Forspoken

 PlayStation 5
User Score
3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1508 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 462 out of 1508
  2. Mixed: 120 out of 1508
  3. Negative: 926 out of 1508
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  1. ScootfieId
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Lixo completo ! Padrão Square Enix ! Só vem lançando merda a no mínimo uns 10 anos ! Focam em parcerias com a Sony, e diminuem mais o Scorpo em vendas da empresa. Nesse ritmo a Square não dura mais 5 anos.
  2. Susolive
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Menuda basura de juego. Mal rendimiento contínuo, con unos personajes genéricos y un combate malísimo. Mediocre.
  3. 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
  4. deavonb
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Just awful in every way. Go install UE5 and run their free tech demos, and you will have a far better time than this game. When people say this game is cringe - they mean it 100%. Your ears will be bleeding from listening to this corporate teen soap opera.

    Impossible not to see at every moment in this game that it was designed by a corporate board room committee. There's no love here.    Just awful in every way. Go install UE5 and run their free tech demos, and you will have a far better time than this game. When people say this game is cringe - they mean it 100%. Your ears will be bleeding from listening to this corporate teen soap opera.

    Impossible not to see at every moment in this game that it was designed by a corporate board room committee. There's no love here. The world is boringly empty, mechanics highly derivative, and anything new is just a gimmick.    … Expand
  5. Adolf29
    Jan 27, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the game is really bad, bad dynamics, bad graphics anyway a complete disappointment… Expand
  6. SirParadoxo
    Jan 27, 2023
    4
    To be fair, the game's dialogue might be insufferable at times, but it's really not that bad of a game overall... for a bad game.

    There are some things that I thoroughly enjoyed, like the pretty landscapes and the movement, but my biggest problems with Forspoken is that the game's setting is bland and uninteresting, Frey is such an unlikable person I would have enjoyed the game more if    To be fair, the game's dialogue might be insufferable at times, but it's really not that bad of a game overall... for a bad game.

    There are some things that I thoroughly enjoyed, like the pretty landscapes and the movement, but my biggest problems with Forspoken is that the game's setting is bland and uninteresting, Frey is such an unlikable person I would have enjoyed the game more if the main protagonist were to be any other character, and the story is not only very generic, but the pacing is all over the place, Frey goes from "I don't care if you're all gonna die" in one scene to "I am truly the hero of these lands" in the next. The bad dialogue is just the cherry on top.

    There can be enjoyment while playing, but please don't waste your 70$ goddamn dollars on this game. There are much better ones out there that deserve your attention.    … Expand
  7. Doctordan
    Jan 27, 2023
    3
    Mediocre at the best. Do not waste your time and money.
    Jogo bem mediocre, não gaste seu tempo e dinheiro.
  8. calvinl345
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Literally the worst game of 2023, regardless of what comes out in the next 11 months LOL. The audience for this game is smoking weed behind the dumpster.
  9. Arundel19
    Jan 29, 2023
    1
    This is your warning, stay away from this stinking pile of **** The story is boring and predictable, the main character is an insufferable **** and a lot more negative craps. it's sad because Forspoken has potential to be a good game but the story writing is just horrendously bad. God I hate the main protag.
  10. jhowweber
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Personagem chata empoderada vitimista e hipócrita, resumindo o jogo feminismo forçado em um game.
  11. Nerven
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    Games from 2000 had much better graphics and sound design, storytelling non existing bad dialogues. Need my money back.
  12. Jimena
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Pero vaya basura de videojuego,como llegamos a esto de verdad
  13. DougBadass
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    Shame of game. Boring gameplay, repetitive and the world's feels empty. A TOTAL SHAME OF GAME.
  14. 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.
  15. illumino_2046
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    WOKE game of the year!!! If a game is tagged "WOKE" by players, it won't be a charming game. Game developers cannot be kidnapped by few "WOKE" activitists and thus ignore what players really want to play. Forspoken today, Final Fantasy tommorow.
  16. pereztams2
    Jan 29, 2023
    2
    This game is a pure joke. Poor story. Downgraded graphics from the trailer big time. A bland and boring open world, bad dialogue and Soundtrack that’s extremely annoying.
  17. 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
  18. YFA
    Feb 10, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So I did a review on the game a while ago when I was about 10hrs in I think, I finally finished the game and honestly, it's not the best. I had a few questions in my mind as I'm progressing through the story, and I'm not sure if I didn't focus enough on the storyline or if it's an actual plot-hole. for example (--SPOILER ALERT--) why tf Cinta was the only one who turned into a dragon and other Tantas just went crazy? and obviously Cinta didn't go crazy right? because she protected Frey and told her the whole truth about her life. idk I felt like at the end it was sooo rushed that so many things in the story didn't make sense to me. and Cuff, even before it was revealed that he was the "devil" he just felt really off and he gave so many hints that maybe he's the enemy. it wasn't the best plot twist. it just feels like they put so much effort on the combat (which btw it's amazing) that they forgot about the rest that makes a game, "a good game". honestly it had so much potential but they rushed it at the end to get that cash. Another point that I forgot to mention, the dialogue will give you cancer, trust me. I played a lot of "cringey" games that made me die a little inside, Forspoken by far, made me decay. Genuinely had to pause the game a few times from the cringe.… Expand
  19. MnM1
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Sad example for SE failing us fans. If it would be 40 bucks for Release people might be more relaxed..
  20. Lukas_
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    Its just boring, bugs bugs bugs etc and also the story is Bad. Wait Ford the Game, when it is in Sale
  21. Miyasata
    Jan 29, 2023
    2
    Frey is very boring.npc's dead,characters are very bad written.
    in general game is bad.
  22. playffxv
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Pra esse jogo ser ruim, ele tem que melhorar muito.

    Descaso total essa coisa custar 350 reais
  23. ToraTora3
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Horrible writing. Did they really employ professionals for this?! The dialogue is atrocious.
    While the Japanese source surely is to be blamed the most, it needs to be mentioned that the “edgy” writing of the English localization is horrific as well.
  24. Krizzlybear
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Waste of 70$. If you like cringe dialogue like you’d find in all the recent marvel movies but with added f bombs thrown in… you’ll love it. Chick backflips every 5 seconds no matter if you’re in combat or traversal. Also combat was trash.. all around failure.
  25. breakstorm
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    A literally pice of **** I can’t say nothing good about this game. I asked refund and recommend everyone to do the same.
  26. JayV561
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Absolute garbage combat system. Clunky and rough. Main character is an entitled millennial that complains constantly and drops f bombs every other word. Glad I canceled my preorder after the horrendous demo.
  27. Firerider
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    O jogo é um lixo total, uma vergonha para o mundo dos games não vale 1 centavo esse lixo
  28. dodoalkhalbe
    Jan 29, 2023
    0
    They could use a better writer when it comes to the dialogue and cutscenes. I find it really hard to connect with the characters. The gameplay is very tedious and find no reason to come back and paly it again. Forespoken will probably be in Walmart's $5 bin in a few weeks.
  29. snorkiss
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Probably one of the dumbest games ever made, with an awful protagonist who spews out dialogue written by complete and utter morons. The world is stupid, ill conceived and bland. The combat is crushingly mediocre with tedious boss fights and... and you should NOT buy this disaster - 0 stars
  30. wmurphy011
    Feb 4, 2023
    0
    I played the first 2 hours of this game and there was absolutely nothing I enjoyed about. How, in this day and age, does one of the biggest game companies on earth make such a bad product. Literally, every single aspect of this game was very poorly done.
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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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