I've seen all the discourse online surrounding Forspoken's dialogue and how it comes across as very Marvel-esque. a lot of weight falls on Frey's shoulders who ends up being a difficult hero to root for. It becomes hard to get invested in a world and story when the main character shows no effort to be invested in it either. By the time we do get some semblance of a character arc in the end, it's too little too late. She's mostly one-note throughout a majority of the game, trades dialogue with quippy remarks and treats almost everything with an apathetic attitude. The setup explains her backstory but we never really get the satisfaction of seeing Frey grow as a character. Her interactions with characters - and even Cuff - sometimes comes off as mean-spirited and rude it's just uncalled for in a lot of cases. Unfortunately, a lot of weight falls on Frey's shoulders who ends up being a difficult hero to root for.

Admittedly, the story is engaging enough, especially towards the latter half of the game where I found myself hooked in despite having a strong sense of deja vu. We've seen that story multiple times before and Forspoken doesn't do anything necessarily new or inventive with that concept. The 'isekai' genre is everywhere in anime (and some older games too) so fans might immediately notice typical story beats: an outsider arrives in a fantasy world destined to save it from impending doom. Here she quickly discovers a terrible calamity that's threatening its inhabitants and must use her newfound magical powers to battle the looming evil.įorspoken has an interesting but familiar setup.

One day, she discovers a magical talking cuff (named Cuff) that transports her to a fantasy world called Athia. Note: This review is completely spoiler-free.įorspoken starts in New York and follows protagonist Frey Holland, a struggling New Yorker dealing with her criminal past and just trying to get by in life. Forspoken was revealed in its final form and while that excitement has kind of worn off, there's still some good to be found underneath a mound of oddly executed ideas. When I heard that a lot of the same development team was heading up Luminous Productions to make another open-world RPG called Project Athia, I was ecstatic. It may come as a surprise but Final Fantasy XV was not only my favourite game of 2016, but one of my favourite Final Fantasy games of all time.

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