Forspoken

If you like to do everything, this game is going to take a while. Tons of enemies including variant mutants and sprawling landscapes with things to do everywhere. Each time you take over a new Tanta weapon set, its like playing something new which I enjoyed but the game is long if you try to get everything. And if you get through all of that, go ahead and buy the DLC, it starts you over with a new girl that gains similar powers but still feels pretty fun, and the game is gorgeous if your computer can handle it.

I didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as I did, but I’m honestly surprised more people aren’t giving it a chance. I had a great time. Story and Premise This is one of the best isekai games currently available. Frey gets summoned to another world and is basically forced to save it, not just survive it, and her “cheat magic” is used in a really fun way that fits the genre and its not even an isekai. With a few mods, you could push it even further toward a weeb dream if that’s your thing. The jokes aside, the overall tone and storytelling are strong even without mods. Replay and Content Even if you rush the main quest, you’re looking at 30+ hours of gameplay. After the story is done, there’s still more content and story to keep going. Verdict Worth playing even if it’s not on sale. I finished the game, and that says a lot. I paid full sticker price for Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed and didn’t stick with either of them, but this one genuinely kept my interest the whole way through.

Totally enjoyable play-though of the main quest. This character has a dev arc, the attitudes make sense in the end. Not every story has to be handed out in easy to consume bits. The level traversal is very fun, lots of 3d movement. Too many options for spells :P

I cant remember the last time I had so little fun playing a game. I though the price of $20 would make it bearable, but I just cant finish it. -Frustrating combat controls and unintuitive keyboard controls (click F for everything!). -A truly janky game engine (on a 4070 boss fights would slow to a crawl and hiccup uncontrollably). -One of the most unnecessary barren worlds I've ever seen, as if it was tailor made to waste your time. -ALL the side content in the world, non quest, is designed to be done AFTER you finish the story. -The map goes from almost useful to... completely NOT just by zooming in. -Questionable storytelling techniques (here, let me NOT show you a character pouring a drinking a drink in a scene where that's ALL THAT'S HAPPENING!). -And mindboggling bad game design (Frozen controls for no reason, story being told in random dialogue you can miss, character changing appearance (fight damage) and clothes in scenes not 2 feet from one another, and sooooo much more). I like Frey. I like the cats. I even like the damn Cuff. The basic Sci-Fi fish out of water story is interesting, and having Frey fight "Earth Morals" vs "Crazy Disney Queen Hellscape Morals" is interesting. I even liked the idea of the nails, cloaks and necklaces as gear. All that's fun. Someone in charge at Square played this and said "Yep! Ship it!" This had to be some sort of Tax Writeoff. If "What the f**k?" was a game, it would be Forspoken.

玩之前在某三字app看着奇低的评分和评论区的疯狂贬低，我本来放低了期待，不指望这是一款多么优秀的游戏，入手只是因为我喜欢arpg，并且这款游戏是女主角，仅此而已。 但是玩的时候我就发现，比我想象得好太多了。 跑图体验、战斗手感、酷炫特效……都非常优秀。尤其是多样的跑图技能，说一句上天入地不为过，连魔法疾行的过程中开宝箱开门都单独做了踢箱子踢门的动作，每一场战斗都沉浸在自己好帅、特效好酷的想法里，完完全全的享受，只能说在动作方面没什么可挑的了。 女主的性格区别于一般的圣母主角，很有自己的想法也很坚持自己的那一套原则，因而有的时候会显得自私和顽固，或许有人会因此讨厌她，但我觉得很真实，哪怕是她最后留下来选择了拯救，也依然不认为自己是人们口中的救世主。 很难得的是，女主和她的母亲在最后一章的情节还是让我挺触动的。高分的低分的游戏我都玩过不少，但这次是我第一次玩游戏的时候流了几滴眼泪，挺不可思议的……本来一直都是面无表情地在玩，突然有几句话就击中了，没忍住（） 当然了不是没有缺点： 1.有太多没必要的黑屏加载了，比如主角和面前的npc对话进行事件/支线任务，竟然不能直接走过去对话，而是走过去之后黑屏加载一会，然后两人在专门的镜头下面说话，非常多此一举还拖时间。并且有的时候两个人已经说完了，但是还要等一会才能走动，挺破坏体验的，尤其是一些需要频繁对话的任务。 2.女主角太爱说脏话了，太多的FxxK、motherFxxK，连shit都算温文尔雅了…… 在我眼里基本上是瑕不掩瑜， 让我更加坚定了“游戏体验是私人的”观点，他人的评分评价始终是他人的，跟风吹或者跟风黑都没有任何意义，只有自己试了才知道。

This game unfortunately received a lot of backlash, and most of it came from people who bought it, left a bad review, and then refunded it. You can literally filter out reviews from people who played less than Steam’s 2-hour refund window if you want to avoid those kinds of takes. The game itself offers a really fun combat system, but there are definitely moments where it feels too cluttered. The world also isn’t as lively as you’d expect, and a lot of it looks pretty barren. The parkour and other movement mechanics make up for that a bit, though. The story could have been handled better too. Frey comes across as emotionally immature at times and can be unnecessarily unlikeable. That really should not happen with a main character. Players should not feel like the character they are controlling is being rude or obnoxious for no good reason. On top of that, they also should have done more with each Tanta individually. All in all: Combat: 3.5/5 If the jank was gone, it would be amazing. Story: 4/5 If you ignore Frey being unnecessarily rude at times, it’s still solid. Parkour & Movement: 5/5 Easily one of the most satisfying parts of the game. Performance: 4/5 They improved the framerate a lot, but there are still moments where the game randomly drops from 120 FPS to 28 for no clear reason.

Played through the entire base game which was... okay I guess, but not particularly original. There is a TON of exposition that's just unskipable slow walking while an NPC talks at you. I then tired to play the DLC, the game started the cutscene, and then went back to the base game. No way to get into the DLC I would be upset had I not bought the delux version on sale, but at this point, I just don't want to play anymore. Up until the DLC there weren't any major techincal issues, but this just got me to uninstall the game. Also, the developer was absolutely NO help at all in resolving the issue as they just don't care about this game or its sales.

A Misunderstood Gem with Incredible Gameplay I’ve put 41 hours into Forspoken so far, and I still haven’t even finished the main story because I’m having too much fun checking every single nook and cranny and collecting everything on the map. It completely baffles me why this game got so much hate online. Is it perfect? No. Sometimes the world can feel a bit blank, and yeah, some of the side fights get a little repetitive. But let’s be real—what open-world game nowadays doesn’t have that? It’s pretty hard to find a game where every single encounter is 100% unique. What matters is that the core magic parkour and combat loop are so fun that I don't even care about the repetition. Zooming around and combining different elemental spells feels amazing once it clicks. As for Frey, I know everyone complained about her being "cringe," but people completely ignore her backstory. She’s an orphan who grew up rough on the streets of New York. Her swearing, defensive attitude, and awkward jokes actually make sense for someone with that kind of trauma. She’s putting up a wall. Watching her slowly lower her guard and grow into her role actually felt pretty realistic to me.

The negative reviews have a point. The dialog is beyond cringy. Common sense for human interaction is out the window, not in an endearing way, but a painfully awkward and tactless way. The first two hours are horrendous. Boring and confusing plot points to push the story along. Over-explanation of obvious game mechanics. Little to no explanation of other nuance (like leveling up spells). This is a positive review, though. After the slow start, the game really opens up. Stick with the story quests until you kill the first big bad. Lots of space to roam around in with enemies and activity points. I completely disagree with the comments saying the open world is barren. The traversal mechanics as well as the spells and smooth flow between attacks. Chaining together active and passive magic and different types of magic is super fun. I keep finding myself coming back to this game for how fun it is to play. TL;DR - First two hours are boring and not fun. After you get past some of the main story the open world becomes really fun to explore and really fun to play.