Forspoken Gets 10 Minutes of New Combat Gameplay
Forspoken is Square Enix's next big thing when it comes to standalone projects using new intellectual properties, and the studio is slowly but certainly gearing up for the game's October release window. While much about it has already been revealed, there can never be too much pre-release gameplay footage out in the wild.
To that end, Game Informer just posted a 10-minute gameplay video featuring Forspoken's combat and mobility skills in ample detail, specifically while running a PS5 version of the game. The sequence is set in a broken-down medieval city that plays host to interesting traversal geometry and some curious enemy encounters, giving potential players a solid overview of what it will all boil down to once the game is out.
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It has already been established that Forspoken has serious Final Fantasy 15 vibes, and the featured video doubles down on that comparison. Frey, the protagonist of Forspoken, gets to flex all of her magical and parkour muscles in this gameplay demo, blinking in and out of combat in a split second and hopping on walls to get to areas many other games would designate as inaccessible. The demonstrators make particular note of the fact that it's the level itself that lets players experiment with combat and mobility features, as the area offers complex geometry for Frey to navigate through.
It may be worth pointing out that Forspoken's movement is closer to what one might expect from a Devil May Cry game than anything else. Frey can easily zip around wherever she wants, and the game even lets players gracefully recover from taking damage and get back to dishing out visually astonishing spells at a breakneck pace. Sure enough, Forsaken's big
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