![]() This design methodology in itself, hangs over Forspoken as something of an albatross, hampering its very potential by marrying it to an aging format. In addition to her main questline, Frey can accept side-quests, (or “Diversions”), from the people of Athia, which expand the universe’s massive scope and deep sense of lore. With the kingdom on the brink of total collapse, and what remains of the people holed up in the ramshackle city of Cipal, it turns to Frey - unaffected by The Break as an outsider - to go forth into the corrupted world and learn of its truth.įorspoken drops our protagonist into an enormous, distinctly segmented open world, before showering them with a plethora of objective markers, offering labyrinths to conquer, Belfreys (Radio Towers) to locate, treasure chests to unearth, photo opportunities to snap, fonts of wisdom to be found, and Flashbacks (challenges) to be completed. Forspoken depicts the odyssey of the aforementioned Frey, plucked from downtown Manhattan and thrust into the ancient kingdom of Athia, which is smothered by a destructive and all-consuming force which Frey monikers “The Break”.Īthia has its own defenders: Four powerful matriarchs of love and war known as “The Tantas”, but The Break has severely affected these guardians, twisting their minds and loyalties and turning Athia’s own founders into its very destroyers. And now, on the eve of her 21st birthday, she finds herself facing the gavel of a judge once again, taking the fall for the latest in a series of ill-advised car thefts.įollowing an extended period of development and a series of infamous and ill-judged marketing mishaps, Square Enix Forspoken is finally ready to unleash its tale of arcane worlds, mythic legends, and personal responsibility upon a tentative audience - many of whom are already viewing the title with trepidation. Abandoned as a newborn beneath the Manhattan tunnel that bears her name, shuffled through a litany of foster homes, and with her teen years soundtracked by a cacophony of howling winds and blaring sirens, Frey rolled the dice at birth and it most assuredly came up snake eyes. We’re grateful to have the half-chance.įor Frey Holland, there has been no half-chance. ![]() And while we never really truly know whether we stepped the right way at the litany of crossroads we’ve reached, we hope that our sixth sense at best and blind luck at worse will see us through to our goals. And with each of these choices, we walk on new paths. Each and every day the luckiest among us are afforded multiple opportunities to go left, right, straight ahead, or staying right where I am, thank you very much. ![]()
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