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.
Obsidian’s Avowed 2025 Roadmap Includes New Abilities, Weapons, New Game Plus, And More
Submitted 20 hours ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 17 hours ago
It’s hard to “set your expectations accordingly” when you go from baldur’s gate 3 in Kingdom come Deliverance too to this. It makes me wonder what could have been before development was restarted.
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
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.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 17 hours 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.
zecg@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Still 70€, call me when it’s 10 or less.
Luthor@pawb.social 19 hours ago
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.
gradual@lemmings.world 7 hours ago
Metal Gear Rising was a load of lazy, overrated garbage and Fallout NV just piggybacked on the hard work Bethesda did for FO3.
Obsidian is woefully overvalued among the gaming community.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Are you under the impression that Metal Gear Rising is an Obsidian game?
jordanlund@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Physical edition? No? Sorry, not interested.
Donebrach@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Okay. Company will cancel.
gradual@lemmings.world 7 hours ago
Yeah, why avoid buying a product that doesn’t meet our standards if it won’t change the company.
Justdaveisfine@midwest.social 20 hours ago
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.
gradual@lemmings.world 7 hours 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.