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Square Enix 'got a good laugh' out of the reactions to last month's Forspoken trailer

From Eurogamer: "Square Enix's Forspoken has been doing the rounds for a while - the second game built on the Luminous Engine that made its debut with Final Fantasy 15, it was at the forefront of the PlayStation 5's reveal when it was known as Project Athia and has had various public showings ahead of its release early next year, but perhaps its most impactful came after a trailer was posted on social media last month and was met with a rough response online, the dialogue becoming the butt of internet jokes.

"It was unexpected to see the reactions to the social media post," Forspoken's creative producer Raio Mitsuo told us after a recent opportunity to go hands-on with the game. "Basically, we used existing footage from previous trailers and put something together as a social media post. And yeah, it went kind of viral in a way - that's not the direction that we thought it was going to go! But I have to admit, some of the memes are actually pretty funny, so I got a good laugh out of it."

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Knushwood Butt629d ago

Got a good laugh? Yeah, ok, that is something they do now.

XbladeTeddy628d ago

Nothing wrong with laughing about it. Nice he saw the funny side.

VersusDMC628d ago

It's a huge improvement to just calling everyone racists and misogynists like with other stuff these days.

aaronaton629d ago

Devs nowadays really are delusional. Its clear that they need to rethink the dialogue for this character, forget the narration in the trailer, as its clear that this is the direction and tone the entire game will follow.

Profchaos629d ago

Devs are not writing the dialogue to be clear. It would be the games writers and narrative director

obidanshinobi628d ago

All are equally as bad as each other it appears.
The standard of writing in games is still generally atrocious.

-Foxtrot628d ago

Which is said because Amy Hennig is better than this

Bobertt628d ago

Yong yea got to play a 1 hour demo and he posted his review. He said the cringe dialogue is constant but the devs told him they listened to the feedback and will give the option to disable dialogue. https://youtu.be/RCWgYMucYr...

Lightning Mr Bubbles629d ago (Edited 629d ago )

What trailer are they talking about? Is it this trailer? https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Lightning Mr Bubbles629d ago (Edited 629d ago )

Is this the trailer they're talking about? https://www.youtube.com/wat...

If it is, I admit the dialogue was a bit off. The delivery of the lines wasn't great, I mean she's about to go into battle and she's talking too casually like she's reading the lines from a paper or something. In my opinion, It just doesn't do a good job of setting the mood. The writing of the lines probably doesn't help either. So I'm not saying the game is perfect or anything.

But other than that, I thought the trailer was good. The gameplay looks pretty amazing.

Software_Lover629d ago (Edited 629d ago )

I mean, she is a teenager from New York in a strange land. Would it be better if she just all of a sudden started speaking like the natives?

edit: When does this come out? I agree with you that there are parts that need fixing on the main characters dialogue as far as conveying the proper emotion or scene. This sounds like the difference in hiring experienced and amateur voice actors (expensive vs cheap)

Lightning Mr Bubbles629d ago (Edited 628d ago )

@ Software_Lover

It's suppose to come out January 24th. And you do have a good point. It takes place in a fantasy world, it looks like normally the main character would talk with a medieval English accent or something. Yet she sounds like a total commoner, like she's out of place. Because she is... So from a certain creative perspective, I think that was done on purpose. Still, I can see how it comes off a bit comical sometimes.

porkChop628d ago

I can't get over the lack of any real excitement or interest in her voice. She's a teenager from New York transported to a strange fantasy realm full of magic and monsters. Shouldn't she be in awe of the world and magic around her, or fearful of the monsters she's facing? It's so jarring. The voice acting in general reminds me of early 2000s western RPGs. Square Enix is usually far better when it comes to voice acting.

Imalwaysright628d ago

The dialogue being so badly delivered and the facial animations being PS2 level is the reason why people have been saying that the game is cringe. Don't know if they'll fix the facial animations but I'm hoping that there will be an option to have japanese voiceovers.

Terry_B629d ago

They won't laugh about the sale numbers.

Welshy628d ago

Them laughing at us is infinitely more laughs than that cringe dialog is going to get.

Marvel dialog doesn't fit with Final Fantasy style aesthetic and they seemingly can't grasp that very simple feedback.

JBryant0619629d ago

I bet they had a good laugh about Babylon's Fall as well.

Lexreborn2628d ago

Key difference between the 2 is Babylon fall LOOKED like a bad ps2 game graphically and level design.

Forspoken has a weird online agenda against trailer dialogue. Which probably had 0 to do with the scenes attached to because it’s a trailer. And trailers often mix and match dialogue with grand scenes.

But let’s keep the “this game is bad because I didn’t like how she said something” narrative going.

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff21832d ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan2d ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin2d ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

_SilverHawk_2d ago

It's so tragic what happened to days gone. It is such an amazing game but bandwagoners trashed it and it underperformed in it's launch year. Days gone is the best open world zombie game released in the past five years. I was recently playing it on pc and I'm still amazed by it.

Games are very expensive to make and it seems like it's normal for a AAA game to cost over a quarter billion to make so if a quality game like days gone greatly underperforms then people shouldn't be upset when they see a lot of GAAS. I still remember a lot of bandwagoners calling days gone trash but years later it's now amazing when it's considered a failure by sony.

If a game isn't the best thing seen since hats with pockets then a lot of gamers who haven't played it automatically calls it rubbish and whoever made it should be incarcerated

Cacabunga1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

Co CEO prefers gamers to boycott.. so be it. I’ll never buy a gaas.
Just imagine buying a game you cannot replay in some years.. this shit must stop.

Days Gone did zombies in a very original way. The story was also so engaging. You actually only meet Zombie hordes later in the game. There are many more enemy groups to deal with.

MrNinosan1d 21h ago

@Notelin
I am one of the few who bought Days Gone on release day and loved it completely.
However, "more online trash" is phrased like Sony has put out alot of trash online games.
We got what, 2 games? Helldivers 2 and GT7, 2 of the most sold Playstation games where both is loved by millions.

You, me and especially shinoff has no idea if Fairgames, Marathon and Concord will be trash.

Just because we (as in you and me) don't love or support online games, doesn't mean millions of other do.

And we don't know what Bend Studio is working with? We don't know if they're forced to make a online game or another amazing single player experience.

The only thing we do know is that it's not Days Gone, sadly due to poor sales the first 6 months.

shinoff21831d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

More online trash wasmt meant how insee it comes across. I should've worded it different I was meaning the focus they currently have on it.

Anything online is online trash to me. How long did naughty dog spend on that dumba last of us multiplayer, how about Concord, or even the other couple we hear about. I fk with Sony because rpgs and their 1st party single player games. Been like that for years. I hate seeing them waste time, money, and talent on trash. I understand bot every game is gonna be for me but this focus they've seem to had on multiplayer is extremely disheartening. Even at the state of play the only things I was really feeling were Astrobot and silent hill 2 and I'm content with that, not everything is for me. It's just the online focus I hate. Ms bought up 3 to 4 wrpgs developers, Sony just ignores rpgs 1st party wise.

And a days gone 2 would've been much better then whatever online sht bend is working on. I do know sometimes I get very idk emotional. I do need to work on toning that down a bit lol

SimpleDad1d 9h ago

Ammm let's see... That All-stars, Foamstars, Babilon 5 wass gaas...
Concord... can wait to play that...Marathon uuuu... Last of them gaas... U
Horizon Zero dawn has a project that leaked as a Fortnite lookalike.

They bought Destiny that is a dead gaas...people love ti.

Helldivers 2 was luck.

Jimbo was all in and pushed Sony single player games 5 years behind.

Spiderman gaas was cancelled... I mean every 1st party studio was doing gaas.

Bend had to pitch a gaas game... Open world coop something

I can't remember more... Of that crap.

tay87011d 8h ago

@simpledad. Destiny 2 isn't a dead game. Its the number 5 most played game on steam. I dont play it, but alot of people do.

MrNinosan1d 3h ago

@SimpleDad
You failed to mention a single PS Studios game that has been released last 10 years.
Either your reading skills are crap or you think Sony own every studio in the world.

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just_looken1d 3h ago

I rolled my eyes at concord not only was it just yet another cookie cutter hero shooter but that qucik look for the hero select.

Already has a free section then paid section along with a they/them she/her dei crap top right.

Nothing like a day off of work to fire up concord to read about the new characters sexual identity and or preference then a paywall do you want o buy this character shit like no i just want to shoot my gun have fun.

-Foxtrot2d ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink2d ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

shinoff21831d 19h ago

I mean it's not out of the realm of possibility at this point.

Grilla2d ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl5232d ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin2d ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

Redemption-642d ago

Maybe encourage people to buy the game at full price and not when it's heavily discounted or go on plus. If this game had sold well when it was full priced a sequel would have been in the works. They made a single-player game that most people didn't support until they dropped the price.

Cacabunga1d 22h ago

The guy’s just a moron.. he should have stayed within game development. His choices will have a terrible impact on the brand in the long run.

tay87011d 12h ago (Edited 1d 12h ago )

Dude is pretty pathetic. Sounds like a guy who's girl left him for someone better. Always talking about days gone sequel that never was, even though he is no longer at bend and hasnt been for a while. I for one am not upset about the lack of a sequel. It is one of the worst 1st party games in recent memory. Completely jank, played like an xbox game. The only redeeming quality was the hordes.

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excaliburps2d ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla2d ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

derek1d 20h ago

@Notellin, of course you'll believe an embittered ex-employee with an axe to grind because it's evil Sony he's complaining about. You guys act like days gone was this huge success and somehow Sony hates easy money a sequel would have generated. The game was mid and so was the response to it. They're still supporting the developer who is making a new ip that could be great.

shinoff21831d 19h ago

Days gone was fantastic. I bought day one but didn't get around to it for months. When I finally did I was pissed at myself for waiting so long lol

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P_Bomb2d ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing692d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

rippermcrip2d ago

Well consider they know the sales... they do know what the consumer wants.

It sold shit.

-Foxtrot1d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h ago )

But if it’s true what this guy says it sold better than Death Stranding

Yet that got a sequel and Kojima aside out of them both DS didn’t really NEED a sequel compared to Days Gone which ended on such a cliff hanger twist.

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Greetings from the newly minted CEO - Shams Jorjani

Operating under the username BigKahuna_AGS, Jorjani created a lengthy thread on the Helldivers subreddit to introduce himself to the community following his appointment as CEO in early May.

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Frostpunk 2 Dev Talks Creative Risks, Supply and Demand, and More

Game Rant speaks with Frostpunk 2 co-game director and design director Jakub Stokalski about everything 11 bit poured into the sequel.

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