10 Most Disappointing Triple-A Games Of 2023

10. Forspoken

Even accepting that Forspoken was a bit of a punching bag prior to its release - largely due to some of its wonkier cutscene dialogue - there was at least the hope that the action-RPG would deliver some visually stunning open-world thrills courtesy of Final Fantasy XV's gorgeous Luminous Engine.

Ehhh, about that.

If aggressively generic video games are often mockingly referred to as resembling AI-authored creations, that's exactly how Forspoken feels in reality.

As moderately enjoyable as the traversal and combat are, the fantastical world of Athia has little personality of its own, the narrative is a hackneyed hodgepodge of other, superior fantasy media, and, yes, the game's toe-curlingly cringe-worthy dialogue didn't help it at all.

From its brutally slow prologue onwards, Forspoken is a mega-budget tentpole that stumbled early and never managed to recover, serving up a tiresomely generic campaign that failed to invest most.

And unlike some entries on this list, Forspoken's disappointment was also reflected in its sales figures, with the game flopping commercially and resulting in the closure of studio Luminous Productions barely a month after the game's release. Ouch.