Forspoken Could Oddly Have Similarities to Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Forspoken seems promising for a variety of reasons, including its narrative. The new Luminous Productions title is an isekai game about a young woman from New York City who gets transported to a world of magic and monsters. Isekai is hardly a new genre, thanks to its prevalence in anime, but the world and characters at the heart of Forspoken give it the potential to stand out within its field. Even so, it's interesting to compare Forspoken to other games experimenting with an isekai structure, including Pokemon Legends: Arceus, which puts a new twist on Pokemon by transporting its protagonist across time and space.
Forspoken and Pokemon Legends: Arceus couldn't be more different in some respects. Forspoken is an action RPG with stunning, realistic graphics, while Pokemon Legends: Arceus is a turn-based game that preserves the colorful, stylized look of its franchise. In terms of narrative, though, Forspoken and Pokemon Legends: Arceus could turn out to have some things in common. Frey Holland is a very different person from the Pokemon Legends: Arceus protagonist, but she is grappling with a perfectly comparable life change. Forspoken's world could feature a variety of stories and characters that come across as more mature takes on the themes that Pokemon Legends: Arceus explored in its own isekai narrative.
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Frey and the Pokemon Legends: Arceus protagonist already seem to have a lot in common. They each start out simply: Frey is a seemingly normal human living in New York City, while the PL:A protagonist is an unassuming teenager who may know little about Pokemon. Both characters have power and responsibility thrust upon them when they're suddenly transported to another
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