In other words, the quality of the details shown in limited quantity falsely portrayed the combat as “clunky”. After playing, I found those concerns about being convoluted to be a result of the flashiness of Frey’s spells.

While the main title will have many more options, the demo limited us to fire and earth spells.

Frey’s combat is centered around magical spells. The demo quelled some of these concerns for me. A lot of rapid-fire magic spells and AoE attacks seemed like way too much was happening at once. The little I saw seemed overly convoluted and fast, although I couldn’t tell if the former was simply an illusionary result of the latter. One of my primary fears around Forspoken was its combat. The premise of what’s to come is intriguing, but unfortunately how she got there is nothing more than the proverbial person being sucked into another world and having to be its savior. We are treated to a small cinematic explaining how Frey (protagonist) ends up in Athia along with, of course, what her journey will entail. Its UE5 development brings out the best, and the sun-drenched images were jumping off my Samsung’s 4K screen. While its objectives only took me about half an hour (maybe a few minutes less), I spent another half hour or so traversing the world with as many parkour combinations as I could come up with.įirst of all, the game truly does look incredible. I played through the entire demo, and was left with a little bit of relief along with a number of questions. The demo, however, gives a small glimpse of what to expect. It has been extremely limited and generic and left me apprehensive due to how “huge” the game is expected to be. I haven’t been exactly blown away by the game so far as a result of its marketing. Games like this tend to release with an overhyped reaction and underwhelming performance historically.

The overall marketing for the title has been slim pickings at best, with almost no gameplay shown at all and just as little regarding its story. I have admittedly been leery of the game since its announcement as much of its limited marketing has been centered around its development in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5). The demo for the much anticipated Forspoken was announced at The Game Awards this week.

Forspoken demo release date