one abandoned The original author has stated that the final version of the game is nothing like what he originally proposed.
Gary Whitta, who is probably best known by now for co-writing Rogue One, also served as a screenwriter for Gates of Rejection, though in the game he’s only believed to be behind the original concept push hands. As part of the Video Game Writing 101 series, the author recently spoke with Alanah Pearce, in which he talked about Forspoken’s story, which he said was rebooted between what he came up with and how the game ended up (thanks GamesRadar).
Pierce pointed out that, as far as she knows, Whitta never wrote a line, which the latter confirmed, but he hasn’t actually played the game so isn’t entirely sure. “What happened was, Square [Enix] He came to me about five or six years ago and said, ‘We have th is idea … would you help us build the world and the mythology,'” Whitta explained. Square Enix obviously liked his idea, and then asked if he would run the A writers room, he’d do that, and bring together a group of writers he admired.
“A few months later, they came back to me and one of the other writers and said, ‘We’re going to start over, completely reboot the story, and we want that to be where it is now.'” They’re selling us something closer to what they have now , that’s the story about this girl from the real world being sucked into this fantasy world. ”
Whitta went on to explain that the version they have is nothing like the one Square Enix is returning to. But neither he nor the other authors were actually able to continue writing the project. Whitta didn’t reveal any specific details about his actual contribution, again, he’s not entirely sure other than the name of the scene, Athea, which he did come up with, so maybe some basics he developed for the final game .
iGamesNews’s Forspoken review didn’t paint an entirely favorable picture of the game, giving it a 3/5, saying, “Its choppy start belies a combat system that’s worth the effort to learn, but it takes a long time to hit full speed already It’s borrowed time.”
