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[Jennings]

Sounds like High on Life

Thank you!

 

[Tomi]

Gane is meh

 

[Dick Jones]

"Well here I am, gettin' fucking reviewed. I can't believe it, there's a fucking score about to drop, ain't that some shit? One minute I'm in court and the next minute I'm being fucking judged by someone I wouldn't exactly call a judge. Get a load of me, all judged and shit. Like, wowowowowowowow. I guess the whole fucking universe hates me, but you can't blame me for just being me, a fucking regular person that crazy stuff just happens to."

If this is as cringe as Final Fantasy Chaos I might dip

 

[Punished Miku]

Sounds like High on Life

High on Life is actually hilarious though. Guardians of the Galaxy is also funny.

Having characters talk a lot can be pulled off, but you have to have decent writing.

 

[AV]

70 OC after 20 reviews. Can't see it climbing much higher if that's already the average.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Even with the yap-o-meter cranked to 11, it’s probably still less annoying than a typical Xenoblade battle.

 

[analog_future]

70 OC after 20 reviews. Can't see it climbing much higher if that's already the average.

Down to 69 now.

 

[DenchDeckard]

With that Protag.....

...69 for me all day!

I'll see my self out.

 

[Bartski]

69

 

[Billbofet]

I think it will start higher than it lands since they have selectively picked the first round(s) of reviewers - if that is correct.
When it tanks on user reviews for the cringe dialogue and any performance issues, you can expect the standard, "Forespoken is getting review bombed by toxic fans" articles that are probably already pre-written by Kotaku, Verge, etc.
Lands at 66

 

[StueyDuck]

in the 60s but the game will get bonus points from media outlets who always want to "get back at gamers". the same ones who will absolutely destroy hogwarts meta, whether that game deserves a low score or not,

(overall, reviews are meaningless, at least the game had a demo to help players decide yay or nay)

 

[ANDS]

Most shocking thing I've seen: 15 hour campaign from IGN.

I think it will start higher than it lands since they have selectively picked the first round(s) of reviewers - if that is correct.
When it tanks on user reviews for the cringe dialogue and any performance issues, you can expect the standard, "Forespoken is getting review bombed by toxic fans" articles that are probably already pre-written by Kotaku, Verge, etc.
Lands at 66

What in the world are you talking about? Who is picking reviews? Some of the ideas some of you have about this industry are just wild.

 

[Punished Miku]

Much lower than I expected. Oof.

 

[Thirty7ven]

360 era Square Enix is certainly a quote.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

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Thread will be updated when reviews drop.


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Game Information​

Game Title: FORSPOKEN

Platforms:

• PlayStation 5 (January 25, 2023)
• PC (January 25, 2023)
• Xbox Series X|S (TBA)

Trailer:

• Forspoken - Cinematic Trailer - YouTube​

• Forspoken - 10-Minute Gameplay Trailer | PS5 Games​

• Forspoken - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games - YouTube​

• Forspoken Gameplay - PlayStation Showcase 2021 - YouTube​

Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic:

MetaCritic:

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Scoring isnt complete yet, but in one of the other threads, a gaffer said 67. So far spot on. I took the over at the low 70s.

 

[Punished Miku]

I think Luminous Productions is going to be up for sale soon.

 

[Thabass]

Guess I can't be too surprised. They waited until the day before release to release the review scores. Was the tell tale sign of it being at the very least mediocre. It will have to be a wait from me for a sale.

 

[Shifty1897]

Most shocking thing I've seen: 15 hour campaign from IGN.



What in the world are you talking about? Who is picking reviews? Some of the ideas some of you have about this industry are just wild.

Some reviewers made claims that they weren't sent review codes by Square Enix because they bashed the demo of the game, they also claimed no PC review codes were sent out. Kind of blew up last week.

 

[Draugoth]

Thread is updated

 

[DenchDeckard]

Maybe this game would have some success if it was on Sony's playstation Plus Extra from day one. THey must have paid a chunk to get this exclusive so may as well put it on IMO.

 

[ANDS]

360 era Square Enix is certainly a quote.

Haha. . .I saw that one and will admit I kind of laughed to myself.

. . .I honestly think this game might be another one of those "Stranger of Paradise" deals: game with fantastic and deep gameplay saddled by having to put a narrative experience around it. And I like SOP, and agree with every one of the mediocre reviews of it in one way or another. This is definitely a wait for a sale - or user experience - type situation where folks who aren't on a compressed schedule can really crack the game open and see if there's anything to the combat and other activities that make the game worth digging into. . .eventually.

Some reviewers made claims that they weren't sent review codes by Square Enix because they bashed the demo of the game, they also claimed no PC review codes were sent out. Kind of blew up last week.

Oh - I thought they were saying that reviews were like some sort of "Sports Draft" or something. It's still a silly "conspiracy theory": that SE has such a deep relationship with games media to be able to know what kind of review score they want to massage at launch and this isn't just them being petty for previous slights.

 

[Tomi]

This is
Bad :/

 

[graywolf323]

Easy Allies - 8.0

 

[Hendrick's]

/10

 

[Gudji]

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Frey may “do magic” and “kill jacked-up beasts,” but she can’t overcome the mediocrity that surrounds her and spills out of her mouth at nearly every turn.

Lol damn that’s savage

 

[Saber]

Frey may “do magic” and “kill jacked-up beasts,” but she can’t overcome the mediocrity that surrounds her and spills out of her mouth at nearly every turn.

Brutal, but expected. To have a tone down option...thats not a good sign imo. The game screams bad ideas.

 

[Lokaum D+]

/ 10

Fuck u Hendrick's we had the same idea lol

 

[Perrott]

I hope this is the death of Luminous Productions.

The game design, writing, graphics... everything might as well be shit, uninspired, outdated, whatever you wanna call it.

But when not even the dude who is directing the cutscenes seems to have even the slightest clue about cinematography... that's when the product as a whole becomes insulting to me.

 

[Chukhopops]

MC 66

 

[ACESHIGH]

Imagine upgrading your rig to play this trash.

 

[Fake]

Mediocre? No one expected that, right?

 

[Guilty_AI]

Guess i might get to try this earlier with the inevitable upcoming discounts

Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo Antitamper

Or maybe not

 

[sigmaZ]

With that Protag.....

...69 for me all day!

I'll see my self out.

 

[GenericUser]

Glad this trash is getting what it deserves.

 

[Lupin25]

So we can throw the whole “padded woke review score theory” out the window now.

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[Punished Miku]

So we can throw the whole “padded woke review score theory” out the window now.

Or this is the padded score ...

 

[Kilau]

Much lower than I expected. Oof.

Yeah it’s looking rough. I expected a bit better but I guess it will make the price drop happen faster.

 

[WoodyStare]

With that Protag.....

...69 for me all day!

I'll see my self out.

 

[jm89]

I swear some of the issues sound like echoes of ff15 issues. Both made by the same studio.

Time for this studio to scale down their games, and maybe have more focus rather then wasting time on an open world.

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[Fermbiz]

Move shit with my mind

 

[TheBROgamer]

Probably around the 80s

 

[Kusarigama]

So... Like Death Stranding

 

[Jack Videogames]

I honestly thought it was going to score much higher. If it even got to 68 when it had everything to score high, it's got to be a steaming piece of garbage.

 

[Low Moral Fibre]

Even though I mainly buy open world (or strategy) games this was just never on my radar as it looks so generic.

Watched a few reviews out of interest and it sounds like it was designed by an AI where it has all of the right components but all, or at least most, fall totally flat.

Plenty of open world games have big flaws but also have strengths in other areas so you're still going to have a great time but this just sounds mediocre all round which is a huge sin for something that will probably take tens of hours to 100%.

 

[Ulysses 31]

6 from IGN

Remarkably generic RPG. Bland story, lifeless open world

 

[R6Rider]

Currently #2 Best Seller for PS5 on Amazon.

 

[Roufianos]

Between this, Saint's Row, Gotham and Calisto Protocol, there truly have been some shocking AAA releases of late.