So far, I am extremely into: Avowed (Hands-On Impressions)

[@SkillUp]

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[@4dchessplayer516]

you are a woke POS if you think this game is good.........

[@pyrocore]

MATE! Play Pillars 1 and 2. They are exceptional. They are only just below Baldurs Gate 3 and Original Sin 2 in terms of quality and depth, and its not a large gap at all. Honestly you need to check them out.

[@thesixth2330]

You know you can turn the God Touch off so you can see it. But they still act like its there in game. So not so responsive to your choices... At least in that single instance, they force you to be god touched no matter what.

[@r31n0ut]

I don't have them money right now but holy shit I want that desk!

[@harddk1]

Can your promo-code work for international orders? Trying to figure out through the website, but it open an external link and doesn't save the promo-code.

[@QastletheKing]

Man.. obsidian knew what they were doing hiring garrus’ va. His voice is like hot cocoa on a crisp winter morning

[@Sipso2012]

The voice doesn't match the character though.

[@MaybeS_0]

Ayo

[@IdRatherBePiping]

@@Sipso2012 I think its just because we're used to hearing him has Garrus, it'll adjust the longer we play

[@SilverGeFer]

I love how the character also seems to keep Garrus’ sarcasm. After how dull Dragon Age The Veilguard was, this game looks like such a slap in the face to BioWare and I’m here for it

[@flintburner6313]

Hot cocoa is ASS tho.

[@bohdanvakulenko4266]

Something tells me that the blue guy is super in to calibrating

[@yadakakadu]

Their people are know for having big f-off cannons, so...

[@Itharl]

Oh man, I thought that voice was familiar! (playing through ME again, so this was timely, haha)

[@jeremybrown9611]

😂😂

[@liggerstuxin1]

Explain the joke to me?

[@asdfghju4]

@@liggerstuxin1 it's the voice actor for Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect.

[@zretil]

Remember guys, always preorder your digital copy before they run out of inventory.

[@PXAbstraction]

But, what about my pre-order bonus armour that I'll probably only use for 10 minutes and doesn't even look that good anyway?!

[@KrakenZzz123]

Gamepass, so i don’t need to

[@MrWizardGG]

Gamepass

[@eddythefool]

You joke, but it has actually happened. I had to wait an extra day to get my Helldivers 2 code since Humble Bundle had run out of keys.

[@Endorsememe]

Thank you for your infinite wisdom 💖

[@SirNoobWulf]

So since classes aren't restricted, I think we can all agree - Everyone is going to finish the game as a Stealth Archer

[@Jaggedblades]

"Getting sent to the Living World is a punishment." Boy, that's a mood.

[@Cernunn0s90]

One of those plot points that seem more and more real every day.

[@TheLethargicWeirdo985]

I hear this in my head every time I get up in the morning

[@craycoco7747]

@@TheLethargicWeirdo985 Same, isnt that just normal?

[@MomirsLabTech]

Hell is empty and all the demons are here.

[@burretploof]

Getting sent to the SkillUp comment section after the Veilguard review is a punishment, too 💀

[@Ghostbody]

I'll take a compact but dense world in an RPG over massive but empty any day of the week bar none. It's fully possible to have the size of a city block be open world if there are things to do and the scope is focused on working with the gameplay and story rather than against it.

[@brianosterman456]

Yakuza is a perfect example of that. Small map overall but full of stuff to do

[@dankerbell]

starfield's one thousand planets...

[@zeikers]

Even though outer worlds was exactly that and the game sucked?

[@adamashworth6293]

@@zeikers Outer Worlds didn't suck. It was a solid 7/10 game. There were issues like the worlds just being corridors to the next POI, but overall, it was a decent time.

[@Sobanator93]

@@zeikers outer world was really unfunny and writing was just bad. Gameplay was perfectly fine, but I could not stand that every character is literally retarded in one way or another and yeah I know they explained it in the plot why everyone is dumb but still it ruined the game for me.

[@MrJomoroon]

"...use your fucking eyes for once" - ok I'm sold

[@ОлексійКондратюк-ф5ч]

definitely no HR here

[@brando3342]

@@ОлексійКондратюк-ф5ч What? Modern HR has no problem with swearing.... In fact, they LOVE their depraved language...

[@LiamFarleyMA]

​@@brando3342 It's a reference to someone saying veilguard is written like HR is in the room during every conversation. Not the idea HR was in the writers room but HR is like watching the character interactions as if they're coworkers.

[@brando3342]

@@LiamFarleyMA Yeah, I've been on the internet in the last couple months, I know the reference lol I'm just saying, the only possible thing that could prompt this comment is the use of the F word... but modern libs in HR have no problem with swear words. That's what I was getting at there.

[@ОлексійКондратюк-ф5ч]

@@brando3342 it's not about swearing, but about the tone. How she talks down to him. Meanwhile failguard is all about that constantly supportive attitude that makes you fell icky.

[@Gear3]

From the man who brought you “The Dragon Age: The Veilguard preview is actually really good, you guys” and “I absolutely do not recommend Dragon Age: The Veilguard” comes: “The Avowed preview is actually really good, you guys.”

[@ZeroHxC07]

😂😂

[@-TriP-]

Looking forward to the "actually, I changed my mind guys" video at release when he no longer needs to brown-nose for the sake of access journalism.

[@chabdennor783]

​@@-TriP-you guys are so miserable lmao

[@lapulgad10s]

If you had any idea on what you're talking about you'd know the veilguard preview and full game were played by two different persons. Preview > Skillup Editor Full game > Skillup So, different opinions...🤯

[@Mohgenstein]

@@chabdennor783 Fr. Can’t get excited for anything anymore.

[@BROTRRer]

1:05 good to see the ME: Andromeda facial animator is still getting work

[@thejuiceweasel]

You paid money for those teeth, you might as well see them 🤣

[@clinthufkie3242]

😂

[@umarthdc]

idc about facial animations. I would care for 2d sprites if the writing is good.

[@BUchan907]

For me, if the writing/VA is good the akward animations get a pass

[@baelorn519]

And SkillUp is praising these animations. Dude must be swimming in that MS money at this point lol

[@jak-A127]

I'd love for this to be a smash success so Pillars of Eternity 3 happens and I can be one of the 12 people that buy it.

[@Lord_Humungus]

@@jak-A127 people are not going to like super woke shite

[@idiots30]

Pillars 2 was stank

[@Lemonidas_of_Sourta]

You mean the only DnD game in existence where you go Intellect for Barbarian so that they can swing their axe in a larger arc? Or Might for a caster because it's just straight up damage? Yeah no, I pre-ordered the deluxe editions of both games just to support Obsidian. But I was too busy at the time to play em. "Gotta really be in the mood to enjoy a great RPG the likes of Neverwinter Nights", I thought. Was so severely let down by the first game that I stopped playing 20 hours into it and didn't ever look at the 2nd game because it's definitely the same stupid fucking stat system.

[@idiots30]

@@Lemonidas_of_Sourta The first pillars wasn't bad but not great. The second one just isn't good at all.

[@TheDynomite]

ill be the 13th person to get it, I love the pillars of eternity games, such a great vibe

[@Hatchey95]

You REALLY need to mention what CPU you're running the game on and not just the GPU. Now more than ever before (with world sizes, draw distances and Ai pathing etc) has a smooth and consistent gaming experience relied on a strong CPU and i feel leaving that out is kinda bizarre considering how important it is.

[@ЖанЯнакиев]

He is becoming very sus for me after thrashing stalker which runs fine on most systems and then riding this when its just a worse version of skyrim 😂😂

[@SkyzzV_]

@@ЖанЯнакиевyou didn’t listen then. Ralph reviewed stalker before the day one patch released. He stated this very clearly. And obviously his review is based on what was there already, not what would be patched in the future.

[@diogo763]

@@ЖанЯнакиевis below 60 fine? Cause it wasnt back in 2015 I doubt it is now

[@Kryos-hf2rc]

You're very sus to me for calling an unreleased game a "worse version of skyrim" especially when its made by a studio like obsidian

[@kruruneiwyn2107]

@@ЖанЯнакиев they don't call him Shillup for nothing

[@TinCanJon]

Yeah… I don’t know about this one mate. You say the combat is good, but the animations look very repetitive. You say NPC faces are expressive but it looks Starfield level wooden to me. What I see in this video and what I hear does not quite align.

[@JoPeTuYaTroJoueY]

yup same observations on my part

[@Azoedud]

The animations look way less repetitive compared to other First person rpgs

[@kostyasaushkin2450]

I watch first few min of the video and it look fine. Better than Starfield for sure

[@AJ-vy4yu]

DEI hires made the game.

[@bEoNslenDeralert]

@@AJ-vy4yubros mind is on autopilot

[@xander9460]

1:57 you know. That's GREAT actually. Starting with a modest first game, give a chance to polish the somewhat smaller game better, test the waters when it releases, and leaves the field open for a bigger part 2 if all lands well. Sounds like a reasonable business strategy.

[@3DNoodle]

Nah, promise the biggest RPG ever made, hire Keanu reeves, tell us that’s gonna be the first 4A game, release a broken mess and fix it in 4 years

[@taylorstenhouse6168]

@@3DNoodleThankfully the thing that you’re describing has never happened, you’re mixing up several different games

[@CatastrophicDisease]

@@3DNoodleWell it is legitimately really good now

[@imitenotbe]

@@CatastrophicDisease it's fundamentally still a shallow RPG and worse action game. they just gave it a new maaco paintjob and spent a giftcard at pepboys

[@theobell2002]

@@imitenotbe I get the RPG complaints but action game? Cyberpunk absolutely slays as an action game.

[@Jamal-wk6fy]

the price of that desk is insane

[@frostyscotty6713]

Agreed. I clicked on the link out of curiosity and immediately went hell no. Those prices are insane.

[@kael13]

Any real wood standing desk would be expensive.. Don't know about the quality of this one, though.

[@Greippi10]

Eh, it's a lot of money but actually less than I thought it would be. Top of the line office furniture can be more expensive than that, Herman Miller chairs start at about a grand. With the discount that desk is more like in the premium category than luxury, and if it's good and durable you'll never buy another one.

[@Jamal-wk6fy]

@@kael13 agreed but its a very small amount of wood on that desk

[@yagsipcc287]

​@@kael13 I can buy a hardwood 1.8 meter table with 6 chairs for around 1000-1200 Euro depending on the style and wood used. These "gaming" anything are always a rip off

[@statusarray3603]

6:50 what on earth are you smoking man. the animations looks god awful lmfao

[@cytokinestorm3074]

The face literally isn't moving it's like a statue and he's talking about how expressive they are lol. He's either lying, being sarcastic, out of touch with reality, or bought.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

Agreed. This is the same as Starfield for me. Starefield.

[@silvershroud6263]

Obsidian not known for their technical prowess but you will get solid RPG

[@nadavb1983]

he wants to keep getting early access/review codes. so he cant tell the truth. too bad. this channel used to be credible

[@supermonstars]

@@nadavb1983 Explain his Veilguard review then.

[@Rubafix989]

I hear your review, but just watching the footage, it looks very bland and generic fantasy to me and since I didn't find the writing particularly great in outter worlds to begin with I'll probably wait for a huge sale before trying this one out.

[@matthewwest2482]

Agree, I’d rather boot up skyrim and download a graphics mod TBH. The art style looks inspired skyrim, but with an oil painting filter.

[@ritakida9296]

Smells like Veilguard 2.0 to me tbh, game looks like ass, preview comes out and reviewers say it is actually good then full game comes out and it is what it is.

[@Rubafix989]

​@@ritakida9296 Veilguard had pretty great environments, but this one has the typical lumen + cartoony artstyle with nothing standing out. But yeah chara-design wise the dwarf girl looks like a carbon copy of one of veilguard character. Also the "unique" races have the marvel look, and that's not a compliment.

[@wholetyouinhere]

After correctly savaging Dragon Age Veilguard, SkillUp had to come positive with this game or risk being labeled a far-right incel chud.

[@GuyLogen]

While you might have a point with the outer worlds, this game is based on their pillars of eternity series. Those games have very different writing from the outer worlds.

[@XxXenosxX]

We don’t need huge games, we just need GOOD games. Glad to see this is going to hopefully be good

[@ericmm6822]

But hopefully they have good endings (looking at you, Tyranny)

[@ProfessionalTrafficplayer]

It has pronouns...wallets closed.

[@yapp2yapp2]

@@ProfessionalTrafficplayer what wallet? You're a bot

[@ProfessionalTrafficplayer]

@@yapp2yapp2 Beep, Boop, NPC detected...reply requires lower reading level, Beep, Boop...reply...request author to return to closet and stay there. Your "Message" has been rejected. DEI =DOA Wallets closed.

[@Mythicalyst]

​@@ProfessionalTrafficplayerImagine being such a snowflake that the option to choose a voice, body type, and how you are addressed triggers you lol.

[@carbodude5414]

I need more medieval fantasies with flintlock pistols and arquebus Its not like it would render magic and swords useless either considering its reload time. Warhammer Fantasy is the best example of this

[@andersandersen6295]

There were no medieval pistols of any kind.

[@dominika3762]

​@@andersandersen6295 you mean in the game or in reality? Because even in 1400s there were hand canons

[@andersandersen6295]

@@dominika3762 In reality no flintlock pistols that early.

[@andersandersen6295]

But hey. no magic either😆

[@dankerbell]

​@@andersandersen6295he said fantasy

[@jauken83]

That pyromancer blowing himself up kinda sold me on this game. If that's the tone of the humor I'm in.

[@Nathlaaar]

Outer Worlds was the same, in the opening of the game your landing pod lands on and crushes the guy you are supposed to meet.

[@saldanhoso]

This reminds me of Morrowind with that guy falling from the sky.

[@shodancat1000]

yeah. a nice break from the type of humor in Baldur's Gate 3. oh wait, no, they're exactly the same

[@straxx]

good enough to concede to the woke mindvirus? personally I say no. pirate or don't play.

[@ChubbyDutchy]

What are you regarded?

[@niall_sanderson]

12:40 the bit about the verticality of the map reminds me of the Elden Ring DLC. The size of the DLC’s map is fairly small at first glance, but there’s enough verticality to it that it has a fair bit more to explore than you might expect going into it

[@ishaangovardhan7430]

What's this? A substantive comment that makes an actual point about the game itself? Lol I'm sorry but your comment looks so out of place in this sea of angry hateful comments about politics

[@headshot531]

people forget but new vegas was literally just that. a dense tightly packed, small-medium, non stop world filled with locations, lore, combat and amazing writing. it basically sounds similar to a fantasy new vegas IM ALL IN

[@Amrylin1337]

The New Vegas crew isn't really who is making this....people gotta stop and think.

[@darkatthecore]

"dence NV" miles and miles of nothing but sand I feel like the anikin meme I HATE SAND I love NV but always disliked the location

[@vadim6656]

DO NOT BUY! Their Director has gone woke and are crapping over us gamers. He expects us to buy it after taking a crap on us....what a joke BURN!!!!!!!

[@mango6940]

@@vadim6656 Not everyone cares about your stupid american problems and shitty politics. the only things that matters in a videogame is the gameplay and if the focus of the game is the story, then the writing. Everything is is pointless.

[@demon794]

​@@vadim6656 you "gone woke" people are insufferable.

[@spartanx169x]

Look at the combat at 13:00. It looks utterly boring. the enemies just stand there and take damage, making no effort to actually engage you in combat.

[@waifugod]

It looks like the tank companion is actually holding aggro there while the mage player nukes. Makes sense to me. One of the biggest problems with veilguard combat was that all the aggro was on the player so it was a dodge roll fest and companions only existed as cooldowns for extra abilities.

[@ronuss]

that part the enemy is frozen? then gets frozen again... hes also playing on normal which is the only option in the pre release build...

[@spartanx169x]

@ Even when they are not freezing the enemies its boring. Ive watched a fair amount of the combat. It’s boring.

[@Endemoniada_1]

@@spartanx169xI think it looks pretty decent, lots of interesting interactions

[@nat040496]

I really appreciate the magic gameplay. It's so oddly rare that spellcasters wield a spellbook in their off-hand in games, and it looks great.

[@theKonfusion]

and you don't have to. it can be gun/sword and wand i think. Grimoires probably give more spell variety, maybe more damage.

[@thewielder3445]

@@theKonfusion In the Pillars of Eternity games, grimoire's allow wizards to use spells they haven't learned through traditional level ups. I feel Avowed will do something similar

[@LemonRush7777]

After the art director's Twitter meltdown I'd rather not risk buying this.

[@nelsonhamilton8262]

You don’t get xp points in life white knighting for billionaires lol.

[@2Devious]

@@nelsonhamilton8262 You don't get xp points in life white knighting for woke developers hating the majority of gamers.

[@AdolfHitler-lk4vo]

@@nelsonhamilton8262 billionaires? that guy hates us, not just elon lol

[@Agentcoolguy1]

​@@nelsonhamilton8262extremely odd response

[@chadbizeau5997]

As soon as the activist director said "Pissing off the chuds is just a side benefit", I removed the game from my wishlist on steam and set it to ignore.

[@sleepygoblin2d573]

The Pillars games had some of the best background, writing and world building I've ever seen, so I'm hoping Avowed really gives players who didn't experience those games something new to love

[@BasilAbdef]

A shame they didn't sell well, resulting in this game instead of Pillars 3

[@cjpack]

@@BasilAbdef please let this bring awareness to pillars and boost sales enough to get a pillars 3 pleaseeeee

[@TMV420]

​@cjpack do i need to play PoE 1 before 2? and before this?

[@Phex1]

@@TMV420 No, its just the same setting, but i highly recommend at least Pillars 1, it is a fantastic game.

[@BasilAbdef]

@TMV420 probably not; you should still play them because they're great games though, especially PoE2

[@jorgeporras9262]

If they get good mod support, maybe I'll finally make my Skyrim addicted buddy play something different for once.

[@silver8099]

Maybe my memory is failing me, but I remember reading an article that stated the game wont have mod support. Can only hope its not true

[@SirTropical]

@@silver8099 I don't remember it ever being mentioned about Avowed having mod support - I also hope its true because otherwise, that would really put a dent in this games longevity.

[@Fingolfin1190]

I seriously doubt that will happen. Obsidian have never made a game that lets you make and run your own scripts. They would probably have to make their own custom engine to make that work but this game is running on Unreal. Obsidian also isn't the type to make their own engine.

[@imitenotbe]

@@Fingolfin1190 certainly not skilled enough

[@AccountProto5X]

While it looks like Avowed will be a neat game - how should I say it? - I think the setting is a bit too whimsical to be addictive in the same way Skyrim is. Skyrim's got something special, all the Elder Scrolls games do to some extent.

[@LastSider]

And the Art Director Matt is going bonkers on Twitter/X. Even with some racist comments! Game looks great but why... I would have gotten fired with those type of racist comments! I dont get how the game industry is so light with individuals like that.

[@ronuss]

one guy is an idiot i agree, but he doesn't speak for the entire studio that has hundreds of staff...

[@beefymario88]

@@ronussYea but when one of them is openly racially abusing their main customer base, it might affect sales.

[@habibi_py]

What are the racist comments? He made fun of Elon, which every sane person does today, especially when he goes schizo-mode over some pronouns in a videogame. Of course you're telling half the story while devs actually want to protect and respect their work.

[@CasperFireDepartment]

​@@habibi_pypipe down Ahmed

[@habibi_py]

@@CasperFireDepartment Did I hurt your small and fragile snowflake feelings?

[@Sam-Svr]

The top comments are mostly positive and the recent ones are mostly negative

[@aliqais6885]

Real ones vs the fake ones

[@Dionyzos]

It's always like this. Nuance and criticism is controversial and doesn't tend to rise to the top. That's one of the main weaknesses of online culture and why people get radicalized.

[@arutzuki2491]

​@@DionyzosNo, it's because news emerged after the release of this video.

[@grrgrgrg4215]

@@arutzuki2491 And that news does nothing to change the actual gameplay of this game at all. The gameplay stands on its own. Politics has no place here. Especially not moral panics about "wokeness"

[@arutzuki2491]

@@grrgrgrg4215 "Politics have no place here" Tell that to the devs. Yes, games have always been political, but the forced inclusion of neo pronouns is ridiculous.

[@TheTippsAttack]

3 months from launch?!?! That's about when Monster Hunter Wilds drops. Sorry Avowed.

[@TheOneAndOnlyLUUUU]

This game is DOA after that meltdown the art director had.

[@RealPredators13]

Avowed releases February 18th, thats 10 days before wilds. I already wrote this game off when i saw that. Not saying avowed is bad or anything but it wont compete with wilds

[@TheTippsAttack]

@@RealPredators13 yeah exactly lol. I'm sure Avowed is going to be great. I'll pick it up after like 6 months and I've tapped out Wilds and I need a side distraction.

[@martinholt7229]

I'm not sorry. I hope the studio goes under.

[@RealPredators13]

@@martinholt7229 they probably wont since they now have that microsoft money. Game pass just generates too much revenue and avowed is gonna be on it so chances are obsidian needs to fuck a lot more before microsoft pulls the plug, especially given that their last games were all pretty well received

[@jurajfrano7272]

14:38 Yeah, the footage really really does not sell this.

[@michaelscotthawthorn7871]

I was interested.. but then the Matt Hansen Art Director at Obsidian said he put a bunch of surprises in the game to piss off the white men. He thinks we are chuds and was literally gloating about making the to annoy his political opponents. So yeah, it looks decent and is 100% the type of games I play .. but I refuse to give money to people who literally hate me.

[@jackthejack9327]

ok cringelord

[@MaullerTwin]

​@@jackthejack9327dont be a cuck.

[@bloozism]

Obsidian hasn’t made a good game in a while anyways

[@Azmodeus379]

Don’t be an SJW man, learn to enjoy games without constantly looking into reasons to be outraged before they come out. Feels like that’s an exhausting way to live

[@GlobgobGabgalab]

​@@Azmodeus379don't ask questions, just consume the product and wait for the next one.

[@CHAQUINN0]

Hmm... Interesting choice to restrict reviewers from showing the character creation and more in-depth gameplay--it makes me even more skeptical. I'll wait for actual reviews after release to decide if it’s worth my money. In the meantime, I'll be playing MH Wilds and KK Deliverance 2.

[@proggz39]

Can’t wait for, “I cannot recommend Avowed” once he plays through it all and realizes it’s just Gamepass fluff trying to push ideology

[@Azoedud]

@@proggz39 i dont get this reductive view, you cant just make this whole production of a game out of wanting to push an ideology and fluffing out gamepass. this is an established world and its another isometric rpg theyre turning into a first person one which hasnt happened since Fallout. Its not something that seems unpassionate or soulless, it looks like its actually trying to tell a story.

[@abhi.dx2345]

​@@Azoedudyes, a story of how not to "misgender" trans and gayboys

[@Muad-Dibs_Bitch]

@@proggz39u people are more pathetic than the sjw crowd like stfu with all that ideology bs

[@KingM119]

​@@proggz39yikes, thats some conspiracy level loon shit

[@jackedgamer0036]

Ill wait till the company blames gamers for poor sales, owning the chuds, then firing people before i might even consider the rum and pirate hat

[@senilestix]

100%

[@SquidGains]

Honestly, same.

[@orbaitv5991]

Ok bot

[@rigatenes338]

Only in your delusional dreams

[@socratese5]

@@orbaitv5991or are you the bot? 🤯

[@sup3rhyp3r56]

10:45 the art style has definitely grown on me but I do still miss the atmosphere and grittiness that the first teaser showed off

[@Xfacta12482]

To be fair, that was a cinematic teaser. Those are never really a reflection of the art style.... but I do agree. Wish it wasn't sooo..... idk, goofy?

[@alexanderr6000]

true, i would expect the art style to stay true

[@pira707]

@@Xfacta12482 They usually are unless they're ubisoft. What if GTA6 turns out extremely cartoony looking even though the trailer basically showed a real life-esque game.

[@sandrobotticelli1337]

Well, not buying this shit after game's art director exposed himself as a bona fide racist.

[@TheFuzz09]

Game is going to be woke trash.

[@drockopotamus1]

Yup, ain't touching this one after reading that. Actions have consequences.

[@moxdegiourno7984]

racist? im also a speedster as well

[@ronuss]

@@TheFuzz09 how is it explain? how does an art director have the final say on a game? what other evidence does the game have for woke shit bar the him / her stuff? that even games like cyberpunk and bg3 have?

[@habibi_py]

Then you're probably very eager to tell us why he is that racist. Urging POC's to send in their portfolio for advices, making fun of Elon and generally white people who want to feel opressed this bad, who play victim roles for rage-baits and attention?

[@flavourfulz8147]

Since the Art Director has gone unhinged , i think i'm gonna hold off on this purchase until i can see how the game is, see if its riddle with forced crap.

[@DrKaruke]

Holy shit you weren't kidding. Dude has gone off the deep end in his twitter rant. Avoid this game like the plague

[@AJ-vy4yu]

Correct. Easy pass.

[@dr_diddy]

@@DrKaruke why tf would I care what one stupid dev says on twitter?

[@eternal_napalm6442]

The racist dev already said he spiked the game with tons of woke crap. I mean, I will be playing the living shit out of Kingdom Come Deliverance II anyway, but still...

[@habibi_py]

Can you tell us why he is unhinged? He defended himself from brigading white people, who pestered him about wanting POC's to send in their portfolio for advice? He made fun of them, understandably so. Why is hat unhinged or racist? Or do you rather believe rage-bait grifters over your own fucking eyes? :D

[@r0tk1W]

After the art director's meltdown I am no longer interested. I will not support people who hate me for my skin color. Fellow 'crusty white dudes' and people who hate identity politics unite and boycott. Maybe one day we can go back to having developers/gaming companies without any agenda other than making good games.

[@trueultimagod2465]

It's remarkable that the games influence is Medieval European Fantasy, then they write the natives out of the plot. Honestly, so many games that i haven't played in the past, i go back to those until the developers learn their lesson.

[@nathanmitchell7961]

I mean you are a crusty white dude.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Don't worry, Kingdom Come Deliverance II is coming, one of the most robust and realistic RPGs anywhere. The devs, Warhorse Studios, tell the Woke nutjobs to shove it up their ass.

[@habibi_py]

White people brigaded the art director for him urging POC's to send in their portfolio for advice. I would do the exact same, because white people tend to play the victim-role about nothingness real fucking fast. I just love how you spin the narrative around like he'd be the racist, when in fact, all the white people were racist to him. Good job, did rage-bait grifters also tell you what you have to think about? Or are you able to think for a second for yourself?

[@zentonil]

No way I’m boycotting because you spend too much time on twitter

[@waynedwop4717]

The aesthetic looks absolutely horrid and feels like its going to be another rushed out for gamepass title. I miss creative ui and huds too, plain text with dark background is like squuezing lemon in my eyes

[@TheGrimland]

Yeah it's something wrong with graphics and lighting in this. It feels unnatural and mismatched. It's sad cause I really liked PoE world.

[@Meowtro]

Nothing you showed in this video lines up with anything that you said.

[@tingispingis]

Nothing people are saying matches with the like/dislike ratio. Y'all need to do your jobs and press the damn thumbs down button.

[@LightningTune]

Absolutely nothing 👎🏻

[@rigatenes338]

Everything he showed in this video lines up with what he said.

[@savejeff15]

Could you be more specific? Feels like you just wanna hate

[@Meowtro]

@@savejeff15 he's absolutely glazing the conversations and they look just about the same as Starfield, and honestly worse than Dragon Age by a good margin.

[@geraltofbolivia9428]

Garrus will always be a homie no matter what universe he’s in.

[@lukew6725]

Pretty fucking convenient how this video just so happened to get posted at the exact moment that Avowed needed some damage control.

[@realduox]

ya hes been bought and sold for years

[@Phodis]

Looks like a WOKE storm is coming.

[@cytokinestorm3074]

I'm gonna have to agree with this

[@MattR8605]

@@realduox Guess he had to make up for shitting on Veilguard so hard

[@pqdk-p2u]

@@MattR8605 lol he's doing some damage control for his own channel

[@rng-mos2314]

Looks like Obsidian's Veilguard/Concord, HARD PASS

[@kinnonwray5050]

Lol well apparently the game director is a racist. . . So, miss this game then.

[@symp650]

I have better things to spend my money on than a game made by someone that's openly racist. I'm glad you're extremely into it though! Have fun and don't forget to pre-order!

[@Kuhnonthecob]

He’s racist? What happened?

[@habibi_py]

Then you're probably eager to tell us why he's racist, right? You wouldn't just make shit up like rage-bait grifters direly trying right now?

[@CasperFireDepartment]

​@@habibi_pypipe down Ali

[@missedmurphy]

​@@habibi_pythe game dev made some absolutely batsh*t crazy tweets against white people

[@symp650]

@@habibi_py Take your head out of the sand, the news is out there. Discriminatory hiring practices are bad, not a hot take.

[@SounddWavess]

To everyone who got excited for this game seeing this video (like me), i just saw one of the art directors of the game being r4cist on X, saying this game will have more political propaganda. He then deleted his account trying to hide it, probably knowing his views and work on the game likely will annihilate millions in revenue. Ofc skillup wont tell you, just like he didnt with veilguard. Just a warning for those who dont like to be beaten over the head with propaganda in their rpgs

[@DrKaruke]

Never forget, this channel hyped up Veilguard in the preview build. That should tell you how much faith to put in this review.

[@theobell2002]

The word "propaganda" really has lost all meaning.

[@zeddwulfen7737]

@@theobell2002 The art director is a blatant racist and said they are going out of their way to literally anger the demographic that would be a large portion of who buys the game, they are putting in as much woke nonsense. It is propaganda because they are telling half truths and hiding information to cover their butts and also pushing particular ideologies.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

​@theobell2002 Actually, the Propagandists have lost all ability to control the narrative. Hence why Trump is President-elect and the Democrats are imploding

[@NoraTsukyoEchoes]

​@@theobell2002No, it is littéraly propaganda right now.

[@fayt_564]

Those godlike facial features are not it. Nightmare fuel.

[@saerain]

Aren't they all?

[@jr6366]

A lot are. Deathlike have large blackend horns with their facial features wiped away like something out of silent hill. Natures have growths that can wipe away features. Think just the moons still kept most of their facial features. I enjoy the uniqueness of it but there is options to lessen or hide it for those that don't like it.

[@vadim6656]

Dont support them. their director is woke af. The obsidian that made our beloved fallout new vegas is long gone. They are woke af now

[@habibi_py]

​@@vadim6656Me when I didn't play a single Obsidian RPG in my life: "WOKENESS? 😢😢😢" You people DIRELY need a life outside of internet and videogames. Really, just a bunch of 12 year olds here.

[@rigatenes338]

​@@vadim6656 New Vegas was literally woke lmao. Gtfo tourist, we will be buying if it's good and it will be.

[@TT79-]

Not sure the complimentary dialogue in this video review quite matches what my own eyeballs are seeing. Strange one

[@pickledparsleyparty]

It's a preview, so the company is definitely watching him and taking notes on this video. I'm with you, though.

[@Orfevre514]

@@pickledparsleyparty If that's the case, Fextralife's preview wouldn't exist(He probably wouldn't be invited, but he did, in fact Obsidian invited him twice for Avowed, including this time)

[@hawken796]

@@Orfevre514 Fextra aint perfect, he talked about Veilguard but never talk about the other stuff they lied about

[@G_Zilly]

Game looks average at best, there’s never going to be an honest review now though after the CEO got politics involved. At least it’s on gamepass

[@rigatenes338]

​@@G_Zilly "Politics involved" and what kind of politics?

[@not_want4203]

Art Director is a nut job. I'll pass on this.

[@chadbizeau5997]

Yep, he basically unsold the game for me....

[@Hatchet-w6x]

What? You don't like racists? hate mongers and game devs calling you a Chud if you are against grooming children? Skill Up supports this racist too apparently.

[@brilobox2]

Ok.

[@moonrabbit1715]

he saved me some money

[@ashenpunk]

Ok snowflake

[@Weissman111]

I wonder why Obsiidian are preventing people from seeing the character creator part of the game....oh, because it has pronouns in it.

[@BrovarSpirytus]

oh no! anyway

[@revanscript]

who the fuck cares lmao

[@zeddwulfen7737]

Not only that the art director hates gamers, and white men. Last I knew racism was bad.

[@Hpvybes]

The art director for this game , just killed whatever hype they had going with all the marketing $$ they’re putting into this game right now, it’s cooked, chat. Go woke go broke.

[@fleshautomatonanimatedbyne6327]

Yeah we all know all those woke games that are falling miserably alan wake 2, baldurs gate 3, resident evil 4 remake,cyberpunk... all complete financial and critical failures right?

[@Bongodudeguy]

@@fleshautomatonanimatedbyne6327 Those games were welcomed with open arms. And how are they woke? Is the ''woke'' in the room with you right now? Are League of Legends and Minecraft also ''Woke'' to you because there's girls and non white people?

[@fleshautomatonanimatedbyne6327]

@@808Slush can't argue with facts, hum? 99.9% of gamers don't give a shit about games being "woke" they just wanna play good videogames, weirdos like you are, and will always be the very annoying, loud minority

[@DangerBay]

your a very loud and extremely annoying minority , please go back into whatever basement you crawled out of

[@D4rkmight]

@@fleshautomatonanimatedbyne6327 It's only woke when it's convenient for their narrative. They'll point to concord which was just a mess of a game aside of all the things they call "woke"

[@TheCorgies]

Avowed ☑ Avoided ✅

[@xviii5780]

Aboba 🗿

[@kovatoro]

So those emojies are both showing up as check marks on my end, so I have no idea what kind of message you're trying to send?

[@Kajunmulisha4747]

Yeah, hard pass. That one dev being a racist sealed it for me. Sucks cause its going viral so itll probably tank, which causes other devs on the game to suffer overall.

[@ZeroHxC07]

They have been riding on the past successes of their predecessors for far too long. This company barely represent who they were 20 years ago.

[@zeddwulfen7737]

That and them purposefully hiding the character designer becausw woke garbage.

[@Kuhnonthecob]

He’s racist?

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Microsoft is subsidizing the slop. True Obsidian is long dead.

[@ronuss]

@@zeddwulfen7737 you dont know that at all, its just speculation. at least wait until you know for sure lol.

[@hoyle038]

This is not the Obsidian of old, all the original writers are gone. This game is a pass for me. Apparently, the devs are going after people online. So this game going forward will be in the spotlight and it won't be positive.

[@andrefilipe9042]

The worst thing you can do is loving something genuinely amazing, that its creators made thinking you'd hate. It breaks the cycle of loathing

[@e-tean-son4146]

Idk man, grounded was neat

[@ronuss]

there not gone at all , ur making up bs. one lead writer left awhile ago, but there are still plenty left. The writing lead of this game wrote the pillars of eternity 2 deadfire dlc, which was the best content in that game.

[@orbaitv5991]

Everything you just said is a lie

[@zentonil]

Which writers left? Be specific

[@EF-fc4du]

Not playing anything that involves Matt Hansen.

[@jonnyk511]

So glad another unhinged game dev saved me some money

[@bigoltits1880]

I'm ONLY playing this game because of Matt hansen lol. In fact i did not even know that this game existed until you guys started sobbing about Matt's comments. Thanks for introducing me and countless other gamers to this game, guys. And if skill up says it's good then what else do i need lol? Matt hansen himself is a white man, so he gets to say mean things about his own group of people. he is obviously not prejudiced against himself lmao, so he has my respect

[@pira707]

@@bigoltits1880 cool most gamers will be playing KCD2 so have fun!

[@kyleetrotter3386]

"the combat is surprisingly good" clip: *enemies just stand there and take damage and don't fight back*

[@GuyLogen]

I agree but maybe it's just the clips that's being shown here. Skill up likes from soft games, so I doubt he would lie about the combat.

[@lyrrr.8059]

Yeah, funny to see how much he's sucking this game off for how hard he went on Veilguard. This looks worse.

[@LikesToRaveDave]

​@@lyrrr.8059 to me this seems like your own preferences. Ralph prefers games with meaningful choices and good writing. Veilguard doesnt have that. This does.

[@lyrrr.8059]

@LikesToRaveDave then why didn't he just praise the choices instead of saying the animations are good when it looks like Andromeda?

[@LikesToRaveDave]

@@lyrrr.8059 not everyone is going to agree with you. I dont think the animations look like Andromeda. If you're going to stress out about someone on the internet not agreeing with you view, you're going to spend your entire life stressed out. You don't like it, that's fine.

[@blz267]

shill up

[@steffen89able]

Now if the art director could just keep off blu sky it might actually sell decently. These days, probably not going to happen.

[@theobell2002]

Ironic coming from a Grummz stan.

[@steffen89able]

@ What are you on about?

[@Catalyst512]

Is buddy shilling?

[@kronozord8346]

yes

[@HOWBOUTTASHORYUKEN]

Yerp

[@Nehilism]

Shill Up. Lmfaoooooo.

[@GuyLogen]

You haven't even played the game lil bro, so pipe down.

[@Catalyst512]

@@GuyLogen dont need to, looks like shit pal

[@reka10]

I guess now we know why they embargoed character creation.

[@m16mojo]

This is going to flop, hard. Worse than DA:VG because it doesn't have the name recognition

[@Stevo.100]

@@m16mojo That's what I'm thinking. But this is supposedly a skyrim clone so it might get a lot of attention for that.

[@imitenotbe]

​@@Stevo.100a "Skyrim clone" with no mod support is an automatic fail

[@TooFresh902]

​@@Stevo.100they decided to step away from the Skyrim clone idea

[@reka10]

@@Stevo.100 obsidian games are not the kind of games where you need mods for them to be decent. They're the ones where you can kill any character just to see what happens.

[@4VaultBoy]

30 Fps on console is just un-acceptable.. 60fps was a selling point on the PREVIOUS console generation.

[@ZeroHxC07]

@@4VaultBoy that was never achieved btw

[@AJ-vy4yu]

DEI hires cant make games that run well. Their games are always unoptimized mess. Also, they can't animate faces, and even HL2 that was released 20 years ago beats their games in that with ease.

[@citizen3000]

@@AJ-vy4yu There's literally zero evidence that the games technical performance has anything to do with hiring people that aren't straight white men. Grow up.

[@orbaitv5991]

@@AJ-vy4yu Ok neanderthal. Explain how Veilguard was the most optimized game for the year?

[@AJ-vy4yu]

@@orbaitv5991 Why did you like your own comment?

[@TheHaggis0451]

I'm definitely more excited for this than I was before, my first hope though is that we can change the UI scale

[@MajorK99]

Don't care. Was sort of interested until the game director openly started attacking people he doesn't agree with and insulting the customer. Its not just about politics and pronouns anymore. Its about giving shitty mean spirited people success for openly insulting the consumer. I'll pass

[@cytokinestorm3074]

Game Art Director

[@ebonbehelit9763]

It was the game's art director literally just offering upcoming poc artists to look at their art portfolios and resumes to give tips, because he wanted to see more diversity in his industry. That's _it_. That this would _offend_ you speaks volumes to your fragility and gullibility. I'd advise you to stop letting outrage merchants and grifters like Grummz tell you what to think -- for your own sake as much as anything else.

[@dukenukem7043]

@@ebonbehelit9763 stop trying to gaslight. what he's doing is illegal

[@cytokinestorm3074]

@@ebonbehelit9763 did you even read what he actually said? It's much worse than that.

[@TheFlyingPilgrim]

⁠@@ebonbehelit9763He said he’d give priority to artists based on skin color and “too many crusty white dudes,” plus “help you replace me one day.” I’d think with art you’d generally look at the art first, since 99% of concept artists out there nobody knows what the hell they look like. But that’s some next level gaslighting to pretend that A: that’s not illegal. And B: anyone pointing that is “fragile” or “gullible” for reading what they said and getting that takeaway from it.

[@rayd3nsilver184]

30 fps is crazy for a game where combat is key

[@clearsky4049]

I can't get over how the UI reminds me of the "Elden Ring Ubisoft UI" meme.

[@PunishedOwn]

Thankfully it's been confirmed pretty much everything you see on screen, even stuff like screen shake, Damage numbers, healthbars and loot glow has an option to toggle off. So if you wanted to try and replicate Elden Ring or Bethesda's minimalistic UI, it seems achievable!

[@UlissesSampaio]

Yes, UI was my only gripe with what I've seen so far. Will toggle most off then. Hopefully the game is still playable without it.

[@christinaapplesauce2459]

Bloated

[@ukaszpoprawa2175]

@@PunishedOwn Yea, like not using minimap in witcher. The option is there. But it is only an option for show because the gameplay is still made only for full UI.

[@jamesoakley4570]

I was so looking forward to this game. then I heard about how toxic the director is and how aggressive their wokism is in the game im worried it might be ruined. why are games being ruined by the Far left

[@habibi_py]

The director defended himself from white people who brigaded him because he urged POC people to send in their portfolio for advice, and made fun of those who direly wanted to feel opressed and needed a victim role for attention? What is so toxic about it, and where does "tokenism" happen when Pillars of Eternity always portrayed characters like that? Genuine question, where do all these things you said come from? Rage-bait grifters?

[@CasperFireDepartment]

​@@habibi_pypipe down Muhammad

[@zentonil]

The art directors aggressive wokism? What are you even talking about

[@jamesoakley4570]

@@zentonil clearly you never seen videos of the game

[@zentonil]

@@jamesoakley4570 You’re commenting on a video of the game. Why are you being vague instead of giving a direct answer?

[@Productive_Chad]

Well after what the game director said i will not buy it. And before you say stop beeing so sensitive. Go read what he said and then switch it to another race.

[@riggidiggi]

What did he say?

[@Stevo.100]

@@riggidiggi If we repeated what he said here we'd get banned.

[@riggidiggi]

@@Stevo.100 can't you describe it somehow? What the hell could he have said, that you immediately would be banned for citing it?

[@Stevo.100]

@@riggidiggi ...Why can't you just google it instead of expecting people to sit here and spoon feed you? We aren't your slaves.

[@Productive_Chad]

@@riggidiggi Just look it up. Its easy to find. And then invert the race

[@RVComps]

For a game that looks so mediocre, to only get 40 to 60 fps on a 4090 with dlss on is pure incompetence.

[@sampreston200]

Blame the art director.

[@ronuss]

because he said hes trying to run it in 4k? max settings? and games dont get optimized until last moment as the game needs to be finished first?

[@Fusionade]

"For a game that looks so mediocre." Dude, be real. This game looks awesome. It is sad to see that so many of you are forcing yourselves to hate this game because of your place on the political spectrum. It's not too late to start enjoying things again man...

[@ilmentoviolento2500]

@@Fusionade It is not a political stance to ask for better games. Passionate gamers know that the quality of a game depends on the quality of its creators, this is why it wouldn't be surprising at all if Avowed ends up being a disappointment just as much, if not worse, than DA: The Veilguard was.

[@Fusionade]

@ Your comment confirmed it’s a political stance.

[@theh0lybible]

How is the character creator?

[@swoosh26]

Gay

[@Stevo.100]

It's got all the pronouns you could want.

[@josephyoung7592]

Passing due to the Art Director, the gaming world cannot be shot of these people fast enough.

[@bigoltits1880]

weep

[@DangerBay]

Here's the exit pal. After you

[@Burnwulf]

Yeah... This is a likely a skip in my book. Something about the facial animations and overall feel just doesn't speak to me as something I would enjoy. I look at this and it reminds me of ME:Andromeda with the stiff faces. This is also coming from someone who also really enjoyed The Outer Worlds. I'm sure the gameplay will be solid in the action-sense, but I'll still probably skip or at best wait for a sale.

[@AJ-vy4yu]

Skip it entirely. The art director dislikes gamers and proudly pushes his own weird obsessions to us.

[@wiziek]

@@AJ-vy4yu Wtf are you talking about?

[@e-tean-son4146]

​@@wizieksome dumb controversy, where the art director was making troll comments about being replace by black people or something

[@AJ-vy4yu]

@@e-tean-son4146 Nope. It takes a few second to check out what the controversy is actually all about.

[@ej33t]

It's nearly 2025 and animations in most triple A games are still poorly done - especially facial animations. The dialogue UI looks overly minimalistic.

[@TheReviewerWildTake]

I thought they bought all those ugly plastic characters on some 3d models marketplace, together with cheapest rig\animation and just stole Microsoft`s money dedicated to characters and animations :D

[@proggz39]

They spent most the budget on adding identity politics with beginner quality writing

[@ludimiller3717]

This is not a triple A game thought, it is a very Obsidian AA game.

[@BaseOfOperations2]

Why would they put the character creator under embargo?

[@-TriP-]

If the art director's comments are anything to go by it's because it defaults to non-binary and they don't want anyone to know before release.

[@SawdEndymon]

@@-TriP-touch grass

[@kronozord8346]

you know why....

[@champdynasty8992]

He/him she/her

[@Microxz141]

avowed art director 'Matt Hansen' tweet this to elon musk : 'I wanted so badly to make him mad with my game, and I cannot believe it actually happened. just wait until you see the default, you said little shit.' the original elon musk tweet is: 'Having pronouns in a fantasy video game is utterly unacceptable' for me an art director saying 'little shit' and 'my game' is a sign to not support the person. so I advice you people who want to fight back against woke culture to not buy this game.

[@AJ-vy4yu]

Yep. And that is not even the worse he has said.

[@theobell2002]

You don't need to sell it to me. I already pre-ordered.

[@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg]

Wonder how much obsidian paid for this "review"

[@malcolmdouglasmichaluk8263]

He has to be extra positive now so they give him a free code for the game later

[@habibi_py]

Doesn't it get tired to write in every commend section how much of a shill he is? Why don't you make videos yourself to show that you can do it better?

[@davidredacted3769]

Calling Skill Up a shill is insane. He shit on LOU2 and Veilguard. He's honest - you just disagree and you're too retarded to disagree like an adult.

[@TheMan-zj3oq]

it's not even a review. It is a preview. I can't expect much from you guys, but i don't think i'm wrong to expect basic literacy from you, dude. This is a preview, not a review. Learn to read properly. Christ.

[@GuyLogen]

You don't have to pay for reviews when your game is actually good.

[@FrankyFourFingers4444]

I'll be avoiding this game like the plague thanks to the art directors racist rant on twitter

[@benturner3458]

If that's enough of a reason for you to avoid a whole game (made by hundreds of people with hundreds of subjective opinions) then I honestly feel a bit sorry for you my friend. We should be living in a world where people are entitled to their opinions (however hot or ill informed they may be) and it shouldn't effect their business or work

[@rainer23423]

​@@benturner3458 I initially agree with you but if some of their bs ends up reflected into the game I'm also out.

[@benturner3458]

@@rainer23423 yeah I agree with that statement as well. It shouldn't be shoehorned into media at all.

[@drockopotamus1]

@@benturner3458 Seeing as Tripwire's got canned for a mild abortion take, this guy should be looooooong gone.

[@dmsviola1]

​​@@benturner3458 we should also live in a world where people know when to shut the hell up and just sell a product. You hate Elon and white people? Talk about it with your friends over a beer, not on the Twitter account that directly links you to your work place. As LeBron once said, "Republicans buy shoes too." People need to stop politicizing everything and let our leisure and media be a common ground for everyone to enjoy.

[@AlexEnMadrid91]

I've been waiting for this!

[@vadim6656]

DO NOT BUY! Their Director has gone woke and are crapping over us gamers. He expects us to buy it after taking a crap on us....what a joke BURN!

[@AlexEnMadrid91]

@vadim6656 woke you say? I'll be preordering a couple of ultra mega triple super deluxe editions then. Nothing funnier that watch you fragile children cry because of pronouns. Go waste someone else's time, boy

[@chabdennor783]

​@@vadim6656what did they say?

[@kovatoro]

@@vadim6656 "GONE WOKE"! Oh no! anyway... Unironically calling yourselves "gamers" is sad

[@kovatoro]

@@chabdennor783 Nothing even remotely noteworthy to people not surgically connected to Twitter

[@manic_misfit9722]

Congrats Matt Hansen for killing any possible momentum your game had.

[@RahulKK-my9hx]

if anything, Matt has invigorated this game's chances of success. I mean i wasn't even aware of this game's existence until you guys started weeping about Matt's comments. Now i'm aware of this game, and i mostly like what i see. I'll wait for reviews and then most likely i'll buy it. Controversy is good for a game's sales. Always. Just look at the Hogwarts controversy and how it helped sell the game. Talking about the game keeps it in the conversation. And makes it relevant.

[@manic_misfit9722]

@@RahulKK-my9hx Respectfully, Hogwarts was about sticking it to cancel culture. Hansen's racist rant on the other hand will not will not only alienate a lot of people, it also calls into question Obsidian's whole hiring practice and has the added bonus of opening the company up to a large discrimination lawsuit...so no, not all controversy is good controversy.

[@Hitscha]

@@manic_misfit9722 What you are doing is ALSO cancel culture. So we're the ones sticking it to you by buying this game now. Also Hansen's rant could not possibly be "racist" seeing as Hansen himself is a white person. White people cannot be racist against other white people lol. For obvious reasons. And what "woke hiring practices"? Matt himself is white. Most of Obsidian is white employees. Anyway, can you point me to a single case of a company being successfully sued for its "woke hiring practices"? I'm sure you have examples right? You would not lie, not you

[@RahulKK-my9hx]

@@manic_misfit9722 Now you guys are the ones trying to cancel THIS game. So we're sticking it to cancel culture by sticking it to you and buying this game. Hansen himself is white, so he cannot be racist against other whites. Explain how this is even possible please. Obsidian has mostly white employees, and their art director himself is white, so he was hired by obsidian for his merit. Btw Can you point to a single case of a company being successfully sued for hiring people based on DEI? If you cant, then admit that you were wrong about the "large discrimination lawsuit" Look up "The Streisand Effect" to learn how controversy always helps.

[@CleverChina]

100% skip tbh. I'll pirate it a few months later just because i love obsidian, but the recent controversy is crazy. Matt Hansen deleted his twitter account but you can still see the tweets archived

[@kovatoro]

There's nothing really controversial about it though

[@DenethorDurrandir]

Shill up strikes again. We haven't learned anything after the Outlaws preview have we. Consider me unsubscribed, I'm not interested in dishonest shilling. Fool me once, shame on you, try to fool me second time, I'm gone.

[@RahulKK-my9hx]

ok i better not see you in Skill Up comment sections ever again, ok buddy? goodbye cry babe

[@gomiggang]

I 10000% guarantee after this releases hes gonna make a video trashing it like he did dragon age

[@UfnNewb]

yeah im glad i played dragon age despite his review. I was almost like "Did we play the same game?" Very cautious about youtube reviewers for sure now!

[@AJ-vy4yu]

When they stop paying him.

[@gomiggang]

@UfnNewb which review? The one where he said he's excited to do multiple playthroughs in his preview? Or the one where he completely trashes it sayin he wishes he could get his time back from playing a month later?

[@UfnNewb]

@@gomiggang kinda crazy right?! The latter of course!

[@davidmthorley]

Still completely baffled by his review of Veilguard. I enjoyed the hell out of that game and didn’t see any of the things he complained about.

[@darksavior1187]

Sorry, after the insane rant on Blue Sky by the art director, this game is DOA. Can't get on board with that hate.

[@personanonmaga5178]

*Shill Up* has entered the chat . . .

[@Wahlrusberg]

There goes the anti-woke mob, constantly trying to cancel people who offend them. Triggered snowflakes, they hate freeze peach!

[@Fusionade]

Mad a "woke" game is going to be a smash success again? Hahahahaha

[@shriramr4593]

@@Fusionadeagain? The last time I checked not one single woke nonsense has been a success

[@personanonmaga5178]

@@Fusionade careful, your cope is showing 😂

[@orbaitv5991]

@@shriramr4593 80% of the most popular games in history, are woke and have left ideals. Almost all of the GOTY winners are woke. BG3, the most popular game of last year, has everything you chuds whine about. Also there is nothing wrong about being woke.

[@crowclaw]

Glad you're finally allowed to talk about Avowed. I'm kinda resenting the day where Obsidian are sent into the Fallout mines, these smaller projects like Grounded and Pentiment turned out pretty good and felt like 60% of Microsoft release catalog, rather than the big projects that other studios were pushing back or releasing in a broken state.

[@Bloodynine606]

Fallout mines? Sounds good then we might get a good Fallout game.

[@Amocoru]

Shill up at it again.

[@bcz1368]

Ill pass. I was interested in this game but when a major lead goes off on social media acting unprofessional and being rude to ppl (idc who started the argument, we r supposed to be adults) I am less likely wanting to fork over $60-70 for a game (or signing up for a subscription service) when I have literally 1000s of games in my backlog that I need to get through. Im just sick of everyone being dicks to each other. My children act more mature. If someone wants to convince me to part with my money for their product then they need to act professional doing so.

[@NoraTsukyoEchoes]

Thank you😊 I feel the same way but I was so angry, I can't explain it to myself. Thanks you very much.😊

[@eisstirn2319]

Oh no he was insulting to your grifters? "Im just sick of everyone being dicks to each other"...please grow up. It's not like their side started the culture war.

[@habibi_py]

"idc who started the argument, we're supposed to be adults" Very ironic. Matt, the art director, urged POC people to send in their portfolio for career advice, and suddenly white people started brigading him, and as a reaction, he made fun of them, as every sane person would do. But I guess it's too much reading the threads yourself, and you'd rather believe some rage-bait grifters, instead of using your own eyes and head for once.

[@bcz1368]

@@eisstirn2319 Are they not the ones who want me to spend my money on their product? They want from me, not I from them. I am the customer and they are the seller. Business 101

[@bcz1368]

@@habibi_py Where in my statement was I talking about that one specific post? Its not about one post....its about the lot of them. Its the sum of many. You shouldn't make assumptions about other ppl you don't know, that's no better than the ppl who literally think everything is "woke". And yes I've read the threads. He should have ignored the online blow back and kept his mouth shut as well as blocked the ppl who took the trolling too far. He is a lead with a major expensive product coming out in just a few months. He should act professional. I don't watch just the rage baiters, if I did I wouldn't be on skillups channel, angryjoes channel, or last stand medias channel. I don't take sides with this silly culture war because both sides are idiotic. They both have horrible talking points that make too many assumptions of the other side and people.

[@zedekai9456]

15:43 "Wheel choice"

[@crabbypatty10fefrefe]

But, I CANNOT recommend Matt Hansen. Lol Clown.

[@khalduras784]

I dont understand your animations and cinematography praise. It looks worse than veilguard and you bashed that one

[@lightness7670]

he is called shill up for a reason

[@dr_diddy]

@@lightness7670 he's only called a shill when people disagree with him, when he shits on a game they also hate he is suddenly gods favourite reviewer and can do no wrong 😭 gamers: I hate agenda pushing gamers:

[@zeddwulfen7737]

@@dr_diddy No he's called shill up because he blatantly does not do his homework and reviews stuff from woke nuts who are also blatantly racist instead of giving it a hard pass. No there is no excuse.

[@lightness7670]

@@dr_diddy he has been called shill up for ages, a broken clock can be right twice a day.

[@habibi_py]

Because Obsidian is not a triple A dev, and Bioware is. I don't know, you tell me why you can't use your own brain.

[@Wampa842]

"Avowed will exceed your expectations." "Cyberpunk will not only meet but exceed expectations." Notice the similarities?

[@jerm5466]

Tbf cyberpunk eventually did, just 3 years after his review

[@Xanderman]

Game director is off the rocker.

[@j-rleamen402]

It's the ART director, for Christ's sake! If you're gonna throw a juvenile hissy fit over affirmative action, at least get THAT right!

[@lukew6725]

@@j-rleamen402 Racism is fine when it's against white people. 🤓

[@SquidGains]

​@j-rleamen402 What hissy fit? The art director is unhinged and angry at specific demographics. It's just weird.

[@cytokinestorm3074]

​@j-rleamen402 affirmative action? It's quite literally racism, in multiple different ways. Isnt racism what everyone has been so upset about?

[@eisstirn2319]

@@SquidGains "unhinged", bro who did you get that opinion from? Grummz?

[@JanitorScruffy]

"My face is tired"

[@crazycatlady2744]

I'm not sure we're looking at the same game here, the characters look generic and unappealing. It's a huge red flag that the company won't let you show any footage of the character creator, given how much of a selling point character creators are in RPGs; I can only assume that the character creator is awful enough that they know it'll hurt sales if we see it. I really don't get why companies decide to go for this form of hyper-realism where everyone looks so un-distinctive, especially in what's meant to be a whimsical fantasy game.

[@thedudebryan98]

"Detailed facial animations" "expressive" yeah idk about that. Voice is expressive but not the faces

[@sternencolonel7328]

uhhh, sorry but this doenst look good, the combat for example looks very robotic

[@silvershroud6263]

You gotta play it

[@ronuss]

there plenty of games that look bad but feel fun to play.

[@vishnuviswanathan4763]

ya, that why it is not movie.

[@AirDrifter77]

He has to spend money to play it as well, not every game has to be played to be able to tell if it's bad or not, sometimes it's just knowing from your own experiences in gaming if a game looks bad

[@vishnuviswanathan4763]

@@AirDrifter77 L take since refund exist.

[@therandom802]

I'm not sure if want to pay $70 for 20-30 hours of this. I will have to wait for a sale.

[@GravSh4rk]

I think it's on gamepass

[@bustanut5501]

@@GravSh4rk It is. Day 1 even.

[@therandom802]

Perfect. I will pay $15, and either be pleased with a good game, or far less disappointed with a "meh" game.

[@ponli7532]

Chris Avellone , the co-founder of Obsidian and who made Obsidian what it is, or rather what it was, is encouraging people to file lawsuits against it , tells me all I need to know about what the decaying husk Obsidian has become.

[@martinholt7229]

Specifically people who believe they may have been turned down for a job because of openly racist hiring practices at Obsidian. Apparently they hate white men over there.

[@DaSneakyAzn]

Weird... Skill Up is denied early access to reviewing a game: Gives an upfront, honest critique of the game. Skill Up is granted early access while abiding by biased guidelines: Hides problematic portions of the game in order to shill for the developers. Crazy times we live in.

[@zentonil]

What are the problematic portions of the game? You had early access?

[@boogiebam7104]

​@@zentonilI just found out about this game but one of the Devs started a race war online against white people. Game is obsessed with pronouns and all the women look uh... Well There's a strong left ideology behind the game. DEI hires. Devs not allowing reviewers to talk about this stuff by making them hide the gender options at the start. And seems like this is the new punching bag with all the drama going on online. Steam added the LGBTQ+ and diverse tags making people realise what kind of game this is. I like fun games. I also have played all obsidian games since new vagas. Didn't know this was them but idk I can't trust games that do this. It doesn't resonate with me

[@zentonil]

@ Who are the DEI hires? Be specific. The CEO is white, the studio design leader who directed New Vegas is white. The game director is white. How is a game obsessed with pronouns? Because you’re worried it will let you choose them?

[@boogiebam7104]

@@zentonil I just found out about this game so I'm doing my best to answer your question through my own investigation. I'm not going to debate you on this. Since if you like this kind of thing I'm not here to change your mind. Just that this thing is a problem for people who disagree with these politics in video games To answer your question one of the directors themselves is on a quest to make white people lose their jobs in the company which is racist and illegal (again not debatable) it shows either this is an acho chamber in the studio or a mission of his. Tons of older obsidian Devs lost their jobs and have been replaced. Hire all people on what they can do that's all I'm saying. God I wish this game is good but I'm not supporting them if it has such a modern fad activist hivemind behind it. I'm not going to support people that despise my race

[@drunkenhobo8020]

​@@boogiebam7104 Please remember this isn't "left". It's capitalism through and through baby.

[@DerdOn0ner]

We all know how Veilguard turned out to be after all those positive previews 😂 I’m not holding my breath here

[@jalka4719]

look at the bot, he is furious that the game is great. and his favorite elon musk was humiliated by the developers😂

[@DerdOn0ner]

@@jalka4719you totally owned me 😮

[@SquidGains]

​@jalka4719 It's not a tribal thing and people can dislike something without mass generalizations. That being said, I saw few things the art director posts and I'm just wondering tf is wrong with him. That's one angry and hateful fella.

[@MattR8605]

@@jalka4719 Humiliated? "Haha I wanted him to be mad" is in no way humiliation.

[@habibi_py]

You mean a fun and entertaining game with a lot of nuance in its story? Hell yeah.

[@Jayj0214]

Game is has pronouns and art director revealed it’s woke …Definitely identify as Non-Buynary on this one

[@jojofoofoo4427]

Omg really?

[@Jayj0214]

@ yup he publicly said he wants to piss off Elon musk with the game being woke 🤷‍♂️…don’t understand why there is activism in video games

[@jojofoofoo4427]

Ah, Elon isn't even a white american so I agree it's racist, that's unfortunate

[@halcyon6098]

​@@jojofoofoo4427who's Elon?

[@DrMojojo]

Canceled my pre order since creators decided to get political and hate on people. Looks good though!!

[@SawdEndymon]

Touch some grass

[@SimonHergott]

@@SawdEndymon You keep replying to people with this. You're a they them aren't you?

[@NoraTsukyoEchoes]

I think that if we want to change game industry, we must buy game without political things in it.