FORSPOKEN

Developer/publisher Square Enix (Luminous Productions)

Format PC, PS5

Origin Japan

Release May 24

Watching in action, it’s hard not to shake the impression that you’re looking at a tech demo for thirdperson movement in an open world with a game awkwardly bolted onto it. Perhaps that’s because we’re not too young to recall 2012’s Agni’s Philosophy, a -themed showcase for Square Enix’s Luminous Engine, with which shares one or two obvious similarities. And perhaps part of it is down to a curious presentation promising an “in-depth” look that doesn’t really live up to the billing.