Streamers Can’t Take Forspoken's Dialogue Seriously 

Clearly the whole game takes place in her mind while 4 thugs beat her senseless in an alley.

this game really makes you appreciate silent protagonists

There's an epidemy of bad writers who think "strong and independent" means "rude and obnoxious". EDIT: I am appalled by the amount of people that do not know that "epidemy" and "epidemic" are synonyms. English isn't my first language and even I know that. But I am even more appalled by the fact that some of these people think it's perfectly valid to be rude towards people who say "epidemy". You obviously have internet access and free time, use them both to look at a fucking online dictionary.

Let's make our character swear every five seconds, that's a neat trick!

-> Is homeless; -> Almost went to jail for stealing; -> Manages to save $5,000; -> Has multiple branded sneakers; -> Fed her cat shitty cat food; -> Prefer to leave the $5,000 to save the cat; -> Proceed to give up the cat; -> Went back to stealing. I mean, HUH!?

I love how the entire plot of the game is set in motion because Frey was too stupid to grab the bag of money that was right next to her before getting her cat

That cat is an incredibly cheap plot device to make Frey look good and caring. Homer isn't concerned about the fire at all. She isn't howling in distress, desperate to escape, ears flattened, or suffering from burns. She's looking at Frey like she just came back from a short shopping trip. The fact that the cat isn't distressed AT ALL robs any emotional weight, and makes Frey extra stupid for not grabbing that money bag. It would've been more believable for her not to pick up the bag had we heard Homer crying. This would've been so easy to write. But the writers were lazy.

"I don't get this trend with making the main character so unlikable" oof, that resonates so strongly, yes.

Her not grabbing the money might be the dumbest plot device I’ve seen in a while.

Forspoken is what a Netflix game studio would make

I just love the whole "I'm an abrasive self entitled brat at the beginning of the story...and by the end of the story, I'm a justified abrasive self entitled brat!" trope people are going for nowadays. So relatable. Much character

The oneyplays Crew continuously predicting the cringe dialogue then getting pissed because they were able to do so is still the funniest shit 😂

The cat was placed there in an attempt to conjure empathy for the protagonist 😂

Trying to pick up the money: "Gotta find Homer first." Homer seeing her leaving the money in the fire: "D'oh!"

Everyone being so confused about not being able to grab the cash had me dying laughing

Did a psychopath write this dialogue? It feels like an attempt to create emotional connection with characters while having no actual understanding or experience of it. Like a "this is what humans do" scenario, but the entire time widely missing the mark.

My favorite part is when she fights her mom who just outright kills her if you lose the fight. Even her parents are sick of her.

"I gotta find Homer first!" Girl if you have the arm-strength to parkour and climb up a chainlink fence *YOU CAN CARRY BOTH!*

I hate how so much dialogue in modern media is written like this.

Can't blame devs for bad writing, when you don't leave the house it's hard to imagine scenarios that involve social interaction

I don't understand why that house fire wasn't just a cutscene. It would've been better writing if she wakes up, bolts into action to save her cat, and naturally forgets about the money like most of us would. But instead they decided "this section needs to be playable" even though all you do is walk towards the cat, press a button, and walk back. So now the plot is not that she forgot the money in a fight or flight rush, but that she just said "nah I'll pick it up later." Who hires these people

This is why Link is the best protagonist. He keeps his mouth shut and does his job.

“You know they can still shoot you…. It’s just a chain link fence…” 4:00

1:35 "You have 2 previous felonies. With this one, your grand total will be 3" Hold on, I gotta check her math on that one...

"How many cliches can we pack into a game?" Developers: "Yes"

I love how Cr1tikal and Pyrocynical both guessed two major plot twists almost right at the beginning of the game.

Then a month later, Luminous Studio is shutdown 💀

Watching the Oney Plays crew continuously predict the shitty dialogue literally seconds before it happens was honestly the only way it became bearable

The fact that they give you an option to pick up the bag, and programmed her to comment when you attempt, but still have her leave it is worse than an oversight. That was completely aware bad writing. Like, how?

You gotta give them credit... They managed to somehow mix that Western "twitter" cringe dialogue with cheesy Japanese goofiness to create something truly mediocre.

The house fire could have been an awesome cutscene if she woke up panicked yelling for the cat, and didn't even think of the money while saving it and herself.

The logic of “I can’t grab this bag of cash because I need to find my cat that would fit perfectly in this bag” is insane.

I just love how they added a scene of Frey returning someone's phone to try and establish a sort of "oh, she's rough around the edges, but ultimately does care about others" to her, but then the rest of the game until the very end has her be incredibly selfish

It’s too unbelievable, I don’t know any judge that would allow someone to wear a hat in the courtroom

Completely un-ironically the exact same kind of dialogue I wrote in the very first draft of the first fantasy story I had ever written… When I was 15. No editing, no revisions, just throwing some stuff together in my free time for the first time ever. Though I’d like to think my characters were at least a bit more like-able, as I think I’d have personally killed them off in the story long before they wound up like her.

This game is actually very inspirational. I played just an hour and soon after developed a newfound respect for indie games. Truly incredible!

15:57 "shit of course it's locked" "it's prison..." 🤣

6:19 Ok there is ABSOLUTELY no defence for that. Anyone with at least 2 braincells will pick up the bag that is right in front of them as they run out and look for the cat lmao wtf is this

Alex said it best when he said "I'm rooting for the fire at this point".

1:50 she's begging for her future NOW and not 2 felonies ago?

I lost it when moistcriticle predicted that the Dragon was one of her parents and the words "He was right" pop up on the screen.

Masterclass in writing an absolute awful main character, nice

15:26 I like how he waited for the screen to black out before continuing lmao

Asmon's last comment about every line she says is the lame option when you play a "bad character" in fallout or something is actual nail on the head, so perfect. Also was Charlie right about the dragon mom?

7:19 They not only found her and set her house on fire over a car, they not only refused to take the money, but they also masterfully spray painted a stylized FOUND YOU on the window BACKWARDS so she could read it.

>ignores bag of money to save cat >gives cat away cuz she has no money >"now what am I gonna do" genius plot progression

Why not have the cat be in a more urgent scenario in the fire? Like, on a shelf that's about to be engulfed in flames, and have the money be in another room. That would at least make a little sense why there wouldn't be time to get both. Not have the bag of cash be directly at her feet when she wakes up!

I feel like I'm owed an apology for a game I've never played

it must be so tough to write a believable, consistent character who operates according to their values and reacts fittingly to the events happening around them. we only have what, centuries of literature where this was done well?

The transitions between streamers is so seamless.

The best part is that she's supposedly struggling with money, but made the very smart decision to get a cat...

>Is homeless >Has an apartment where she is the only human occupant >Has a magic cuff that can kill large animals and severely wound a dragon >Lets herself get handcuffed and arrested >Can run up walls >Chooses to not run up the wall of her cell and blast out the window

No one talking about how Charlie predicted the "plot twist" 🤣🤣

Wait yall don't keep pocket dirt on you?

My favorite part was when Jane Forspoken said "It's Forspokin' Time!" And spoke all the fores.

She just went and said all the "mcu cringe dialogue" memes one after the other in a single scene

"I don't like helping people" Charlie don't know how right he was lol that's literally her whole character during in Atheia

16:29 "She can't have got far." Not only is the dialogue cringe, it also has terrible sentence structure.

How is "I'm a smart girl with a bright future" even something to throw back in somebody's face? That sounded so off she almost sounded hopeful than sarcastic.

The money bag incident plotpoint could've been easily fixed by having it caught on fire when she woke up and saw it. Or locked away in a safe, but the fire made the metal safe too hot to touch. Why didn't they think of it?

You would think that a character that has a criminal background would try to approach a fantasy world how a criminal would do it. That would make the writing interesting, make her cut deals with the witches in exchange for more magic, let her side with the supposed heroes of this fantasy and plan to backstab them later. But instead they go the route of making her the hero in the end.....

17:36 Rare instance of the game being self aware

15:35 I like how Asmongold stopped when she said it to him, but then he continues to say what he wanted to say

Golly, that dialogue really made me feel spoken for

So my dreams of writing are not gone. I just need to talk to Square Enix

When Frey tries to open the cell door and is surprised that its locked and that one guy quietly goes "...its a prison"

This feels like the perfect set up for a character who has to drastically change from the start to the finish. It’s obvious that her angry and cold nature are negatives so they could have made them actual faults she has to fix

"Where'd she get this fist full of dirt?" You all have clearly never heard of POCKET SAND.

Judge: *lets a repeat offender of often violent and felonious crimes off with community service after being talked back to in court, during a trial that took place without a single public witness let alone a jury.* Also Judge: *Meets with the repeat offender outside of court and even accepts a gift from her.* If this level of emotional investment and poor decision making isn't grounds for a mistrial and a serious investigation...

15:57 “It’s a prison…” his voice gets me😂😂💀

I just want to point out something that Tear of Grace said during his playthrough. Alfrey or whatever the protagonist's name is admitted to the theft by saying "I needed the cash" however the judge only let her off with 5 days of community service. BRILLIANT WRITING EVERYONE!!! 🙄

Never understood the whole "I got to get back home!" Narrative people have when in this case her life is pretty rock bottom. Having magic powers, a new identity and a whole new world to explore isn't enough. Would be good to see a story where a character has a pretty good life in their own reality and has to struggle choosing between the two.

“Rooting for the fire” 💀

The cat from stray is more well developed character and that says something.

This felt like a classic case of placing diversity and empowerment and strong female lead ahead of good plot and dialogue that is currently plaguing a good chunk of modern media... Oh well ill just offset this experience by rewatching Alien so I can appreciate Ripley as the greatest female lead ever writte

All I know is that if I were an orphan from birth, lived a shitty life and then was suddenly whisked away to a fantasy realm and given a second chance at living a somewhat good life, I'd probably not act like a petulant child to every person I met ...

That truck almost hit her supposed to be her ticket to isekai

You just know the people who wrote this have the emotional maturity of a Fridge, are completely underqualified for their Job, which they only got because Suits thought they need to hire "special people" with some extra nepotism and daddies money, and now they have the power to insert their terrible abominations of personalities into the writing of a triple A videogame. The absurdity of this industry is insane

How did she even get captured? She has parkour speed and energy blasts. She faced a dragon head on, yet a wooden door is her limit.

So its Infamous set in generic fantasyland and an unhealthy dose of cringe.

There are few things I hate more than forced profanity in videogames

"Yeah, OK, that is something I do now." Peak

The funniest bit is when she uncovers the window and it says "found you" it's not backwards to the player, meaning that the thugs intentionally wrptr backwards on the window so she could read it in the off chance she went for that specific window

If she just picked up the bag, and she got mugged by those same thugs that assaulted her in the alley, that would at least be more believable and sympathetic than just leaving the bag of money behind to save a cat.

14:56 I heard 3 hits, I see her reacting to 3 hits, but I don't see who deliver the 3rd hit. Someone? Help? 😢

Didn't expect to watch all of this, because I had seen highlights of some of these streams already, but I have to say your editing is fantastic. The way you cut it all to be seamless and as if they are all reacting at once was really well done.

17:58 Asmongold was right on the money. It feels like every piece of dialogue is the "be a dick" option you give to the npc you dislike

The best part of this is how avoidable the bad writing is. It is so easy to establish a thief character with no intentions of improving, tragic beginnings included that they shrug off. Perhaps they steal the bracelet from the actual chosen one, and get taken to this world in their place without the other world realizing something is wrong. They have this lore in the other world, a destiny set in place, and they still don't realize their hero never arrived to begin with. That has some real depth to it, but instead we get this stupid ass dialogue and a main character who's stupid for the plot, not because of her character traits.

I just wanna say that this is expertly edited. The way you synced up the audio when transitioning from stream to stream while keeping the continuity of the scene was great. And with how streamers always seem to have different audio settings it must have been difficult to make transitions less jarring. Most people only notice whacky After Effects stuff so I just wanted to show some appreciation.

I think it’s disturbing that some people out there don’t see the cringe in this game

the moment immersion fell down to 0 is when you are FORCED to pick the cat. the game FORCES you to be dumb. truly the writing ever made.

i come back to this once in a while just like i go back to watch the verge how to build a pc reaction video :D

"The gym bag problem" at the beginning is the perfect summation of exactly why the writing is so bad in this game. They needed her to lose the money, because "protagonist needs to struggle" cliché, so they come up with this stupid, contrived idea that she can't pick up the bag before looking for her cat, when she could easily have searched for the cat with the bag over her shoulder. A bag of cash wouldn't have hindered her ability to search for Homer. The writers couldn't find a way to get rid of the money without making the character a complete and total idiot in the process, because quite frankly (and the writing in the rest of the game confirms this) they're bad at their jobs. Have her put the bag in the closet before going to sleep, then wake up with the closet on fire. Problem solved. If they were trying to make her look noble by having her ignore the money to search for Homer, which they weren't because she goes for the money anyway, they did it incredibly stupidly. For that to have made sense they would've needed to come up with a scenario where she had to make the choice between the money and the cat, not make her look like an idiot where she could very easily have had both.

Love the comedic timing at 15:26-15:38. But yeah I can see how the beginning would tick off people. The money bag moment is so lame. It was right there. Just put it in another room or have the bad guys take it so it didn't make Frey look stupid to the players. Everyone thought about the bag first.

I really hate when they throw real world people into fantasy worlds and they just accept it 😂 From living in an apartment in a big city to fighting dragons as if it were just another Tuesday

This is yet another shining example of millennial writing

15:21 The timing had me dying lol

What the hell is wrong with these writers? It isn't hard. Have her wake up with the apartment and bag already on fire. Why write it in a way that makes no sense is seriously frustrating?

15:34 got me 😂 like the character really told him to stop complaining, then he goes into “and number four…”

1:20 "You can see here, I went to high school." why was that so funny to me? almost every clip of those three made me giggle. 😂