Huh yeah Avowed is great.
Predictably, the bad reviewers just had poor taste.
Sucks for them, this is the best melee / spells / bows / etc I think I've seen in a first person RPG? Even modded Skyrim wasn't this tidy.
Also dig that loot is really hand-placed and exploration is rewarded with Stuff.
Predictably, the bad reviewers just had poor taste.
Sucks for them, this is the best melee / spells / bows / etc I think I've seen in a first person RPG? Even modded Skyrim wasn't this tidy.
Also dig that loot is really hand-placed and exploration is rewarded with Stuff.
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Is build customization pretty good? Or, in other words, can I be a gun wizard lol?
I heard there’s no way to be a Cipher, which is kinda sad cause that was my favorite
Best part? It’s free if you have Skyrim.
I'd buy it because I think the spaceship building and space combat sounds cool, but no way at full AAA price.
Thank you.
I'm wondering if they shared first and third person anims, since it has a third person mode, and we're seeing that spill back into first a bit? Hrm
I just did five seconds of research.
Videos comparing every detail of two very different style games
Avowed never promised Everything could be interacted with, or housing etc it did promise to have fun combat,& a good story set in the pillars universe And it succeeded in that
The hitstop is so good, it even feels great to smash boxes!
It's a great game and Obsidian should be proud.
The flood of bad faith reviews that inevitably come with a game release now is the worst.
I enjoy how it's big enough to explore but not feel overwhelmed and all the little secrets too.
I'm still working out if it "cares" about dial wielding.
The facial animations look bad as well... but I'm glad people like the game.
Imo the downgraded RP elements compared to Morrowind is a bigger issue, but the combat is probably the most heavily criticized part of Skyrim.
It isnt event like with outer worlds where the marketing atleast was to blame for that. People just decided "yep this is skyrim 2!"
(All the videos and screenshot I saw had these)
If that can be turned of, works for me!
Deadfire tho? Absolutely fantastic!
Avowed is good fun and anyone that likes a first person rpg can get enjoyment out of it.
Avowed is not a bad game, but not a 70€ game. Especially when KCD2 is objectively better, has more players and "only" costs 60€.
Avowed does not offer enough inovation - it is a fun game, but the price is just horrendous.
More People Playing = more people buying = more revenue.
Also, game pass is a thing and has millions of subs. Another good game existing doesn't make Avowed bad. And I'm being generous calling kcd good
Game Pass is a nice for people who play regularly, but since most people can only play a few times a week, GP is more expensive than buying a game outright.
When looking at the reviews (not the journalists that give nearly everything a 7 or 8 out of 10) you notice most people dont like boring gameplay or story.
The target group dictates what is good and what is not, no one else.
If gamers didn't like boring gameplay and story, they wouldn't be playing the slog that is kcd. Worst combat I've ever seen.
controller🎮 or
keys & mouse ⌨️🖱️
The movement (even in combat) is, crisp? And that's usually what you want for KBM to not feel squishy.
Load times on BG3 were a beast, but I'm not sure that's as much a computer problem as a slow internet problem.
Either way, thank you for the recommendation. I'll add it to my list.
But like it's the kind of game that's pretty, but would be totally fine on low spec, is all I mean. You're not really here for the shiny high end visuals.
But the last game I bought was BG3, and I have other hobbies to satisfy me in the short term.
But I've been hearing things about this one, so it's likely to make it's way into my life sooner or later.
Certainly sooner than Elder Scrolls
Gameplay is tight.
Lots of stuff to do.
Story is okay, which is consistent with Elder Scrolls and Fallout. They all have parts I don’t like in them, but mostly enjoy.
It definitely isn’t the failure people are saying.
Also, prob not 10/10.
I personally wouldn’t pay the $70 asking price but I’m thankful it was on Gamepass.
Went in expecting Good, exceeded expectations!
Got it in gamepass on release and I agree with the combat
One of the first rpgs that actually makes me want to use magic instead of the swords
When you kill a kobold (why are we killing kobolds they're so cute but I guess they started it so) their ragdoll FLINGS away with a lovely sense of weight.
Everything is tightly designed.
that's not even an RPG! that we're even comparing it to that means they've achieved the seemingly impossible!
I'm leaning that + a two hander I think
Hopefully they'll keep patching it. Guessing they will anyways.
Finally found one with nothing, but I mean that was a good run
Very excited to see it hitting with people
I've been enjoying the game quite a bit though I'm only like five hours in.
I'm guessing it has pronouns or prominent minority characters in it? That's usually what sparks these things.
It also focuses on gameplay over visual polish, so a lot of the reviews are like "there's no fish in the water!" like
my guy you barely ever go in the water, and there are fish if you look, they just clearly didn't spend a ton of time on it cus: you barely see it!
But!
you still interact with and knock everything around, and break every piece of crockery etc
Someone has to thread that needle
But when we find a new ruin, she's still methodically smashing finding "loot" which we already have tons of, and then complaining her bags are full.
So yeah, different brains.
*There is a correct skeleton
"so I'll make a noise here which will summon a guard, when the door hinges open it will set this wheel of cheese rolling down the angled bench etc."
the characters don't all stare directly at the camera with a dead eyed face and blankly emote through paper thin plot intercut with impossibly stilted cutscenes
soo it's basically better than any first person action RPG you might compare it to
well first of all that's unfair, context dictates the frame a story must inhabit,
but it's still pretty good? Like it's very Deadfire. I loved Deadfire! Weird mushroom people mutated by their gods, zealotry and terror inspired by said gods, great stuff.
SO
Don't give them resting bitch face. Or a duck face.
I made a twink elf who now duck faces through every cutscene and friends,
(it somewhat undercuts the gravitas of the moment)
But it's GREAT if you plan for it
Next you're gonna tell my my assumptions are wrong and like Deadfire you can still collect cats.
It's a good choice! But it avoided the problem instead of solving it, heh.
Keen to give it a go at some point!
Too bad, I think it looks fun, but I just can't get past those two things.
M$...c'mon.
They were looking for an immersive and persistant world like Fallout NV or Skyrim.
But Avowed is more like Obsidian's top down games with a change of camera, and is really good when seen this way.
I must look into it as I’m still yet to see any footage or even understand what it’s about.
Like for all of the criticism Veilguard got even in this regard, some weirdly restrictive sliders aside at least the characters had a distinct style and some appeal.
They're just giga bland in Avowed imo.
Also some tracking attacks you have to learn to avoid.