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Lethal01
Member
Looks like they commit the cardinal sin of open world design.
Telling you where things are on the map and just having you go there instead of actual exploration and guiding you towards things that look interesting from a distance. Movement looks fun, combat could be fun with better enemies.
Breath of the wild was released in 2017... that means we've had about 4 years of people constantly saying how much better it is to actually explore instead of just going to points on your map.
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CheeseCake
Member
Yep. That looks just like what I expected from a Square Enix game. Shitty optimization.
Game runs like ass.
Game runs like ass.
Cornbread78
Member
That background music is amazing
Kuranghi
Member
Forspoken effects artists: "So we're thinking about adding in this spell where the whole screen is filled with 1000 rotating and scaling alpha effects, I've told my guys to go wild with it, no thoughts of performance just pure art design! You guys can optimise that for us right?"
Forspoke engine devs:
Forspoke engine devs:
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Magic looks dope
Please let me mute the protag
Please let me mute the protag
Cornbread78
Member
5 months away from release and not even in a full playable form....
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Punished Miku
Member
Bear McCreary and some guy who worked on Magnum P.I in 1980 lol. Lotta western influence in this game. Should be pretty different from the usual SQEX stuff in terms of writing / music.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I'm actually pretty bullish on this game. I think the traversal and combat abilities look really fun to use. Seems like there might be some issues with the frame pacing or something, but I'll be playing on PC, and there's still time to sort that out besides.
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
It's a next gen only game. no idea why the engine is struggling with this. Did they not upgrade their engine for next gen at all?Forspoken effects artists: "So we're thinking about adding in this spell where the whole screen is filled with 1000 rotating and scaling alpha effects, I've told my guys to wild with it, no thoughts of performance just pure art design! You guys can optimise that for us right?"
Forspoke engine devs:
Is it even 4k? Maybe they can halve the resolution and save on performance that way.
Lukaku's First Touch
Member
bleak and boring brown world it seems.
firegamer273
Member
yep a 70 dollar game with bland empy world and poor optimization
thats square enix for you .
thats square enix for you .
BbMajor7th
Gold Member
Liking the idea of nail polish designs containing augmentation runes - very cool concept. Frame rate needs a lot of work and, yeah, that kind of glib, running-commentary dialogue needs to die in the deepest fire Earth can muster.
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
The game looks fucking incredible to play. Yes, it runs like shit but i highly doubt a sony exclusive would ship in this state.
I really dont understand how gaf can look at that gameplay and decide we need to ignore the awesome magic abilities, ignore the incredibly quick traversal, and focus instead on the framerate drops of an unfinished game.
Everyone loves Zelda, but my goodness traveling through that world was a fucking chore. Same goes for other open worlds like Ass Creed, Far Cry, Horizon, and RDR2. Here she literally fast travels through the world jumping off cliffs like shes spiderman. Magic system lets you tie 3 different spells together for unique chain attacks. Just imagine the possibilities! This looks new, different, and interesting.
Punished Miku
Member
It looks like they took FFXV and finished it a bit more. Instead of a teleport to specific points, now you have fast traversal with rapid jumps and dashes. Instead of one spell that's an item, now you have many spells.
I have very mixed feelings on FFXV, so this could go either way for me and I wouldn't be surprised.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Last time I enjoyed magic in a fantasy game was Two Worlds 2. It's about time we got one that goes all out with it.
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SkylineRKR
Member
This looks like what the FFXV team would come up with. Its a pass for now, but i'm kind of a sucker for action RPG so w/e.
Bruno_Arrais85
Member
what's up with the poor framerate
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Can’t wait to play as a fierce womxn spouting off sassy one liners.
Fbh
Member
I like how the combat is based on flashy spells.
But everything else about it looks rough: framerate, IQ, art direction, bland writing with constant talking, constant grunting while traversing the world.
Game looks like it could have launched on Ps4 but barely seems to be able to run on Ps5.
But everything else about it looks rough: framerate, IQ, art direction, bland writing with constant talking, constant grunting while traversing the world.
Game looks like it could have launched on Ps4 but barely seems to be able to run on Ps5.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
lol me too. I liked some aspects of it, but my goodness, thats such a weird game. The open world was severely under utilized. The combat was flashy and fun, but wasnt very fleshed out. The less we talk about the final few hours the better. This looks far more traditional, more focused and while I am getting tired of the ubisoft style open worlds, it might work here because it will help them focus on the combat instead of whatever they were trying to do with the open world in FFXV.
Mossybrew
Gold Member
Too many barks in general, like the constant grunting during traversal. Gets annoying.
But this looks like AC with magic so I'm down for sure.
Alan Silvestro
Member
It can be a good game... if bought at half price.
As long as they include the options to turn off marker and have the game hint at locations and or tell which directions to go, then that'd be cool. I think AC Odyssey did this.
mortal
Gold Member
Sort of looks like it too, Luminous Engine and whatnot.
It's ok. Someone times it's best when things aren't designed to try to appeal to everyone.
I'm interested in this for the story and the different style of combat.
Just hope it delivers.
Con-Z-epT
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Maybe when the reviews drop i will think differently but for now...