Comment on Avowed is the most fun I’ve have had since Skyrim!

• danjay@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Avowed does seem to be better received and more popular than Outer Worlds, so we can hope.

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  • falidorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Outer worlds was received perhaps even better and was more popular than Avowed is currently. People’s memories are fuzzy I guess but Outer Worlds was a genuine GOTY contender.

    opencritic.com/game/7413/the-outer-worlds

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    • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah that doesn’t track at all with what I remember people saying, and what I remember thinking myself.

      I distinctly remember people citing the repetitive gameplay, short campaign, shallow choices, etc. I’m not sure why it was ever a GOTY contender, but there simply never was any way it would ever beat a game like Sekiro. It’s likely that “new Obsidian RPG” drove any hype surrounding the game.

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Disco Elysium isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. It certainly wasn’t mine. And I love Outer Worlds.

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      • falidorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It sold 4 million copies. The press lathered it with praise as a lot of major media outlets gave it 9s.

        Game Critics Awards: Best Original Game DICE awards: Best RPG Nebula Awards: Best Writing Game awards: nominated for four categories, including game of the year

        It was nominated and won other awards as well

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    • danjay@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m surprised it was so well reviewed, I remember being very disappointed with it. Everything felt so small, and shallow.

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