{"id":8999,"date":"2023-02-17T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T11:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/forspoken-review-missed-opportunity-for-a-great-gaming-heroine\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T11:39:02","slug":"forspoken-review-missed-opportunity-for-a-great-gaming-heroine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/17\/forspoken-review-missed-opportunity-for-a-great-gaming-heroine\/","title":{"rendered":"Forspoken review \u2013 missed opportunity for a great gaming heroine"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC, Playstation 5; Luminous Productions
<\/strong>This could have been a great fish-out-of-water experience, but it\u2019s let down by patronising explanations and clunky gameplay<\/p>\n

If the recent Jumanji film reboots have taught us nothing else \u2013 and they haven\u2019t \u2013 they have demonstrated how much fun there is to be had with dropping characters from our familiar world into outlandish fantasy settings. Forspoken has the same potential: its protagonist Frey is accustomed to the harsh realities of surviving in the scruffier corners of Hell\u2019s Kitchen, New York, and her problems gravitate around harbouring debts to petty criminals and remembering to feed her cat. She\u2019s not your typical crystal-bothering Final Fantasy type.<\/p>\n

So when Frey puts on a bracelet in an abandoned tenement for reasons best not examined too closely and she\u2019s transported into the quasi-medieval world of Athia, you think to yourself: here we go. <\/em>It\u2019s a great fish-out-of-water setup that allows for witty observations about video game fantasy worlds and the bizarre tropes within them that we generally don\u2019t bat an eyelash at. And with a writing team including Uncharted\u2019s Amy Hennig and Rogue One co-writer Gary Whitta, expectations are pitched high.<\/p>\n

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\nPC, Playstation 5; Luminous ProductionsThis could have been a great fish-out-of-water experience, but it\u2019s let down by patronising explanations and clunky gameplay
\nIf the recent Jumanji film reboots have taught us nothing else \u2013 and they haven\u2019t \u2013 they have demonstrated how much fun there is to be had with dropping characters from our familiar world into outlandish fantasy settings. Forspoken has the same potential: its protagonist Frey is accustomed to the harsh realities of surviving in the scruffier corners of Hell\u2019s Kitchen, New York, and her problems gravitate around harbouring debts to petty criminals and remembering to feed her cat. She\u2019s not your typical crystal-bothering Final Fantasy type.
\nSo when Frey puts on a bracelet in an abandoned tenement for reasons best not examined too closely and she\u2019s transported into the quasi-medieval world of Athia, you think to yourself: here we go. It\u2019s a great fish-out-of-water setup that allows for witty observations about video game fantasy worlds and the bizarre tropes within them that we generally don\u2019t bat an eyelash at. And with a writing team including Uncharted\u2019s Amy Hennig and Rogue One co-writer Gary Whitta, expectations are pitched high. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PC, Playstation 5; Luminous ProductionsThis could have been a great fish-out-of-water experience, but it\u2019s let down by patronising explanations and clunky gameplay If the recent Jumanji film reboots have taught us nothing else \u2013 and they haven\u2019t \u2013 they have demonstrated how much fun there is to be had with dropping characters from our familiar …<\/p>\n

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