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[TintoConCasera]

Melee having a bit of hitstop is nice, but magic seems to feel weak. Better than Skyrim, but still miles below Dark Messiah.

What's up with RPGs and being unable to have great melee combat?

 

[PharaoTutAnchAmun]

Avoid

You must mean avoiding

 

[DavidGzz]

Chunky hit stop like Dragon's Dogma. I'm doing third person for sure. I like the sound effects too.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Have you played Dark Messiah of Might & Magic? The way the first-person melee feels in that game is incredible.

Or Riddick, dead island 2, Dying light, Mordhau, warhammer darktide & Vermintide 1-2, Dishonored, Kingdom come deliverance…

That poster is high

 

[Branded]

There's something about the visuals that I can't quite put my finger on that seems like it's at odds with itself. The mirrorlike reflection of the water or the almost clay looking characters or environments... Just weird.

 

[Lord Panda]

bisexual spellcasting at 0:05. Boom skeletor you gay now

I'd play that game if it had that mechanic.

Or Riddick, dead island 2, Dying light, Mordhau, warhammer darktide & Vermintide 1-2, Dishonored, Kingdom come deliverance…

That poster is high

And Chivalry 2.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

I like it. Just hope for some mods to change the colors and awful hud

 

[Roman Empire]

The cllips are just too short for me to grasp the depth of the combat. I'd like to see at least 5 minutes of uncut gameplay of a middle-game to end-game build to see what can be done.

 

[Topher]

Probably still too fast for Topher

 

[Hudo]

Or Riddick

Man, that game was/is good. I remember how I bought it on a whim back then and was completely surprised at how good it turned out to be.

 

[Zathalus]

Previews have been positive and I’ve mostly enjoyed the previous games by Obsidian so I’m hopeful for this.

 

[lh032]

huh not bad, looks way better than skyrim ngl

 

[StereoVsn]

There's something about the aesthetic of this game that I find incredibly off-putting.

It's probably the over-reliance on UI indicators everywhere (which I don't like in general but feels especially out of place in a fantasy setting)... But there's more to it and I can't exactly put my finger at it.

I think the color palette taken together slightly weird proportion for 1st person or meh animations in 3rd person are off. Taken together with spongey enemies and combat overall looking fairly simplistic it just doesn’t click for me.

 

[Hudo]

Here something from 20 years ago.

One of my favorite games of all time. Next to the best first-person melee combat ever (imho), it also has the best waifu (Xana).

 

[Idleyes]

I know for a fact this game is going to be OK. Nothing more. Everything about it gives me the vibe that it's going to be great for a single playthrough.

 

[Sebastian1295]

So i think the game looks pretty good tbh from what but my one complaint would be that it needs an FOV slider. The camera is just way too close for my liking and i'd probably get a headache from it because it feels like you're completely constrained to this tiny FOV they got going on.

 

[MagiusNecros]

What's up with RPGs and being unable to have great melee combat?

They don't make em like they used to.

 

[adamsapple]

So i think the game looks pretty good tbh from what but my one complaint would be that it needs an FOV slider. The camera is just way too close for my liking and i'd probably get a headache from it because it feels like you're completely constrained to this tiny FOV they got going on.

You can switch it to third person whenever you like, too.

Probably still too fast for Topher

Topher mode activated

 

[Laptop1991]

Combat looks good now, but i'm not a fan of the art style, palette and graphic's, i just don't like looking at it and it does put me off the game.

 

[Topher]

Might be better in third person rather than first. Hard to say either way until I can play it myself.

 

[Topher]

You can switch it to third person whenever you like, too.



Topher mode activated

That's a sick burn coming from Mr "I play everything on easy"

 

[adamsapple]

That's a sick burn coming from Mr "I play everything on easy"

And souls games with Cheat Engine on PC, don't forget that

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Looks as good as every other first person combat ever which is terrible.

Cyberpunk 2077, DMoM&M, KCD, Dying Light, Dead Island 2 are the games with absolutley terrific FPS melee and that just a few than I can think of from the top of my head.

It's just Bethesda/Obsidian usually suck at gameplay, camera angle will hardly change anything. All Obsidian isometric games are a slog too (especially when you look at Larian) and New Vegas shooting sucked huge desert balls even back then.

 

[Salmonboy]

Haha, what is this crap? It looks like total SHIT! Art direction gone wrong. Also the HUD interface all over the place.

 

[TintoConCasera]

They don't make em like they used to.

Good ol' Blade, loved that one back then.

Rune felt nice as well, specially for the time. And Heretic II had a staff for melee that played kinda like the light-saber in Jedi Outcast. Good stuff.

 

[Bombolone]

Not going to knock it for looking like the average combat RPG of yesterday.
I just want them to figure out how to translate impact, swings, momentum and connection better.

@0:23 - 0:25
That elbow? the hit looks so awkward.

Its seems no matter the attack, how heavy or direction, your eyes and body remain at center.
If NetherRealm Studios animated this game, this would be the result.

 

[evanft]

That art style. Oof.

 

[Maddoxswe]

This looks... fun ?

 

[MagiusNecros]

Good ol' Blade, loved that one back then.

Rune felt nice as well, specially for the time. And Heretic II had a staff for melee that played kinda like the light-saber in Jedi Outcast. Good stuff.

It's 2025 now and BoD/Jedi Academy just can't be topped it seems with melee combat. A lot of games never really go out of their way to integrate directional attacks in combat systems and as a result a lot of it is very static. I think with the combat shown in Avowed is it's playing it safe. It's serviceable but not particularly exciting.

 

[TheSHEEEP]

Looks fun and slow enough for an old man like me.

Exactly my thoughts.

I'm carefully optimistic about this one.

 

[Terenty]

This game is the definition of a fart in the wind

 

[PectacularOz]

Oh i get it.

It's Skyrim with colours.

 

[Hudo]

It's 2025 now and BoD/Jedi Academy just can't be topped it seems with melee combat. A lot of games never really go out of their way to integrate directional attacks in combat systems and as a result a lot of it is very static. I think with the combat shown in Avowed is it's playing it safe. It's serviceable but not particularly exciting.

I remember playing Jedi Knight 2 with my friends in LAN. We essentially only played on map: Nar Shaddar Streets. Good times.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Looks great

 

[amigastar]

It most likely will be better than Veilguard, at least.

Oof, you think so?

 

[Buggy Loop]

This game will again surprise, just like Indiana Jones

This is a montage from Colteastwood's preview without his commentaries.

Sound design is on point, weighty, impactful with hitstop. All weapons have different animations.

Peoples who have played it had it up there for GOTY contender and certainly RPG of the year with just the starting area.

But again, the usual, cockroaches who have made it very clear they don't want anything with this game, cannot resist coming back in every Avowed threads for shitposts.

cOlors, puRpLe, aVoiD lol lmao hur dur dur

 

[rodrigolfp]

Hit boxes/aiming looks brain dead. Hopefully it only looks.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Also,

Top - First gameplay trailer
Bottom - Newest footage

They are cooking

 

[R3TRO]

That looks bad.

 

[cosmicpoems]

Looks like a game from 2009

 

[adamsapple]

This game will again surprise, just like Indiana Jones

This is a montage from Colteastwood's preview without his commentaries.

Sound design is on point, weighty, impactful with hitstop. All weapons have different animations.

Peoples who have played it had it up there for GOTY contender and certainly RPG of the year with just the starting area.

But again, the usual, cockroaches who have made it very clear they don't want anything with this game, cannot resist coming back in every Avowed threads for shitposts.

cOlors, puRpLe, aVoiD lol lmao hur dur dur

 

[Moochi]

Looks basic. Like an upscale game from a decade ago.

 

[Brakum]

Cyberpunk 2077, DMoM&M, KCD, Dying Light, Dead Island 2 are the games with absolutley terrific FPS melee

I disagree. Is it better than skyrim? I mean who doesnt do combat better than skyrim?

Still sucks

 

[Buggy Loop]

Looks basic. Like an upscale game from a decade ago.

Looks like a game from 2009

 

[Peroroncino]

Awoked trash like that makes me asleep.

btw. blood isn't even on the ground after so much spurting out of enemies, mediocre.

 

[Markio128]

It looks okay, but I’m not keen on the enemy design, and the copious colour explosions. This might have appealed to a younger version of myself, but I prefer a much grittier looking RPG nowadays.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Do not google 70's fantasy art or 80's fantasy art, you might get an aneurysm.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Buggy Loop haters will be haters, nothing anyone can do about it.

I think there's some fair criticism to be made here, but I have to admit they have been able to improve it quite a bit when compared to the first trailers.

 

[Kvally]

Heck yes. ALMOST HERE!

 

[Dr.Morris79]

This game will again surprise, just like Indiana Jones

This is a montage from Colteastwood's preview without his commentaries.

Sound design is on point, weighty, impactful with hitstop. All weapons have different animations.

Peoples who have played it had it up there for GOTY contender and certainly RPG of the year with just the starting area.

But again, the usual, cockroaches who have made it very clear they don't want anything with this game, cannot resist coming back in every Avowed threads for shitposts.

cOlors, puRpLe, aVoiD lol lmao hur dur dur

Then buy it

You don't have to get your dick out everytime anyone says a game that looks a bit shitty, looks a bit shitty