![]() She aids Athia not out of any sense of altruism or because she now has the empowering capability to assist those who cannot help themselves. Yet Frey is not truly a hero, although the narrative strives to portray her as one. As Pope Francis has observed, “diversity is a richness” so that Frey’s presence helps to lessen the gaming industry’s overall poverty where multiethnic characters are concerned. More significantly, as a protagonist of color, Frey injects a note of diversity into a genre that sorely lacks it. Frey, for instance, has the ability to soar and glide and it’s fun to watch her enhanced movements. “Forspoken” does have its strong points both with regard to mechanics and content. Adversaries simply dissolve into particles when killed. They’re also marred by the occasional rude gesture.įrey fights human enemies as well as various monsters and animals. The exchanges between the two, moreover, are needlessly littered with vulgarity. The hollow back-and-forth banter in which Cuff and his owner engage does nothing to further character development or to endear either one to the audience. Rather than provide useful guidance, Frey’s newly acquired adornment, dubbed Cuff, talks constantly to little purpose. Her task is to help the inhabitants of this world so that she can return to her own. In the process, she also acquires a magical - and sentient - set of interlocking bracelets (voiced by Jonathan Cake).įrey soon discovers that troubled Athia is in a state of chaos because of the oppressive rule of its leaders, Tanta Sila (voice of Janina Gavankar) and Tanta Prav (voice of Pollyanna McIntosh). ![]() While the game boasts some promising merits, it fails to live up to its potential due to awkward dialogue, clunky combat systems and a barren environment.Īlfre “Frey” Holland (voice of Ella Balinska) is a homeless orphan from modern-day New York City who finds herself transported to the fantastical realm of Athia. ![]() NEW YORK (OSV News) - Contemporary reality clashes with high fantasy in the action-adventure “Forspoken” (Square Enix). ![]()
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