![]() Lieu told Kotaku that the intent of the video wasn’t to claim that he thinks the game is or will be bad, but rather that the misleading framing heavily implies that Square Enix wasn’t confident enough in the game to let it stand on its own without the bogus accolades. Game Informer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It did not include the word impressive, instead describing main protagonist Frey’s overall adventure as “ without its highlights.” Game Informer’s actual review gave the game a 7.5 out of 10. To recap then, Forspoken’s newest trailer included a truncated quote of someone describing one of its older trailers. We do not charge for the use of quotes in promotional materials.” “In our actual review, I do refer to the game as ‘beautiful’ (that was my opinion of the game’s world since the preview, which is why I didn’t personally feel the quote felt out of context). ![]() “Square Enix did ask for permission to use the quote, and we did approve,” Distractify gaming editor, Sara Belcher, told Kotaku in an email. In context, however, the quote wasn’t saying that Forspoken was beautiful but that it had the “potential” to be a “beautiful story-driven game that will pull at your heartstrings with each new chapter.” It was, after all, a preview and not a review of the final game, though the site’s editor said she didn’t take issue with how the word was used. In one example, Square Enix lifted the word “Beautiful” from a December preview published over at Distractify. In almost every instance the meaning was very different from the way the words were presented in the trailer, and not intended to be taken as unambiguous praise. He proceeded to go through each phrase flashed on screen during it, found the original source it was from, and read the larger context aloud. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. The remaining four NFL playoff teams - rankedĪdaptogenic Mushrooms Trigger a Zombie Apocalypse in 'The Last of Us.' Should We Be Concerned? This Akira-Like Bosh Rush Game Has Me Hooked Tesla Can Slash its Prices Because its Cars Are So Cheap to Build Pamela Anderson Says Tim Allen Exposed Himself to Her on 'Home Improvement' Set “The biggest red flag are these quotes which are either one word long or two words long.” ![]() “This Forspoken launch trailer is kind of telling us that the game might not actually be that good and here’s how I know,” trailer editing aficionado Derek Lieu said in a TikTok video that blew up over the weekend. But you wouldn’t know that from the launch trailer which stays upbeat on the modern-day magical adventure by taking a bunch of words out of context and spinning them into deceitful accolades. A launch trailer for Forspoken shows a misleading quote from Game InformerĮverything about the leadup to the release of Forspoken, Square Enix’s big new open-world action RPG, has been a lowkey mess.
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