Ella Balinska, the star of Square Enix’s upcoming action RPG Forspoken, has hinted that more information about the PlayStation 5 console exclusive is coming soon. While she doesn’t explicitly refer to Sony’s PlayStation Showcase – scheduled for this week – the release’s position within the PS5’s portfolio would make it an extremely likely inclusion. She claims “Forspoken content [is] pending”.
This is one of the biggest games announced for the next-gen console thus far, but we still don’t know an enormous amount about it. The publisher has said that its goal is to deliver the “best looking open world action game ever”, which is an ambitious target with titles like Horizon Forbidden West also on the way. Hopefully we get a closer look later this week.
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“best looking open world action game ever”
Means absolutely nothing to me if the gameplay is dull or crap .
Is this the one where she was cutting about some fantasy world wearing trainers?
You're getting me even more hyped for Thursday, Sammy. I'm blaming you specifically when it doesn't blow my mind 😌😜
Seriously though, I've been thinking more and more about this game recently. I certainly wouldn't complain if it shows up on Thursday.
But if this does put in an appearance, surely there's a chance we might see some FF XVI gameplay?
I still don't know what to think of this game "best looking open world action game ever" is a premise I'm not really interested in if the game itself isn't fun/the open world is boring because of that
@nessisonett yup, had strong isekai vibes.
@nessisonett Yeah, the one with a "muthaf***in' dragon"
@Shepherd_Tallon It'll be just under a year since the FFXVI reveal, I have a strong feeling it'll appear at this even rather than TGS and that's why Yoshi-P was all 'We'd like to have something for TGS but...'
I'd forgotten about this, but definitely interested in seeing more!
Incredible looking open world or not, I'm just as interested in the quality of story in Forspoken given the involvement of Gary 'Book of Eli/Rogue One' Whitta.
@Mintie Fair observations. I don't usually get hyped for these things until they kick off... Keeping expectations in check...
I definitely want to hear more about it, but the goal being 'good graphics' doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the actual design of the game.
No digital open world is going to look more incredible than our own Earth does. If I want the best graphics, I can just go outside. I'm more interested in hearing about what the game does that makes it worth playing.
Holy grail for me is incredible graphics and awesome storyline.
Square Enix has made some good games before, hopefully that will carry forward to Forspoken.
I'd rather Square show off FF XVI
Well I thought this one looked awesome, be great to see more of it at the SHOWCASE!!!
Be really interested to hear more about that Monkey King game too actually, is it actually in development or just a tech demo?
Trying not to build up expectations, I've done so many times with Nintendo directs just to be let down
Obviously.. Fact.
@Ralizah perfectly said!
Maybe it’s the lighting, but they seem to have squared off her jaw an awful lot.
Not important obviously, but it’s always strange to me when they choose to accurately scan a model and then change parts.
I'll have to see more on this one. Looked promising but if it's another 40 hour RPG or open world game, it may have to go by the wayside as I don't have time for every 40 hour game that looks interesting these days. Hell, I got the Mass Effect Legendary Edition at launch and am only about 70% through the second game. Forspoken will really have to stand out.
This is the one that was originally called Project Athia isn't it, i've been looking forward to seeing more of this.
Let's just hope it's not another Black Desert.
“best looking open world action game ever”
Honestly "Possibly the most action packed, non repetitive and fun open world action game ever" would have gotten me way more hyped 🤷
Jesus, tough crowd on here.
"If I want realistic graphics I'd just go outside!"
That's hilarious. Why do developers even bother trying to push the envelope, might as well keep everything 2D and a side scroller.
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Anyway, not sure I like things to be leaked ahead of Thursday's showcase but let's just hope that there are some surprises by the time we get to it.
@WizzNL Ha, well said.
Show us games not cinematics! I want to have like a solid 5+ minutes of gameplay.. no montage, no cinematics bs!!
Focus on the gameplay!
@Ralizah But what if you want to see the best looking dragon? Can you go outside to do that? Hmm? Checkmate!
@Col_McCafferty
Can you please tell me your top 5 or top 10 games of all time ??
@ArcadeHeroes Why? What's that got to do with anything?
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@Futureshark If you're talking about Black Myth: Wukong... It an actual game, and the developers just release more gameplay a week or so ago.
Absolutely excited to see this. I know it’s an unpopular opinion around these parts, but I really loved FFXV and I’m really excited to see what Luminous has done next.
More swearing at Bears in game please lol
@Floki
Yes that's the one, I'd love to hear more about that one.
Thanks for your article.
Please show some actual Forspoken gameplay at the Showcase!
I know next to nothing about the game so would be appreciated.
@thefourfoldroot I'm pretty sure it's a combination of lighting and an unflattering angle. This is a slightly different angle but does most of the jawline, while every photo I could see from the angle above had the corner of her jaw in shadow.
Edit: image weirdness, hopefully this one should load
Edit 2: Nope, well https://www.celebskart.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ella-balinska-attends-cfda-vogue-fashion-fund-2019-awards-at-cipriani-in-new-york-2019-11-04-01.jpg
@theheadofabroom
Thought that could be the case, thanks for the picture. It’s just we’ve seen so many cases of models having their scanned features altered and I always found it strange.
@ArcadeHeroes because it's Square, the same company that thought it was a bright idea to focus on turning FF15 into a clothing brand for non gamers rather than actually giving FF15 a proper ending.
They also dropped Deus Ex's development for that trash Avengers p2w garbage.
Funny part is they totally ignored how good Horizon's world design looks and given gameplay of Forspoken I seriously doubt the visuals will even compare to Forbidden West.
Square has and always will be full of themselves.
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