moyen mécaniques old school narration plus que moyenne quêtes secondaire à la Ubisoft (pas un compliment) et open sans saveur
  78. TonyThePony
    Mar 29, 2023
    1
    Every thing you've heard about this is true. Amazing that this was released in this state, it could have been a reasonable game but is actually a joke. Sony exclusives are really starting to tank.
  79. Lorak
    Apr 23, 2023
    1
    I'll start with the technical issues: textures very often don't load and the game looks like Gothic on launch day. And yet we are dealing with nextgen production ... In general, the game does not impress with the visual side, but it has very high requirements - apparently you need a minimum of 12 GB of VRAM to load the textures (!!!). Although people write on the forums., that even it doesI'll start with the technical issues: textures very often don't load and the game looks like Gothic on launch day. And yet we are dealing with nextgen production ... In general, the game does not impress with the visual side, but it has very high requirements - apparently you need a minimum of 12 GB of VRAM to load the textures (!!!). Although people write on the forums., that even it does not help.
    The world is empty, repetitive. NPC without character. It knocks down a labyrinth, which is not a maze, but more rooms with enemies to overcome (more like an arena). The main character is boring, her past is clichéd. It's difficult to identify with her. Character creator would be a nice addition - but these game isn't to be nice. It's correct.
    The story is not surprising, and the side quests are a joke - e.g. run after the kitten, run after the guide, etc. On the plus side may be the combat system. In general it should be a $20 game.
    And one more: I've played few hours and didn't notice day-night cycles and weather changing...    … Expand
  80. george_bondo
    Feb 4, 2023
    5
    OK guys i changed my opinion and now i feel a strong 5, games like this dont deserve to exist and cost 60+ dollars
  81. edwardkenway121
    May 31, 2023
    0
    what a joke of a game this is , went wokd for nothing lmao, they thought woke people have money to purchase games , good flop
  82. NEO2121
    Jan 30, 2023
    5
    Jugué el demo y no me gusto pensé que el juego completo seria mejor y me decepciono, no lo recomiendo mejor compren un año de playstation plus
  83. Stankshop
    Mar 16, 2023
    1
    I try to make a point to complete games before making my mind up, but the commentary and main character of this are unbearable. Usually in an RPG there's one annoying tertiary character (like the little mage in tales of symphony, or the annoying fairy in Ocarina of Time.) In this game both the braclet and main character are just annoying.

    Gameplay is mindless.
  84. Mauronomas
    Jan 30, 2023
    1
    ¿Cómo desjuego esto? Lo peor que probé en mi vida. Es pésimo en absolutamente todos los apartados.
  85. Nightreapercz
    Jan 29, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even bad sex is sex, actually even masturbation is sex, it's just a matter of whether you pay the same money for masturbation or sex with a toothless prostitute in the passage as for sex in a luxurious "brothel" with a beauty from wet dreams.… Expand
  86. guihooded
    Jan 31, 2023
    5
    terrivelmente mal otimizado para um jogo lançado pela Square Enix em pleno 2023. faltou capricho. e diálogo muito cringe.
  87. Inen
    Feb 3, 2023
    1
    I'm out here stroking my dick, I got moisture on my dick. Im feeling romantical.
  88. JoseViktor123
    Feb 3, 2023
    1
    This is an example of what you shouldn't´t do in order to make a videogame; Poor optimization, annoying main character that makes UCM main characters seems serious compared, bland world design, bad graphics and art design, repetitive combat,simplistic AI where it shouldn´t be, between others. This is surprising (and disappointing) for me that some Triple A games comes out in this state.
  89. MoBo_
    Apr 1, 2023
    0
    This game is game of the year , worst of the worst , why the management thinks this is a good game ?
  90. 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,
  91. reallyoldgamer
    Jun 28, 2023
    6
    Overall i felt the game wasn't bad. Decent graphics, but felt it wasn't as smooth as a AAA game should be. Storyline was interesting. Typical fish out of water story. But would have preferred a more linear approach as opposed to an overly large open world game. Could have used more varied enemies and a better variety of side quests that are more fleshed out. As far as the main characterOverall i felt the game wasn't bad. Decent graphics, but felt it wasn't as smooth as a AAA game should be. Storyline was interesting. Typical fish out of water story. But would have preferred a more linear approach as opposed to an overly large open world game. Could have used more varied enemies and a better variety of side quests that are more fleshed out. As far as the main character goes, I didn't mind her. Voice acting was good. Banter between her and Cuff was occasionally funny. It feels weird that people complain about her swearing. I was fine with that. Here's my problem. Her character arc took way too long for her to turn around. By the 50% mark she should have flipped from angry and flippant to a bit more likeable and invested in what was going on around her. This would have showed more consistent growth. Waiting until almost the end for her to 'come around' wasn't a great decision. It's okay to make a protagonist unlikable. I find it refreshing, but you have to show positive character growth throughout instead of doing a 180 at the end of the story or it comes off as unrealistic. A good example of how it should be done is in the recent series Wednesday. Started off unlikable, but by the halfway point you really enjoy the protagonist, and at the end the character growth felt satisfying. Regardless, Forspoken doesn't deserve the review bombing. It was fun. I enjoyed playing it, but felt the three main weaknesses were: repetitive quests, open world worked against the story, and character growth took far too long.… Expand
  92. ociRX
    Aug 23, 2023
    8
    Für mich ist der einzige Makel der Preis. Ansonsten finde ich das Gameplay und die Story Hammer. Es gibt ein paar Gameplay Sequenzen die etwas altbacken sind, wie die Schleich-Passage am Anfang, aber über die kann ich persönlich hinwegsehen. Hoffe das Spiel findet noch seine Fans.

    Edit: Nachdem ich jetzt die Hauptgeschichte und das DLC beendet habe bleibe ich bei meiner Meinung, dass    Für mich ist der einzige Makel der Preis. Ansonsten finde ich das Gameplay und die Story Hammer. Es gibt ein paar Gameplay Sequenzen die etwas altbacken sind, wie die Schleich-Passage am Anfang, aber über die kann ich persönlich hinwegsehen. Hoffe das Spiel findet noch seine Fans.

    Edit: Nachdem ich jetzt die Hauptgeschichte und das DLC beendet habe bleibe ich bei meiner Meinung, dass dieses Spiel definitif besser ist als sein Ruf. Die letzten Updates haben einige angenehme Änderungen eingeführt. Das Intro ist nicht mehr ganz so schwerfällig. Die Vertrauten/Katzen die einen jetzt begleiten sind eine nette Kleinigkeit und die 2 neuen Moves fügen sich angenehm ins Gameplay ein. Das Performance Update von 1.20 hat auch sein übriges getan. Schwache Rechner können leider immer noch Probleme haben, aber es ist durchaus besser als zu Anfang.

    Was man beim Hauptspiel leider immer noch bemängeln muss ist der Preis. 60€ wären meiner Meinung nach vollkommen in Ordnung gewesen. Also entweder im Angebot holen, oder SE sieht doch mal ein, dass sich den Preis nicht alle leisten wollen und können.

    Zum DLC will ich nur sagen, dass dieses in Sachen Pacing und vor allem Bossen weitaus mehr raus geholt hat. Es war zwar kurz, aber auch entsprechend günstig. (im Gegensatz zum Hauptspiel)

    Das Ende des DLC`s hat auch auf eine Fortsetzung angespielt, aber ob diese auch kommt bleibt nur zu hoffen. Hype habe ich alle mal.    … Expand
  93. promethee47
    Aug 24, 2023
    7
    J'ai acheté Forspoken a 30 euros et apres plusieurs mois pour attendre des patchs et franchement, le jeu est LOIN d'être aussi mauvais que ce que l'on pense.
    L'histoire est très intéressante et le point fort est le gameplay (très actif et tout en temps réel).
    Il faut absolument jouer en difficile pour ressentir la pression qui pèse sur ce monde. Bref ce n'est pas le GOTY de l'année mais    J'ai acheté Forspoken a 30 euros et apres plusieurs mois pour attendre des patchs et franchement, le jeu est LOIN d'être aussi mauvais que ce que l'on pense.
    L'histoire est très intéressante et le point fort est le gameplay (très actif et tout en temps réel).
    Il faut absolument jouer en difficile pour ressentir la pression qui pèse sur ce monde.
    Bref ce n'est pas le GOTY de l'année mais ca reste un très bon A-RPG.    … Expand
  94. NickosDi
    Sep 8, 2023
    3
    Outdated graphics and textures. Story could be more interested too. Another game that could benefit from pvp to test our skills and spells
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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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