Forspoken director promises patch to address performance, playability, more

Forspoken director Takeshi Aramaki has confirmed a patch is at the moment within the works to handle a variety of points following the sport’s blended reception.

In a press release shared on Twitter, Aramaki wrote, “We have been listening to all of your suggestions and are exhausting at work on an upcoming patch that can embrace enhancements to total efficiency, graphics, playability, and common updates and fixes to the sport content material throughout PS5 and numerous PC {hardware} configurations”.

Aramaki did not go into specifics, however Forspoken has been criticised each from a gameplay and technical perspective since launch, with Digital Foundry having particularly stern words for the PC launch, calling it a “complicated, deeply disappointing port” in its tech assessment.

There is not any trace of an ETA for the newly promised patch, however Aramaki says the crew is “dedicated to creating Forspoken probably the most fulfilling expertise doable”, with extra info concerning the replace’s timing because of be launched “as quickly as doable”.

Regardless of the sport’s launch woes, Eurogamer contributor Henry Stockdale was “pleasantly shocked” by Forspoken in his review, writing, “This story takes time to get going, and whereas the writing does not at all times land, there’s lots to get pleasure from even when the quite a few ups and downs make Forspoken exhausting to universally advocate. Nonetheless, due to its sturdy character improvement, detailed worldbuilding, and trendy fight, there are parts right here which can be nonetheless value a glance”.