Forspoken

I picked up this game because it looked interesting and because after seeing all the terrible reviews online I was kind of curious. And as it turns out, it's not as bad as people say but there are some things you should know if you're considering picking it up: 1. The gameplay is pretty fun, I've found the magical parkour to genuinely be fun once I worked out the nuances. And combat is enjoyable for the most part, but its a shame that the fun spells are the ones you get later (more on that). 2. The main character gets unjustified hatred from the online community. She's a young (21 I think?) girl who grew up in New York and was suddenly thrown into this new world. Many of her reactions are perfectly reasonable, and if you play long enough and pay attention you see her start to change as she accepts that her original pessimistic viewpoint might not be right. 3. As of 2026, the game has good settings to tweak the game to make it what you will enjoy. I ended up lowering the difficulty, not because it was hard, but because I felt that many of the boss fights are just too long. 4. The story is very railroaded, what I mean by that is you're not going to have much of any impact on…

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It takes a little tweaking to get working right on Linux. If you like games like Horizon Zero Dawn, you'll probably like this too as its the same kind of open world exploration collectathon. Unlock other similar games though, it feels like the unique stats you get from each new piece of gear feel equally relevant rather than just having one obviously good item you get near the beginning that buffs the one single stat you care about. They are somewhat situational but at the same time it isn't hard to picture the situations where you would use them. Don't listen to the haters, I genuinely like Frey and I feel like the story and characters are the thing that really helps this game stand out against its contemporaries.

The game has a rough start as most people are aware but the game genuinely picks up and has better writing the further in you go. The combat is tight and very fun and I managed to 100% the game without ever really feeling bored by it. Honest shame that the studio is gone now. Expected to go in hating this game and came out feeling like it's one of my new favorite games. Would recommend very hard mode on a first playthrough for the extra depth it adds to combat.

Garuda Linux/5950x/4090: I am enjoying the game/story itself, but experiencing a lot of CTDs when opening menus, and some during cutscenes. I switched between Proton 9/10/11/Experimental, no GE yet, and what seemed to help the most is using the games in-built performent preset rather than customizing any in-built options. Currently doing OK with Utra-High preset + 120 FPS on Proton 11. Most recent crash during cutscene.

I'm going to keep playing this for a while yet, but I don't recommend it First off, there is so much story and exposition, several hours in it's not over. It's like the game didn't even want me to play it in the first two hours, it was so long and boring. And it's still doing it, 10 hours in with long cutscenes Doesn't recognize CapsLock as a key to use =/ There is no freelook if you're using m/k. If you're using a controller, free look away, all you want.