Once it stops focusing so heavily on who New York Frey is and puts more emphasis on Athia Frey, it becomes a much more enjoyable story. The beginning of the game is mired by some rather choice story beats, like making Frey a petty criminal who squats in an abandoned apartment and has some troubling run-ins with a local gang. For what it's worth, though, I enjoyed the latter half of the narrative. Game stories don't necessarily have to have Bioshock or Nier: Automata levels of clever plot twists, but Forspoken too often fails to have fun with its premise. It's a pedestrian premise, one that never goes anywhere particularly exciting.

Along with her talking bracelet companion Cuff, she navigates the world of Athia and the Break which threatens to consume the land and everyone in it. It does play into some isekai tropes, with protagonist Frey Holland whisked away from her New York home and plonked into a fantastical world. An open world RPG with superpowers, mystical creatures, and a terrifying world-ending threat. In many ways, it's the exact type of game you've seen countless times across the last 15 years. It’s slated for release sometime in 2022.Ĭheck out a new trailer for Forspoken above and 4K screenshots of the game in the gallery below.Yet, Forspoken is let down by its sheer unwillingness to break the mould. Luminous Productions, the team behind Final Fantasy 15 that was originally founded by Hajime Tabata and is now headed by Takeshi Aramaki, is developing Forspoken. The game has been designed specifically for PlayStation 5, Square Enix says, “taking advantage of the new console’s power and features to create a game that feels like a true next-gen experience.” Actor Ella Balinska ( Charlie’s Angels), who plays the game’s lead character, unveiled first footage of the upcoming action-adventure fantasy game and revealed its final title: Forspoken.įorspoken is “a narrative-driven adventure,” according to Square Enix, starring Frey Holland, who enters the treacherous land of Athia, a region described as “stunningly beautiful, but also cruel and deadly.” Frey will learn magical abilities to survive in Athia on her journey.

Square Enix revealed new details about Project Athia, the PlayStation 5 and Windows PC game coming from its Luminous Productions team that was first revealed in 2020.

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