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Obsidian’s Avowed 2025 Roadmap Includes New Abilities, Weapons, New Game Plus, And More (www.gameinformer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I finished the game already, but the biggest quality of life update is being able to use Soul Pods to dispel illusions so you're not more or less locked in with Yatzli while exploring in the later Acts. Set your expectations appropriately, and Avowed is a hell of a game, but it's got more in common with Dark Souls or God of War than it does Fallout: New Vegas or Skyrim.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It's hard to "set your expectations accordingly" when you go from baldur's gate 3 and Kingdom come Deliverance 2 to this. It makes me wonder what could have been before development was restarted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don’t really understand this mentality. Is it a younger gamer thing? I can enjoy games on their own merits without having to compare them with anything else. Besides, the best aspect of Avowed is its gameyness so to speak . It’s just the right length and pick up and play enough that busy people like me can play it and actually finish it. I’ve been meaning to play BG3 but I if I do I have to commit to it for a year at least, and that’s a hard pill to swallow. And I always finish every game I start, especially RPGs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Well I'm almost 40 so not a young thing. I also have a pretty packed work week and it's not a set schedule. The only difference between us is that gaming is my main hobby. I don't follow any sportsball, and the only other hobbies are things like TTRPGs and building Legos or Gunpla. And it's pretty common to judge something based on the contemporaries of what it is. You can like something, and my not liking it doesn't lessen your enjoyment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Well, playing through the first KC:D now, I can tell you it was rough to go from Avowed's combat to KC:D's, but that's okay, because KC:D has other strengths. When development gets restarted, it's not because it was shaping up into a better game than what we ended up with.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seems like everyone was all over Avowed the week it was out, then I hardly heard it mentioned at all until now.

That being said, these seem like some nice QoL features but I don't really see this persuading many people to hop in and buy it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago

I've never heard of it, but it definitely seems like one of those games.

Obsidian has to pay streamers more to shill it for longer in order to compete.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I finally played through Avowed a week or two ago and went in with low expectations. I had heard all around that it was a decent 7/10 game, but I was pleasantly surprised.

It's not New Vegas 2 or anything, I think most of the people who worked on FNV have long since left, but I still really appreciate Obsidian games for what they are.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Physical edition? No? Sorry, not interested.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay. Company will cancel.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, why avoid buying a product that doesn't meet our standards if it won't change the company.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you think there's any stopping the industry's shift to digital at this point? Because we just saw another quarter where we went even harder in that direction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

No. I don't share his concern, but he is entitled to have it.

I personally have greater ownership over my digital copies than physical ones because they can be easily backed up and spread to different machines.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Still 70€, call me when it's 10 or less.