CUFF KILLS THE STORY IN FORSPOKEN...

Forspoken is a game that starts off amazing then quickly falls off. At the beginning we learn about the main character Frey's back story. This part is both emotional and intriguing. Gameplay is slim at the start and only has you moving Frey throughout New York. The graphics and atmosphere and environment is so well done. You really feel like you are in New York during the holidays and wintertime. The game is heavily story driven but this is also its greatest problem.   The story is amazing at the beginning but once the "character" cuff is brought into the game everything goes downhill from there.

Cuff is literally a cuff that is found by Frey one cold December night. The cuff attaches itself to her and transports her to a different world. The problem is the cuff is given a voice and personality. The cuff is supposed to be telling Frey about this new world and kind of assisting as a tutorial voice. Most of the dialogue after cuff is introduced is just Frey and cuff arguing and making dumb comments towards each other. It completely kills the story and makes Frey's dialogue fall off. I would have rather them not given cuff a voice and just let Frey discover everything on her own and talk to herself.

Aside from cuff, the other problem I had was the constant switch between gameplay and cut scene. It happens way too often and feels more like you're just watching a video instead of playing a game. Once you do get to battle monsters and roam the world the game is extremely fun. The different spells and abilities you can use are unique and visually pretty. The parkour abilities in this game make the movement fast and fluid. The monsters you encounter are fierce and highly detailed. It's honestly a great game but the constant interruption of gameplay with a cut scene kills the flow. If the game features more gameplay early on and removed cuffs dialogue it would be an amazing game.

The graphics are gorgeous on pc. I had the graphics maxed out and was getting between 60-70 fps. You will need a pretty powerful pc to achieve these numbers. I have a i9 12900 KF CPU with a 3080ti and 32GB of DDR5 RAM