The most recent Forspoken trailer released in September provides a good overview of how the fantasy RPG will play, and then we got a virtual preview of Forspoken in December that gave us even more. The latest Deep Dive: Magic Parkour video also showed us an in-depth look at Frey's abilities. Two other key characters have also been revealed: Johedy is played by Keala Settle, and is a "hard-nosed archivist who provides Frey with guidance," while Auden (Monica Barbaro) is a young woman Frey meets in Athia. She's the big baddy among the Tantas, the group of "twisted" matriarchs you'll be targeting in Forespoken. We've also learned of Tanta Sila, who is played by Janina Gavankar. He's a "magical, sentient bracelet of uncertain origin" who speaks in an arch English accent, as witty videogame companions are wont to do. How about the other characters?Ĭuff is your main companion in Forespoken, and as his name implies, he's a cuff. This bit of text from the official site summarizes that setting: Well: now you know why she's wearing sneakers! This has the whiff of an "isekai" story, a popular genre in Japan where characters are transported to a fantasy world. The first thing we saw in the debut Forspoken trailer was Frey's sneakers, which seemed ill-fitting in a fantasy game. Sounds like she needs to get rid of them. Thankfully her passage into this world is accompanied by the discovery of magical abilities, which she'll need as she fights her way to the "twisted all-powerful matriarchs" known as the Tantas, who control Athia. That threatening world is doubly so, since Frey is actually a "gritty yet street smart young woman" who is unexpectedly transported from New York City to the nightmarish fantasy world of Athia. In the reveal trailer, Balinska says she's "a young woman in a beautiful yet threatening world." Balinska also said that Frey is a character she "immediately connected with," and she's performing both the motion capture and voice work in Forspoken. The hero of Forspoken is Frey Holland, played by actor Ella Balinska. Then, over clips of combat gameplay, we overhear as Frey is apparently enlisted for political assassination? I'm sure that'll be developed more. We get a glimpse at Frey's life before stumbling into a fantasy world (mostly characterized by wanting a different one), and are introduced to Frey's companion Cuff, a sentient wristlet with an English accent. This story intro trailer from the 2021 PlayStation showcase doesn't have a ton of story info, if we're being honest. Beginning with a cinematic of a freshly-isekai'd Frey reacting with understandable distress to suddenly having to contend with things like dragons and big, spooky wolf monsters, the trailer then shows our first glimpse of Forspoken's magic parkour as Frey zips across badlands and forests. In Forspoken's debut trailer from March of 2021, we're introduced to protagonist Frey Holland by Ella Balinska, Frey's voice and motion capture artist. In some of her shown skirmishes, Frey switches between magic bolts, whips with energy tendrils, and coup-de-grace finishers with a conjured knife. On display is the variety of different combat spells and magic parkour traversal options that Frey can deploy-and it looks to be a substantial one. In the trailer, Frey picks up a sidequest to grab some crafting materials for an artisan in the hub city of Cipal, and then its out into the wilderness to fling fistfuls of magic. This 10-minute gameplay overview from August 2022 gives a pretty full sense of what the standard flow of gameplay will feel like in Forspoken, as Frey explores the open (and almost entirely corrupted) world of Athia. We have a full breakdown of the abilities mentioned in our "What will Forspoken play like?" section of this article. Another feature showcased are spellcraft challenges, which allow Frey to upgrade skills to buff abilities with augments like shorter cooldowns or lower stamina consumption. This Deep Dive: Magic Parkour trailer gives us a close up look at what powers Frey has at her disposal, and how they can combine to let her jump and skate around this unfamiliar land.
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