Forspoken - action-RPG from Square Enix with cringe protagonist

[Monk]

https://forspoken.square-enix-games.com/en-us

Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous creatures.

https://nichegamer.com/forspoken-preview/

 

[Fedora Master]

That's not a word

 

[rusty_shackleford]

prediction:
it's shit

also wow is the character fucking annoying, couldn't sit through 30 seconds of combat due to the constant comments

 

[Dadd]

traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous creatures.

Much like the daily life of a New Yorker

 

[just]

would play if the protag was a black male from ny and instead of those "alright", "we got this", "heeell yeaah"
he'd shittalk like you're supposed to
at least it would be funny
now it's a hard pass

 

[Falksi]

Oh look, it's another one of those RPGs where to win I have to bash buttons.

I can't wait for the sequel to this RPG and its classic RPG inspiration, Track And Field 2.

 

[Alienman]

Beyond the woke aspect, the only thing I get from this is randomness - it feels totally directionless.

 

[cruel]

Demo available on PS5. I made the mistake of downloading it (30GB or so), probably because I'm sick and can't think straight.

It's as bad as you would expert. The game looks good (but not great), and everything else is shit tier: annoying protagonist (no surprise here), horrible writing, MMO-tier combat, bland and empty world, crappy UI. Expecting a big flop here for Square.

 

[Aarwolf]

Why is it here?

 

[NecroLord]

Another POC protagonist.
Get the fuck outta here.

 

[deuxhero]

That's not a word

Sure it is! "For-" is a prefix meaning in front of, and "spoken" is a common word. It refers to how the protagonist's constant talking is in front of everything else!

 

[Sunsetspawn]

 

[Grampy_Bone]

-It plays like Infamous. It takes a decent premise (magic-based superhero) and implements it in the most boring way possible (Magic = guns).
-World environment looks like Unity store assets.
-Enemies consist of zombies and ghosts.
-I never understood what my health bar was, when I was taking damage, or seemed in danger.
-Very odd fish-eye effect on the menu screens, needlessly distracting.
-Equipment slots consist of cape, wrist, and... nail polish (really). What's next, hair weaves?
-No meaningful ammo/resource costs from what I could see, just cooldowns.

If you want a cool mage-shooter, play Lichdom.

 

[Utgard-Loki]

who is the target audience of this shit?

 

[†††]

who is the target audience of this shit?

Self-hating whites from American coastal cities?

 

[Modron]

who is the target audience of this shit?

Self-hating whites from American coastal cities?

Don't forget Europeans, Canadians, Australians, and New Zealanders.

 

[Dadd]

who is the target audience of this shit?

Twitch streamers, definitely neither brown nor female

 

[Lambach]

Whoever started this trend of making every character in media a quippy, wisecracking wannabe-comedian deserves to get shot in the liver. (in Minecraft)

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Whoever started this trend of making every character in media a quippy, wisecracking wannabe-comedian deserves to get shot in the liver. (in Minecraft)

Gamedevs are terminally addicted to Twitter, everything they make resembles Twitter.
Don't be surprised if you start seeing Elon musk evil boss inserts.

 

[†††]

Whoever started this trend of making every character in media a quippy, wisecracking wannabe-comedian deserves to get shot in the liver. (in Minecraft)

He has a face.

 

[DemonKing]

I gave the demo a spin. Wasn't very impressed. The main character seems to be a potty-mouthed brat and the gameplay wasn't particularly fun or challenging. Graphics wise the game looks ok but is terribly generic when compared to the amazing art design of Elden Ring.

Not sure who the target audience for this is and not sure why they released a demo as I can see a lot of preorders being cancelled after playing this.

 

[Robotigan]

It honestly looks like a project that was on the ropes before they hurriedly cobbled together enough assets from other projects to ship something.

 

[†††]

Spoiler

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Pouty-mouth means she's looking to peel the foreskinson.

 

[1451]

80 euros single player game with denuvo on top.
That will go well.