And, you know, creating 100 different spells is quite a challenge. Takeshi Terada: The idea to have 100 spells available for the player was actually a concept that came from the initial stages of development. If you haven’t already though, I recommend reading my preview of the game first to add a little context to the conversation below which will hopefully expand upon some of the points I’ve already raised: Since we’re talking about gameplay and especially combat today – let’s start with the fact there are 100 spells in the game! How did you come to such a huge number and how do you keep that under control? I spoke to Creative Producer, Raio Mitsuno as well as Co-Director, Takeshi Terada and Cinematic Artist, Roosa Jokiaho, who were all super passionate about the game they’ve been working on and delightfully candid in some of their responses.

With some experience under my belt, I was also lucky enough to chat with three of the team at developer Luminous productions about their approach to gameplay in Forspoken as well as how the most recent delay will help the game when it finally launches early next year. From what I experienced of the game, it’s shaping up to be an excellent action RPG with compelling magical combat and parkour, even if the quality of its narrative and world are still a bit of an unknown. I’ve been gushing about Forspoken ever since I recently had the chance to play just over an hour of the game in a special hands-on preview session (well, since I’ve been allowed to talk about it at least!) and for good reason.