One of the big releases of this 2023 is about to hit the stores, asForspoken, formerly known asProject Athia, will be available on January 24 for both PS5 and PC. This magical adventure with RPG mechanics and a lot of parkour is quite impressive visually, and is developed by the creators ofFinal Fantasy 15.However, Xbox players will have to wait at least two years (until January 2025) to enjoy it, and some PC owners may be stuck waiting as well.
InForspokenplayers control Frey, a young girl who will have to save the magical kingdom of Athia, along with her talking bracelet, from some fearsome witches who want to subjugate all the inhabitants of the kingdom. This game is the first big release from Square Enix in this new year, and for many will serve as a juicy appetizer before the release ofFinal Fantasy 16in June, but some PC users have been left wondering if they will be able to play the game at all following the reveal of its system requirements.
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Forspoken’s New Generation Release
Currently, there is aForspokendemo on PS Store, which all PS5 gamers can enjoy. A few days ago the size and preload date ofForspokenon PS5 were revealed. The title from Luminous Productions will occupy around 87GB on the SSD space of Sony’s console. Now, the developer has revealed the requirements forForspokenon PC, and it’s not going to please many users.
For starters, its size is almost double that on PlayStation 5.Forspokenneeds about 150GB of free space, which is almost double what it took up on PS5. It was very likely thatForspoken’s requirements were high, since it isn’t coming out on PS4 and it also usesthe powerful Luminous engine. But most gamers agree that they are a bit excessive.
To play at 4K and 60 fps, the title needs an AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which in Nvidia terms is equivalent to aGeForce RTX 4080. In terms of CPU,Forspokenneeds an Intel i7 12700 or AMD Ryzen 5 5800X processor to run at the mentioned graphics standards. And in terms of RAM, the minimum is 16GB.
Forspoken’s Recommended Requirements
Forspoken’s Ultra 4K Requirements
On the bright side,Forspokenhas also confirmed that there will be support for DirectX 12 Ultimate, as well as support for 7.1 audio and use ofDualShock 4or keyboard and mouse. Players will be able to choose various graphics options such as support for 32:9 in ultra-panoramic screens and the possibility of activating HDR. In addition, Luminous Productions has announced a new patch for theForspokendemo on PS5, adding button remapping, fixing graphical bugs, text size errors, and even bugs affecting enemies. Though this is all good news, many players are having a difficult time coming to terms with the game’s PC requirements.
Forspokenlaunches on January 24 for PC and PS5.
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