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Metacritic score:
67

Forspoken Reviews

Forspoken is an action RPG that 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, battle monstrous creatures and defeat powerful matriarchs...

www.metacritic.com

Forspoken Review - IGN

Forspoken's flashy combat can be fun, but it isn't enough to make its barebones world very interesting.

www.ign.com

Forspoken review - a slow burner that's not without its charms

Forspoken takes it time to get over a wobbly start, but there's something worthwhile here amongst the noise. Eurogamer's review.

www.eurogamer.net

Forspoken finally gets better, shortly before it ends

Medieval fantasy in a bland open world

www.polygon.com

Forspoken is better than its bad name implies

Forspoken is worth it for its magical parkour alone.

www.theverge.com

Forspoken Review - Forsaken

Forspoken is visually stimulating and a musical delight, but boring combat, poor characterization, and loose movement mechanics make for a mediocre experience.

www.gamespot.com

GameInformer - The Final Level

'Forspoken' Review: A portal into a world without wonder or heart

Forspoken boasts 'key members' of the Final Fantasy XV team, but feels outdated and at times resentful of its Black protagonist.

www.wvia.org

Forspoken review: Say no more

Forspoken brings a modern woman into a fantasy world, but the results are far from magical.

www.shacknews.com

Forspoken review: Magical open-world gameplay makes up for a slow start

While Forspoken delivers a weak story filled with pacing issues, it's open-world traversal and dazzling spellcasting are enough to keep it exciting.

www.digitaltrends.com

https://gamerant.com/forspoken-review/

Forspoken review: "An exceptionally middling experience"

Forspoken shines brightest when its protagonist is dipping, ducking, and diving along the generally striking world of Athia while casting a variety of spells, but the standard fish-out-of-water fantasy story of Frey only subtracts from the experience

www.gamesradar.com

Forspoken review: Square Enix's risky new IP arrives half-baked | TechCrunch

Square Enix's risky bet on a new IP doesn't quite pay off: Forspoken is ambitious but disjointed, full of issues that feel totally avoidable.

techcrunch.com

https://www.thegamer.com/forspoken-review/

 

[Dreamlord]

 

[FactsAreDead]

Verge, Eurogamer and Polygon having a mask-off moment and unsubtly shilling the game. Wow.

 

[Dreamlord]

 

[regawdless]

 

[Nobody]

60s MC is just brutal for an AAA game like this. What a mess.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Shill Up didn't get a review code I assume.

 

[Nikana]

Ouch. Never like seeing a game get beat up but not too surprised on this one sadly.

 

[regawdless]

Summary of all the reviews:

 

[Calcium]

Verge, Eurogamer and Polygon having a mask-off moment and unsubtly shilling the game. Wow.

It's amusing watching them bend over backwards to find something positive to say. If the main character wasn't a black woman they'd be ripping it apart.

 

[regawdless]

Expect the Metacritic to drop even lower when all the outlets that didn't get a review code will punish the publisher for that sin.

 

[FactsAreDead]

Summary of all the reviews:

why does she look like a frog

 

[Gold Loot]

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Forgotten

 

[p_banned]

Shit. Fuck. Shit. Shit. Shit. Fuck! (just taking actual speech from the game)

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Can't say I'm surprised.

 

[regawdless]

Jup, this game surely ain't no Sonic Frontiers! Sonic got a 71 MC, while Forspoken sits at 68 after only selected outlets received review codes.

That's so unfair. Or is this a case of Blue Supremacy?

 

[FactsAreDead]

On a lighter note, I want to point out the photo of this resetera-user. He's hilariously hideous:

Forspoken Review thread - Yeah, okay, this is something I do now

I.. feel embarrassed and rather dense. I was reading wayyy too much into it. 😵‍💫 My apologies, Dark1x and all :x

www.resetera.com

 

[Nicktendo]

lmao, Gary Shittoutta luck. Almost as much of an insufferable bell end as your shitty lead character.

 

[Kadayi]

I feel like this was a game that likely sounded great in the pitch room after a heavy cocaine session.

 

[CAB_Life]

68 seems high for such a heap of shit. Must be the woke score curve.

*I'm not saying it's shit because it's woke, just that it's shit and it happens to be woke.

 

[Kadayi]

lmao, Gary Shittoutta luck. Almost as much of an insufferable bell end as your shitty lead character.

Oh, he wrote it? Nothing like a middle-aged Englishman to bring some credibility to a story about a displaced hood rat.

 

[Grisham]

What works and what doesn't in Forspoken on PS5

The Digital Foundry verdict.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[John Day]

About as i expected, when it comes to it reviewed. Gonna dig into the game tonight, can't waaaaiiittttt.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

lmao, Gary Shittoutta luck. Almost as much of an insufferable bell end as your shitty lead character.

He looks like he's gonna berate me because I don't use soy milk in my coffee.

 

[Grisham]

 

[The Bloody Nine]

What the fuck is Wvia.org?

 

[Nobody]

Missed oportunitty to not have her named that because of Tom Holland.

 

[TaySan]

Looks like i don't need to go rush out and play this one. I Still got High on Life, Sonic and Callisto to play

 

[Kadayi]

Looks like i don't need to go rush out and play this one. I Still got High on Life, Sonic and Callisto to play

It sounds like you've got the rest of your life not to play it judging by those reviews.

 

[regawdless]

What works and what doesn't in Forspoken on PS5

The Digital Foundry verdict.

www.eurogamer.net

What the hell did they do to the visuals of that game. FFXV maxed out on PC looks better tbh and it's an old game. Even the character models don't look worse.

Pretty shocking how bad the lighting is. Industry wide Lumen / RT usage can't come soon enough.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

What the hell did they do to the visuals of that game. FFXV maxed out on PC looks better tbh and it's an old game. Even the character models don't look worse.

Pretty shocking how bad the lighting is. Industry wide Lumen / RT usage can't soon enough.

Especially considering FFXV wasn't even that amazing visually, imo. To look worse than an 'okay' older game using an improved version of the same engine is quite the accomplishment.

 

[Mista]

Yeah I will pass. The demo didn't catch my interest + most reviews says the game is empty, bland and has a forgettable story

We have enough of that already

 

[regawdless]

Especially considering FFXV wasn't even that amazing visually, imo. To look worse than an 'okay' older gamer game using an improved version of the same engine is quite the accomplishment.

The PC version of FFXV was one of the best looking game at the time though. It looked really good. Here are some of my screenshots from back then. Kinda shocking how well it compares to Forspoken.

 

[rofif]

The PC version of FFXV was one of the best looking game at the time though. It looked really good. Here are some of my screenshots from back then. Kinda shocking how well it compares to Forspoken.

yeah FF XV on pc is stunning! (my shots)

 

[GreyHorace]

Read somewhere that the president of Square Enix expects this game to be a cornerstone franchise much like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest.

*sniggers* Are you kidding me? They should have started with a AA game rather than giving this one a full AAA treatment. Especially with all the middling reviews it's been getting. Shit, Octopath Traveller 2 looks better than this and that's a 2D/3D hybrid with fucking sprites.

 

[regawdless]

What the fuck is Wvia.org?

I have no idea but that first paragraph is already great.

Forspoken is a disappointing outing from a developer that touts 'key members' of the Final Fantasy XV team, one which feels at best uninterested in its Black protagonist, and at worst resentful of her.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

I have no idea but that first paragraph is already great.

Forspoken is a disappointing outing from a developer that touts 'key members' of the Final Fantasy XV team, one which feels at best uninterested in its Black protagonist, and at worst resentful of her.

Games can actually be racist, independent of who created them.

"Shit, we made a black chick the main character, it's not our fault the game called her the N word!"

Spectacularly retarded and example number 34982137489236592 why it's NEVER ENOUGH.

 

[regawdless]

From Digital Foundry:

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Danny Lore is a Black sci-fi/fantasy writer of prose and comics. They hail from Harlem and the Bronx.