“Enjoyable, but not blown away. The game runs into optimization issues, easy difficulty and okay-ish dialogue. Will probably finish it, but won’t be hunting achievements or explore everything.”
Bottled Tastes Steam Curator
I’m giving Forsaken Realms a 3/5, I would wait on some patches.
Note that I did get a review key provided for the game.
Forsaken Realms is made by Titan Roc and releases their first game, it being an RPG is a huge genre for a first game.
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Adventure awaits in this narrative-driven fantasy action RPG. The war-torn city of Vahrin stands before you on the brink of collapse and in desperate need of aid. As a mercenary in search of your next…opportunity, will you answer Vahrin’s Call?
My first impressions haven’t been great, the game was not running well even after changing multiple settings while running on a high-end PC. This is something I don’t like to do at the start of a game, and while I recognize this being a first game by the developer, I don’t think it’s a game-breaker, but it does make me want to wait until it gets optimized a bit better. There are low FPS areas, and the screen looks rather grainy instead of having the sharpness of the screenshots the game shows.
The game doesn’t give itself the room to explain through storytelling; instead, it relies heavily on yellow-painted destroyable objects, white-painted leaps, and wooden signs that tell you what to do, which feel very out of place.
The looting and exploring also don’t feel as rewarding; looting is basically automatic, and I assume there is no weight limit (I couldn’t tell if the inventory had a limit), with everything scattered everywhere.
I do have to give the game huge credit for the armor, which I really personally enjoy; you start off basic, and there isn’t too much fantasy to it.
The hidden gnomes are quite funny and aren’t too hard to find. But it does give some extra options to explore.
The combat is quite easy, which can be favorable for people who don’t play too many similar games; however, it feels like you can spam all ‘low-level’ enemies with your normal swing, making the combat feel simple.
I’ll for sure keep playing and hope that the developers can resolve the issues they are currently having; most of my above pointers were my personal pet peeves and don’t make the game unplayable. Most of my pointers regard the explorability, current performance, and looting. The game is enjoyable; I’ll likely finish it but won’t hunt all achievements or explore every corner.
- An entirely original, handcrafted high fantasy universe (No generative AI).
- Rid the Vale of Vahrin of the many vicious threats that plague it.
- Seek out the many puzzles, challenges and secrets hidden throughout the world.
- Customise your armour, weapons, spells, potions, traps and everything else at your disposal to develop your ideal playstyle.
- Full voice acting (English) (No generative AI).
