When I tried a demo of Forspoken at Tokyo Game Show 2022 in September, I was impressed by its accessible spellcasting system, its variety of magic attacks, and its zippy parkour that made its open world fun to navigate. Unlike the characters in a typical fantasy RPG, she speaks modern slang, making her more relatable – a fish out of water in an Alice in Wonderland world. The game's protagonist Frey is a regular New Yorker who finds herself in the unfamiliar land of Athia, suddenly able to cast magic spells and perform acrobatic parkour moves. But while it looks like it could easily fit into the Final Fantasy universe, Forspoken is its own game, with a modern Young Adult twist on the genre. Developed by Luminous Productions, the Square Enix-owned studio that developed the ambitious and successful Final Fantasy XV, Forspoken draws on familiar action-RPG elements, set in a mystical world of swords and sorcery. While 2023 has only just gotten started, we've seen two high-profile new games come out of Japan – and with wildly different results.Īfter suffering several delays throughout the pandemic, " Forspoken was finally released on January 24 for PlayStation 5 and PC.
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