Thankfully, almost everything in Forspoken is serviceable. It feels like a game built on easy mode from an existing fantasy RPG template. But everything – from the generic and uninteresting story to the style-over-substance parkour – is underdeveloped.
Instead, it cements it.įrustratingly, there are glimmers of a good game in Forspoken. Of course, there was always a chance that the expanded setting, story, and mechanics of the full game would shift that perception. December’s demo made that clear even in its short run-time. The crux of the issue is that Forspoken is painfully generic. Instead, Forspoken misses on every front. Had it delivered on these promises and given players an engaging story to boot, the game that started life as “Project Athia” would’ve been an easy hit in an otherwise dreary month. It promised a gorgeous and deep RPG set apart by fast and fluid traversal mechanics. This Forspoken review contains minor spoilers.Īs the first AAA release of 2023, Forspoken had an open goal.
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