Forspoken

 PlayStation 5
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3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1508 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 926 out of 1508
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  1. Ev3n5taR
    Jan 27, 2023
    8
    I'm playing on the PS5 right now. I like the game, it's fun and I also like the story and the protagonist so far. Yes, Cuff is a little annoying, but he's also designed to be that way. The back and forth between Frey and him actually grew on me. Many of those "cringe" comments seem to take dialogue lines out of context. I also really like the fact that there is a female afro-americanI'm playing on the PS5 right now. I like the game, it's fun and I also like the story and the protagonist so far. Yes, Cuff is a little annoying, but he's also designed to be that way. The back and forth between Frey and him actually grew on me. Many of those "cringe" comments seem to take dialogue lines out of context. I also really like the fact that there is a female afro-american protagonist and an ethnically diverse cast and the game DOESN'T make a big thing out of it - it's just the way it is, and that's about it.

    Graphically, the game unfortunately doesn't look as great as in the "Project Athia" announcement trailer, but I already knew that from the demo. It still looks nice though. Gameplay wise, the parcour and combat systems are really well designed and the world is built as a playground for those features.

    Forspoken certainly won't be my "Game of the Year 2023", but it doesn't deserve all that hate either. Most reviews seem to exist in an echo chamber these days, be it for better ("Isekai setting") or for worse ("Cringe dialogue").    … Expand
  2. JPanCaKe
    Jan 27, 2023
    10
    Amazing story. Amazing graphics. Amazing writing.. Amazing game overall. When's #2 coming out!
  3. Dom007
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Terrible game. Awful protagonist, awful dialogue, awful open world and boring repetitive combat. Woke garbage.
  4. eluxtria
    Jan 27, 2023
    6
    This is a real 6/10 game. Seems like a lot of low quality game engine issues like no shadows in odd places, bad lip sync, etc. tbh, the game just feels incomplete, like they needed 18 months of refinements to everything from game engine, to fight mechanics, etc. but worst of all is the writing. Just not great. I feel sorry for the voice actors. Still, as I play deeper into the game, I amThis is a real 6/10 game. Seems like a lot of low quality game engine issues like no shadows in odd places, bad lip sync, etc. tbh, the game just feels incomplete, like they needed 18 months of refinements to everything from game engine, to fight mechanics, etc. but worst of all is the writing. Just not great. I feel sorry for the voice actors. Still, as I play deeper into the game, I am liking aspects of it more and more. It has potential, also, I preordered because I liked Guardians and thought this would be at least as good. Definitely no. Guardians was soooo good.. esp writing and dialog.… Expand
  5. pabmargera
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Es como un mmorpg de hace 15 años, pero sin el multijugador, sin poder crear tu personaje, con una sola clase de guerrero y con malos graficos. Todo se ve del mismo color gris cafe, luego zonas completas con filtros de color horribles como la parte todo azul del dragon. Ciudades vacias y sin chiste o vida, los npc's parecen de ps2 con movimientos totalmente roboticos y repetitivos, peroEs como un mmorpg de hace 15 años, pero sin el multijugador, sin poder crear tu personaje, con una sola clase de guerrero y con malos graficos. Todo se ve del mismo color gris cafe, luego zonas completas con filtros de color horribles como la parte todo azul del dragon. Ciudades vacias y sin chiste o vida, los npc's parecen de ps2 con movimientos totalmente roboticos y repetitivos, pero lo peor de todo es la "niebla" que se usa de una manera nefasta clara mente para ocultar cosas a la lejania y reducir la distancia de dibujado.

    La historia es sosa, nada que te enganche, personajes forzados a cumplir con ideoligias politicamente correctas que simplemente estan de sobra.

    La jugabilidad bastante regular, nada que no se haya visto en juegos como black desert(por ejemplo) que ya tienen bastantes años. Lo de combinar poderes y elementos es algo interesante pero se pierde totalmente cuando te enfrentas a enemigos con nula inteligencia.
    El parkour tambien es una idea buena pero mal ejecutada, juegos como spiderman o Dying light le dan 300 vueltas en mecanicas de movilidad, a eso le agregas que es un mundo vacio y se te quita el poco gusto que tenia la mecánica.

    La optimizacion es pesima, pero es algo que se puede mejorar, todo lo de mas no.

    Para mi, un fracaso total de Square y PS. (Juagado en PC con una 3060ti, 16 ram, i5 10400f)    … Expand
  6. Impeldownghost
    Jan 27, 2023
    3
    Great idea for a new IP, unfortunately bad optimized for his launch nothing different from the demo and really downgrade of what we see on the trailer, forspoken will need a lot of help to run properly, even after said this game was made for PS5 it doesn't even run properly on the PC or the console.
  7. Come_on_son
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    I'm giving a 10 to balance out the score. It deserves a 7. I'll be honest some things are bad, I would name repetitive gameplay as a big one. Pointless activities are most of the activities in the game but at least you have hoards of enemies to fight once you have completed the game. It can be fun to play though. I love running and jumping in games like this, like Spiderman, Prototype..I'm giving a 10 to balance out the score. It deserves a 7. I'll be honest some things are bad, I would name repetitive gameplay as a big one. Pointless activities are most of the activities in the game but at least you have hoards of enemies to fight once you have completed the game. It can be fun to play though. I love running and jumping in games like this, like Spiderman, Prototype.. After beating these games I ran and jumped over skyscrapers for hours. Just do the best content in Forspoken.… Expand
  8. Raemo2hands
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    To keep it short and sweet. I’m not entirely sure what a lot of critics and other gamers are talking about when it comes to this game. The story is not the greatest but the gameplay/combat is very fun and addictive. I’ve played this game for hours and I am still craving more especially once I unlock more magic. If you’ve seen gameplay of this and we’re hoping to try it but have been putTo keep it short and sweet. I’m not entirely sure what a lot of critics and other gamers are talking about when it comes to this game. The story is not the greatest but the gameplay/combat is very fun and addictive. I’ve played this game for hours and I am still craving more especially once I unlock more magic. If you’ve seen gameplay of this and we’re hoping to try it but have been put off by reviews, don’t be. Give the game a go and once it gets going you will see the vision SE had for this game. Enjoyable. 8/10… Expand
  9. Fade69
    Jan 26, 2023
    9
    Its really good game. The open World is good, much to do. The Magic is insane and the gameplay smooth. The Graphic is good not New but good. 4K in 30 fps. No problems. Performance Mode is ok, The grapic could be a much sharper but its ok. The only Thing, in The combats sometimes sucked The Camera.
    Forspoken is a really good game and u have still fun after 20 hours Gameplay. Thx SquareEnix!
  10. Jaybro1978
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really enjoying this made fully use of all settings/ray tracing 120hz would have scored slightly less if they hadn't included a setting to reduce the amount of chit chat from cuff, annoying little thing lol.… Expand
  11. ofash
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    everything from the getgo just feels poorly made.
    also why would the protagonist curse every 3 seconds?
  12. jeremyscoles
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    This game is a solid 7.5. The hate it is receiving is not justified in the slightest. Im 12 hours in and enjoying it thoroughly, sure it won't win GOTY but it is still worth a play if your a SE Fan.
  13. TheLastPlay
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    Forespoken es víctima de un odio,como muchos otros juegos en esta tonta “guerra de marcas”. Es una nueva ip! Como tal arriesga por ser algo novedoso. Destaca su gameplay que es muy dinámico y no es tan largo como suelen ser los juegos de su tipo.No es una obra de arte pero tampoco es tan malo como lo quieren hacer ver.
  14. Cyshox
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    There's NO EXCUSE for how bad this game is. On PS5 resolution drops to 720p (!!!!) and the average is around 900p but even that doesn't help with constant framerate drops. The 60fps mode drops to 40fps in combat. Even the 30fps modes are unstable.

    On top of that the dialogues and plot are unbearable. Luckily it's quite short. The price tag is ridiculous. Combat looks interesting at first    There's NO EXCUSE for how bad this game is. On PS5 resolution drops to 720p (!!!!) and the average is around 900p but even that doesn't help with constant framerate drops. The 60fps mode drops to 40fps in combat. Even the 30fps modes are unstable.

    On top of that the dialogues and plot are unbearable. Luckily it's quite short. The price tag is ridiculous. Combat looks interesting at first but is way too floaty.

    Avoid at all costs.    … Expand
  15. AjaniSkywalker
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    I'm reading review after review and damn this game sounds awful. Playing $70 on a trash game that pretty much every gaming news outlet has pretty much pooped on is ridiculous. So, I did. Pop it in the PS5, started it up and played it about 6hrs and another 7hrs the next day. And I'm puzzled. Graphics are good, music is good, a lot to explore in the world. I enjoyed the combat, slow atI'm reading review after review and damn this game sounds awful. Playing $70 on a trash game that pretty much every gaming news outlet has pretty much pooped on is ridiculous. So, I did. Pop it in the PS5, started it up and played it about 6hrs and another 7hrs the next day. And I'm puzzled. Graphics are good, music is good, a lot to explore in the world. I enjoyed the combat, slow at first like most games. Gotta keep playing and exploring to get stronger, like most games. I like the story so far. I like reading about the history and the people of Athia. For me it gets an 8. Playing it, I didn't have any issues pop up. Sure, I can nick pick about small issues, like talking to npc you have to stand right in front of them to engage in conversation. Some games you can stand on the side of them, and they would turn and face you. Frey and cuff do repeat dialog in the open world. Not the first game a played that had this issues. The thing is you can go into option and change how much they interact with each other in the world. I remember playing cyberpunk 2077. Came out on PS4 but was playing it on my PS5. What a buggy mess. Game crash so many times. Had the director apologizing for a buggy game. PlayStation issuing refunds and took it off the store page. So many updates to get it working right. IGN give it a 9 out of 10. I could go on and on about cyberpunk 2077, about the graphics, the menu, the map. Story was good but could never finish it. I give cyberpunk a 6 out of 10. With good reason. Forspoken doesn't really do anything new that we haven't seen before. Hard to find games that do that anymore. But it's playable. I Know, everyone has there on opinions, and I respect that. It's hard reading review about games nowadays. I wonder how many fake reviews they are on here just to drive the score down. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to read my review on Forspoken. It's a good game to play and pass the time. Thank you Luminous and Square for a great game.… Expand
  16. Lordbit4735
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Realmente yo no llamaría a este juego un next gen, la espera fue mucha y la decepción muy grande, realmente es necesario que sigan engañando con estos productos ? este tipo de downgrade y sistema de pelea horrible.
  17. Alex86
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
    Que hace a Forspoken un juego especial:
    1. Un mundo inmenso y lleno de tesoros, secretos y enemigos.
    2. Un sistema de combate dinamico, con una amplia posibilidad de jugar a traves de las distintas magias. 3. Un sistema de Movilidad muy entrenido (parkur magico) 4. Una historia buena con muchos giros y momentos memorables 5. Dialogos acordes a la situacion de la protagonista, una    Que hace a Forspoken un juego especial:
    1. Un mundo inmenso y lleno de tesoros, secretos y enemigos.
    2. Un sistema de combate dinamico, con una amplia posibilidad de jugar a traves de las distintas magias.
    3. Un sistema de Movilidad muy entrenido (parkur magico)
    4. Una historia buena con muchos giros y momentos memorables
    5. Dialogos acordes a la situacion de la protagonista, una chica de New York que llega a un lugar magico y en decadencia.
    6. Variedad de enemigos en cada rincon del mapa.
    7. Un buen sistema de equipamiento que recompensa la busqueda de objetos.
    8. Graficos buenos sin llegar a ser lo mas alto de la generacion pero buenos.
    9. Hasta el momento no me he topado con nigun Bug, si es que algo de poping muy a lo lejos.
    10. Utiliza de buena manera el Dualsense en la version de PS5 haciendo que puedas sentir cada hechizo en tu mano.

    Solo te puedo recomendar que antes de que critiques el juego te des la oportunidad jugarlo, ya que muchos de los que lo hemos hecho te podemos decir que es un JUEGAZO    … Expand
  18. Willmerto
    Jan 26, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Do you remember the golden days of the PS1 era for Square games? Of course stuff like Final Fantasy, Legend of Mana, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Parasite Eve? Forspoken has the spirit of a off the beaten path Square game. It’s a experiment, it’s a mish mash of familiar gaming systems, it’s a clearly Japanese produced game with the veneer of a AAA American game. People can say what they want now about the game. They can say how bad it is, how it isn’t worth the money, how cringe the dialogue is. The people who saw the brilliance in Final Fantasy XV, which admit-ably is a flawed game, can see how mechanics from that game evolved into this.

    The game is a weird fever dream of Sonic the Hedgehog traversing/Jak and Daxter Collectathon/Devil May Combo/Final Fantasy hybrid.    … Expand
  19. Patoplexx
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    Tremendo lo de este juego!!! 70 dólares por semejante fracaso!! No es posible que en la industria permitamos este tipo de cosas, la demo con todo lo malo que fue, es buena con lo visto en este juego Una tremenda decepción
  20. BrunoBDA85
    Jan 25, 2023
    9
    Ignore all the unexplainable hate since most people here giving it a 0 haven't even played the game. It's quite an enjoyable game, yes, it has its flaws but it is beautiful and drags you more and more to it as it progresses.
  21. madmad90
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    One of the worst games i have ever played. Ps2 graphics
  22. cristof795
    Jan 26, 2023
    9
    Wow! the amount of hate is ridiculous, this game is FUN! The different types of magic, the traversal effects and the insane scale of the map! The story is not the best but it's expected, although it wasn't as phenomenal in comparison to games like GOW or Last of us, this game kept me interested. The main character Frey is likeable and the magic was fun throughout, it was never stale, thisWow! the amount of hate is ridiculous, this game is FUN! The different types of magic, the traversal effects and the insane scale of the map! The story is not the best but it's expected, although it wasn't as phenomenal in comparison to games like GOW or Last of us, this game kept me interested. The main character Frey is likeable and the magic was fun throughout, it was never stale, this is a great game for RPG fans and casual gamers.… Expand
  23. Andresafi
    Jan 26, 2023
    0
    Que decepción otra basura por parte de square este estudio necesita una vuelta de tuerca, gráficos terribles, tratan de tapar el poping a cada segundo, historia mala, diálogos malos, optimizacion mala, mecánicas terribles. Todo mal con este videojuego
  24. iruleyou1
    Jan 26, 2023
    3
    It looks like Square Enix went to the same recruiting agency that has been supplying the individuals trashing the Disney Marvel Universe. It literally has the same humor as the recent She Hulk. The positive here is at least it's not an existing intellectual property being trashed. The main character is completely unlikable with no redeeming qualities. She is literally nasty to peopleIt looks like Square Enix went to the same recruiting agency that has been supplying the individuals trashing the Disney Marvel Universe. It literally has the same humor as the recent She Hulk. The positive here is at least it's not an existing intellectual property being trashed. The main character is completely unlikable with no redeeming qualities. She is literally nasty to people that just helped her to an unnatural level where it doesn't even make sense. If the gameplay is just average the story and characters need to make up for it which this game doesn't. Stop listening to the few woke extra loud squeaky wheels and in quotes "professional" game critics that are activist in disguise. Honestly diversity even made sense in the beginning of this game but to overdo it with making every single person in power a women looks like it was just pushing an agenda instead of focusing on making a good game. Diversity is good and won't ruin a good game but forced diversity can make an average game bad which the user scores clearly show. Average game play, average graphics, points for being weird, not likable main character, and way to many other games to play to finish this one. The game is a typical 6 but a 0 for forced diversity making it a 3. It can be immersion breaking & immersion is the whole reason people like Square Enix games. You kill immersion you kill Square Enix. I play videogames to escape the politics of this stupid world and when even I can pull out a scorecard while playing a game something is really wrong. If this is where games are headed thank god there are so many old ones that I have enough for a life time.… Expand
  25. alissonkratos7
    Jan 26, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simplesmente um desrespeito aos gamers e a tecnologia de hoje em dia! Trabalho muito porco e de preço muito alto aqui no Brasil.… Expand
  26. Syao
    Jan 26, 2023
    9
    Umm, yea. Game so bad, ulikeable character, mediocre, fails on expectations, boring, cringe worthy and so on. You guys are so burnt-out on so many levels. Where does this s**t come from? You're so bored out of your minds or what? You expect Witcher 3 every six months? And even then you'd probably proceed to criticize it all the same. Forspoken has got ONE problem, it is too expensive. ItUmm, yea. Game so bad, ulikeable character, mediocre, fails on expectations, boring, cringe worthy and so on. You guys are so burnt-out on so many levels. Where does this s**t come from? You're so bored out of your minds or what? You expect Witcher 3 every six months? And even then you'd probably proceed to criticize it all the same. Forspoken has got ONE problem, it is too expensive. It should be $39,99 copy or a Game Pass game. Not a full swing AAA release. But it is still a good game, nonetheless. Do not listen to these pariahs who COMPLAIN about every existing thing, these guys promote themselves by being negative about literally everything. And they keep complaining about all the wrong things. Not the price, which is the only thing this game suffers from. Bah, "user reviews" and critic sites. I think I will pass, eventually. Mainly populated by critic-bots making all these sites completely useless.… Expand
  27. verdammte
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    I don't get why there's so much "woke" complaints going on. The far-right has a really strange POV these days and everything is communist/socialist to them, including their own party. That aside, the review bombing is insane.

    The graphics are good, the combat is entertaining, and the game seems to be pretty good, though the demo was awful. There's no politics in this game, so ignore    I don't get why there's so much "woke" complaints going on. The far-right has a really strange POV these days and everything is communist/socialist to them, including their own party. That aside, the review bombing is insane.

    The graphics are good, the combat is entertaining, and the game seems to be pretty good, though the demo was awful. There's no politics in this game, so ignore the alt-right trolls review bombing this. They're impossible to please (as is the far-left, look up their hate for a game that hasn't even come out yet to see what I mean "Hogwarts Legacy").

    My main complaint about this game is that the script kinda sucks and their humour isn't really all that funny. The protagonist is rather annoying as a character. That being said, it's not an awful script, just not a good one.

    I recommend the game even if you didn't like thew demo. The demo was an awful reflection of the game itself.    … Expand
  28. ofenderz0
    Jan 26, 2023
    3
    It’s not a 0/10 and it sure as hell is not a 10/10. That being said, this game is garbage. From its mediocre combat, empty open world, poorly written and acted dialogue, and generic by the numbers storytelling. It’s the definition of a soulless husk made to make as much money as possible. I can’t even say the graphics are great, because there are open world games like Horizon: ForbiddenIt’s not a 0/10 and it sure as hell is not a 10/10. That being said, this game is garbage. From its mediocre combat, empty open world, poorly written and acted dialogue, and generic by the numbers storytelling. It’s the definition of a soulless husk made to make as much money as possible. I can’t even say the graphics are great, because there are open world games like Horizon: Forbidden West and Spider-Man (a last gen game) that looks leagues better than this game. I guess if there are things I do like is the parkour system and auto looting (which almost every game like this should have) and there are areas that genuinely good to look at. But that’s about it for me. The worst part is the talk surrounding this game so disingenuous that I’m honestly concerned about how low the bar for quality has gotten, if people can excuse utter garbage like this.… Expand
  29. Savagemanu92
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    Forspoken is not it. Graphics look fuzzy and the sky is way to bright. It's time for square enix to go back to the basics
  30. ostadbozorg
    Jan 26, 2023
    1
    everything in this game is wrong, story gameplay etc,
    honestly the state of games is awful ,shame on the studios and game developers
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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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