Forspoken (Ex-Project Athia) illustrates his gameplay and delays his exit

During the summer of 2020, Square Enix and Luminous Productions announced the development of Forspoken (then under the code name Project Athia ) and presented it as a technological feat to exploit fully The capabilities of PlayStation 5 . In Forspoken, we embody Frey Holland, transported into the strange world of Athia, threatened by a mephitic haze that corrupts the fauna and the inhabitants of the place. A narrative frame which serves as a pretext for the exploration of a vast world open to the treated graphics, in which it will have to acquire magical skills and face the corrupted creatures by the mist to save the inhabitants of Athia.

Forspoken was expected on May 24th. By way of communiqué, SQUARE ENIX recedes this release date to October 11, 2022 (on PS5 and PC, via Steam, Epic Games Store and Microsoft Store), without precision As for the reasons for this delay.

But to help us wait, the studio unveils Forspoken gameplay in video. So we discover Frey and the game universe, as well as some creatures like the imposing gigas or flying apsaravis, or the dragon that welcomes Frey in the world of play. The video also illustrates some of the first capacities magics of Frey: "stormy trace" which allows to generate electrical energy during the fighting and "surf" aimed at controlling water barriers, but also the combat techniques of the game (especially based on dodques) or Still the mechanics of "Parkour" at work in the trips of Frey.

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Overview of Forspoken Gameplay