This is a 5.0001 yes. DEEP DISCOUNT. The game play is somewhat interesting on premise, but gets old and repetitive too. There is a LOT (like 40+ minutes straight) of very very lazy exposition at a key point in the story which go old fast. I think i got this in a pick and mix for about like 80%-90% off and yeah that is a recommend that discount.

I'm going to recommend Forspoken, but at a large discount and only after you play the demo. To see if the game clicks and if it runs well.
My scattered thoughts on it:
-Gameplay:
Game is best played on controller imo.
Forspoken's gameplay is primarily combat, parkour, and openworld shenanigans. The combat is a little mind numbing but provided you can get into how the spells work and what they do the fun comes out in being able to absolutely wreck through hordes of enemies very quickly by blasting them with a ton of spell combos.

The parkour is pretty good and with more movement abilities unlocked it can flow very well and allow for pretty speedy traversal across the map. It does suffer though from some very odd limits that feel like they were put in there because they needed to limit it in some sort of way and often times that could really break the flow of things.

Progression is a funky thing. On normal I found myself nearly instantly op compared to most enemies because the resource and way of unlocking and upgrading spells is so easy to find and do that right from the first Tanta no enemies except for those who had immunity to my spells could stand against me. For some this lack of challenge will either drive for higher difficulty settings or be unrewarding. I like feeling op so for me it was no hassle though sometimes quite funny.

-Graphics and Tech:
Forspoken looks pretty good.
Apart from some technical issues like textures not popping in and the absolute horrific AMDFidelityFX AO (CACAO/Caca) the game looks pretty nice.
Very strong stylization with each area of Athia having very distinct and slightly monochromatic color palettes.
Large draw distances with low visible level of detail changes.
Loading is also incredibly fast on a SSD.
It does unfortunately not run very easy. On a 3090 at 4k I could crank everything to the highest (with no raytracing) but still had to have dlss on performance mode. On a laptop with a 4070 at 1440p I had to turn everything down especially texture memory settings and have dlss on performance as well to get good fps.
Never had a crash or a game breaking bug.
-Audio:
Audio is fine, high quality on both voice acting and and ambient world sounds. It’s a very grounded sound palette with sounds for the magic spells being mostly the physical property of the spell. The electric ult spell sound stands out particularly.
You can turn down the amount of conversations and quips between cuff and Frey, which is nice. I had it between minimal at first and then went to low because on low its pretty tolerable.
-Story:
Forspoken’s story is short. Quite surprisingly so, and if you are quite strong it feels even shorter. Its also not really that bad. Yes the “with my freaking mind” line is magical to experience and super cringe but apart from that the rest of the story is played super straight.
It really suffers from in my opinion because Frey is a reluctant hero who is so reluctant during most of the story that it’s a real turn-off and breaks the logic of why she is doing all the things she is doing if she doesn’t want to.
It’s a real case of you see what they were going for, the execution just leaves a lot to be desired.

Conclusion:
Forespoken is a game that really suffers from the “its not that bad but its also not that great” problem. It happened to really click for me when I tried the demo and thus I liked the overall experience I had.
At least for a AAA game its relatively short even if you do all the open world stuff and the DLC at around 60 to 70 hours.

Forspoken offers an engaging story and a captivating world, with a protagonist whose journey is both emotional and exciting. The gameplay is fluid, with impressive traversal mechanics, and the combat is dynamic and fun. However, I do wish there was more story content, as it felt like there could have been deeper exploration of the world and its characters. While the chests scattered across the map are numerous, they often lack significant value to gameplay, which detracts from the exploration experience. The DLC, however, stands out with its rich content and quality, making me wish the main game had followed a similar approach in terms of depth and engagement. Overall, it’s an enjoyable experience, but there’s potential for even more.