Forspoken

 PlayStation 5
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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1508 Ratings

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  1. Rriku
    Feb 3, 2023
    10
    Good game play and story and graphics and open world great bosses plot soundtrack
  2. TonyThePony
    Feb 3, 2023
    1
    This is a gold plated turd. It's clear that this is big budget but developed by idiots who have no idea what a good game needs other than budget. This is like PS2 era shovelware that looks good.
  3. Pourya-abz
    Feb 3, 2023
    3
    I say to myself, is it possible for a game to be so nerve-wracking and useless in 2022? Can an open world game be made as if it was produced 20 years ago? Yes, a studio that has been trying to screw up its former glory for a few years now.
  4. Kumasimc
    Feb 3, 2023
    10
    These negative reviews are just appalling. First off, Forspoken IS polished, in fact I’ve seen other bigger, more successful games release in massively worse states. It’s world is fascinating both visually and narratively, the dialog is NOT anywhere close to as bad as people say, in fact it’s often charming and funny. The gameplay is smooth, fast and fun, and the nature of the combat andThese negative reviews are just appalling. First off, Forspoken IS polished, in fact I’ve seen other bigger, more successful games release in massively worse states. It’s world is fascinating both visually and narratively, the dialog is NOT anywhere close to as bad as people say, in fact it’s often charming and funny. The gameplay is smooth, fast and fun, and the nature of the combat and traversal systems (tied with accessibility options) means you can play this as a high stakes straight up action game, focusing only on the main campaign, or spend significantly more time exploring the world, like a longer adventure/rpg. It’s obvious that a shocking number of user reviews haven’t played it very much, if at all. If this game looks or sounds fun, GET IT.… Expand
  5. MrSkirMish
    Feb 3, 2023
    8
    Forspoken egy elég ambiciózus játék,relatív szép grafikával. Talán a Sony exkluzív Returnalhoz hasonlítani lehetne Frey varázs képességeivel való gyors harcot. A játék,nagyon pörgős és élvezetes harcrendszerrel,nem erős történettel,kicsit túl zoomer és nagy szájú tini fő karakterrel látták el. A játék története alatt elérhető képességek látványával dominálva akar minket a képernyő eléForspoken egy elég ambiciózus játék,relatív szép grafikával. Talán a Sony exkluzív Returnalhoz hasonlítani lehetne Frey varázs képességeivel való gyors harcot. A játék,nagyon pörgős és élvezetes harcrendszerrel,nem erős történettel,kicsit túl zoomer és nagy szájú tini fő karakterrel látták el. A játék története alatt elérhető képességek látványával dominálva akar minket a képernyő elé ragasztani. A fejlődési lehetőséggel eleinte lassan érhetők el a képességek ,ami kicsit eltántoríthatja a játékost. Bár ha kitartunk ,akkor viszont nagyon sok kombó lehetőség áll elénk, ami színesebbé és még élvezetesebbé teszi a harcot és annak látványát. A harcok közben lévő animációk precizek ,folyékonyak. A gondosan finomhangolt parkour ugrások,kitérések is szintén a legjobb latványt nyújtják. Az átvezető videók animaciói középszerűek viszont jól néznek ki. Néhol van olyan textúra ami nem elég kidolgozott a világba. A map hatalmas és néhol üres lehet. Viszont a történet és annak világa indokolja az élettelen tájakat. Dimbes-dombos ,hegyes füves kopár elhagyatott,néhol zord tájak váltják egymást. Nagyon sok mindent lehet tenni a térképen. Fejleszteni statot,macskákat lehet elkapni, ,ruhákat és nyakláncokat feloldani,fejlesztéshez és craftoláshoz való anyagokat gyüjtögetni ,ládákat kifosztani és olyan materiákat szerezni,amik elég könnyen feloldható puzzle ládákhoz vannak kötve. Minden biomhoz legalább 2 ládát őrző mutáns boss van amik sok esetbe nehezebbek vagy veled együtt fejlettek. Vannak labirintusnak nevezett helyek ahol a vegéig vezető úton szobakba enemyk majd a végén egy boss van. Minden elért képességet tudunk durvára fejleszteni a safe houseokba, miután megkapjuk az elérhetőségét. Ezek amolyan harc alatti challengekhez vannak kötve. Összessegében a játék jó de nem tökéletes. Kimondottan kiemelném az effekteket,az animációkat és a harcot.… Expand
  6. laidoffgamer
    Feb 2, 2023
    10
    if you want to buy this game right now ask yourself this question, did the people you are listening to for their opinion on this game also tell you cyberpunk 2077 was amazing 10/10? did they tell you tlou2 was 10/10 so much replayability? ok now think about how those games actually panned out, cyberjunk was terrible with abilities the character couldn't even use! 10/10! tlous2 has 5 guns,if you want to buy this game right now ask yourself this question, did the people you are listening to for their opinion on this game also tell you cyberpunk 2077 was amazing 10/10? did they tell you tlou2 was 10/10 so much replayability? ok now think about how those games actually panned out, cyberjunk was terrible with abilities the character couldn't even use! 10/10! tlous2 has 5 guns, 5! 10/10 replayable for decades!

    then you have a game like forspoken, where they aren't trying to tell you this game is going to kill all other games, and yet i'm 50 hours in, have only unlocked 3/4 magic trees and the trophies say 20% off players are at this point. So 80% off players don't even know what the spells do. Half don't know what half of the spells do. And then yours gonna say this game is not at the standard of other AAA trash that gets praised? youre going to complain about the graphics and celebrate elden ring getting goty when it has the same graphics? oh wait forspoken runs at 120fps, woooops every reviewer forgot to add that in huh? so a game that runs better that the goty of last year is bad graphics now, get real.

    this game is hated because the character is a black woman. the gameplay is kingdom hearts 3.5 bet that game didn't get hate for its terrible dialouge presented with stiff characters and the completely contrived story, nope that game is white asian mixture which is ok but black girl wrong    … Expand
  7. Yallahs9
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Está horrible la jugabilidad muy poco para ser de ps5, aparte se ve horrible
  8. mafioz1
    Feb 2, 2023
    9
    Today I played this game.
    And I can say the critics' ratings are too low
    the game is not perfect, but for a good time, the game is very good, have your own opinion and don't listen to other people, play what you want and how you want.
  9. raybass
    Feb 2, 2023
    5
    I was totally hyped for this game and I am deeply disappointed. The story prequel is painfully long - when the game finally start, you get to involve with many NPCs. They’re bold and I couldn’t care less about their story and what they say - almost every character in this game is just uninteresting. The story in general is mehh, nothing special - sometimes even kinda weird and cringe. TheI was totally hyped for this game and I am deeply disappointed. The story prequel is painfully long - when the game finally start, you get to involve with many NPCs. They’re bold and I couldn’t care less about their story and what they say - almost every character in this game is just uninteresting. The story in general is mehh, nothing special - sometimes even kinda weird and cringe. The soundtrack is pretty good. The combat and the skilling system is pretty decent and enjoyable. Forspoken gets the biggest points for its graphics. The game looks stunning, amazing details and fantastic looking lights and rendering. But sadly the amazing graphics don’t fill up the empty and boring open world. In general, it’s up to you. If you want to try out something new, get it but wait until it’s in discount. It’s definitely not worth a full price – 5/10… Expand
  10. horsemanfone
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Daaaaamn ! we waited this long just to see this game flop lol i was rooting for this game to win BIG man what a shame! i guess my money is saved
  11. Catsup
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    this game is utter trash thats on fire, don't waste your money on this crap.
  12. c3pu
    Feb 2, 2023
    3
    I liked it at first because the combat and exploration mechanics are basically fun. The game has good moments. Unfortunately, everything gets extremely drawn out and repetitive, repetitive, repetitive. In the end, I was glad when it was over.
  13. Not_too
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Lol Square Enix strikes again with its **** games. Glad I lost interest after the travesty that was FF7 remake
  14. AtomosFabian
    Feb 2, 2023
    9
    Forspoken ofrece grandes enfrentamientos cuando dominas su técnica y sus totalidad de poderes, es increíble la jugabilidad que tiene. Su historia y narrativa está bien, muchos han criticado esto pero deben darle la oportunidad es un muy buen juego
  15. Akinayami
    Feb 2, 2023
    2
    I found the game very bad with a story very similar to any isekai and literally cliche story of isekai with a super empty world not to mention that everything is bad the parkour with magic and very fun
  16. homerkrause
    Feb 2, 2023
    3
    1. Steuerung schwammig
    2.Kamera Führung schlecht da man sehr schnell die Übersicht verliert
    3. Parkour Laufen ist irritierend gerade wenn man gegen mehrere Gegner kämpft auf schwierigen Untergrund klemmt sich der Charakter irgendwo und dreht sich wie ein Propeller 4.Man hat so viele Fähigkeiten da man schnell durcheinander kommt wenn man gegen mehrere Starke Gegner kämpft. Und die    1. Steuerung schwammig
    2.Kamera Führung schlecht da man sehr schnell die Übersicht verliert
    3. Parkour Laufen ist irritierend gerade wenn man gegen mehrere Gegner kämpft auf schwierigen Untergrund klemmt sich der Charakter irgendwo und dreht sich wie ein Propeller
    4.Man hat so viele Fähigkeiten da man schnell durcheinander kommt wenn man gegen mehrere Starke Gegner kämpft. Und die Fähigkeiten sind schlecht sortiert worden. Denn wenn man eine bestimmte Fähigkeiten nutzen möchte vergehen im Kampf mehrere Minuten bis man eine Fähigkeit nutzen möchte    … Expand
  17. MikeyMcBride
    Feb 2, 2023
    9
    I'm enjoying the game and I haven't even gotten to the first Tanta yet. Yes, the beginning/intro is slow and fairly empty, but the game opens up tremendously when on your way to Tanta Sila.

    The banter between Frey and Cuff can get repetitive, but there's an option adjust (or turn off) the banter in the settings. As for complaints of throwing around the f-bomb, Frey grew up as an orphan on    I'm enjoying the game and I haven't even gotten to the first Tanta yet. Yes, the beginning/intro is slow and fairly empty, but the game opens up tremendously when on your way to Tanta Sila.

    The banter between Frey and Cuff can get repetitive, but there's an option adjust (or turn off) the banter in the settings. As for complaints of throwing around the f-bomb, Frey grew up as an orphan on the streets of NYC working for gangs to get by while also being homeless. She's not going to be some prim and proper princess with the vocabulary of a saint.

    Speaking of Frey and her attitude, I see a lot of people saying they don't like her because all she does is complain and not want to do anything. Well, yeah. She's living in a nightmare. She entered a world where literally everything is trying to kill her and she has to do it all alone because she's the only one that's not affected by the Break/Corruption. It's a scary, lonely world for Frey. Her reluctance to continue is understandable.

    The combat is fun and engaging. The further you go, the tougher the enemies get. However, even with just Frey's earth magic, I've been able to defeat multiple mutants (the big, scary monsters usually guarding chests). It takes time, but the challenge is exciting.

    Performance for me is great. I'm getting fairly steady 70-80 fps with settings maxed. No, it's not 120 (the game is capped at 120 fps), but this also isn't a fast-paced shooter or esport. As long as the frames are consistent and gameplay is smooth, that's all that's really necessary.

    I am disappointed with a couple things. The decision to keep Frey stationary to talk to Cuff after an interaction or cutscene is annoying. There's no point, let me walk and talk. On the topic of cutscenes, I was really hoping they'd match the quality of the trailer. If you're going to fade to black for every transition, then at least use rendered cutscenes. Monolith did an amazing job with the cutscenes in Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War. I'd like to see more of that.

    Overall, I think the game is a ton of fun and deserves a chance. If you're thinking about getting Forspoken because you enjoy the genre but are hesitant because of the reviews, give it a shot and decide for yourself.    … Expand
  18. gandolfo1984
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    Realmente es un asco, mala narrativa, jugabilidad, super repetitivo... Teniendo esta nueva generacion donde podrian hacer cosas realmente buenas Sony vive haciendo basura
  19. royalguy07
    Feb 2, 2023
    6
    Forspoken, the first game from developer Luminous Productions and published by one of 2022's gaming punching bags Square Enix (deservedly so), is a new IP open world action adventure game. There is nothing particularly engaging or innovative in its design, especially in the very rough opening hours, leaving you and the character to explore a fairly bland and empty world.

    Forspoken has    Forspoken, the first game from developer Luminous Productions and published by one of 2022's gaming punching bags Square Enix (deservedly so), is a new IP open world action adventure game. There is nothing particularly engaging or innovative in its design, especially in the very rough opening hours, leaving you and the character to explore a fairly bland and empty world.

    Forspoken has seemingly been in development hell since it was announced a few years ago. It received several delays including twice just in the last 10 months. You would think this would of given Luminous time to fine tune the product but while the game isn't buggy in the literal sense it is very choppy and disorganized just in its movement, cutscene/dialogue transitions, and combat. Once you start unlocking different spell types and more spell options the combat does become a lot more fun, it allows there to be almost no down time and keeps the combat feeling very fast-paced. The main story only takes roughly 10 hours to beat, and the game takes probably 6-8 hours to get its footing, which you can probably see the problem with.

    The story starts off very rough but manages to settle in to an acceptable if standard and predictable pattern of the reluctant hero trope. Frey initially will do nothing unless it is in direct interest of helping her escape this new land she has been transported to. Her motivations don't really change until late in the game when the twist and true antagonist of the game is revealed. I will say that the twist is handled well, but it is one of the most easily predictable twists in gaming history. Seasoned gamers will be able to easily pick up on it in the middle stages of the story.

    Graphically is hit or miss, some of the vistas and environments are well done but as you get closer to things all the brightness kind of washes away. There is a lot of artificial fog that severely hampers the draw distance. Enemy design is pretty putrid here, there are some standard zombies, zombified bears and wolves, and some ugly gray/brown masses to fight. The facial animations range from decent to hilariously bad, and its just bizarre that somehow the worst facial animations are all on the main character, who's mouth just will not stay in step with the dialogue.

    Overall, it was a fun 20 hour romp through a well structured but dull/standard 3rd person action RPG. Definitely not worth the full retail price.    … Expand
  20. GenocideJack86
    Feb 2, 2023
    4
    Agni's philosophy died for this piece of cringe.
    The battles would be more fast paced. An icon hunting open world game with empty characters bad writing and horrible repeatable side quests.It's really good Sony spending money this sh*t. 2 year exclusivity for a empty open world swearing sim.SquareEnix pls revive Parasite Eve or Xenogears.
  21. 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.
  22. Kevintxogamer
    Feb 2, 2023
    3
    Gráficamente parece un juego de PS3, y la historia es plana. Había Hype ya que se llevaba anunciando un año al menos, pero es una decepción en toda regla
  23. yangfanhong
    Feb 2, 2023
    7
    Although the protagonist has awesome parkour skill that it seems the player can go anywhere, in fact there are many limits like the disturbing terrain and annoying map fog which prevents the player travels freely.
  24. ClaytonCarmine
    Feb 2, 2023
    10
    I really liked the game, it reminded me of the X360/Ps3 era when the plots of the games were clean and naive in a good way, the same feeling I experienced when watching TV shows like Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess.
    I really liked the music in the game, it is really magical and makes you feel like you are in another world together with the main character Frey.
    And the most important    I really liked the game, it reminded me of the X360/Ps3 era when the plots of the games were clean and naive in a good way, the same feeling I experienced when watching TV shows like Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess.
    I really liked the music in the game, it is really magical and makes you feel like you are in another world together with the main character Frey.
    And the most important thing that Luminos Production succeeded in is the gameplay, it is epic and fantastic, it is a pleasure to destroy enemies, and the last mission with a flight on a dragon reminded me of the Lair game for Ps3.

    All of Forspoken is a love letter from the Ps3/X360 generation because the game reminds me of Heavenly Sword, Lair, Kameo, Folklore, Panzar and Crimson Dragoon, a huge thank you to the development team for giving me back that carefree time when games were way better than that , which is now being released by most of the industry.

    As Frey said in the release trailer for Let's Do It!!!    … Expand
  25. Meta-Mortal
    Feb 1, 2023
    5
    Square Enix took a stab at a new IP and did a solid job. Gameplay is excellent and those who have played the DMC series will find a great deal to be excited about when creating new combos to raise your "style ranking" (or this games version of it.)

    The story's concept may be generic but they did exactly what they said they would. Square has been transparent about the kind of game this is    Square Enix took a stab at a new IP and did a solid job. Gameplay is excellent and those who have played the DMC series will find a great deal to be excited about when creating new combos to raise your "style ranking" (or this games version of it.)

    The story's concept may be generic but they did exactly what they said they would. Square has been transparent about the kind of game this is and is mostly undeserving of the harsh criticism it gets. The world is built to be a sort of barren wasteland. Many did not approve of this but it fits the the history and lore of Athia quite nicely. The dialogue can make you cringe, but it was few and far between for me. There could be a little more done to make exploring feel more rewarding but my experience wasn't tainted by that as I still enjoyed what it had to offer.

    Character design is quite nice and the combat runs smoothly. Especially once you learn how to weave together your "flow" abilities to set up for devastating magic and open windows for support magic.

    This game sets up something special. This one has it's imperfections but I can see a sequel ironing out the kinks and making something truly exceptional.

    I feel it's worth noting that after 45+ hours of gameplay I still have yet to encounter any glaring bugs in the game. A rarity in a time where nearly every game releasing is riddled with them. Load times are very fast. I can rarely drink my water.

    From what I can tell, most criticism falls on very nit-picky topics. To be fair, games are quite expensive and people should be completely happy with a product before shelling out the cash.

    But the demo before release was pretty accurate though they made improvements. Square Enix constantly updated potential fans on what they could expect and have delivered as far as I can tell. They didn't oversell the game either. It's rare to be this informed about a game before diving in and that's something developers should seek to do more of.    … Expand
  26. Lapinal
    Feb 1, 2023
    0
    The two commercial main arguments for this game were "the graphics are Amazing that's why we wouldn't make it on PS4" and "The gameplay is insane!".
    It turns out both are trash. The graphics in the trailer are nothing like the final result. The sky is in jpeg format, the animations are backwards, and most PNJs are not even fully animated.
    The gameplay is simple: You just spam R2 and L2.    The two commercial main arguments for this game were "the graphics are Amazing that's why we wouldn't make it on PS4" and "The gameplay is insane!".
    It turns out both are trash. The graphics in the trailer are nothing like the final result. The sky is in jpeg format, the animations are backwards, and most PNJs are not even fully animated.
    The gameplay is simple: You just spam R2 and L2.
    And oh my god the dialogues are so cringe. Frey and the cuffs just can't shut up. Whenever they talk it's like a competition of who's going to make the snarkiest remark. The main character is unlikable, she swears all the time, it's like a child when they learn a bad word for the first time and then use it on every occasion.
    I saw that the writing team was american which explains a lot. American devs think it's "cool" to say "sh*t" and "f*ck" every time.    … Expand
  27. TIMI_GAMER
    Feb 1, 2023
    10
    Neues Lieblingsgame auf PS5.
    Die Zauber sehen mega gut aus und die Leere Welt wie alle sagen ist voll mit Kisten und die "leere" muss da sein, dass die Parkour Fähigkeiten funktionieren, sonst wäre es nicht so smooth.
  28. Boi4127_
    Feb 1, 2023
    2
    "Did I just do that?" "I did not just do that." That's right, I gave this game a negative review! "Yeah, OK that's something I do now!"
  29. ChangoGamer
    Feb 1, 2023
    0
    Creí que solucionarían el problema, pero no les importa. Es lamentable, la demo para que sirvió?
  30. jonvontapett
    Feb 1, 2023
    10
    Just finished and I got to say I loved everything about it. Sure it’s not perfect but damn hope they make a 2
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Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 125 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 125
  2. Mixed: 77 out of 125
  3. Negative: 16 out of 125
  1. RPGamer
    Oct 10, 2023
    60
    Forspoken has plenty of other glaring issues like its occasionally janky platforming that results in Frey falling off buildings or its less than memorable soundtrack. It also has a number of additional points to praise like the scale of its cities and the cast of cute cat chimeras that Frey can lay down and cuddle with. This duality of fantastic ideas with less-than-stellar execution places Forspoken in a place where very few games end up — smack dab in the middle. It’s not so bad that it should be burned by fire, but not nearly good enough to make anyone’s game of the year list.
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  2. Pocket-lint
    Jun 23, 2023
    60
    Forspoken feels like an interesting blend of gameplay elements from Square Enix projects past and present, but we're not certain it all comes together. A middling story and combat make its fun parkour harder to bear.
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  3. GameMAG
    Mar 13, 2023
    60
    World exploration in Forspoken can bring you some real joy, and same could be said about the combat system. And yet the writing, weird visual presentation, and overall direction can really bring the whole experience down.
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