Forspoken, the open-world game released earlier this year on PC and PlayStation 5 by Square Enix and Luminous Productions, may have had a sizeable budget behind it, which makes the game's many shortcomings even more baffling.
As spotted on Twitter by Timur22, the game's lead writer Allison Rumer revealed on LinkedIn that Forspoken had a budget of over $100,000,000. As the game is far from being one of the best ever put out by the Japanese publisher, one has to wonder where the budget went.
If Forspoken indeed has such a sizeable budget, it's no surprise that Square Enix defined the game's sales as lackluster. Still, the game's release wasn't completely bad for the publisher, as the feedback on some of its features will eventually lead to the improvement of Square Enix's development capabilities for future games. A costly lesson, that's for sure, no matter how high the budget behind the game really was.
It's a shame that Forspoken is such a middling game, as some of its features, such as combat and magical parkour, are objectively nice. These, however, were not enough to salvage the experience, as Alessio highlighted in his review.
Forspoken is now available on PC and PlayStation 5 worldwide. Despite Luminous Productions not being a thing anymore, updates and additional content are still being produced and will release on yet-to-be-confirmed dates.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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