Forspoken - Beautiful World, Seemingly Nowhere To Go

Jordan talks about his hands-off preview of Forspoken, giving early impressions on the game's world, main character and story based off what he saw. Forspoken will release for PS5 and PC on May 24, 2022.

In Forspoken, you play as Frey Holland, a young New Yorker who has hit rock bottom in her life and desperately yearns to get out of the city and find a place where she can belong. She sort of gets her wish when a strange portal suddenly transports her to the fantastical world of Athia, where she meets a sentient bracelet named Cuff.

In this video, Jordan walks through his intial thoughts after taking part in a hands-off preview of Forspoken. He talks about the game's story and poses interesting questions about it's world and characters.

Forspoken is planned to launch for PS5 and PC on May 24, 2022.

[edjeil]

I cringed hard when you said "None of the writers are black". What does that have to do with the games quality and writing? The themes presented within the game have nothing to do with race. The game is about a woman who teleported to a magical world who just happens to be black. Her being black doesn't define her journey and it's not the reason why they pulled her out of our world to theirs.

[PRME]

Im black and I absolutely love seeing my color on screen too. I understand.

But im here for gameplay info. Not identity politics. Please keep it about the actual game.

[OtakuUnderground]

3:51 Finally starts talking about gameplay.

[valeriangelov]

The previewer took it really personal whether the black character will be well represented to the point where this was a third of the preview. Right from the start this is his main topic… later there is some word on gameplay cause it is something that comes along with the game.

[yav]

I don't care if a main character is a man or woman instead of talking about it speak about her personality

[kkhuman]

The amount of times I shouted "how is this relevant to the game!" makes me whish that the dislikes were back.

[rohangeleynslal]

It's sad how to see the skin color of the characters was the first thing that was mentioned in this preview and how he keeps talking about it for 3 minutes straight

[BitRetroMonkey]

Why are we making an issue about the colour of the skin of the character. Also you don’t need to be black to write a story for a black character. That is why it is called “writing” and acting. You don’t have to be a serial killer to write or play a serial killer for example

[dutch_bullet]

This preview is more about skin colour than the actual game...

[JP]

No offense, but I don’t buy a game based on whether the character is black or white

[khalkruga]

It’s a sad state of affairs when identity politics is front and centre of a journalists preview of a game. We are here for the game. Representation is cool and all but most of us here can appreciate it without the cheesy monologue.

[vidarCRC]

For videos like this is that YouTube removed the dislike counter. Now everyone will think this is a good "preview" while it isn't.

[flamingburitto]

I'm not even 10 seconds into the video and the commentator made the whole point of this video, about race, about how she is a dark skinned POC.

Dude, i'm a POC and i'm gonna say this, WE DON'T CARE! WE JUST WANT A GOOD GAME AND GOOD GAME REVIEWS THAT ARE ABOUT THE GAME AND NOT THE INTERNAL WESTERN IDENTITY POLITICS

[Silverwind]

3:50 for those that want to hear "gameplay" and not current world ideals

[garxgar]

You’re concerned because “None of the lead writers are black”? Thank you for invalidating any opinion you have on this game’s narrative.

[Wade]

No, i DO NOT want to see more previews like THIS, thank you very much.

[nxstationgames]

Miss the 90s when game previews were about you know, the games...

[seagullsays]

Good God the man who wrote this preview was actually unhinged wasn't he?

[jcrapirap]

Going by this authors way of thinking, the next Mario game should include an italian/plumber writer to convey the real story... 🤦🏽‍♂️

[wrJikun]

"None of the writers are black" ... After this, i was waiting for him to tell us, we are not allowed to play this game bc we are not black enough.