

#Forspoken preview Pc
These writers include Star Wars writer (and ye olde PC Gamer editor) Gary Whitta, Naughty Dog veteran Amy Hennig, as well as Allison Rymer and Todd Stashwick. It's a Luminous Productions game, but the studio has recruited some high-profile talent to write the script. He's literally a golden sentient bracelet attached to Frey's armīased on what's been shown so far, Forspoken reminds me of open world games like Insomniac's Spider-man and Sucker Punch's Infamous, where using your movement abilities to get around the open world is as big a part of the game as combat. Frey is accompanied by a fairly unconventional companion in 'Cuff'.The open world appears to be a mix of medieval fantasy architecture, cliffy and craggy wildlands, and open green pastures.Spellcasting is mobile - Frey fires off her spells on the move, not rooted in place like so many others.Spells seem to be from a variety of schools, that can be swapped between like stances.She can also fire high speed magic projectiles at enemies. Frey's magical powers include forming a shield of light and making vines explode out of the ground.Enemies shown in the trailer: an imposing golem, an imposing zombie bear, and some wild-lookin' sabretooth cats.Platforming is a key part of the game's traversal, as is Spider-Man style swinging Frey can run up/climb cliff faces and do some twirly moves to gain bursts of speed.Square Enix is going for high fidelity cutscenes and environments here, much like its Final Fantasy games.The most recent Forspoken trailer released in September provides a good overview of how the fantasy RPG will play, and then we got a virtual preview of Forspoken in December that gave us even more. Two other key characters have also been revealed: Johedy is played by Keala Settle, and is a "hard-nosed archivist who provides Frey with guidance," while Auden (Monica Barbaro) is a young woman Frey meets in Athia. She's the big baddy among the Tantas, the group of "twisted" matriarchs you'll be targeting in Forespoken. We've also learned of Tanta Sila, who is played by Janina Gavankar. He's a "magical, sentient bracelet of uncertain origin" who speaks in an arch English accent, as witty videogame companions are wont to do. How about the other characters?Ĭuff is your main companion in Forespoken, and as his name implies, he's a cuff. This bit of text from the official site summarizes that setting:

Well: now you know why she's wearing sneakers! This has the whiff of an "isekai" story, a popular genre in Japan where characters are transported to a fantasy world. The first thing we saw in the debut Forspoken trailer was Frey's sneakers, which seemed ill-fitting in a fantasy game. Sounds like she needs to get rid of them. Thankfully her passage into this world is accompanied by the discovery of magical abilities, which she'll need as she fights her way to the "twisted all-powerful matriarchs" known as the Tantas, who control Athia. That threatening world is doubly so, since Frey is actually a "gritty yet street smart young woman" who is unexpectedly transported from New York City to the nightmarish fantasy world of Athia.
