I have the day off today and I've been playing Avowed since I rolled outta bed. There's so much to do! This game scratches the Skyrim itch very, very well.
I'm going pure Wizard so far. Some points into the main attack spells works wonders. Fire goes from single hand to dual hand, etc. So much fun to use in battle. In general, I'm loving the battle system very much. You're definitely able to get in over your head with 3-skull enemies and such, which is fantastic.
I hit a pretty big bug with the main quest: Without spoiling anything, there's an option you're given to let a would-be assassin go, and even if I did so, immediately following the cut-scenes/talking scenes, he and his group would be aggro. I reloaded several times, no matter what I did, if I let them go peacefully, we'd be in battle after the scenes played out.
I ended up just running far away, not killing anyone, and it seems to have worked. Still, annoying. I'm playing via Game Pass Ultimate on PC.
Bugs/CTDs aside, I'm REALLY loving this game!