Forspoken Given 18 Rating by PEGI, Has In-Game Purchases - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 25 May 2022 / 1,986 ViewsPublisher Square Enix and developer Luminous Productions' action-adventure RPG, Forspoken, has been given an 18 rating by the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) board.
PEGI gave the game an 18 rating "because it features strong suicide references and use of strong language." The rating also mentions the game has violence and in-game purchases. The in-game purchases are "in the form of downloadable content packs."
PEGI does give a quick description to the game that describes the game as an "action-adventure role-playing game in which a young woman who has lost everything is transported from New York to a magical realm. She must save the people of this beautiful but cruel land, find her true purpose and return home."
Forspoken will launch for the PlayStation 5 and PC on October 11, 2022.
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In game purchases and suicide?
The way developers have been nickel and diming gamers lately I wouldn't be surprised if there was a correlation.
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This what happens when you get square enix to make a game for you.
So glad I stopped bothering with SE, because a high price for such a lacklustre looking game and in-game MT's just makes the company look hella greedy.
It's surprising to see studies being conducted on SC's model, SE likely took a few pages from Roberts lol.
Letting the community fix our game is part of the fun for said community "Bethesda"
Wait, what? I initially read the headline thinking it was like Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart where it was rated to have in-game purchases, but it was from collectable armor you got from the little rift puzzles or buying weapons from Mrs. Zurkon using the bolts you collected from defeating enemies, but nothing concerning real world money.
"form of downloadable content packs" sounds....very different. Especially for a single player game. I'm guessing there's cosmetic dlc you can separately purchase?
It's SquEnix and the same team that made FFXV in the end, most of their DLC was just in game items that 'boosted' gameplay in FF15, outside of actual story based expansions that is. I'd expect it would be that here too. The high rating is more likely to come from the story stuff, not the in game purchase stuff after all.