I’ve been slowly making progress and testing the game across different graphics options and replaying a few areas to see how Forspoken scales on Steam Deck. As one of Square Enix’s first built for current generation games, I was curious to see how it would run on Steam Deck given its hefty PC requirements, and with how rough the game could look on PS5 in parts. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.Square Enix and Luminous Productions’ Forspoken has been an interesting game to follow from a tech perspective. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. But my guess is we just don’t see that this time around.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. We’ll see how it goes, and if there’s some swell of fan support post-release here. While High on Life had “well, you might as well try it” philosophy for Game Pass subscribers going for it, Forspoken is an expensive commitment for PS5 players. And this is one case where I don’t think the new “standard” AAA game price of $70 and no day one PS Plus launches like Xbox does with Game Pass is doing the game any favors here. Given just how important Spider-Man 2 itself is, a holiday release date it actually hits could singlehandedly make PS5’s year, but starting off with Forsaken reviewing this poorly is not great. If Forspoken is a miss, and as I predict may happen, Spider-Man 2 slips to 2024, that would leave this as a pretty barren year for PS5 with only FFXVI to rely on. I’d previously cited Forspoken as one of the PS5’s three major console exclusives releasing this year alongside Final Fantasy XVI, also from Square Enix, and Spider-Man 2. “Actually, it’s not as bad as everyone’s saying” seems to be the main point of praise for it right now, which is not especially promising. I would be surprised if there was some surge of fan support for the game to propel it to become a hit on PS5 and PC, but I suppose it’s too early to tell.

However, I’m not sure Forspoken has any inborn advantages here like a fanbase devoted to Rick and Morty style humor.

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