Accompanied by Tanta Cinta, and a new set of magic, Frey must uncover the answers and save Athia once more - and attempt to save herself.Īlongside her newfound magical abilities, Frey will unlock new combat strategies and coordinate attack combos against the invading Rheddig forces. Surrounded by chaos, destruction, injured, and draped in blood-soaked clothing, Frey finds the recently thriving Athia at war. Here's your first look at the upcoming Forspoken DLC, In Tanta We Trust. In her search for a way to eradicate the Break from Athia, Frey finds herself following a mysterious voice that leads her to a place where she is transported to the Purge of the Rheddig. Set to release on May 26, the DLC takes place 25 years before the events of Forspoken. That fantasy world certainly looks appealing, but I realized that's often because the RTX tech disguises art assets that are really cheap and bland.Square Enix and Luminous Productions have released a video showing off the first DLC for Forspoken, In Tanta We Trust. In fact, the game doesn't seem to feature any ray-tracing until Frey arrives in Athia. The opening chapter shows NYC with snow in December, but the ground remains dry, presumably to avoid ray-tracing. Doors inexplicably grow or shrink depending on how you look at them (reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland in all the wrong ways). If the sloppy opening - presenting Frey's entire backstory through documents on a table, with a judge handing down a community service sentence - doesn't turn you off immediately, the lack of consideration only gets worse from there. With publisher Square Enix already catching heat for producer Naoki Yoshida's defense of upcoming Final Fantasy XVI's scant diversity, Forspoken makes the nightmarish choice to start with its Black protagonist in court for her third felony.

Put simply, Square Enix faces too many open-world competitors to get away with a poor showing like this.

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