
Frey is surprisingly vocal about her disdain for most of the tasks Forspoken asks you to complete, and Cuff constantly belittles her for no good reason in a manner that I think is supposed to come off as friendly ribbing but instead feels like awkwardly watching a couple argue at a dinner party. That means the snippy banter between Cuff and Frey come off as obnoxious rather than endearing. The most egregious example of this is the chemistry between Frey and Cuff, which frames most of the campaign as a sort of buddy cop movie but spends almost no time showing these two unlikely partners grow closer after their introduction.Īctual bonding apparently happens off-screen, and this story – which is mostly told through exposition dumps between large stretches of open-world exploration – felt fairly rushed across the 15 hours it took me to beat the campaign as a result. That’s not so offensive on its own, but the real crime is how poorly the writing establishes any of its characters and the relationships between them – it’s like it constantly assumed I must already be invested in these people in a way it never actually made me. It was a breakthrough weekend for Thailand, which had never finished better than fourth in the first three editions of this tournament.īut the Thai team was dominant at Harding Park as the only country to win every match in pool play and then delivering a dominating championship match after surviving a tight semifinal against the United States earlier in the day.Forspoken’s world and story are about as bland as they come, equal parts predictable and forgettable. The players on the winning team all received $125,000 in prize money with the runners up getting $75,900.

The top two teams from each pool advanced to the semifinals, where the format was two singles matches and one alternate-shot match.

The International Crown is a match-play tournament featuring teams of four players from eight countries split into two pools. The United States beat Sweden in the consolation match to finish third. I’m really excited to see the future of Thai golf.” “It is already growing, and I think this is going to inspire a lot of people, even more than what we feel inspired 10 years ago. “Us winning this event is huge for golf in Thailand,” Tavatanakit said.
