Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jan 25, 2023

  +First Edit. Nothing like the trailers -Sadly the game is poorly optimized, it is basically a bad port. +I maintain this one, trailers look cleaner and smoother, graphics on this game don't look very "next gen" to me. -Graphics are not as great as they show them in the video trailers. +Again they are not, as I said below and before it looks like they were downgraded to match ps5 users. -the way they handle cut scenes disabling your mouse is annoying and cut scenes also stutter a lot. +This is not a technical thing, but is annoying as all hell, there is free roam and "exploration", but there are also part of the game where instead of showing you 1 cu scene they play 5 in a row, why? you can achieve the same with just a long one. -The bracelet is the most annoying thing, talks a lot, and I mean A LOT!. +Thanks to the several people comments I turned all the way done this annoying guy, still talks quite a bit but is better now. -they seem to think is a great idea to freeze you in place while the bracelet is saying some stuff that is supposed to be "meaningful" +This will keep on happening several times, no way around it. -it is a great idea poorly executed. +The game has some "unique visuals" and the parkhour is cool, but that is all, writing is not good sadly, and the story is not bad but is just the way they decided to tell it that doesn't hit you. -NEW THINGS NOTICED- -The voice acting is bad, this game have really bad voice acting, there is no feeling from it, the characters feel empty and just there for the sake of an annoying cut scene. -The dips are still there even after updating to the latest nvidia drivers, and even removing RT it does help and you can feel the difference. people joking about the state of it vs cyberpunk and this one being newer, graphics are nowhere near as good, and I can run psycho mode in cyberpunk without a sweat and no dips on 1440p. I am playing on a ryzen 7950x and a RTX 4080, with a 3440x1440 predator g-sync monitor. and again is not the best game graphically to me appears like a shitty downgrade in graphics to match up the maximum of what a PS5 can do. gives out a vibe of watchdogs 1 when they were releasing the trailers vs the released game. +This one I still maintain is like a watchdogs downgrade, regarding my rig setting, sadly forspoken does not show you your graphics card while in the settings like other games, but you can go to my public screenshots for this game and see the config and how I play it. I would advise not to purchase this game if you want to play the game properly, better wait for it to be polished, because it is a disaster. +Yes the game is not on its best state and I would still say to not buy it if you don't want to deal with the unoptimized mess, there are full gameplays of the game I advise to go look at those during combats like the first one with the dragon and see the graphics, almost all gameplay is from PS5 sadly so mmm is not the same.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 25, 2023

  Of the first 71 minutes of "game time" most of it has been "you have to walk really slowly because of " or cutscene. Of the cut scenes, two of them were narratively important. The rest were "that last cutscene, yeah, we're just going to drill that point home because you're idiots." I want the first two hours of the game to be *two hours of game play*. So that I can decide if I want to play the game or get a refund. Now, 74 minutes into the game and *still* not having access to the actual gameplay part of the game I'm inclined to refund it because the ratio of agency to cutscene is atrocious. Having given the game another 25 mintues, I have requested a refund. Because it was another 25 minutes of cutscene and slow walking
• gamedeal user

  Jan 25, 2023

  I didn't know how disappointed I could be in a brand new video game until I got Forspoken. A litany of problems, none of which are minor, adding up to a half baked poorly executed game. For a game that's supposedly been in production for years, its offputtingly lackluster especially for a 70$ price tag. Cons: *2 hour long prologue consisting of endless dialog with little to no interaction, but somehow also lacking the vivid cutscenes of games like final fantasy. And after seeing how bad this game is, it feels intentional to deny refunds. Cant tell if the game is bad if you don't get to play it for 2 hours! *Movement and combat are both extremely clunky. Plays like it wants to mix freestyle acrobatics and hack/slash, but never got around to installing either. For example: Parkour mechanic consists of a sprint and a jump until many hours into the game. The sprint is difficult to control and if you step over a pebble, the character flings itself over a mountain of its own accord. Which is weird because in the prologue you get a short parkour escape run and it was actually decent. It just sucks after that. *Story seems decent but instead of being explained through the many voiced dialog scenes, all the meat and potatoes are log book items you have to read on your own. I got half an hr of a talking bracelet shooting the shit, but cant get 30 seconds of storybook time to explain the core story taking place. A 10 minute 'burn the witch!' scene but learning about how the corruption happened, and the nations all powerful leaders, happens in a lame series of logbook entries. *There might be a memory leak! The longer I play the game the more it frame stutters and eventually it crashes. I run a watercooled 3080 12gb with 64gb ram on an I9 processor, that I built myself. So no, its not my hardware. So I don't even get to find out what the first major boss is like! *The world is empty. Seriously. Sparsely positioned trash mob combats, some chests, and rest spots. Throw in a statue that boosts stats and a 4 minute gauntlet in each area. Well done, minecraft has more variety. Which is sad because the enemies look fantastic! I know this seems like a harsh condemnation for a game just released. But upcharge me 70$, delay the game for months quoting 'improvements' with Luminous Productions having the resources to make a fantastic game, and there are zero reasons this shouldn't have been a triple A title. Instead it feels like the rough draft of a game from 20 years ago. Which is unfair because Tomb raider (1996) had less clunky combat and better parkour.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 26, 2023

  Okay. I'm almost done with the game and I feel like I've played it enough to give it a review. Simply, I don't like the game. The optimization is disgusting. For example, for me to open the map, it takes me an average of 8.687 seconds (yes, I actually did the math with opening and closing the map 50 times.). I get major frame drops on a better than average PC and I think that's ridiculous. I'll give some simple ratings for brevity: P.S. I give these numerical ratings very accurately. Meaning 10/10 = perfect game, 6/10 = better than the average game of it's caliber etc... Story - 4/10: It's a good premise, but very predictable. Characters - 2/10: Did not enjoy a SINGLE character. I didn't enjoy any of the humor and Frey feels like a young teenage girl more than a young woman. Gameplay - 7/10: The combat is pretty dope, the powers are pretty dope (except for the water ones, hate those powers) and you can get pretty creative with combos and when you fully upgrade them, they feel really powerful and that's SUPER important to me Side Quests & Objectives: 3/10: A bunch of garbage, that's all I have to say Overall - 4/10 - 1 = 3/10: Why am I giving it a minus 1? because for this game, I had to pay $70 (American). The fact I had to pay $70 for a 4/10 game, is disgusting. There is no reason I should this shitty of optimization plus every other thing for $70 dollars. If it were a $60 dollar game, it'd stay a 4. All of this is strictly my opinion in my 10.5 hours playing. Thanks for reading. Edit: Thank you all for the reactions, Here to answer some questions. As for the loading of the map, yes I am using an SSD. I recently upgraded my PC and I'll show specs: GPU: RTX 3060 CPU: Intel i9 - 10900k SSD: 3 Terabytes Ram: 32GB DDR4 (I think) By almost done with the game I mean this, I've killed 3/4 Tantas. There could be more, but the devs said that the story was around 15 hours "Forspoken's length should take players about 10-15 hours if you are solely focused on the main story, with a completionist playthrough taking closer to 30 to 40 hours to complete.Forspoken's length should take players about 10-15 hours if you are solely focused on the main story, with a completionist playthrough taking closer to 30 to 40 hours to complete." - TheLoadout.com And for the 10 hours thing, halfway through I decided I didn't care for the story and started skipping dialogue, I didn't care for the characters and I got where the story was going pretty quickly so I just didn't watch it and played the game. I enjoy the combat more than anything and just wanted to do some cool moves and fight. Also, I don't like side-quests in games generally, I will try a few if I need to level up more or need some resources, but, again, IN GENERAL, I don't care for side quests, so I opt not to do them if I can help it. I liked the labyrinths and mutants, so I did some of those, but only a few and focused on general combat and the main story exclusively. I don't know why I don't like them, but all I can say is that I'm not an achievement hunter I guess.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 26, 2023

  Not worth the price. All the other aspects of the game feels rushed/not finished (VA, cutscenes, graphic related issues, etc) aside from the combat. Combat is somehow unique but if you just hold on the dash you can easily dodge the enemies attacks. Game should be still in development for a year or so before it will look like it's finished. I don't know if I can still refund the game but the onboarding of the game is so stupid. Only after the 2hr introduction you can experience the actual gameplay. Which is the max limit of Steam in order for you to refund the game. *Edit: Steam refunded the game but didn't refund the Deluxe Upgrade.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 27, 2023

  I tried REALLY hard to like this game. I really did. The dialogue is cringe, my PC is more than capable enough to run this game (I have an AMD Ryzen 3900X and a 3080) and it looks terrible graphically. There's pauses in cut scenes, long black screens, long loading times, the map takes a solid 5 seconds to load as well. The "open world" isn't open at all. You can barely do anything starting out and every location/unlockable on the mini map is VERY repetitive. The maps are very uninspired and linear. Combat is boring after a while and i feel like this game was extremely rushed. Unlocking new powers is fun but that's literally it. Buy this game on sale Edit 1/26: beat the first tanta. The fight soooo long and it takes FOREVER to get there. Still not enjoying the story. Will continue to update as i go Edit 1/27: I have 32 gb ram so that shouldnt be an issue, but who knows. Also for the idiots calling me racist for not liking this game, im black. Cry harder that i dont like something Edit 1/27 Part 2: Just got to Tanta Prav. While it was A LOT quicker to get to her and fight her, the fight was also easier. I didnt bother going for the maps unlockables (except for spells) and went straight for her. It just wasnt worth the time or the energy. Water spells are cool but weird when it comes to aiming. Story gets decent about 10 hours in. Might actually beat this game
• gamedeal user

  Jan 27, 2023

  Terrible optimization and terrible dialogue. Not worth the $70
• gamedeal user

  Jan 27, 2023

  Written: 27th Jan 2023 Played: 4.6hrs - Yes, I probably should've played more hours to make a more informed review.

  TL;DR - Don't get it now, especially at the current price

  Complaints:

  <*>Optimisation is garbage, normally sits at an estimated 45FPS, in battle it will drop to an estimated 2-5FPS (Reminds me of when i downloaded >100 mods for Skyrim and it would do the same.) I became so frustrated playing it that my heart rate increased to uncomfortable levels. <*>Loading times between menu tabs is extraordinarily frustrating. To go from Magic to Map will take roughly 15sec and then from Map to Journal might take closer to 7sec. <*>Combat is mediocre - you could say the devs are trying to complete the "Give Players Carpal Tunnel Speedrun" because the combat involves clicking Left Ctrl an ungodly amount of times to dodge and clicking Left Mouse button as fast as possible to defeat your enemies. While there may be lots of spells and variations, you only need one spell to beat any enemy (mooks and bosses). I contemplated installing an auto-clicker to spam Burst Shot because thats the only spell I used more than once. <*>There are many places in the game where titles or other UI elements will pop-up, stop any and all movement and you can't do anything about it. You can't dismiss these pop-ups, you can only sit there and wait for them to disappear. It breaks the flow of the game.

  Praise/Neutral Points:

  <*>Voice Acting is pretty alright - Frey not realising that the slang she uses on the daily will confuse the locals does get a little frustrating after the 5th time it happens <*>World Visuals looks pretty good if not particularly inspiring - colourful, dramatic, screams "Fantasy" (honestly, the visuals might be better than I give credit for but the complaints are so great that they may colour my review) <*>Story - its alright I guess. It is basically a generic isekai - Troubled teen/youngster is transported to fantasy land and they are the only one that can save the world. Not a good story but also not a terrible one. <*>Soundscape - meh. Not good or bad.

  Conclusion:

  I would just like to say, that although this may not be a completely fair review (as I have not played for greater than 10hrs), I became so frustrated at the constantly pausing, loading times and frame rate drops that I stopped caring for the story and the characters. So until the frame rate issues improve, I can't really play anymore. I firmly believe that due to a number of factors, I cannot continue to play this game because my mental health will deteriorate due to sheer frustration/stress. I will delete this review once the patches that fix these issues are released.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 28, 2023

  11/10 Best Refund Simulator 2023
• gamedeal user

  Jan 28, 2023

  disney channel writing