In June 2020, when the staff of the well-known company Square Enix officially announced the role-playing game Forspoken, many gamers around the world had the feeling that this would be the best RPG in the history of game development. The project was called the “showcase of opportunities” for the PlayStation 5, colorful trailers were constantly appearing on the network demonstrating spectacular battles and an attractive open world, and by the end of 2022, many publications called Forspoken the most anticipated game of 2023. Unfortunately, all this turned out to be empty, because even journalists from specialized publications, who usually praise even not very high-quality projects, gave the release a rather low score – only 68 points out of 100 possible on Metacritic.
Today, January 23, 2023, the embargo on the publication of reviews on Forspoken has been lifted, so that evaluations of major foreign publications have appeared on the network, as well as a detailed description of the game features, plot, combat, advantages and disadvantages of the project. And it turned out that behind a beautiful picture there is a game that is completely empty and meager in terms of points of interest – journalists from the IGN information publication, for example, said that the game’s storyline is very boring, simple and banal, so there is no desire to study the characters and the intricacies of the story. For a single role-playing game, this is literally a death sentence, but it’s not the saddest thing either. The journalists said that the open world of the game seemed to them extremely empty and uninteresting, so there is not one iota of desire to explore it.
Of the good, IGN journalists noted the advanced parkour system and spectacular battles. However, although the fights are filled with special effects and look bright, many journalists did not like them either. For example, GameSpot reported that most of the battles evoke boredom and sadness, as the battles are extremely monotonous, without zest and all that gamers have been waiting for. Gradually, battles with opponents turn into a real routine, as enemies cease to amaze very quickly. All together, this creates an extremely negative description of the much-anticipated video game – the gamer gets a beautiful, but absolutely boring and uninteresting role-playing game with the same type of quests.
Representatives of the Eurogamer publication said that the storyline and the main character are revealed towards the end of the story – the journalists promise an extremely emotional ending and character development. The only problem is that getting to the end of this story will be extremely problematic, because gamers will have to put up with an empty open world without points of interest, the same type of opponents and a routine combat system, as well as a depressing storyline that brings pleasure only after tens of hours of passage. At the moment, only 25 reviews have been published, but the situation will probably not change dramatically – Forspoken from “Game of the Year” will inevitably turn into “Failure of the Year”.
Source: Trash Box
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