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Avowed Releases Fall 2024 - New Gameplay Revealed | Xbox Direct 2024
simpatico
Member
Did you watch the video in the OP?
Lucifers Beard
Member
Was looking forward to this but that trailer looked like the wish.com version of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Awful.
SmurfMustard
Member
Obsidian never disappointed me. Doesn't look like they'll start with Avowed. Game looks great to me.
zapper
Member
for me the first teaser trailer remains unforgivable, with it they set a tone and an expectation that are not present in the final game shown in June and yesterday, it gives me the idea of a production totally revised downwards and with a very small budget.
imo it would have been better if they had continued in the style of the first two pillars, especially the first
since it is mentioned, it is incredible how dark messiahs combat (20 years ago ?) is superior to this and to all first-person melee RPGs
imo it would have been better if they had continued in the style of the first two pillars, especially the first
since it is mentioned, it is incredible how dark messiahs combat (20 years ago ?) is superior to this and to all first-person melee RPGs
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Acti
Member
You hit it right on the money.
GHG
Gold Member
The fact that they showed those conversations with a straight face shows me they don't get it.
And there was me thinking there could be something here up until that point. Looks worse than the outer worlds in many aspects.
Microsoft should get behind these guys and give them some budget, they are far more capable than some of their bigger teams they allow to hang themselves.
And there was me thinking there could be something here up until that point. Looks worse than the outer worlds in many aspects.
Microsoft should get behind these guys and give them some budget, they are far more capable than some of their bigger teams they allow to hang themselves.
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Calverz
Member
My hype for this has only gone up. I really like the look of the combat and the ability to instant switch loadouts etc depending on the situation. I really like the colour and vibrancy of the art. Day one for sure. Never played an obsidian game before that I can think of. Certainly not pillars games. Hopefully this will be my new Skyrim.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Can tell your expectations are in check
Calverz
Member
Uh huh.
killatopak
Member
The combat part. I feel like I already played that on modded Skyrim. I mean the loadouts themselves are basically just SkyUI basic features and that’s like the single most essential mod other than the unofficial bug fix one. The spells, the physical combat pairing and other stuff such as parrying is like textbook EnaiSiaion mod suite.
I’m holding out on quest and art style. While both doesn’t really impress me especially with the high saturated colors, I think I can be patient enough to wait for a deep dive on the contents.
Honestly, the private NPC took me out when I saw the Killmonger dreads sideswoop. The art direction is all over the place. Is this supposed to be modern, medieval or victorian?
I’m holding out on quest and art style. While both doesn’t really impress me especially with the high saturated colors, I think I can be patient enough to wait for a deep dive on the contents.
Honestly, the private NPC took me out when I saw the Killmonger dreads sideswoop. The art direction is all over the place. Is this supposed to be modern, medieval or victorian?
GHG
Gold Member
I don't want to hear "but we didn't hype this" when this is swimming in 6's.
SirTerry-T
Member
"cautiously optimistic", I need something the scratch the Hexen/Heretic itch.
FunkMiller
Banned
This game absolutely smacks of something that has to be designed to run on weak hardware.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
I liked Obsidian for making games such as Deadfire and Tyranny. Sad to see them go in this direction- although I'm sure it makes financial sense.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Looks ok.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I'd buy one if they removed the Avowed bit.
I’ll make it my new desktop wallpaper if I can find it without the “Avowed” title.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
That's why I said yes.
ResilientBanana
Member
They usually play on easy, or even a developer mode with god mode to show off certain features of any game, giving them time to speak and not die well showing off said feature. This is common for all manufacturers.
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Simpkin92
Member
This was my most anticipated upcoming Xbox game and what they just showed killed it for me.
Art is on the whimsical wacky side instead of the darker serious tone they originally showed. Graphics are fine
What on earth was that voice acting and dialogue. I feel like college students could have done that better.
The Main offender was the combat. It looked extremely basic like a bad mobile ripoff. It also looked slow, boring and sluggish. The AI seemed like it was standing there staring into the void
Art is on the whimsical wacky side instead of the darker serious tone they originally showed. Graphics are fine
What on earth was that voice acting and dialogue. I feel like college students could have done that better.
The Main offender was the combat. It looked extremely basic like a bad mobile ripoff. It also looked slow, boring and sluggish. The AI seemed like it was standing there staring into the void
JusticeForAll
Gold Member
It looks terrible. I bought an Xbox because I had in my mind it would be the ultimate RPG machine, but Starfield was disappointing and the more gameplay I see of this, the worse my opinion gets. Sigh, such a shame.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic did this way better over 15 years ago. The developer of that great game also made a terrible game for them, as well, now that I think of it.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic did this way better over 15 years ago. The developer of that great game also made a terrible game for them, as well, now that I think of it.
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darrylgorn
Member
It's the people who made Grounded.
dispensergoinup
Gold Member
I'll try it on Gamepass, maybe it'll be a surprise.
Nydius
Member
Environments, models, and effects look great but the gameplay looks mediocre as fuck. I'm not playing a game to stare at the environments or character models. Looks like another in a long line of games that's being hurried along and cobbled together to make sure there's a steady stream of Game Pass content.
The Game Pass Effect on overall game quality is real.
I don't see how even the most ardent Xbox fan can't see it after the last few years.
The Game Pass Effect on overall game quality is real.
I don't see how even the most ardent Xbox fan can't see it after the last few years.
bender
What time is it?
What's the last game from Obsidian that blew you away from a graphics standpoint?
AltogetherAndrews
Banned
I’m not sure why, but this feels like it will be to its genre what Brute Force was to shooters.
Moochi
Member
I thought Fallout: New Vegas looked good at the time. I think the worst part of this trailer is that the lighting looks completely flat and unfinished.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Fallout: New Vegas was made on top of an existing game though.
Obsidian's games are good/great but they're not exactly graphical showcases. Outer Worlds was decent but it looked worse than Fallout 4 (IMO) at launch and Grounded and Pentiment are games with artistic or simplistic graphics anyway.
bender
What time is it?
A few things with that. I believe the general consensus is that it looked and performed worse than F3 and they heavily borrowed from the work of F3. I also wouldn't consider F3 or NV to be high marks for their contemporaries. I guess what I'm driving at, and I could be wrong, is that I don't expect Obsidian to blow me away with visuals.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Probably the best original graphics they had was Alpha Protocol.
Avowed is by far their best now.
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bender
What time is it?
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Crunch time?
simpatico
Member
The voice acting on the side quest makes the fantasy characters sound like modern day urbanites. These motherfuckers own Obsidian and Bethesda at the same time and this is what they choose to make. smh
"Hey guys throw together a quick New Vegas sized sequel to Fallout 4"
Boom, you've just made $600,000,000.
I fear this is gonna be to Skyrim what Outer Words was the Fallout. Like a 1:10 scale replica that's still decent (fine even). I graded it on the curve because it had a short dev time and everything. My positive impression hinged on "well this shows good promise for a sequel when they actually flesh it out to Bethesda scale".
After the Starfield fiasco, it's really hit me that Bethesda RPG is a genre I've come to love and need. This is the longest we've gone without a proper new entry. I'm starving for a new one and Microsoft is over there fumbling the keys to the snack drawer.
"Hey guys throw together a quick New Vegas sized sequel to Fallout 4"
Boom, you've just made $600,000,000.
I fear this is gonna be to Skyrim what Outer Words was the Fallout. Like a 1:10 scale replica that's still decent (fine even). I graded it on the curve because it had a short dev time and everything. My positive impression hinged on "well this shows good promise for a sequel when they actually flesh it out to Bethesda scale".
After the Starfield fiasco, it's really hit me that Bethesda RPG is a genre I've come to love and need. This is the longest we've gone without a proper new entry. I'm starving for a new one and Microsoft is over there fumbling the keys to the snack drawer.
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EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
I agree in a lot of ways.
I love this type of RPG, but I also feel some developers are taking advantage of that and using this idea to support safe, lazy development by not actually advancing much in the actual concept. So it doesn't come across as some homage of the concept, it comes across as an excuse to be basic as hell.
So them showing this whole "you can switch from a weapon to a spell" reeks of this 2006 mindset.
That isn't some wild, brand new concept that anyone should be explaining like they just made this revolunary concept.
This is not a no, but right now its not a day 1 and I need to see much more for me to put this in the buy list as this year has some amazing fucking titles. They can't live off of what they did several generations ago.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
I don't think it looks bad at all. Looks like it could be fun, but I was thinking this would be more like Elder Scrolls, but they make it sound like you will progress through regions in a more linear ish sense. Or at least that's what I picked up from it. Interested to learn more.
Torrent of Pork
Banned
It looks great for its likely budget. Sorry guys, MS isn't going to drop a half-billion on a single game. I expect Avowed to clock in at 100-150 million tops.
ahtlas7
Member
Let’s play: Find the Dev Match For This Self InsertWhat the fuck is this
ahtlas7
Member
I honestly know absolutely nothing about the Indy game. Haven’t even watched a trailer.
My opinion on Avowed is based on how rough this dev walk-through looked. I edited my post to add a bit more context.
