The internet won't stop roasting this new Forspoken trailer
Forspoken(opens in new tab), Square Enix's next big RPG, made a pretty positive impression on us when we checked it out in a December 2021 preview session(opens in new tab). The tale of a tough young woman from New York City who falls through an interdimensional portal into the fantasy world of Athia promises a stylish blend of action, magic, and parkour in a dangerous open world, and while we didn't get to see everything, the bits we saw were «sick as hell.» Alas, a trailer shared to Twitter yesterday has prompted a different sort of reaction.
The trailer shows off 30 seconds of Forspoken gameplay, which seems fine, but it also has lead character Frey Holland describing her new circumstances in a snarky, faux-disbelieving tone. «So let me get this straight,» she says. «I'm somewhere that's not what I would call Earth, I'm seeing freaking dragons, and—oh yeah!—I'm talking to a cuff! Yeah, OK, that is something I do now. I do magic, kill jacked-up beasts, I'll probably fly next.»
A beautiful and cruel new land? Twisted monsters? An array of magical abilities? Sentient jewellery!? Welcome to the world of #Forspoken. pic.twitter.com/46diiLnQ7MAugust 8, 2022
And then, of course, she flies. Well, jumps a long way.
Unfortunately for Square Enix, the edgy, «witty» dialog did not go over well. At all. Multiple replies call, with varying degrees of seriousness, for the writers, voice director, and/or marketing team to be fired; others say the dialog has dampened (or outright murdered) any enthusiasm they had for Forspoken based on earlier, dialog-free gameplay clips.
Of course, it wasn't all bad. A handful of creative-minded respondents applied the formula to other games, with wonderful results:
Some who watched the trailer
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