I am not too far in the game but so far it has been a lot of fun. My biggest gripe with the early parts of the game are the copious amount of cut scenes and fade to black to cutscenes. It was just an hour of cut scene and fade to black. The game really does start to get fun when you get out into athia. I am glad i picked this up though, the bad reviews have lowered my expectations so i end up having a great time so far.
Yes, it does pick up quite nicely once you're able to freely explore Athia. It gets even better from Tanta Sila onward. I'd even go so far as to say that the last 3rd of the game hits on all cylinders. Story, characters, and gameplay. Still though, if the story had just been mediocre to average then this game would've been highly well received. Hope you enjoy it.
Tip: To Negate Fall Damage (before gaining the ability) you can Parkour Off a Ledge then Attack before hitting the ground, causing Fre to Slow her Descent. Useful for when you don't feel like taking a Safe Way Down.
I am glad I didn't care about the reviews and brought the deluxe straight away. When I played the demo, the game proved what I wanted. An action game other than just sword and shield but a bunch of cool magics that rewards you even more if you learn how to combine all aspects of it's abilities
You forgot to mention the Curio Collector's Shop in Inner Visoria; he's got 5 useful Items, the main-&-most-expensive of which is a Sewing Kit that allows Frey to craft her-own OC Cloak, "Unbroken", and OC Necklace, "Home Sweet Hell".
This is such an interesting guide, thanks Andy. Been waiting to see and hear about your thoughts and I think I will definitely give it a go, I like the looting options and functions. Thanks as always man 👏🏽
Thanks my guy for the great vid, these tips are very helpful as always. I ignored the negative chatter & reviews from the demo, i enjoyed the demo once i got through the learning curve, the game is gonna be fun.
Great to hear mate, always good to make your own mind up about things imo! You're not wrong though, it's a steep learning curve for sure (I think the tutorials could of been better tbh), either way, I hope you enjoy the game my friend & I also hope you're doing good IRL!
I've really wanted to play this game but after the demo, I feel super disappointed. I was bought it as a gift so I'll try it tomorrow and see how I go. Thanks for the great guide Andy, really excellent content as always!
I hear you mate! I'd be interested to hear your thoughts when you give it a go, I found the combat and parkour fun but there's certainly other things that drop you out of the immersion for sure!
There is also a auto parkour setting which will automatically move Frey during combat avoiding almost any damage which is helpful allowing the player to just focus on attacking. Also this auto parkour setting when used in combat allows for much easier and higher combat ranking.
I have over 10 hours gameplay and i didn't even know about that navigation tool thing. I knew you could put down waypoints but i didn't know about the path to it, lighting up.
To complete the counter challenge for Shield Burst Lv. 2, let the enemy hit a charged up shield while facing them (took me longer than I want to admit to find out and there doesn't seem to be any coverage on this, I'd like to think this isn't a major spoiler considering it's in the initial spell tree you get).
I went in not expecting much after seeing negative press. I've been enjoying the game a lot more than I thought I would. There are some drawbacks. The very slow start (wth) the dialogue parts that are slow to resume play. Mostly small stuff like that. The gameplay is a lot of fun and I've always liked the grind for mats from old school games. So, liking it a lot (so far)
The game picks up quite nicely once you're able to freely explore Athia. It gets even better from Tanta Sila onward. I'd even go so far as to say that the last 3rd of the game hits on all cylinders. Story, characters, and gameplay. Still though, if the story had just been mediocre to average then this game would've been highly well received. Hope everyone that plays it enjoys it. ✌🏾✌🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Great video, I’d also change the setting for auto switch support magic, it will switch to whatever support magic (pressR2) isn’t on cooldown, easy to to just spam it and reck peeps. Also is another vendor in Visoria that takes old coins for much better rewards but are very costly, most being sewing kit which is 64, but shows you to craft your own cloak and necklace so you can save up instead of spending at one of the other shops
Thanks for the tips! I liked the demo and I just got my hands on the game. I like the game, but hearing all these negative opinions I do not know how I feel. Guess I will have my fun with it. Thanks again, mate.
my pleasure mate & if you like the game, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that tbh! I'd be keen to hear your thoughts once you've given it a proper go & cheers for letting me know that the video was helpful, makes it worthwhile! Cheers Agg!
I disagree with the lock thing, every lock can be unlocked in 2-3 moves 100% of the time. If you’ve done more than that just reset and try again. It only takes 2-3 moves guys.
It would be nice if the developers make a option to turn off battle music it's annoying. Even if u turn off music u won't able to hear story music and scene music.
@@triston8278 No doubt. With what’s on the horizon in the next 1-2 months, I’ll be busy for a while. There’s going to have to be a serious lull before I decide to try this. The demo was meh at best.
Cheers for this vid bro! Didn't have much time to fiddle with the demo so this gave me a leg up. Don't care about the negativity spewing all over YT about this game. F### 'em! The game looks good and is entertaining to play to me, not to mention Frey is easy on the eyes lol. Hope you'll be the goto channel for tips and secrets for this game my man👍
How was the game compared to the demo? Was there any difference from being thrown into some scenario and starting from the very beginning? I felt the demo even with its update made me go very "meh" to this game.
The game makes much more sense and you progress more easily, there’s a lot of tutorials all across the game that will pop even late on, so it’s all helpful and explained really good in comparison to the demo. I was confused myself when I dived into middle of story in the demo in comparison to when I played it from the beginning.
@@evermorenika Thank you for the feedback, yeah I was kinda disencouraged after the demo, and I guess the combat takes some getting used to and the demo was bad in its tutorials so maybe why I was disencouraged.
There’s additional chapter after finishing the game. So once you roll the credit and it takes you back to the main menu you can just jump back in a play it (depending on the ending)
I am definitely intrigued by this game. I love magic so seeing a game delve into exclusive magic combat is always interesting. The gameplay looks really interesting and solid. Meanwhile, the dialogue has seemed a bit iffy from what I have seen. Gonna wait until this game is out to decide if I want to dive into it.
Definitely take your time and review it until you make up your mind mate, one of my polite criticisms was that the game was very expensive. I think it's a lot of fun tbh but I'm not sure it's £65-£90+ worth of fun if you know what I man? (but perhaps this is the standard cost for AAA games nowadays) Hope you enjoyed the video btw! UK Costs: £64.99 - Standard Edition £89.99 - Digital Deluxe Editon
@@birdieb0y25 you're right mate it's not £100+, it's £89 for the digital deluxe edition for all content in the game (Prequel Story DLC etc) - will edit my above post 👍🏻
@AndyReloads sorry if I came across rude at all that wasn't my intention I was just genuinely curious as I couldn't see a £100+ version! Btw loving your hogwarts legacy content just about to watch that 1 hour video ready for the game to release which I cannot wait for!!
I think it's good fun in certain parts of the game but also not so fun in other parts (a lot of looting)! what I would say is that I think it's worth a look in if you're interested in it, but in fairness, I think it's overpriced for what it is currently and I would recommend waiting for it to drop in price which I think would be more consumer-friendly. But the caveat to that is £65 is probably a standard triple AAA game nowadays so perhaps that's just the base cost we need to get used to when buying these games
@@AndyReloads Thanks Andy :-P my new policy in any AAA game no matter how exciting is to wait for as long as I can till all the bugs are fixed and the price drops. Burned my fingers with Cyberpunk 2077 never again
@@shyamsundarrajan2469 if it helps I had no bugs while playing Forspoken, but if you go for achievements there is one bugged (upgrading one of the magical spells)
I played the demo n wasn’t the biggest fan to be honest n decided not to preorder this game n not to buy it in the future but you never know what might happen n change cuz I might end up changing my mind in the future n getting forespoken
@@AndyReloads I wish I could afford to preorder it n spend the time I want to playing it but I’m way too busy n have way too much going on to do much more than my AC Valhalla weekly’s n daily’s n then I’ll make some time for Hogwarts Legacy
Hey Tim! I'll be honest with you mate, I think this is an enjoyable game (combat & parkour for me) but not for the current price tag. To put it in perspective, God of War Ragnarok is more expensive than Forspoken and I would not put them on the same level at all. Imo, better to save your money for now and grab it when it drops down to a more realistic and reasonable price (just my opinion). Hope the video was informative btw and if you do jump into the game, I also hope you enjoy it as well Tim!
I think the cut-scenes were super poor for me tbh, and the city of Cipal felt a bit empty which was a shame :/ - combat and parkour was enjoyable for me though!
After watching half this video I might be reconsidering forespoken n my opinion on it is slightly changing. Andy deff selling the game lol JK all this info does help n makes the game way more interesting
I honestly feel like this game could have sparked off a dynasty of sequels and spin offs. They had so much potential, there is so much going for this game, they put so much work into specific aspects, yet other areas seem like they were ignored nearly completely. From what I've seen most of the characters come off as completely devoid of critical thinking, or are just insufferable, the price doesn't help either. It's a marketed as a triple A, $90 game in Canada, not sure how anyone can explain a cost that high. It looks pretty but there's a lot about it I can't get behind. Honestly it feels like such a rip off another game, A game I played many years ago released in 2003 called Primal, the similarities to that game are borderline plagiarism in my opinion.
Top 10 Tips before playing Forspoken 10: Don’t buy the game 9: Don’t buy the game 8: Don’t buy the game 7: Don’t buy the game 6: Don’t buy the game 5: Don’t buy the game 4: Don’t buy the game 3: Don’t buy the game 2: Don’t buy the game 1: Don’t buy the game
I was wondering how soon should I level up cloaks cause early in the game I came across 3 which I kept spending resources on just to get another cloak 10 minutes more into the game
I hope this guide helps you out & if you find/know anymore tips, please share them below for everyone 👍🏻
Did you actually enjoy the game? I'm genuinely curious. I'm very excited to play later
I am not too far in the game but so far it has been a lot of fun. My biggest gripe with the early parts of the game are the copious amount of cut scenes and fade to black to cutscenes. It was just an hour of cut scene and fade to black. The game really does start to get fun when you get out into athia. I am glad i picked this up though, the bad reviews have lowered my expectations so i end up having a great time so far.
Glad you enjoy it! The game has cool plot twists too along the way
Iam so fucking glad to finally find other people who like the game
Yes, it does pick up quite nicely once you're able to freely explore Athia. It gets even better from Tanta Sila onward. I'd even go so far as to say that the last 3rd of the game hits on all cylinders. Story, characters, and gameplay. Still though, if the story had just been mediocre to average then this game would've been highly well received.
Hope you enjoy it.
So another trash fake game
@@lewispooper3138 what?
First video I've seen where someone is trying to help with the game play and not complaining about the it! Thank you brotha!!
Tip: To Negate Fall Damage (before gaining the ability) you can Parkour Off a Ledge then Attack before hitting the ground, causing Fre to Slow her Descent.
Useful for when you don't feel like taking a Safe Way Down.
And here I was using Zip to safely reach the ground, that's much easier
I am glad I didn't care about the reviews and brought the deluxe straight away. When I played the demo, the game proved what I wanted. An action game other than just sword and shield but a bunch of cool magics that rewards you even more if you learn how to combine all aspects of it's abilities
Bro crying that he wasted $100 😂
You forgot to mention the Curio Collector's Shop in Inner Visoria; he's got 5 useful Items, the main-&-most-expensive of which is a Sewing Kit that allows Frey to craft her-own OC Cloak, "Unbroken", and OC Necklace, "Home Sweet Hell".
Earth Wind and Fire? Sign me up!
that made me lol, hope you enjoy the game mate!
This is such an interesting guide, thanks Andy. Been waiting to see and hear about your thoughts and I think I will definitely give it a go, I like the looting options and functions. Thanks as always man 👏🏽
Good to hear you enjoy looting mate haha, jokes aside I really do hope you have a good time with the game my friend!
Thanks my guy for the great vid, these tips are very helpful as always. I ignored the negative chatter & reviews from the demo, i enjoyed the demo once i got through the learning curve, the game is gonna be fun.
Great to hear mate, always good to make your own mind up about things imo! You're not wrong though, it's a steep learning curve for sure (I think the tutorials could of been better tbh), either way, I hope you enjoy the game my friend & I also hope you're doing good IRL!
I've really wanted to play this game but after the demo, I feel super disappointed. I was bought it as a gift so I'll try it tomorrow and see how I go. Thanks for the great guide Andy, really excellent content as always!
I hear you mate! I'd be interested to hear your thoughts when you give it a go, I found the combat and parkour fun but there's certainly other things that drop you out of the immersion for sure!
@@AndyReloads I certainly will, thanks again Andy, keep up the great work!
The "Green Magic Spell Tree" (or "Olas' Magic") is not 'Air Magic', as you called it, it's electrical and illusional spells (no wind involved).
There is also a auto parkour setting which will automatically move Frey during combat avoiding almost any damage which is helpful allowing the player to just focus on attacking. Also this auto parkour setting when used in combat allows for much easier and higher combat ranking.
Im glad I watched this video before I started playing thank you so much
#Teamearly, lets go!
always great to see!
I have over 10 hours gameplay and i didn't even know about that navigation tool thing. I knew you could put down waypoints but i didn't know about the path to it, lighting up.
To complete the counter challenge for Shield Burst Lv. 2, let the enemy hit a charged up shield while facing them (took me longer than I want to admit to find out and there doesn't seem to be any coverage on this, I'd like to think this isn't a major spoiler considering it's in the initial spell tree you get).
I went in not expecting much after seeing negative press. I've been enjoying the game a lot more than I thought I would. There are some drawbacks. The very slow start (wth) the dialogue parts that are slow to resume play. Mostly small stuff like that. The gameplay is a lot of fun and I've always liked the grind for mats from old school games. So, liking it a lot (so far)
thank you this will all come in handy when i start my playthrough
The game picks up quite nicely once you're able to freely explore Athia. It gets even better from Tanta Sila onward. I'd even go so far as to say that the last 3rd of the game hits on all cylinders. Story, characters, and gameplay. Still though, if the story had just been mediocre to average then this game would've been highly well received.
Hope everyone that plays it enjoys it.
✌🏾✌🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I might just get the game for the cats
Thanks for the video bro I'm about 15 to 20hours deep into the game this helped out a bit
Great video, I’d also change the setting for auto switch support magic, it will switch to whatever support magic (pressR2) isn’t on cooldown, easy to to just spam it and reck peeps. Also is another vendor in Visoria that takes old coins for much better rewards but are very costly, most being sewing kit which is 64, but shows you to craft your own cloak and necklace so you can save up instead of spending at one of the other shops
Tysm for covering this game 😊love your content
Great to hear mate, hope you find the video helpful/useful!
Let’s go! #teamearly
thanks again for your epic work on this mate!
nice work Nika and Andy
Thx u motivate me to continue playing this game
Thanks for the tips! I liked the demo and I just got my hands on the game. I like the game, but hearing all these negative opinions I do not know how I feel. Guess I will have my fun with it.
Thanks again, mate.
my pleasure mate & if you like the game, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that tbh! I'd be keen to hear your thoughts once you've given it a proper go & cheers for letting me know that the video was helpful, makes it worthwhile! Cheers Agg!
I disagree with the lock thing, every lock can be unlocked in 2-3 moves 100% of the time. If you’ve done more than that just reset and try again. It only takes 2-3 moves guys.
I agree, I found this to be true even for those that are very hard
It would be nice if the developers make a option to turn off battle music it's annoying. Even if u turn off music u won't able to hear story music and scene music.
Might try this when it's on PS+
There will be better games by the time that happens.
@@triston8278 No doubt. With what’s on the horizon in the next 1-2 months, I’ll be busy for a while. There’s going to have to be a serious lull before I decide to try this. The demo was meh at best.
Ah, so Athia's atmosphere keeps my phone charged.
Are you getting a review code for Hogwarts Legacy?
I'd love to mate, but I've got no news on that right now
Cheers for this vid bro! Didn't have much time to fiddle with the demo so this gave me a leg up. Don't care about the negativity spewing all over YT about this game. F### 'em! The game looks good and is entertaining to play to me, not to mention Frey is easy on the eyes lol. Hope you'll be the goto channel for tips and secrets for this game my man👍
I hear you mate, it's best to make your mind up on what you like/want! If you do give it a go, you'll have to let me know what you think!
@@AndyReloads oh yea had it preordered after I bought the PS5 in September. Waiting for tonite 1/23 8pm pst USA...
@@miken4927 hope you enjoy it mate, let me know what you think!
This game is actually good. I don't understand the people that says otherwise.
Excellent guide Thank you sir!
Do nails stack if you use the same on both hands
How was the game compared to the demo? Was there any difference from being thrown into some scenario and starting from the very beginning? I felt the demo even with its update made me go very "meh" to this game.
The game makes much more sense and you progress more easily, there’s a lot of tutorials all across the game that will pop even late on, so it’s all helpful and explained really good in comparison to the demo. I was confused myself when I dived into middle of story in the demo in comparison to when I played it from the beginning.
I think Nika has summed it all up perfectly mate, she smashed the game to pieces!!
@@evermorenika Thank you for the feedback, yeah I was kinda disencouraged after the demo, and I guess the combat takes some getting used to and the demo was bad in its tutorials so maybe why I was disencouraged.
@@Dpers86 I thought the tutorials were poor as well
@Seymowr what don't you like about it mate? I found the tutorials at the start difficult and hard to follow tbh
Any news of there will be new game plus or end game activities ? Thanks
Nothing heard yet mate, will let you know if I hear more!
There’s additional chapter after finishing the game. So once you roll the credit and it takes you back to the main menu you can just jump back in a play it (depending on the ending)
@@evermorenika thanks nika
@Nika I just played until I got to Athia because of weekday priorities but do more cities pop up after you open up the map?
Just picked this up on black friday sale 33.00 canadain dollers from 93.00
I am definitely intrigued by this game. I love magic so seeing a game delve into exclusive magic combat is always interesting. The gameplay looks really interesting and solid. Meanwhile, the dialogue has seemed a bit iffy from what I have seen. Gonna wait until this game is out to decide if I want to dive into it.
Definitely take your time and review it until you make up your mind mate, one of my polite criticisms was that the game was very expensive. I think it's a lot of fun tbh but I'm not sure it's £65-£90+ worth of fun if you know what I man? (but perhaps this is the standard cost for AAA games nowadays) Hope you enjoyed the video btw!
UK Costs:
£64.99 - Standard Edition
£89.99 - Digital Deluxe Editon
@@AndyReloads Most definitely! I always enjoy your breakdowns!
@@AndyReloads where do you get £100+ from?
@@birdieb0y25 you're right mate it's not £100+, it's £89 for the digital deluxe edition for all content in the game (Prequel Story DLC etc) - will edit my above post 👍🏻
@AndyReloads sorry if I came across rude at all that wasn't my intention I was just genuinely curious as I couldn't see a £100+ version! Btw loving your hogwarts legacy content just about to watch that 1 hour video ready for the game to release which I cannot wait for!!
the flow thing doesnt work for me in pc and im stuck with the three bears at the beginning, is there anything tips anyone can give me?
Mods lol
This game is Hella grinding on challenge magic skills. U will spend all day doing challenge n u will for get story mode.
Why so much hate for this game ? According to the video it seems pretty good
I think it's good fun in certain parts of the game but also not so fun in other parts (a lot of looting)! what I would say is that I think it's worth a look in if you're interested in it, but in fairness, I think it's overpriced for what it is currently and I would recommend waiting for it to drop in price which I think would be more consumer-friendly. But the caveat to that is £65 is probably a standard triple AAA game nowadays so perhaps that's just the base cost we need to get used to when buying these games
Thanks for your honesty Andy, keep up the great work!
@@AndyReloads Thanks Andy :-P my new policy in any AAA game no matter how exciting is to wait for as long as I can till all the bugs are fixed and the price drops.
Burned my fingers with Cyberpunk 2077 never again
@@shyamsundarrajan2469 if it helps I had no bugs while playing Forspoken, but if you go for achievements there is one bugged (upgrading one of the magical spells)
What are the yellow numbers that pop up on screen?
tried the demo, at least for now game ain't for me even tho loved the fact how many f-bombs were dropped in first5-10mins of the demo XD
of course you'd like the f bombs mate haha!
@@AndyReloads what that suppose to mean, never heard profanity in my life 🤔
@@Skatha haha you bandit! tbh, I could imagine you being the cuff in an Assassin's Creed game, now that would be hilarious!
@@AndyReloads UBISOFT IF YOU READ THESE, im up for this so please hire me as a voice actor 😂😂😂
@@Skatha this needs to happen
I think this game looks 100x better than the overhyped Harry Potter game
If you give the game a go Lynette I'd be keen to hear what you think of it!
your wrong
@@William-Howe care to elaborate?
@@AndyReloads what do you think the odds of it being added to the PS Plus catalog will be? I love the game play, but the story seams lackluster
Game is so fun
Hmm explaining skills kinda like buying the game 😊
I played the demo n wasn’t the biggest fan to be honest n decided not to preorder this game n not to buy it in the future but you never know what might happen n change cuz I might end up changing my mind in the future n getting forespoken
good to keep an open mind for sure mate!
@@AndyReloads I wish I could afford to preorder it n spend the time I want to playing it but I’m way too busy n have way too much going on to do much more than my AC Valhalla weekly’s n daily’s n then I’ll make some time for Hogwarts Legacy
It's on sales right now and tbh if that was the original price I would have bought it right away
How you feeling about it Andy? Worth the $70?
I think I'm going to pass this one..
Hogwarts Legacy is the only thing on the horizon for you right now mate? haha
@@AndyReloads 😂🤓 Definitely
@@NKal hopefully we get more news soon 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
Is this game worth it? I need to know if I spend money on it or not
Hey Tim! I'll be honest with you mate, I think this is an enjoyable game (combat & parkour for me) but not for the current price tag. To put it in perspective, God of War Ragnarok is more expensive than Forspoken and I would not put them on the same level at all. Imo, better to save your money for now and grab it when it drops down to a more realistic and reasonable price (just my opinion). Hope the video was informative btw and if you do jump into the game, I also hope you enjoy it as well Tim!
So basically Avatar?
Great tips Much appreciated
my pleasure mate, hope you enjoy the game!
I can’t wait to buy this game! I’m playing atomic heart first but this games a must grab… on sale.
Beginner tip....turn on autoevde and have fun
Do we really still need to tell people that using an enemy's weakness against them in an RPG is effective?
RPG 101?
My tip. It will help you out a lot. Don't buy it.
well that's certainly a tip indeed!
feels like the graphic is not too good
I think the cut-scenes were super poor for me tbh, and the city of Cipal felt a bit empty which was a shame :/ - combat and parkour was enjoyable for me though!
The ultimate guide is not playing it, according to all reviews of the game JAJAJAJAJAJA.
This game has been getting a lot of unjustified bad reviews, I personally been enjoying playing it
After watching half this video I might be reconsidering forespoken n my opinion on it is slightly changing. Andy deff selling the game lol JK all this info does help n makes the game way more interesting
not my intention to do that at all dude, I enjoy my time with it when I played but it was also challenging to play (not in a great way) at times also
@@AndyReloads I was just kidding. Never thought you were trying to sell the game. But you deff convinced me to give it another try
I honestly feel like this game could have sparked off a dynasty of sequels and spin offs.
They had so much potential, there is so much going for this game, they put so much work into specific aspects, yet other areas seem like they were ignored nearly completely.
From what I've seen most of the characters come off as completely devoid of critical thinking, or are just insufferable, the price doesn't help either.
It's a marketed as a triple A, $90 game in Canada, not sure how anyone can explain a cost that high. It looks pretty but there's a lot about it I can't get behind.
Honestly it feels like such a rip off another game, A game I played many years ago released in 2003 called Primal, the similarities to that game are borderline plagiarism in my opinion.
Top 10 Tips before playing Forspoken
10: Don’t buy the game
9: Don’t buy the game
8: Don’t buy the game
7: Don’t buy the game
6: Don’t buy the game
5: Don’t buy the game
4: Don’t buy the game
3: Don’t buy the game
2: Don’t buy the game
1: Don’t buy the game
did you play the demo mate?
They man can't let anyone else at least go and try the game out
@@sebasgarcia355 how do you mean mate?
@@AndyReloads other people just criticizes the game from the demo even tho it's not the end product and people just hate on it even befor it's release
Tip#1 Do not buy it. Tip#2 Sell it if you did.
10 tips b4 playing the game. Dont play the game lol
I have a tip as well:
Don’t buy this trash game!
Tip 1: don't buy
Forspoken beginners guide: don't begin.
The game is trash. 3/10 at best!!
I was wondering how soon should I level up cloaks cause early in the game I came across 3 which I kept spending resources on just to get another cloak 10 minutes more into the game
I can't believe that people are actually playing this game. There are so many games to play, there's no reason to play bad games.
#1 tip, wait till it’s 15$