Forspoken review

Forspoken

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What is it? An open-world RPG steeped in isekai tropes.

Expect to pay: £64.99 / $69.99

Developer: Luminous Productions

Publisher: Square Enix

Reviewed on: Nvidia GeForce RTX3070, AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 16GB RAM

Multiplayer? No

Link: https://forspoken.square-enix-games.com/en-gb/ (opens in new tab)  

On paper, Forspoken is a game that should have resonated with me. It’s a Luminous Productions/Square Enix venture, a developer I remain deathly loyal to despite its poor track record in recent years. It features some of my absolute favourite things in life: nail art, cats, parkour, and badass matriarchal rulers. 

Yet, Forspoken is let down by its sheer unwillingness to break the mould. In many ways, it’s the exact type of game you’ve seen countless times across the last 15 years. An open world RPG with superpowers, mystical creatures, and a terrifying world-ending threat. It does play into some isekai tropes, with protagonist Frey Holland whisked away from her New York home and plonked into a fantastical world. Along with her talking bracelet companion Cuff, she navigates the world of Athia and the Break which threatens to consume the land and everyone in it.

A-Frey’d to evolve 



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