Forspoken

Video Game
2023
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IMDb RATING

5.0/10

YOUR RATING

Mysteriously transported from New York City, Frey Holland finds herself trapped in the ancient land of Athia.

Frey soon learns this beautiful land once flourished under the reign of benevolent matriarchs, called Tantas, until a devastating blight relentlessly corrupted everything it touched. The Break transformed animals into beasts, men into monsters, and rich landscapes into four dangerous realms. At the center of their shattered domains, the Tantas now rule as maddened and evil sorceresses.

Unaffected by the Break and desperate for answers, Frey reluctantly agrees to help the last remaining citizens of Athia who see her as their only hope. Frey's journey through this strange and treacherous land will take her deep into the heart of corruption where she must battle monstrous creatures, confront the powerful Tantas, and uncover secrets that awaken something much more from within.

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A young woman named Frey Holland awakens in the land of Athia and must embark on an adventure and endure treacherous trials to uncover the mystery the land hides.A young woman named Frey Holland awakens in the land of Athia and must embark on an adventure and endure treacherous trials to uncover the mystery the land hides.A young woman named Frey Holland awakens in the land of Athia and must embark on an adventure and endure treacherous trials to uncover the mystery the land hides.

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IMDb RATING

5.0/10

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Cuff
(voice)
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Monica Barbaro

Auden Keen
(voice)

Anthony Skordi

Robian Keen
(voice)

Tajinae Turner

Olevia Liette
(voice)

Keala Settle

Johedy Klavido
(voice)

Janina Gavankar

Tanta Sila
(voice)

Pollyanna McIntosh

Tanta Prav
(voice)

Claudia Black

Tanta Olas
(voice)

Kendal Rae

Tanta Cinta
(voice)

Debra Wilson

Bellette Krau
(voice)

T.J. Ramini

Jennesh Hekkadi
(voice)

François Chau

Treahy Duganur
(voice)

Victoria Atkin

Dax Viernost
(voice)

Nicki Micheaux

Maya Bird
(voice)

Michelle C. Bonilla

Lisa
(voice)

Tom Bromhead

Tavern Keeper
(voice)

Celeste Den

Diane…

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1cami_bm

Biggest scam ever. Do NOT waste your money

My brother in christ...70 dollars for this piece of sht is unbelievable... I'll try to be brief

Graphics:

Massive graphic downgrade from the demo, feels like a scam...

It demands a ridiculous ammount of things and storage to run, at best, like a PS3 game.

The cities design is just embarrasing. Without spoilers, they introduce a city that is the equivalent of modern Athens, and it looks like a bunch of sticks

Gameplay:

Repetitive mechanics

IT LAGS all the fkn time!!!!!! If there are like 10 enemies it will be a lag storm.

NPC are just dumb and void. They don't say anything, just one or two lines over and over again.

Massive map... that is empty, has nothing to do. No interest points. Just an annoying empty field.

Open world doesn't work. It doesn't let you explore, respawns you in the last checkpoint if you go "too far".

Main character and story:

The most insufferable main character... This is supposed to be a dark story... But whatever deepness they planned goes down the drain with the lame ironic comments of the protagonist, at all times. In the most serious moments, there's always the most unfunny joke to be made, that avoids the player to be immersed in the story. This, along with the annoying bracelet voice, makes it impossible to take the story seriously.

2johan-edenfjord

Bad is just not enough of a word for this.

The controls are so clunky its almost unplayable.

The characters are flat even the main, Frey Holland. Its obvious they tried to make her witty and funny. But she is not. The enemies are worse and npcs could just have been without voices. Just slap a textline for what they would say.

The graphics are ok at most.

I cannot finish this stinking pile of dung.

Ok.

I need to fluff the review up a bit.

They put cutscenes everywhere. Walk 10 steps, theres a cutscene. Walk ten more. And what do we have... A cutscene.

I got this free on PS+ and had hopes that it would not be so bad as its said to be. But it was worse.

If you get a chance to try it. Dont. Its a waste of space on your drive.

7Tacksman

It's pretty solid and definitely better than expected based on other reviews

Is it Game of the Year? No.

But is it enjoyable and worth $40 and a steal at $20 which is what I paid for it? Definitely.

The Bad: The graphics felt stuck in the PS3 era.

The writing needed some more time to bake for sure; it's pretty typical isekai so it needed to figure out how to break the mold rather than what was sent out.

There are settings you'll probably need to change to tailor to make the game better.

The Good: The gameplay is solid with the spells being easily customizable to fit your style of fighting.

The enemies and boss fights were engaging and interesting.

The traversal magic parkour was fun albeit takes a bit of work before it stops feeling clunky.

9samirdric

Honest review from someone who completed this game 100%

This game is just awesome.

Don't judge the game from YouTube reviewers who just payed the demo or played the game just for 1 hour.

Yeah this game start late but when you defeat the first boss, this game become incredible. Combat system is awesome, like you have never seen 10 on 10.

It has some downside like you cant move between the chat with Cuff and the video cutscene quality is bad, I mean really bad and there is too much chat with cuff and the cutscene, but overall this is a fantastic game. I will rate this 10 on 10 if we just remove these minor problem I mentioned.

Overall I really like this game and its playstyle and story is also very decent. Take a advice from me and just play this one. Keep it up SquareEnix.

7phoenix-prjct

Forspoken is slick, funny, and nowhere near as bad as you think it is

Forspoken shines as a fun and frenetic action-adventure, tailouring its fast load times to fit its superb magical parkour (arguably my favourite traversal mechanics I've experienced in any game as of now). Combat is flexible and rich with magic, but, despite some strategy, doesn't scale much. The story works but lacks inspiration and its characters solid performances can't quite hold it up. That said, the negative social media reaction I saw for the game is, for me, completely overblown. It might not be Game of the Year, but Forspoken is an enjoyable fantasy experience with sparks of real potential.

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Trivia
The first and last game from Square Enix's newly established studio, Luminous Productions.

Quotes
Frey Holland: [Frey uses magic to push a monster away] Did I just do that?
Cuff: Well, definitely with my assistance.
Frey Holland: [ignores Cuff] I did not just do that.
Cuff: We did.
Frey Holland: [ignores Cuff again] I just moved shit with my mind.
Cuff: Perhaps our connection has somehow awoken some abilities...
Frey Holland: I just moved shit... With my mind.
Cuff: I just keep hearing "I", "I", "I".
Frey Holland: I just moved shit! With my freaking mind! Ha ha!
[spins around with joy]
Frey Holland: Yeah, okay, that is something I do now. I do magic, talk to sentient cuffs, kill jacked-up beasts; you know what? I'll probably fly next.
Cuff: Now you're just being ridiculous.
Frey Holland: Oh, that's too far? Good to know there's a line.
Cuff: If you could just master these new abilities, with my help of course...
Frey Holland: Um, did you not just see me take out that gnarly beast?
[more monsters show up]
Frey Holland: Oh, bring it you mangled monsters!