How Forspoken Takes Cues From Stranger of Paradise, Soulslike Games
The combat players have seen in theForspokendemo so far has shown that the game might be less of a generic JRPG and might instead fit into a niche that publisher Square Enix has recently been trying to break into. That is to say that Luminous Productions could be slipping a Soulslike under the radar, in the vein of thestill updatingStranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Originsfrom developer Team Ninja. WhileForspokenhasn’t currently been marketed as a Soulslike, nor is the game’s difficulty looking to bar progress for players who don’t master its combat, the basics of theSoulsborneseries are there....