When it comes to surprises in video games, typically, it comes when a new game is announced that we never see coming or when we play a game, and the plot is something grander than we’d expect. However, there are such things as “bad surprises” in video games. Great examples include when a developer tosses out a game that no one wants or asks for or when a game launches in such a buggy state that it’s unplayable. For Forspoken, the surprise was more like, “I can’t believe how bad this game looks despite being made by Square Enix.” The reviews for the game have come out, and that surprise has carried over.

To be fair to Forspoken, the game does have some positive reviews, and its Metacritic rating is hardly the worst out there. However, its ranking on Metacritic is 69, which is not the score that someone nervous about getting the game will feel confident in and then decide to buy it. Multiple reviews even point out that you should wait for the “game to go on sale” to save money. That’s not a great endorsement, either.

Here are some of the main reviews for the game compiled by a gaming insider: