sacredsoil

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Forspoken is diverting and fun, the combat is incredible, the characters are engaging, and the world is intriguing. I've played over 5 hours in one sitting and didn't even notice the time going by.

A story for the ages. Absolutely amazing cutscene direction, script, graphic design, model design... everything about the game is perfect. Even the weapon system which I was initially wary of became something i looked forward to, desperate for my next upgrade!

I wish I could give half score, then my score would be 9.5, but my criticisms aren't enough to give it a 9. I have only played this game with the Royal Edition or Windows Edition. This version has all the dlc and updates in the game already so I don't know about those things people had issue with in the past. But this game, the AI system between the 4 main characters is so wonderful. It feels like you are truly seeing 4 guys on the road, bantering and laughing and becoming family. The story has some issues, and that's my main reason for the lack of .5 score. The reasoning of the gods is confusing, why they needed to curse Ardyn, why Noctis needed to die to save Ardyn... it's rather nonsensical, but I believe that's a holdover from Tetsuya Nomura... who is known for that. My biggest issue lies in Luna, she is under utilized and the things she does for the story and Noctis are downplayed. She is the one who even got the gods to give Noctis their powers, she went around the world healing people, she even tried to save Ardyn, and yet the story barely focuses on her and greatly suffers for it. But again, that disrespect for female characters seems to be a hold over from tetsuya nomura's style as can be seen in KH and FF7R. The game design, and character development is so good among Noctis, Ignis, Gladio and Prompto however, that you can easily drop 400 hour sin this game and still have fun.

Absolutely gorgeous and well made. I just replayed the story in New Game+ and it was just as engaging and emotional as the first time(I actually enjoyed it more without the huge crowds of people at expac launch) I love that this game basically allows the main characters to feel like they like your character, no matter the gender of your player character. There's no changing of dialogue, no changing of interactions. It's just a wonderful touch, imo. Also make sure you do the role quests! They were amazing and added such a layer of depth to the Warriors of Light.