Ridicululzz
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I might eventually play it on Gamepass. I feel like it might be one of those games that I decide to play out of a whim and get completely engrossed it.
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Avowed hype check
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vaibhavpisal
Member
Why are they comparing it to Outer Worlds in scope?Mortismal is at 101 hours and not done
I was done with that under 40 hrs. Did everything I could find.
Buggy Loop
Member
They're probably referring to roughly the "area" of the map. But Avowed has way more verticality and its dense as fuck, at least the preview of the first area. Preview's starting area didn't even include the city and some previewers had spent 20h in.
Its hard to explain why but Outer world feels tiny. There's almost no sense of exploration in that game. No climbing, no swimming. No exciting locations to discover. It seems Avowed is completely different in that sense.
Will be interesting to see how many more hours Mortismal will put in in the remaining 4 days before review drop. He typically 100% games or very close to it.
Dioica
Neo Member
I've liked all Obsidian games I've played so far. Pillars of Eternity was excellent, though its pacing was quite uneven, and KOTOR 2 was amazing despite being unfinished. Outer Worlds was pretty good. Still not played Pentiment, though I think it looks SO good.
Avowed looks very interesting, and if the writing is good, that's the important thing. I don't love the pronouns stuff, but I can give it a pass if the game is otherwise excellent. I'm interested to play a first-person version of Pillars of Eternity, I find the world they built in Pillars to be unique and fascinating.
I played Citizen Sleeper last year, and that was pretty woke. One of the characters had they/them pronouns and it was distracting at first, but I ended up absolutely loving that game. If far-left people want to make games, it's fine by me, and I'll play them if they're good. It's when they insert ideology into existing series that previously didn't have it that it becomes egregious. And no, Mass Effect having gay romance options did not make it woke. There is nothing woke about being gay (another reason why the histrionics from that lunatic from the Mouthwashing dev team were so idiotic).
Avowed looks very interesting, and if the writing is good, that's the important thing. I don't love the pronouns stuff, but I can give it a pass if the game is otherwise excellent. I'm interested to play a first-person version of Pillars of Eternity, I find the world they built in Pillars to be unique and fascinating.
I played Citizen Sleeper last year, and that was pretty woke. One of the characters had they/them pronouns and it was distracting at first, but I ended up absolutely loving that game. If far-left people want to make games, it's fine by me, and I'll play them if they're good. It's when they insert ideology into existing series that previously didn't have it that it becomes egregious. And no, Mass Effect having gay romance options did not make it woke. There is nothing woke about being gay (another reason why the histrionics from that lunatic from the Mouthwashing dev team were so idiotic).
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Nydius
Member
"Planning to play but keeping expectations in check" seems like the best option for me as a Game Pass player.
If I'm being brutally honest, this isn't a game I would buy. I bought Outer Worlds because its setting and premise piqued my interest. Avowed... not so much. Generic high fantasy stuff that doesn't look particularly great. I liked Pillars of Eternity but that game was a tactical fantasy game while Avowed looks like a weak Skyrim action RPG clone in the Pillars of Eternity universe.
Since it's coming to Game Pass, I'll play it but my expectations are low.
The benefit to low expectations is being pleasantly surprised if the game exceeds them.
If I'm being brutally honest, this isn't a game I would buy. I bought Outer Worlds because its setting and premise piqued my interest. Avowed... not so much. Generic high fantasy stuff that doesn't look particularly great. I liked Pillars of Eternity but that game was a tactical fantasy game while Avowed looks like a weak Skyrim action RPG clone in the Pillars of Eternity universe.
Since it's coming to Game Pass, I'll play it but my expectations are low.
The benefit to low expectations is being pleasantly surprised if the game exceeds them.
CityHunter1981
An Absolute Desaster
I am so hyped and ready!
Actually not for the game, but the discussions here again how low the player count is and steering to another rare incel win.
Actually not for the game, but the discussions here again how low the player count is and steering to another rare incel win.
wipeout364
Member
I was excited then I was kind of not excited due to all the negativity on here. But as it has gotten closer I thought back to how much I enjoyed outer worlds and I decided not to let all the naysayers get the best of me. I have enjoyed a lot of obsidian games over the years so I am staying optimistic and preordered it.
Mister Wolf
Member
Just bought it off CDkeys for $53.
JimmyRustler
Member
Avowed OT | Who’s laughing now, Elon?
Mister Wolf
Member
Avowed OT l Skyrim New Vegas.
Laptop1991
Member
Apart from the very first reveal trailer, everything I have seen since has put me off Avowed, so unless I get it free in the future at some point and I've nothing to play, it's option 1 for me.
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
I will wait for reviews and by that I don’t mean blue hair / arm sleeve tattoos / nose ring / dungarees- type reviewers.
JusticeForAll
Gold Member
Maybe, when it's out on ps5 pro and if it's not chock full of stuff that bothers me.
The first reveal of gameplay was so disappointing to me after the anouncement trailer.
The first reveal of gameplay was so disappointing to me after the anouncement trailer.
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DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Those last previews got my quietly interested. There's just so many games.
Just started ff7 rebirth properly but I'll give this a blast on gamepass.
Hopefully it's good. I enjoyed outer worlds and all the dlc as a fallout lite.
Just started ff7 rebirth properly but I'll give this a blast on gamepass.
Hopefully it's good. I enjoyed outer worlds and all the dlc as a fallout lite.
Raven117
Member
This x1000.
Starbuck2907
Member
wasn’t super interested even though I love rpgs. But, some of the previews have been better than expected. Will install with game pass and hope for the best.
RickSanchez
Member
I'll wait.......first for youtuber reviews, then player reviews, then for a few patches/content drops, then for discounts, then will finally get it maybe a year or two from now when they put out the super-duper edition which has all DLCs bundled in
PeteBull
Member
I wanna play it and definitelly will unless game turns out to be super woke, then obviously i wont have any fun in the game so no point buying/playing, but still hoping for the best since western rpg is one of my fav genres.
With so many games i wont play it at launch(especially with such a paper launch of new nvidia cards) but as long as game gets around 70-80% reviewscores from few reviewers i still know that arent sellouts, and isnt woke- i will pick it up 4sure.
With so many games i wont play it at launch(especially with such a paper launch of new nvidia cards) but as long as game gets around 70-80% reviewscores from few reviewers i still know that arent sellouts, and isnt woke- i will pick it up 4sure.
GymWolf
Member
Obsidian is not a huge dev team with 500-1000 devs, you can bet your ass many devs and writers work on both games.This is not the Outer world team.. Outer world team is on... *drumroll* Outer world 2
drganon
Member
Those are some shitty designs.Any other critiques aside, what the fuck is up with their character designs? They are some of the most bland generic things I’ve seen in recent memory, like they are expecting people to pay MORE to access that visual embodiment of the
I just don’t get it.
mayham2199
Member
I saw that. Very weird to come out and say that.
mayham2199
Member
She was not narrative lead for Outer world, she was for the Peril on Gorgon DLC. Leonard Boyarsky was the lead narrative for the base game.
A team. Did I say that nobody from Outer world is touching this game? Of course the majority of Outer world team is on outer world 2. Avowed is mix, including from her interview saying that its like 1/3 of the workforce that worked on Pillars of Eternity.
Don't care how many directors it got through. Obsidian was in wild times with a buyout and a new scope of games they've never really done before.
Seems she pulled it off. 4 days till review confirm it.
Watch with auto-subtitles.
Don't know how any cRPG fans that played Pillars of Eternity see that video and not be excited.
I loved POE on PC. The combat in this game though just doesn't seem great. A lot of previewers though have liked it though so maybe it's just the way it looks on video but plays better.
Zacfoldor
Member
No, probably not. It is like this game was custom tailored for me.....but....
1. I can't stand the prejudice from the devs on this one.
2a. I also won't be buying the game because it is free on gamepass.
2b. When I see others get a game for free, it disincentives me from buying it at full price.
3. It also isn't available day and date on my platform of choice the PS5 Pro, but will probably be there in the future with a pro patch.
4. This game coming out right after another similar game KCD2, and right before MH Wilds, both games I will likely buy at full price and that fill a similar niche
So, no hype. If the game had just released with no commentary from the dev team and not on gamepass and available on Playstation I would probably have been day 1. There are not many fans in the whole world that will hop on this kind of game so filtering us out so thoroughly(while your competition does not) means this will flop bad on actual sales.
1. I can't stand the prejudice from the devs on this one.
2a. I also won't be buying the game because it is free on gamepass.
2b. When I see others get a game for free, it disincentives me from buying it at full price.
3. It also isn't available day and date on my platform of choice the PS5 Pro, but will probably be there in the future with a pro patch.
4. This game coming out right after another similar game KCD2, and right before MH Wilds, both games I will likely buy at full price and that fill a similar niche
So, no hype. If the game had just released with no commentary from the dev team and not on gamepass and available on Playstation I would probably have been day 1. There are not many fans in the whole world that will hop on this kind of game so filtering us out so thoroughly(while your competition does not) means this will flop bad on actual sales.
Bert Big Balls
Gold Member
link?
graywolf323
Member
I don’t know why anyone would buy the Premium edition in advance, reviews are dropping the day the early access starts and all you get is some mediocre looking skins + a digital arbook & soundtrackAny other critiques aside, what the fuck is up with their character designs? They are some of the most bland generic things I’ve seen in recent memory, like they are expecting people to pay MORE to access that visual embodiment of the
I just don’t get it.
it’s a worse deal than Indiana Jones or Starfield which at least came with story DLC (albeit for $10 more than Avowed’s)
Coloress_Kafka
Member
I want to play it on my husband's rig which has a 4070 TI and just stream it to my Steam Deck in the bedroom connected to my ultra wide monitor. But not sure I can do that with the PC GamePass version without going through a bunch of bullshit. So kinda at a loss on this one.
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ShadyAcshuns
Member
Unless they fire Matt Hansen, or he makes a public apology, I'll never touch this game.
Buggy Loop
Member
Premium "early access" are FOMO money grabs on the day a game review embargo lifts, ain't nothing else to it. I think this practice sucks personally. I guess this is extra cash too, even gamepass they have to pay an extra ($35?) to access early.