For the War Tanta the landscape is very rigid, wartorn, and red. As such, those realms take on the personality of their respective Tanta. The areas surrounding Cipal are all ruled by a different Tanta. The land is broken up into four major parts with Cipal standing in the center as the last city of mankind. If you’re all about exploration, you definitely have plenty of that in Forspoken. When Forspoken was announced, one of the things most people looked forward to was exploring the boundless world of Athia. Vast, Seemingly-Endless World, Without Much Incentive to Explore There’s a reason why there weren’t many story trailers for this game, and it’s not because they wanted to avoid spoilers. Knowing more about them became the driving force of this game, moreso than the journey of Frey.Īs Forspoken is very much a narrative-driven game, I went in thinking the story would be better than it was. They were all very unique in their motivations and their abilities. The most interesting characters were actually the villainous Tantas. This had the potential to make her the best character, but we don’t learn much about her, outside of the fact she worked with Tanta Sila. Finally, there’s an archivist who is very much over Frey’s crap. There’s this one apprentice who is annoyingly thirsty for Frey, but thankfully, his part is cut midway through. You have Auden’s father who’s okay, but his arc gets pretty old quickly. ![]() The Athian girl Auden is pushed on us as someone we should like, but she’s very much an annoying goody two-shoes type. There’s Cuff who is witty and plays a good straight man, but even his banter gets a bit old. The rest of the Athians aren’t much better. You can make the argument she doesn’t want to be a hero and that she’s looking for her purpose and that’s all well and good…but even throughout her “redemption” arc, it’s still hard to like or connect to her. In fact, many times she acts like a petulant child in the face of duty. It’s terrifying, but there’s dialogue in which she basically asks for it and she isn’t happy about it. When she gets it, however, she hates being there. The main character Frey is just this angry person who wishes for a new beginning. In addition to the poor execution and the writing, one of the main reasons the story isn’t enjoyable has to do with the characters. When the two major twists happened, I just said “Yeah, that’s about right.” There was never any WOW moment for me when it came to the story. In fact, they are ridiculously easy to see coming. The problem is they are not set up very well. Meanwhile, the story revolves around reaching these big plot twists that are supposed to have a ton of shock value and confusion. That’s another aspect in which the characters are poorly written, few characters have any backbone, opting to forgive and rely on Frey way too much, rather than take up arms when she’s unwilling or against helping the people who literally do everything for her. For instance, Frey is rather horrible to all of the citizens of Cipal and then as destruction is looming she stands up in front of everyone to give a rousing speech that comes off as disingenuous instead, yet the audience eats it up. Characters also have weird or lame responses that are supposed to come off as empowering, but feels cringy instead. It often felt out of place or worse, like the Frey’s voice actress, Ella Balinska, wasn’t even convinced while reading the lines. ![]() To be clear, I’ve no problem with cursing in games and I’m not clutching my pearls everytime I hear it. The writing is so comedically bad relying on cuss words like “fuck” and “shit” heavily for reactions and responses that are often completely out of tone. The story itself is predictable with poorly written dialogue. The premise of this game sounds pretty cool and interesting, but the execution of it doesn’t meet those expectations at all. It’s up to Frey to liberate the people of Athia and save the land. Plus, it’s ruled by the tyrannical Tantas four powerful women who each control a different element. The land is covered with corruption and mutated enemies. She gets just that when she finds a mysterious cuff/vambrace, which, after putting it on, thrusts her into the terrifying, vibrant world of Athia.įorspoken Developed By: Luminous Productions, Square Enix Platforms: PlayStation 5, PC Genre: Action RPG Release Date: January 24, 2023įrey soon discovers this new world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Between a run-in with the law and a local gang breathing down her neck, Frey desires a fresh start away from the Big Apple. The story of Forspoken follows a woman named Frey who was orphaned in New York City and has since turned to a life of crime to survive. Predictable Story with Unlikable Characters After a handful of delays, Forspoken has finally arrived, but players may find quite a bit lacking in Square Enix’s latest endeavor.
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