Ass of Can Whooping
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If you enable 4x CCU generation the numbers are actually pretty good
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Avowed Tops out around 16K Concurrent Steam Players on Release Day
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Sentenza
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There's very little that isn't.
It's technically unimpressive, structurally unsophisticated and unambitious, light on the amount of content, bare-boned in terms of interactivity/reactivity and dulcis in fundo on a personal level I find it aesthetically repulsive.
And I 'd challenge anyone to claim with a straight face that the writing makes up for it, either.
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Angry_Megalodon
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UE5 is not the problem. Infinity Nikki, a huge open world, has villages with NPCs and animals everywhere doing day-night routines. The game oozes life. it's the polar opposite of this slop.
DownLikeBCPowder
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Don't forget, we also need the constant posts from people who never played the game reminding us that the NPCs are static, that there are no fish, and that this isn't a sequel to Skyrim.
graywolf323
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yeah I really thought it’d get to 30k
HeisenbergFX4
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I thought it might do better than this for opening weekend
I tried it and just wasn't for me but seems a number of people are enjoying themselves
RafterXL
Member
The Outer Worlds thing is telling because it released on GP day and date with the official launch, was stuck on the Epic store for a year, and still launched to better numbers on Steam than Avowed. I think that game was the beginning of Obsidians brand damage and this one will be the nail that seals it.
100%, it's as bare minimum as it gets. They "cut the fat" which is just code for dumbed it down. After two reboots when they realized they were incapable of making a decent RPG anymore they just completely aped the story from Greedfall, and aped the combat from Mythforce. So they Cliffs Notes a story from another RPG and had Beamdog make the combat, wtf did Obsidian even do on that game?
Musashipan
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I hope it flops
reinking
Gold Member
Why?
RafterXL
Member
You'll get your wish. Monster Hunter Wilds drops soon, today was as good as it gets for Avowed.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Their post history is a noun, a verb and "DEI", I think that might have something to do with it.
Unknown Soldier
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A lot of people voting with what they want instead of what realistically happens with Steam CCU numbers
The 20k voters simply ignored the game itself and how they felt about it and just looked at what other games have done
reinking
Gold Member
So more than just the typical, "I don't like it so I hope it fails?" I should have known.
Last Hearth
Member
More, I hope the financial failure of this game causes publishers examine why it failed and do something different next time.
Buggy Loop
Member
We don't know anything basically.
If other stores or consoles had the balls to show CCU then we would have something to compare long term. As of now, it seems Indiana Jones got sales to warrant interest in a sequel and the director of Avowed says a sequel / DLC in the cards after they saw the numbers.
Denton
Member
Wishful thinking. Veilguard devs were similarly "happy and optimistic" until they got laid off.
reinking
Gold Member
If it does not financially fail, will you examine why and try something different next time?
Mibu no ookami
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You're only focusing on splits in the UK, their strongest market is still the US. You're still looking at billions in royalties and MTX.
RafterXL
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They literally never said that. The director said this:
So, literally nothing "in the cards", she's just hoping that it is.
Bumblebeetuna
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ChorizoPicozo
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it was a question, you dummy. Did you play the game, right? So... is that a thing or was it fake news?
DownLikeBCPowder
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It wasn't targeted at you specifically. Yes, the majority of the NPCs are static in the game. The "no fish" thing is fake news though, it's funny how many parrot that. But it is true there aren't a lot of fish, but also don't really care either way about the fish myself. I don't think it would really enhance my experience with the game to have more fish in the water.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
It's fake news, there's NPCs who walk around and some who stand in the same place. It's not one or the other.
I hope I was able to help
ChorizoPicozo
Member
It's fake news, there's NPCs who walk around and some who stand in the same place. It's not one or the other.
I hope I was able to help
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Last Hearth
Member
Of course not, it cost me nothing to wish for its failure, so loss of investment for me would be $0 in that scenario.
Same cannot be said for publishers if their games fail though.
ChorizoPicozo
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
ResilientBanana
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The forced hatred towards this game is rough. The gameplay looks pretty solid and the graphics actually look pretty great. I was a naysayers at first, but the most recent footage looks great. The comparison to Skyrim is weird, considering that it's not competing with it and most other games also lack the physics that Skyrim has. Everyone is reaching pretty hard for this one.
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ChorizoPicozo
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DownLikeBCPowder
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Conveniently ignored constantly.
ChorizoPicozo
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You can force love, but you can never force hate.
RedC
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ResilientBanana
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It's easy to hate something you don't understand. In this case, people heard you can change your gender to them/they. From there it was down hill. Other than that it doesn't appear to force an agenda, it just gave you an option.
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