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Bleak Faith: Forsaken

Bleak Faith: Forsaken

|Adventure, Indie

7.0 /10

Pretty good

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3k ratings
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Steam · Player score7.5/103k ratingsIGDB · Critic score6.8/103 ratingsIGDB · Player score6.0/106 ratings
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A third-person open world survival horror action RPG set in a universe you've never experienced before. Play as one of the Forsaken, the last frontier of humanity against the growing horrors of the Omnistructure. As you find yourself stranded in a faraway outpost, you must adapt in order to survive. The world won't wait for you though, you must venture into the unknown - your faith will decide your fate. Feel the burden of surviving in one of the last remaining outposts of the Forsaken, a legion of hunters condemned to protect the last vestige of humanity. The nature of your purpose however is shrouded in mystery, and as you delve deeper into the manifold halls of the Omnistructure, you will come to find the true meaning of alienation, isolation, and dread. A cross between cyberpunk, and dark fantasy - Bleak Faith will offer a story and experience that will be a breath of fresh air for all gamers looking for a something new. The world is full of lore, and every aspect of it is crafted with utmost passion and a dedication to art. As a baseline there is an estimated 30+ hours of content, a deep class system, and a procedural AI system that ensures that no playthrough is ever the same. The architecture of the world, the Omnistructure, is a huge aspect of the game. Meticulously designed and crafted, Bleak Faith aims to provide an emergent narrative method coupled with more structured traditional moments. The world of Bleak Faith is labyrinthine, tapping into an innate curious instinct we all have when faced with many defined branching choices - we focus on creating a strong sense of curiosity about the path not taken, by offering unique and compelling content in every area of the world - having said that the world employs both vast open areas, and more linear openness in Metroidvania fashion. The aim is to evoke that same feeling of wonder and excitement that you felt the first time you played a game, the first time you experienced 3D graphics, the first time you experienced something that felt formative and not habitual. Open world in Bleak Faith is a crucial aspect to showing you the reality of the Forsaken. In this world there are few havens for the Forsaken, and these are generally outposts which serve as bases (of various complexities and utility) to recover from journeys and prepare for more - however, nowhere is truly safe! Expect tight and meticulously crafted and expanded combat that brings tempo and action to this world in amazing quality and detail. We're not shying away from a challenge, and so we're going all in. Despite being a small team, we couldn't accept a simple mundane combat system; we are making it fleshed out, and very robust. The combat communicates the danger in adrenaline-pumping fashion. Fast, responsive, and unforgiving - you will earn and feel every victory, nothing comes easy. Approach combat in your own way however - choose stealth over face-to-face combat, choose ranged over melee, choose Technomancy over more traditional combat styles. The system allows you to express yourself through combat, or through avoiding it - and that's further supported through a class system as well. How better to experience the unyielding uncertainty of the Omnistructure than through a simulated ecosystem of factions and AI groups. Inhabitants of the Omnistructure will compete among themselves, grow and expand, change and adapt - the food chain in the ecosystem will, as a result, mold to every playthrough (e.g. an apex predator from your last playthrough might have already died out in this playthrough and you never fight it again). It's a constant race against time as enemies will try and outgrow and outsmart not only you, but other competition. Hunt, scavenge, and grow to stay on top of the food chain. Never experience an area the same way as the procedural nature of the ecosystem will ensure that you can never let your guard down. Having said that, there are still linear areas of the game, especially those that cover main plot points - to ensure a direction and purpose for the player. The ecosystem makes every moment of gameplay interesting and engaging - even on multiple playthroughs. Fight against the odds, and stay alive despite the Omnistructure's evergrowing threat. Craft, scavenge, hunt, and find ways to excel. Pick a class, upgrade stats, augment your character, create equipment and stay healthy. Resist the Puppet Plague, and the many afflictions present in the world which can change the outcome of your journey entirely. Use stealth and your environment to your advantage - fighting is not always the best course of action, and when it is, preparing the field to shift the odds in your favor is a necessary tactic.

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Rating momentum

Pretty good: 7.0/10 across 3k ratings. Overall vibes are good; safe to add to your backlog.

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Leans into Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG) — a quick read on whether that fantasy matches what you usually enjoy.

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CriticLenzAlireza Razmjoei · 17 Dec, 2024
7.5/10

Despite its technical shortcomings, Bleak Faith: Forsaken offers a unique experience and a memorable world that, while adhering to the unwritten rules of Soulslike games, is not afraid to play with the formula of this genre.

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Completexbox8 Oct, 2024
3/10

Overall, while “Bleak Faith: Forsaken” has potential and some standout elements, the overwhelming difficulty and technical issues make it a challenging game to recommend. If you’re a fan of extremely tough Souls-like games and can overlook the technical shortcomings, you might find some enjoyment here. Otherwise, it might be best to wait for further updates and improvements.

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RPGamerPascal Tekaia · 26 Sep, 2024
4/10

It successfully pushes to the forefront an alien and otherworldly experience which is indeed as bleak as its name implies, but this alone does not an enjoyable time make. With large-scale issues embedded within its narrative structure, progression, exploration, and combat, the cons easily outweigh the pros.

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Echo BoomerAndré Pereira · 4 Sep, 2024

Bleak Faith: Forsaken gives the impression that it is inspired not by 'Dark Souls' itself, but merely by a potential synopsis of it.

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GamingTrendRaven McIntire · 1 Sep, 2024
6/10

Bleak Faith: Forsaken takes place in a beautiful science fantasy world that is begging to be explored. However, the constant bugs and frame rate drops make exploring this beautiful world on the PlayStation 5 a chore. If Bleak Faith: Forsaken receives more polish it could be one hell of a souls-like.

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GAMES.CHJoel Kogler · 19 Aug, 2024
7.8/10

Bleak Faith: Forsaken is a game with a very strong vision. It puts players in a world almost comically oversized with no direction and just the sound of footsteps on metal floors. Later an impressive orchestral soundtrack paints a picture of a past long decayed while players are left alone, disoriented and lost. While combat is mostly mediocre, Bleak Faith: Forsaken has managed to capture the atmosphere of Warhammer 40k and the very first Dark Souls and somehow has woven them together into something new.

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Chicas GamersÁlvaro Bustío · 12 Aug, 2024
6/10

I have to admit that, as a user and expert player of Dark Souls (I have platinum certificates), Bleak Faith: Forsaken initially caused me a lot of rejection because I was not in that comfort zone in which I have been playing for decades. to games of this style such as Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty or Lords of the Fallen, games all cut from the same cloth; “Too many strange things” I thought. I have to admit too that it is plausible that Archangel Studios has opted to innovate and make changes, something risky, but which gives the adventure a certain freshness as well as challenging and with a quite satisfactory final aftertaste when we manage to overcome a challenge (the first will be, without a doubt, the first final boss). What I do want to emphasize and warn everyone is that you have to change the way you play a lot to adapt to this adventure and dedicate a lot of time to it. Also, it must be added that the game has some specific bugs that tarnish the experience as well as lacks some small polishing, but we hope that they will be improved as more updates are released, since, remember, when the game was initially launched The PC game was initially practically broken, but it was improved little by little until the final result that I was able to enjoy. For the rest, we will find an interesting proposal for all those with difficult challenges, but that will make more than one throw the controller out the window, or worse still, towards the television.

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GamingBoltPramath · 11 Aug, 2024
6/10

It's worth playing for fans of the genre, and it hints at the developers having a lot more talent than this game ultimately lets on. However, Bleak Faith: Forsaken does have a lot of caveats for it to be universally recommended to everyone.

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UagnaGiuseppe Crapanzano · 10 Aug, 2024
6/10

Archangel Studios' effort did not particularly convince, unfortunately we have to say. Despite being a very ambitious game, it fails to give the user that memorable experience, due to all the flaws it brings with it. It is definitely not a title to recommend for those who want to try the souls-like genre for the first time, due to the flaws that worsen the game's gameplay and the presence of better titles on the market.

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BaziCenterArsalan Khodi · 7 Aug, 2024
3.5/10

Bleak Faith: Forsaken is a collective of broken elements that were never going to work together, to begin with, and the final product is not short of a disaster. Spend your money and time elsewhere.

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