Forspoken

[theshadowcult]

A bunch of people i saw played the demo, and said it was pretty meh. Looks like its improved, but only to like average.

Im pretty disappointed. Love Legacy of kain, and people froth at the mouth over uncharted. Was really expecting something better from hennig.

[Trunks0]

Shame. The price for this game is also completely out to lunch imho. Although I supposed with the published being Square Enix, that shouldn't be to surprising. I'll wait for this to be on a pretty heavy discount before even considering it.

[Mangler]

Hennig wasn't that involved with this, she and another writer just wrote some world building lore, the main writer is someone else.

Anyway, Square can **** off with their PS5 pricing on PC.

[Sasquach]

Hennig wasn't that involved with this, she and another writer just wrote some world building lore, the main writer is someone else.

Anyway, Square can **** off with their PS5 pricing on PC.

holy crap I never thought i'd see it....but it has surpassed CoD pricing.....

[Lazy8s]

I’m passing on this one. Reviews I’ve seen (Digital Foundry the latest) haven’t been favorable.

[Munkus]

I’m passing on this one. Reviews I’ve seen (Digital Foundry the latest) haven’t been favorable.

Same. Uninteresting characters. Bland story. Massive but empty open world. Samey-samey monsters. Basically another generic but pretty Square Enix game.

[Mangler]

The demo is now available on steam and other launchers/stores.

[theshadowcult]

Ahhahahahaahahah, its 115 dollars here... wtf... wtf is square thinking?

[Sasquach]

Same. Uninteresting characters. Bland story. Massive but empty open world. Samey-samey monsters. Basically another generic but pretty Square Enix game.

Square cant seem to make anything worthwhile outside of their FF franchise.
And even then their FF franchise has gotten worse and worse since their heyday. (13 sucks, 14 is online only, 15 seems unremarkable and has a boy band cast, jury is out on 16 until its released)
And then Square also has a knack for balancing promising decisions with absolutely baffling/stupid ones. (FF7 takes forever to remake and will be expensive...i might not even care about it anymore by the time all 3 parts are ready), PC only release of the pixel remaster series UNTIL this year..., they have some potential 2D-HD Remake goldmine options which they don't seem to be exploring at all...like FF6 and Chrono Trigger, The Kingdom Hearts series is ALL cloud based on switch......which makes no sense except for KH3)

[Lazy8s]

Ahhahahahaahahah, it’s 115 dollars here... wtf... wtf is square thinking?

Omg

[Mangler]

The load times are pretty nice, I guess direct storage is doing its thing in the demo.

I'm not very fond of the combat, it reminds me too much of FF15.

[theshadowcult]

Has anyone tried the demo on pc yet? Got any thoughts on it?

[Silent-Runner]

terrible, don't like it at all. Maybe if it hits the massive discount bin for like ~10 bucks, otherwise no.

[azalea]

So let me get this straight. It's something that's not what I call a good game, I'm seeing freakin' poor reviews, and, oh yeah!, 16GB is not enough!

[Silent-Runner]

it's bad all around ESPECIALLY for a Square Enix game. But hey, maybe there are some gamers out there who actually like it, who knows?

[Trunks0]

Demo is kinda meh. None of the story of the game is present. It plays more like a tech demo of the game, than a slice of the game. You can run around a fairly large area to openly explore. Fight all sorts of little boss's and clear areas around the map. You can play with the crafting system, upgrades and spells. But that's about it. Once you fight the "bonus boss" the demo ends (you don't have to fight him though, so that's when I started to explore). Really not sure why they released this as the "demo". It feels more like a sneak peak or first look sorta thing instead of a proper demo. Like something I would have played at a Square Enix booth for anevent like E3, CES or PAX. I had fun with it... but it's fairly shallow look at the game.

[nutcrackr]

Demo was bland. The combat is messy (not hard) and the game world just seems really flat. I turned the chatter down to low and it wasn't too bad. Oh and it crashed for me after 25 minutes. Probably won't touch this one.

[Dungeoncrawler]

I also took a pass on this. Might grab it when it hits under $30. Heard the campaign is between 8-10 hours, just saying. Spending my money on Hogwarts Legacy.

[KAC]

Another disappointment. Nobody saw it coming with the shitty demos right?

[Sundance Kid V2]

Another disappointment. Nobody saw it coming with the shitty demos right?

Yea not surprised 1 bit... the damn price is crazy. The game play look boring AF, the worlds look empty. The game just looks like a tech demo. Skip!

[jimjobob]

I played the demo on ps5 and now played a little on pc last night. Game seems much better visually and play wise on pc but still looking like it’s not going to be worth the time.
was really hoping it would be like Dragons Dogma. I was really excited for that one till I played the demo and thought it was crap. Thankfully that one had enough saying it was good that I gave the full game a try and it wound up being one of my favorite games in a long time.

i don’t think this one is going to turn out that way unfortunately.

[Silent-Runner]

Spending my money on Hogwarts Legacy.

strangely zero talk about this one here.

[Mangler]

You are supposed to call it the wizard game.

[Silent-Runner]

You are supposed to call it the wizard game.

i prefer to call it "overpriced" game, thx.

[theshadowcult]

i prefer to call it "overpriced" game, thx.

its still cheaper than returnal or forskpoken. :/

[KAC]

Played and finished the demo. Was boring af. Also gameplay was just terribad. Had so much potential but completely ruined by stupid systems and menus and aesthetics of the world. Also that chatter was just downright stupid. So bad. I couldn’t stand it. I thought High on Life was worse but this one takes the cake.

[Clockwork]

Played and finished the demo. Was boring af. Also gameplay was just terribad. Had so much potential but completely ruined by stupid systems and menus

I agree with the portion quoted above.

[the_sextein]

I don't mean any disrespect to anyone but I think this game is aimed at a different demographic than the one on rage3d. They make games for teenagers and kids and this one seems aimed at young teens. Role playing as a teen girl that is dealing with bullying issues and escapes to a fairy magical fantasy land where pink glitter roles off her feet doesn't seem like the sort of game that will attract men aged 30 to 60 if you know what I mean. The gameplay seems dumbed down to you and me but it's fine for the kids it's aimed at. I'm not interested in playing teenage mutant ninja turtles anymore either but it had it's time and place in my kiddy days you know?

[Mangler]

Forspoken has an higher age rating than most games though, it's PEGI 18/ESRB 17+.

[the_sextein]

Sorry but I never took age ratings seriously even when I was in 3rd grade playing mortal combat. I just look at the content and know it's not for me. I understand your argument but something about this game just doesn't seem like it would interest adult men.

[twonha]

I don't mean any disrespect to anyone but I think this game is aimed at a different demographic than the one on rage3d. They make games for teenagers and kids and this one seems aimed at young teens. Role playing as a teen girl that is dealing with bullying issues and escapes to a fairy magical fantasy land where pink glitter roles off her feet doesn't seem like the sort of game that will attract men aged 30 to 60 if you know what I mean. The gameplay seems dumbed down to you and me but it's fine for the kids it's aimed at. I'm not interested in playing teenage mutant ninja turtles anymore either but it had it's time and place in my kiddy days you know?

The world of Reddit feels younger than the R3D demographic, but the game gets spat out there too. Mixed reviews on Steam, mixed professional reviews, this is simply a big budget dud. And to be fair, it never looked like it definitely wouldn't be. :-/

[the_sextein]

Fair enough. I just think alot of the games I enjoyed as a child would get ripped apart in a critical gameplay review but they served their purpose when I was a kid you know what I mean?. Final Fantasy 7 for example, it was a groundbreaking title with good gameplay, story, music, and characters but it was aimed at teen boys and the only reason I can play remake is because of the nostalgia. I think FF7 remake is poorly paced, I can't really relate with the character of Cloud anymore, the lost mind, deus ex ending has become a cliche and the gameplay really doensn't do much for me despite the heavy modernizations to it.

I think the age rating is causing alot of adults to look at forespoken and critique it like an adult game which is fair but like Mortal Combat, it's actually aimed at kids and I don't think mortal combat has very exciting gameplay as an adult because it's the same thing over and over for the last 20 years. Most movies, games and music really are not made for people over the age of 30 if you think about it. We've all grown up but the entertainment industry has not changed and therefore doesn't cater to us anymore. What do you think? Honestly, I have a hard time getting into anything these days and I feel like that is probably why but perhaps I'm just narrow minded?

[theshadowcult]

I don't mean any disrespect to anyone but I think this game is aimed at a different demographic than the one on rage3d. They make games for teenagers and kids and this one seems aimed at young teens. Role playing as a teen girl that is dealing with bullying issues and escapes to a fairy magical fantasy land where pink glitter roles off her feet doesn't seem like the sort of game that will attract men aged 30 to 60 if you know what I mean. The gameplay seems dumbed down to you and me but it's fine for the kids it's aimed at. I'm not interested in playing teenage mutant ninja turtles anymore either but it had it's time and place in my kiddy days you know?

that may have been the case, except the character hates the new world, doesnt want to do anything, is an arsehole most of the time, and is unlikable completely. Has nothing to do with appealing to kids. The game also does stupid things and forces the player to make to do stupid things. Like the bag of money at the start of the game. Its literally at her feet, but she has to go out into the apartment to find the cat THEN come back for the bag... which obviously doesnt happen.

Being a fan of isekai western movies and anime, im the actual audience for this game. Its very, very average.

[theshadowcult]

a more thorough review

[KAC]

Need to put that person on suicide watch if he really completed it to 100%.

[theshadowcult]

Need to put that person on suicide watch if he really completed it to 100%.

they complete all their games they review to 100%, its their thing.

[Drexion]

demographic

ehhh.. I won't hesistate to give the first LiS (Life is Strange) game a 10/10. And it's about teenage girls/high school drama/the suburbs etc. I mean you would be right with a few titles but imo most gamers, esp PC gamers, will give any kind of game a chance and keep playing it if they are having some kind of fun or engagement regardless of the characters/setting.

[the_sextein]

Yeah that's fine, whatever floats your boat. I just thought it might be a case where people were expecting a level of depth and maturity to the gameplay systems and story because of the age rating and then got disappointed because is was a game focused on a different age group. If that's not the case and it's an adult game that is boring, then that's cool with me. As I said, I have no interest in it personally. It reminds me of tween Disney movie stories, characters, and settings which stopped interesting me about 25 years ago.

[theshadowcult]

I'd say even with the rating, the demographics is people who were teens around 2010 or earlier. Its less isekai, and more western movies, like forbidden kingdom, or similar movies from the 90's. Its just that it doesnt matter. To a lot of gamers, a good game is a good game.