Forced
Players are cast as slaves in a fantasy gladiator arena, condemned to fight as gladiators to win their freedom. With the help of Balfus, a Spirit Mentor, they are able to fight their way through the challenges…
Forced is an adventure developed by BetaDwarf, released 24 October 2013 on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One and DOS.
What Forced is
Forced is an adventure game developed by BetaDwarf and released in 2013. It is available on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Forced is a single-player and co-op action role-playing game developed by BetaDwarf, released in October 2013 for Windows, OS X and Linux through the Steam platform as well as Wii U. It is about gladiators fighting for their freedom in a fantasy arena where they are assisted by a spirit-like character called Balfus. Gameplay consists of selecting a weapon class and abilities to combat the various enemies of each arena, while solving puzzles using the help of Balfus. BetaDwarf was formed by a small group of students in 2011, who began developing the game in an unused classroom in Aalborg University – Copenhagen, Denmark. They were removed months later and launched a successful Kickstarter…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 24 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Forced holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon X2, or equal at 1.6GHz or better, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0c-compatible, SM 3.0-compatible. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Forced launched on 24 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Forced yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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