The protagonist Frey finds herself trapped in the magic-filled world of Athia after stumbling through a portal. The combat and the parkour system are definitely entertaining though it is marred by bad pacing, and an opening that makes the game feel more like a chore rather than a game.Īfter the opening however, the game does pick up a good deal of pace and becomes far more fun.The narrative of Forspoken is vey much inspired from Japanese Isekai manga and it is as predictable and forgettable as it can get. The game features too much of a by the numbers plot with a beautiful but bland and empty world and boring mission design. Collectibles seem haphazardly plopped onto the world, especially the mana bubbles you need for your skills.Forspoken is flashy, energetic, beautiful and pretty much a mess which while does not leave a bad impression by any means, is also not particularly entrancing a game. Gear: vague descriptions, minor stat changes that don’t have appreciable effects.Combat: mindless due to weak enemy design, others might have fun with playing around with the spells though he thinks it takes too long to build up enough spells to mix and match, the feel of the combat is not as tight as he would have liked, lock on sometimes changes targets just because.Movement: a little loose and floaty, but it’s nice to zip around.I recommend watching the video, but here’s some stuff he pointed out that are of most interest to me:

I really hope I'm wrong as I would love square to have another win outside of final fantasyĪCG review for Forspoken. but my overall thoughts from the demo were that this is sadly going to end up quite mediocre. I saw they've updated the demo, so I reinstalled it last night with a view to giving it another shot. I had to turn off the demo when the character exclaimed 'put that in your pipe and smoke it'. If you're going to give us constant one liners, at least put some gusto behind them IMO.

It was as if they were recorded in a vacuum, with no context to them. However the controls felt off, and the constant one liners from the two protagonists were sending me into cringe overload. I had heard a lot of negative feelings towards it but went in with an open mind. I was quite excited for the game, until i played the demo. The art style and overall graphical presentation looked fantastic, combined with what was presented as an interesting protagonist. When I saw this game originally revealed under the name Project Athia, I thought it looked amazing.

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