Games like God of War Ragnarök and especially The Witcher 3 have brilliant side quests that are just as compelling (or more so) than the main narrative. Unfortunately, almost all of these diversions are fetch quests that do little to expand on Athia’s lore. There are a handful of sidequests (called Detours) to complete between campaign missions. Customization isn’t terribly robust, but it’s enough to let you customize a Frey that suits your playstyle. These items provide her with stat boosts and perks like auto-healing when not in combat. You can equip Frey with different cloaks, necklaces and nail polishes that you find by exploring or completing missions. Each of these havens has workbenches useful for crafting and upgrading gear. There are safe houses scattered across the world used for fast traveling and resting (healing). You gain new upgradeable powers throughout the course of the game. Though I wish the lock-on mechanic wasn’t as finicky and that attacks felt more impactful, the overall fast-paced combat is easily the game’s best feature. If you’re feeling brave, you can also run headlong into enemies and vault over them while attacking. Since Frey can use magic parkour during combat, you can unleash deadly attacks while running literal circles around the bad guys. Swinging a flaming sword or hurling giant boulders is admittedly fun. If you’ve played any open-world game in the last ten years, then you know what to expect here.įrey has an arsenal of elemental magic attacks you can use against foes. Like those games, there’s a large explorable map filled with numerous activities to partake in and an endless horde of enemies to fight. Forspoken review: Gameplayįorspoken is an open-world action RPG akin to titles such as Horizon Forbidden West or Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. The only positive thing I can say about the story is that it serves as a good example of how not to write characters and dialogue. But being unoriginal isn’t the issue here.įorspoken’s narrative could have been wonderful with stronger writing and storytelling. (Image credit: Square-Enix)įorspoken’s story isn’t original, as even the game compares itself to Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. I’d give Forspoken a harder time about its bad dialogue and writing, but it’s unfortunately in line with what you'd see in contemporary movies and TV shows - but I won’t go down that rabbit hole.įorspoken has an interesting, if predictable, plot. The rest of the cast talk like generic fantasy stereotypes, but at least they’re mostly likable. I liked Cuff's British accent, but that's about it. I didn't find Cuff as annoying as Frey, but it's a close tie. I understand the writers wanted to make her seem like a street-wise New Yorker, but as a lifelong New Yorker myself, I’ve never met anyone who talks like Frey in my life.įrey has a talking vambrace she calls "Cuff," which serves to tell her (and us) about Athia. Her third-rate Joss Whedon-Esque quippy lines don’t help things either. As I said, Frey will flat-out tell you what she’s feeling instead of letting her actions show us. Speaking of insulting, the dialogue has got to be some of the worst I’ve heard in any medium. It even has a built-in Plex server so you can organize all of your digital media in one centralized location.Frey is magically transported from New York City to the magical land of Athia. A remote PC does all the processing work for you, and all you need is a fast internet connection. The Shield Pro is also one of the only devices that supports GeForce Now, which allows you to stream your PC games to your TV without having to own a gaming PC. It also supports Dolby Atmos and Dolby Digital Plus. It's capable of handling 4K video with Dolby Vision HDR from all of your favorite streaming apps. In terms of performance and versatility, the Shield Pro blows the Roku, Apple TV, Fire Stick, Chromecast, and just about every other media player out of the water. The Shield Pro features an NVIDA Tegra X1 CPU (the same processor found in the Nintendo Switch), 3GB of RAM, and 16GB of built-in storage. The NVIDIA Shield Android TV Pro is still founded on the same hardware from when it was released a few years ago, but the software has been updated to Android 11 OS.
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