Terada also mentioned the game’s controls are simple and that magic or parkour skills can each be used with one button.įorspoken was first introduced to the world as Project Athia in June 2020. Frey is seen quickly zipping from place to place, covering great distances through the air and performing moves similar to the bullet jumping mechanic in the early 2010s action game Warframe. 'I really feel like it captures what makes our style of development at Luminous Productions so special,' Terada said. He went on to say the game was designed to encourage players to experiment with various types of magic.Īthia is a vast open world that Frey will traverse via what Terada called 'Magic Parkour'. 'Our goal was to allow players to learn a wide variety of spells,' Terada said. There will be a vast array of spells to learn and many ways to make them stronger.

In the game's trailer, she's seen setting off an explosive spell on the floor in one scene and encasing an enemy in a ball of water in another. Frey can use various spells to attack enemies or set traps, among other things. As you'd expect after seeing the trailers, magic will also be central to Forspoken’s combat system. Forspoken centers around the main character Frey, a young woman who falls through a portal and ends up in the strange land of Athia, and the adventures she embarks on in order to get home.Īs already seen in trailers for the game, Frey can wield magic, and Terada mentioned that her learning to use magical abilities is a big part of the story. During an extended special showcase as part of Tokyo Game Show 2021, co-director Takefumi Terada and creative producer Raio Mitsuno shed a little more light on the game.

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