

I spent the first half of the demo trying to pull through the increased pressure just to do normal attacks, and often I found myself accidentally doing a charged attack instead.

In Forspoken, combat attacks utilize a regular and charged attack system, but both are built into the haptics. In past games I’ve played, this meant that if, for instance, my character has a bow and arrow weapon, and I want to pull an arrow to shoot, I feel pressure in that trigger as if I were pulling back the string in real life. Essentially, these are triggers that have custom function capability in terms of pressure and realism. For reference, the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller has several unique features, one being the haptic triggers. Without doing any sort of exploration, I’d estimate you could finish this whole preview in about 15 minutes.Īttacks are done (on controller) with the left and right triggers, and here is a moment in which the technology of the DualSense controller actually confused me for a bit. As a bonus, players could test what they’ve learned against a substantially difficult enemy to round off the demo. The various steps included clearing an area of enemies, learning how to acquire new spells, and finishing an objective to get a new piece of gear. Players are set on a 5-step mission covering different objectives I’m sure we will encounter in the full release. I like being able to test out the game without seeing something that could be seen again later once the game actually releases. This is not a criticism, but rather a recognition of smart demo delivery in my opinion. This piece of gameplay felt less like it was a section of the actual story and more like a presentation of various gameplay elements as if this demo was specifically created as a form of sales presentation. I was able to take the time to play the roughly 30-minute demo, and I was certainly not disappointed. True to form, one such revelation was the shadow drop of a playable demo for Luminous Production’s upcoming action-adventure RPG Forspoken.

Besides being one of the most popular awards ceremonies for the industry, The Game Awards has also created a reputation for bringing shocking game announcements and news as a sort of December E3. The Game Awards 2022 brought plenty of surprises and fun to its show. Players got an early Christmas present, and we have plenty of thoughts on it
