Avowed - We Got a Lot More to Talk About... (Upcoming "RPG")

[@WolfheartFPS]

🔴CORRECTION: Pillars 1 takes place in the Dyrwood not the Aedyran Empire (I only played 2, which is one of my fav crpgs) Appreciate you all watching. Will be covering this one closely up to its release & beyond. As of now I am still still excited but I did have to temper my expectations a from before. I think as of now it's better to get into the mindset of this game being a "light" perhaps more casual rpg experience, but if we get more than that then all the better! . Think Outerworlds instead of Skyrim. Support the channel: 🔽🙏 🐺 Become a Member - kzbin.info/door/i3RdvCWYMzdF-iUgG_0xLQjoin 🔴 Join the Patreon - www.patreon.com/WolfheartFPS 🔵 DISCORD - discord.gg/HEvSdNZ ________________________ 🎮GOG Affiliate Link - af.gog.com/partner/Wolfheartfps?as=1676346721 NOTE* Any game purchased even if not on my personal GOG partner page will support the channel (up to 7 days after clicking the link) 👕 Wolf Apparel Store - wolf-apparel-7.creator-spring.com ________________________ Socials - 🐦 Twitter - twitter.com/wolfheartfps 🟪 Instagram - instagram.com/wolfheartfps

[@Baraz_Red]

That.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

You should definitely play the first game.

[@chrismeandyou]

Dark Messiah proved a very long time ago that 1st person melee can be great. console kids cry when they don't get their 3rd person they are used to. Look at the 1st person mod for Elden Ring. I plan to use it when I reinstall for the DLC.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

@@chrismeandyou Absolutely but Avowed hopefully does at least have an FOV slider. The Outer Worlds made me feel nauseous due the FOV and other settings.

[@tihonannenkov4114]

You didn't play PoE1?! In my opinion, it's atmosphere and story is better than 1's.

[@-drosshole-7439]

1:17 Pillars 1 took place in the Dyrwood, not the Aedryan Empire, just FYI. Love the channel!

[@WolfheartFPS]

CRAP. Thank you! I still have yet to play 1. Deadfire was phenomenal.

[@entropy6e]

​@@WolfheartFPSWHY did u skip Pillars 1?!

[@Crippledsteel]

@@entropy6e I gave it a shot but dread fire adding turn based mode really spoiled me

[@entropy6e]

@Crippledsteel yeah the systems are better in 2, but I prefer starting with 1, it seems insane to skip straight to 2, u miss SO much. It'd be like skipping the 1st movie in a trilogy 🤯

[@Crippledsteel]

@@entropy6e true I plan on it now just got play around with the auto pause settings some but luckily the console version has a save builder where you go over events that have lasting changes and read the context

[@szymond2302]

Avowed reminds me of Outer Worlds (another Obdisidian game), which was fine, but only fine. I don't have high expectations but if the game turns out great i will definately buy it. I recently check out Tainted Grail and I have to say that combat system needs a lot work. It feels worse than Skyrim and TESV was released 12 years ago. Despite great dark atmosphere first person combat system is crucial in these type of games. Chivalry II and Mordhau do it great and these games didn't have high budget, so developers surely can achieve it. I recall Tainted Grail because combat looked decent in videos, however after giving it a try i have to admit it needs some polish (especially because it's polish game). Avowed gameplay gives me similar vibes so I'm not that excited but I wish Obsidian good luck

[@Choteron3]

Love Pillars of eternity games but after the avowed gameplays they showed, my excitement for this one is totally gone. Hope it turns out good

[@WolfheartFPS]

I can understand that as a crpg fan. Pillars 2 was phenomenal! I don't think this one is being made as much for the crpg fan base in partiuclar as it is for the larger rpg market.

[@christopherr.561]

Mine isn’t totally gone but it has certainly gone down.

[@ArminiusSage]

@@WolfheartFPSPOE2 is my favorite crpg of all time, despite the hate it’s received, I’ve put in over 1500 hundred hours and had multiple play throughs. Personally I’m excited to come back to eora. Even if it’s from a different point of view. I just hope Avowed keeps the same quality of the story being told and the dialogue there within. Maybe by the time I beat avowed; rogue trader will be ready to come back to. Cough cough.

[@haraxA]

looks like VR game

[@pmpdaddyt1218]

The best part of Pillars was the writing and the world. Both of which are still there, so the only thing is the graphics, which is fine if the story is dope

[@minimcune]

Also, in a world where Elden Ring: exists, how on earth could this be anywhere near enjoyable or satisfying?

[@AndrewRyan-zv7zb]

Because elden ring is an entirely different genre of game and these two audiences dont necessarily overlap.

[@trengilly01]

I love the idea of Avowed . . . but just wish there was a 3rd person option. 1st person is pretty much a no-go for me. I invariable get motion sickness in 1st person and I find it takes me out of character. I don't like to 'self-insert' and instead like to role play a character and want to see them.

[@fynnh5459]

Same. I can't even watch videos of first person games without getting sick.

[@AliIKarimi]

I love Obsidian, and I love Pillars. I love Obsidian and Pillars more than I love Larian and BG3. But this does not look good, I can't tell if I'm more worried for Avowed or for Obsidian.

[@viceiceman85]

Everything they release lately about this game has looked lackluster to say the least...Definity waiting for reviews to come out before I even think of spending my time / buying this. Such as hearing that your companions won't even care about whatever decisions you make..oof inded if true!

[@kvothe5026]

Damn, I missed getting hyped for a game while watching Wolf, I still find it unbelievable that BG3 is out.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Let's hope that Larian throws us a bone at some point this year in regards to their next game

[@Suzanne_sf]

Hi Wolf! This game reminds me of Morrowind, It also looks like we have to hunt dragonborn/kobold type of beings. The animation is beautiful, a huge step up from Morrowind & less cardboard than you would see in a Bethesda game. However, it looks like there's no map. I'm going to totally get lost in the game. Lol!

[@ScytheNoire]

I play Obsidian games for the entertaining stories, and so far they haven't shown us that. It has made me less excited for the game.

[@geraltgrey-mane695]

From what I have seen thus far, I am 100% going only wands & Magic. If the wands isnt per use etc 13x then breaks, instead of unlimted casts :D

[@mystere1357]

Really worried about this one really hope im wrong as i loved there other games looks like this is a sale title.

[@Braven-j7m]

not looking like anything special so far, hope its not going to be another starfield

[@vinince]

Hm not really hyped for this one. But who knows.

[@Izthefaithful]

I’ll definitely play it and check it out. I do understand criticism for the game and it’s ok But I also think people complain too much

[@hah-vj7hc]

When Obsidian makes another RPG, you bet I'm excited. I haven't liked all of them, but some of them are among the greatest

[@BigBADSTUFF69]

this is their first big release since microsoft bought them. we will see! Looks good so far

[@hah-vj7hc]

Ok, I'm a little less excited now@@BigBADSTUFF69

[@Xoxo.TheAuthor]

Thank you for another amazing video Wolf! ❤

[@WolfheartFPS]

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[@Nighthearted]

There are sources mentioning third person perspective is actually gonna be in the game (Gamer Rant for one). But all they've shown so far is this annoying first person camera. Did they officially confirm it's not gonna have a toggle?

[@MindDiet101]

This looks like it should have come out a decade ago… I’m a little bit concerned with this one. Are people liking Enshrouded?

[@WolfheartFPS]

I am enjoying Enshrouded. Nothing too special but fun for a fantasy survival in early access.

[@T3hIluvatar]

I don't really subscribe that every new game has to have more and more realistic graphics, I prefer if the design is solid and immersive whatever the art style.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Same

[@CrazyxEnigma]

I was one of those dumb kids that mocked Wind Waker for its cartoony design. Lo and behold what game from that era has visuals that have aged well? Wind Waker.

[@thisiskitta]

People really get confused with this discussion. It’s not about realistic graphics and top notch technology; it’s about aesthetics aka what visually contributes to the atmosphere of the game. They did a 180 post announcement trailer and it’s what is causing so much conflict with people. They saw that trailer and that’s the atmosphere they liked and wanted but for some reason we don’t know, internally they changed that completely. The only thing that ties it together is being fantasy and flashy spell effects. Can’t blame people for having different tastes in aesthetics. I like varied styles but I wanted avowed to be a dark fantasy rather than a poppy one. It’s silly to act like that is invalid criticism when you could make or break some games by changing their chosen style. There are a lot of good games which if you gave them my little pony style would plunder just because of style even though the bones remained the same. That’s just reality.

[@cam-the-bassist]

Weird to me how people so often jump to criticise graphics - I'll take a stylised, immersive world over high graphical fidelity any day.

[@luckyhomestead]

It looks like old Xbox game unfortunately. And more importantly trailer was not interesting at all. And game style.... I think I will just shut up at this moment...

[@johnyoungerman1857]

Thanks for the video and thoughts as always. Boy, at least for me, this looks and sounds rather disapointing. Guess it is time to remove it from my wishlist. Oh well. Peace

[@WolfheartFPS]

Can understand that John. Thanks!

[@entropy6e]

Art style is fine. Now, lack of ANY classes and only human and elf to choose from!? THAT'S a deal-breaker.

[@Crippledsteel]

Same elves and humans tend to be mu lwast favorite options in rpgs just to vanilla I like godlike too but I loved playing the Aumaua nothing really deep to it either just my favorite race extremely bummed I can't play as one in this

[@volknasty5880]

Outer Worlds was a letdown. The movement, shooting, land traversal was sub par. Story was good, NCP's good , to great. Exploration was bad because I would always get caught in world geometry and had to restart. This games only hope is that Obsidian doesn't rush it out the door. A no class system is also something I 'm not a big fan of. Yes, I understand Skyrim did it, but I didn't like that either.

[@WolfheartFPS]

I plan on checking it out sometime before Avowed comes out so I can participate in that discussion.

[@volknasty5880]

@@WolfheartFPS The beginning is pretty great. Progression peters out mid to late game. You'll have a solid 7.0 experience.

[@WolfheartFPS]

roger that @@volknasty5880

[@Itchy-Pixel]

As a huge fans of Pillars I was really looking forward to this game when it was first announced, sadly the more I have seen the more generic it seems to me and I am pretty sceptical about it now. I really hope I am proved wrong but if what they have shown so far is what is intending us to get excited about the game then I am very concerned.

[@demonbox7780]

The feeling I keep getting is a fantasy The Outer Worlds, nice game, but not one I played a ton, finished once (pretty fast) and never touched it again.

[@WolfheartFPS]

I think that is probably the right feeling to have as of now.

[@BlackWipeout]

First person works only with guns for me. I see the same problem here, you always having this feeling "that we hit in the void" Hack 'n' slash in first-person view... not for me. i have a very bad feeling for this game, i more hyped for Dragon's Dogma 2

[@rhodan74]

POE1+2 had the amazing setting/lore and intricate class/buff/debuff system and some other neat little mechanics like faction/companion approval. They cut alot of corners to make those elements really shine. Avowed tries to do something completely different but sofar I fail to see what stands out. They gotta have something to hook you / sell you their vision. Outer Worlds had the whacky corporate setting and ludicrious guns. This just looks like Eora light. And I don't mean the artstyle, I don't care about the looks. But IF I am going first person and simplify the combat system THAT much, you gotta give me something else to care about. Like a really, really dense map and/or really, really good quests/dialogues.........I'm just bummed out because I can't make my dreams of a first-person Cipher a reality :(

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

I do worry about the lack of Classes. It potentially means no Cipher, Chanter, Druid and Rangers, for example. So potentially no Animal Familiars, no Spiritshift, or any of the Chanter and Cipher abilities and spells. I do hope we do get them though. I'd be a bit happier if we did. Also being limited to human or elf characters, plus only 2 companions at a time (and presumably not being able to control them easily) is also a bit disappointing.

[@theobell2002]

2 companions are totally fine in an action game.

[@sonjaR2]

I'm just not excited for this one, and every time news is released I become even less interested than I already am. They're restricting our choices of race, going classless and there will be no companion approval system. If I want to play Skyrim, I'll choose my heavily-modded version over Skyrim-lite, and if I want a great story with well-written characters, I'll opt for games like BG3, Pillars of Eternity 1/2 etc. Meanwhile if I want an ARPG, I'll look to Cyberpunk and the newly updated Witcher 3, or, Hell, even heavily-modded FO4. We'll see... maybe Avowed will be a pleasant surprise, and I hope that is the case, but.. at this point, I just can't see anything there that might engage me. It looks like they're trying to be all things to all people, without really excelling in any one area.

[@WolfheartFPS]

The race news was definitely a let down. The way I am staying excited for this one is by viewing it as a casual light rpg. If we get more than that then that will be great. If not I hope it turns out to be a fun short term experience.

[@sonjaR2]

@@WolfheartFPS Fair enough, and, truth be told, occasionally light, casual RPGs that don't demand much from the player certainly fulfil a particular mood, or situation. Just over a week ago, I went through something pretty terrible, and I needed a game to distract me, but that didn't require me to do much more than be along for the ride... Perhaps a more extreme example, but yes.. I do get what you are saying. :)

[@WolfheartFPS]

​@@sonjaR2hope whatever that terrible thing is got better for you!

[@Louistocco]

I'll get it, for sure. BUT POE3 'd be MUCH better imo.

[@pythonxz]

Well, won't it be nice to know that if Avowed does horribly, we may never see Pillars 3?

[@royconestoga7326]

No 3rd person option is a mistake.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Would have been nice to at least see our character at times!

[@ungabungacaveman9021]

My issue is that it looks like the outter worlds and the outterworlds was aggressively mediocre. I didn’t hate the outterworlds I just didn’t enjoy it at all.

[@vaeloreonari7516]

Obsidian started off by showing a game I was going to get lost in, now I see that I was right to be skeptical. I already own The Outer Worlds, and I stopped playing that before I even finished the first full map.

[@wakeup3843]

For a game supposedly releasing this year the studio has been strangely not showing a lot. I get the feeling the devs don’t really want to release this year. We shall see if their corporate over lords force the release. My opinion is this game needs to cook more. It’s not just a graphics issue. Obsidian is not known for strong fighting mechanics but for solid RPG. The problem is for whatever reason they chose to focus on fighting mechanics in their game play…..why? Why wouldn’t you lead with the RPG stuff….that’s the red flag to me.

[@ShannonRochon]

I'm most concerned about hit impact...right now, there just doesn't feel like there is any. Hopefully they tweak that. I have a feeling the RPG aspect will indeed be 'light', which affects my excitement. I'm not much of a FPS gal without the RPG going along with it. I'll definitely watch you play, though...:)

[@DarlinaLTesh]

Was super hyped when that reveal trailer dropped.... after seeing the gameplay and actual graphics, tho... no more interest ._. Had high hopes for a new "Skyrim", but this isn't it unfortunately.

[@jspsj0]

They had a fantastic Crpg. If they kept the game as a Crpg they would be in a perfect position to capitalize on the BG3 hype. Instead, this game looks like poor man Skyrim.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Well it's not like four to five years ago they could've looked into a crystal ball and saw BG3 raking in millions of dollars. Pillars 2 flopped so they moved away from CRPGs and got bought by Microsoft. Maybe we'll get another CRPG from them one day.

[@minimcune]

Can’t even express how absolutely mid this looks. Poe and poe2 were incredible. To follow them up with some generic, pandering fantasy for the masses is so disappointing. I get it, they were tough, dense games. But this? This is what High GI low fibre white bread looks like if it was a game.

[@PedroFerreira-ne3jv]

Really minor nitpick but God I hate the UI. It looks straight up taken from final fantasy or any generic JRPG

[@callisto537]

To put it mildly it’s dogsh!t, but who cares because dragons dogma 2 is being released in March

[@christopherr.561]

There is a lot of not that important, not the best, not ground breaking and I agree on all those. I think it looks limited in scope and production value. However that doesn’t mean it won’t be fun but this is not the game I was hoping for if I am being honest. To me it looks like when they started they had a different budget and game in mind and this is what they settled on. Way scaled back. As a huge Pillars fan and backer I will be following it closely but my expectations and to some extent my excitement has been reduced.

[@deputyswine]

I'm a big fan of poe 1 & 2 as well. I was really looking forward to avowed so i could explore the world in first person. After this gameplay, I am just kinda meh about it. I do hope it is a really fun world to explore but like you, my expectations have definitely been reduced :(

[@TheRIkkyP]

The trailers for this game have thrown up lots and lots of red flags. It looks terribly generic and extremely under developed from the presentations we have seen. Maybe it will turn out to be spectacular somehow but I just can’t see that happening.

[@VladTheBreaker]

So far what I’m seeing looks like a lazy low quality harry potter fantasy game.

[@whama7998]

I'm so so disappointed with the way this looks to be panning out. Just seems to be a fantasy version of outer worlds, which was a massive disappointment itself

[@chaddtyler4076]

Outer Worlds was a game I didn’t know existed, until I bought it essentially. I enjoyed it, although it felt rather short. What were the reasons the community felt it was disappointing, if you don’t mind me asking?

[@Highonskooma]

At least we expect it to be average so if it’s really good or really bad we won’t be to disappointed

[@AndrewRyan-zv7zb]

​@@chaddtyler4076 i enjoyed it immensely. New Vegas is my favorite game ever, i think it might be for a lot of people, but honestly i think people just had too high of expectations. OW is a solid 6 or 7, but since it wasn't as deep and rich as NV a lot of people get salty and extra critical of its flaws. Which I'll even say are numerous.

[@1Enkidu]

I'm indeed disappointed of that bright-coloured "Oceanian" look. Will give it a chance though, cause I like Obsidian.

[@Falcons8455]

it feels like almost no game devs are equipped to make first person rpgs better than crpgs. Moving a crpg to an rpg seems to lose a lot of the soul

[@adoringfan1226]

Pillars is the only reason I have any interest in this. Would just prefer pillars 3

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

Yeah, I WAS excited for this... until they released the gameplay.. No class growth, party mechanics, and deep rpg mechanics from PoE??! Losing interest fast, especially considering how shallow Outer Worlds was And those spells look pretty bad. The entangled looks 30 years old, and the purple bolt looked like it shot out of your "manhood"! This will be just a first person adventure game, unfortunately

[@BlodofUlfhednar]

Appreciate the content, but this didn't really change the feelings I have. Over the last several years, I think we have all had it proven that nothing should be trusted until the public has its collective hands-on time when the game launches. Only true test and information that can be trusted is such aggregated and disseminated. I'm beyond tired of BS hype and prop up of anything only for it to be shite upon release. I'd say Larian and BG3 are an exception, not a rule, and a rare one at that.

[@ilgiallo0]

No classes , no romance , elder scroll online style of gameplay (2010 old style) , ye i'm not a fan even if i loved eora . Will probabily just watch some story recap on yt

[@grimmjow0106]

I hope you and anyone else playing this game Have a good time with it Wolf. I personally have no interest in this game. My interest started declining after that initial reveal when they started showing more of what I would call this new direction and design. It just looks like a mobile game to me and the fantasy desire comes across disingenuously… Again for me. Plus, I don’t like the idea of these combat Warzone loadouts that they are implementing, which comes across clearly for that trend chasing element in my opinion, but to each their own . So anyway, this is a big pass for me, but appreciate the video and hope you have a good time with it my man 👍

[@christopherr.561]

Yeah my excitement for this game has certainly declined as they pivoted. I will probably eventually get it but it went from must buy to probably one day

[@NDK0]

Not very likely, but I will wish for PoE 3 until I am no more.

[@RM_3D]

Pillar had the more gritty realism compared to divinity and bg3 but now they sorta went cartoony and doesn't have the same atmosphere as the pillars game which is a shame. This is the same universe where babies were born without souls

[@MidEastBeast99]

I can see that opinion for sure. Although it feels more like this could be a limitation of the graphic engine they use too. To play devils advocate they are in one of the most colorful continents in that world.

[@tihonannenkov4114]

@@MidEastBeast99 it was most definitely a design choice. I think they might have received a lot of criticism that PoE1 was too dark? In general, I enjoyed PoE1 atmosphere a lot more.

[@TheBurningcage27]

Well pillars 1 had a more gritty look. But pillars 2? Very vibrant very colorful more 'cartoony'. You only see avowed as that way cause of the perspective change

[@buckets3628]

The Living Lands is described as a bright, vibrant, and lush in Pillars 1 and 2. It would be a shame if it did have the same atmosphere as the pillars game which took place in very different places.

[@Grumpy_Hobbit]

"People love this game so lets make a first person RPG" "That sounds great" "We need to change how the game works though so that the skills and abilities work totally different" "Can't we just make the game with the same designs but in first person?" "Of course not. No one takes an already working system and translates it as accurately as possible. You have to completely change it and alienate the existing player base and then blame them when the game doesn't meet expectations"

[@dragonriderabens9761]

Lmfao, what player base are they alienating?

[@ShannonRochon]

​@dragonriderabens9761 The Pillars base. There are many, many people who loved the first two games.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

If they started pre production for this after BG3 this might've been a CRPG. Pillars 2 was a big ole flop early on and that fact did a number on Josh Sawyer from what I remember from back then. It's a big reason why they moved away from CRPGs. It's made profit now though so that's good so maybe we'll get another CRPG from Obsidian at some point.

[@Grumpy_Hobbit]

@@dragonriderabens9761 Errr....are you not aware of the 2 games and the world Avowed is being set in and is based on? If not then that would explain such an ignorant question but it's best not to broadcast such ignorance.

[@WolfheartFPS]

I was about to type out something similar to what crazyxenigma said. Let's hope Obsidian may consider going back to crpgs (or at least more hardcore rpgs) at some point now that Bg3 has come out.@@CrazyxEnigma

[@Abracadaniels]

Saying they made combat similar to Vermintide is a straight up insult to those games. This looks boring, slow, floaty and cartoonish design. Nothing to do with Pillars 1 and 2, dark fantasy style.

[@angryheathen3463]

It just looks very meh to me. Neither great or bad. One of those games that will probably fall off my radar due to lack of excitement

[@Sylentmana]

Another streamlined Bethesda style mass of sludge.

[@jaxonfreeman1756]

At first I thought I was looking at Palworld. Gotta say, for me, I dislike the aesthetic of the game. Not excited enough to buy on day 1 but will wait for the reviews to come in.

[@Shadow.Dragon]

Wolf, thanks for the update video on Avowed! I've been tracking this game since it was announced. I love PoE 1 and 2. And while Avowed will not be PoE 3, I do hope it is a fun game set in the PoE universe!

[@sakarakit5835]

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[@WolfheartFPS]

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[@ArminiusSage]

Skol

[@tobiasL1991]

The world and graphics to me actually look fine, more than fine, some of the location look very intrigueing, it's just everything around it, the flow of combat, the lack of deep RPG elements, the fact that after The Outer Worlds I will forever have serious doubts about any future writing from Obisidian. The fact they only made two playable races, two! Flipping two! That's like BG3 having two races, that's how astoundingly bad that is! Two!! There better be dozen different builds, all the classes in skill trees from the Pillars games into this game, cipher, chanter, those unique ones for sure, but I have literally zero faith that's the case.

[@drachenfeles]

stylized for performance sake? hardly, it has not technical merit to say that, bad shader can show checkers and still be costly, it's more like, streamline lazy, cause stylized is easier and faster, no need to setup stuff properly or pay attention to details

[@WolfheartFPS]

I did not say it was stylized for performance sake. I simply said one benefit of lower pixel graphics is that these types of games tend to run better as they require less PC resources.

[@thesongoflunch]

Just looking at the gameplay it appears like it's going to be a generic mediocre click click kill open world game. Really not trying to be a hater, I'd really love for them to make a transition for the PoE world a success.

[@legitdragon6202]

Yeah see what comes of it I guess but honestly looked a bit underwhelming IMO so far.

[@RandomGuy010]

Combat doesn't look any weightier than Dark Messiah; A good game, especially for it's time, but we've had games like Dark Souls upping the bar significantly since.

[@Deadknight67]

I really liked PoE 1 but I never got into PoE2 even after trying multiple time, I always reach stop in the middle of Neketaka. The game's main plot always seem to feel so secondary and unappealing to me (the gods kinda force you into it but never felt involved even if he supposedly killed you it all happens offscreen so I never felt compelled to pursue that goal.) With a different Game Director on Avowed I hope it would shake things up.

[@AleksiJoensuu]

Murdering Xaurips in cartoon colour environments just feels a little grotesque. They're so small, some of them in the video are unarmed, and there you are like you're Anakin with a lightsaber in the Tusken Raider camp or going all Grindelwald with a wand and Avada Kedavra on the little guys. They just run around and then keel over sadly and curl up.

[@MrPowow]

I lost a lot of hype after seeing beyond the teaser. Combat looks weak. Conversation system looks weak Enemies look generic and kiddish I get feeling Microsoft forced the creatiion of a type of game obsidian had no interest in making. Microsoft wants them to copy bethesda i guess so bethesda can continue live service. I was expecting obsidian to make a larian type leap. This cant be the obsidian A team. This has B team written all over it. Is this the best a Microsoft buy out can achieve? Microsoft doesnt let developers have creative freedom. You have to stay within thier parameters. I have hope obsidian can overcome the Microsoft handicap. This game is made for new players. They set it in pilliars world to attract obsidians real fans.

[@keynanvarnado7592]

The strength of Pillars 1 and 2 were the worldbuilding and story. I can look past lame art direction and Skyrim knock off combat so long as those 2 elements stay strong. But it's been a while now since Obsidian has put something out with a good story behind it.

[@AntwKats]

Unfortunate First person (only) RPG doesnt cut with me , which is a shame cause i really like obsidian , oh well ... at least theres not shortage of RPG's nowdays

[@tomasburnes8600]

Im honestly embarrassed for them that they even showed this. I was looking forward to this, and to a degree still am. But the footage they showed was extremely off putting.

[@JeannieLove]

The animations at least look better than Bethesda's rpgs. I'd probably play it if it had a third person option. The only first person games I really play is the Borderlands series.

[@Th1sUsernameIsNotTaken]

In terms of people complaining about graphics, just look at Palworlds. Graphically it's not good at all. But the gameplay itself is what makes it so engaging and fun. Games have been going the route of "Shiny over quality gameplay" for ages now, and it's a reason QUALITY gameplay recently has been outshining the "shiny" games. Dark and Darker is another example of this.

[@Terronage]

I went from knowing nothing about this game to being underwhelmed by the little I know now. I hope something cool is eventually revealed to pull me in.

[@harrybroaddus846]

Interesting, I'll wait and see. Still hooked into BG3 and Skyrim with mods.

[@Izthefaithful]

Yeah Skyrim with mods is addictive lol

[@derella]

The lack of classes is very disappointing. Will there even be character creation? Can we choose races, gender, appearance? God I wish this was PoE 3 instead.

[@ageup7493]

After amazing experiences like Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3, this game doesn’t seem to be worth $70 so far. Is good to know it will be on gamepass, i love RPGs and i will definitely try this.

[@theobell2002]

I'm more excited about this than Elden Ring.

[@cruzthesasquatch]

Well, the combat looks better than skyrims at least. Not gonna get too hyped

[@monderdayplaneteer]

It seems aight. I'm not hating it, but I'll definitely simmer my excitement and expectations.

[@adamaccountname]

I'm hoping it's more open than outer worlds is, which seems to be what they've modelled animation/graphics after. It just needs enough freedom to let people explore their own solutions to encounters and I'll be happy if magic is varied like it appears to be

[@Ejohns1004]

Its seems to me that Microsoft bought Obsidian and told them to make Bethesda games, which they immediately started doing. Then after years of fighting with world governments Microsoft bought actual Bethesda and told them to make Bethesda games. I don't want this to happen at all, but don't be surprised if Microsoft closes Obsidian if Avowed's sales don't blow the executives out of the water, because Obsidian is redundant now that they have Bethesda.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Don't remember the exact dates but I don't think a year passed between Obsidian and Bethesda getting bought up by Microsoft.

[@johnnyb529]

This really feels like you are getting paid by Obsidian for promoting this game, downplaying all the crticism.

[@WolfheartFPS]

Well your feelings are coming from ignorance on how sponsorships work. Why not just criticize what I downplayed instead of going conspiracy theory? Then we could have a discussion.

[@Davier9999]

I don't mean any disrespect, but this is the kinda video I feel one was paid to do. If you compare this game to BG3 or Dragon's Dogma 2, avowed is by far the most generic and bland. Combat looks bad, the characters' dialogues looks like something from 2007 and the enemies' AI looks nonexistent. We have being playing excellent RPGs lately, but everything in this game, at least so far, looks subpar.

[@WolfheartFPS]

If it was paid for it would have been stated. Obsidian is not going to break the law, nor am I going to, nor would Obsidian trust that I would not rat them out and vice versa. Just because you disagree with someone doesn't mean something was paid for my friend! With that said if you watched the video and listened to my words you would know that I am not praising this as the next huge rpg. The way I view it right now is as a "light rpg" not to be compared to Bg3 or DD2. I have my concerns about it, but I tend to stay optimistic about things. As a light fun outerworlds like arpg it looks decent to me & I am excited to run around Eora.

[@theobell2002]

@@WolfheartFPS DD2 is going to be a "light RPG" too.

[@ridethetiger9092]

Meh

[@gitarmats]

I like the art style. Combat looks decent so far, but the way it feels to play will be the biggest factor. I have the same hopes for the RPG mechanics. Hopefully it's properly fleshed out and feels more like an RPG than an action game.

[@iiell1337]

I prefer unique art styles over "realism" as I play games to escape reality.

[@thisiskitta]

It’s not art vs realism. This current style they chose is very generic. It has no personality.

[@chris_vp]

hahaha. the shame you must be feeling for thinking pillers of eternity 1 took place in the elf lands of the aedyran empire

[@WolfheartFPS]

I do feel shame 😭

[@gastonmannlicher8077]

Hope they add a 3rd person option.

[@ceno10101]

When I first saw the 3d FPS view in initial trailers, I was not excited. The fact that it is Obsidian is the only factor that makes me on the fence of trying it out, based on reviews when it releases.

[@connorwhite8790]

I think it's got potential. Obsidian, if anything, have previously made games with soms very interesting choices (Fallout New Vegas and The Outer Worlds at least) so i hope this is good... Love POE1&2 so hopefully this does them justice!

[@Chrupignat]

I'm cautiously optimistic about the game. I know that Obsidian puts an insane amount of effort into story. Sometimes it's great (Tyranny is awesome), sometimes it's just good (arguably Outer Worlds) but they never treat this aspect of their games like an unnecessary hassle. The issue of Avowed is that this game was in a kind of development hell and it went through couple iterations of very profound changes. I would also prefer darker themed game but if it's good then I'm happy. Especially if the RPG aspect is deeper and more meaningful than Fallout 3, 4 and 76. Fallout New Vegas was and still is incredibly good.

[@MrUploader14]

I actually like the art style i hate how many modern games look like their in dark mode and like the vivid colors. Graphics have never been important to me my top 4 games in 2023 are BG3 (obviously), Hi-Fi Rush, Caccon and lethal company. And only one of those is graphically impressive and i don't care about that i care kore about the: freedom of choice, interactive combat and amazing writing. The only thing i fear is that the only game she had heavy involvement outside if just writing was bade TOW and it's first dlc Peril on Gorgon. Both had solid B+ writing but their choice and consequences were severely lacking. Usually the player just getting a slap on the wrist or the choice being negagated by an obvious third option where everyone wins. Hopefully she took that to heart and we will see actual consequences to iur action IE lock us out of content for the choices we make.

[@thisiskitta]

Feels to me like a lot of people are too quick to defend Obsidian based on nostalgia. I don’t see why people would go so hard to defend or not be pessimistic about this game. What they’ve produced since New Vegas has been lacklustre each time. I think they are grandly overhyped as a studio and make average games. Nothing looks good enough here to me. Generic uninspiring art direction (away from a dark atmosphere that did look unique), clunky combat with no proper weight, frankly bad voice acting as of yet and the writing gave us NOTHING… absolutely nothing of interest, no class, the world looks bland & boring to me and I put a high importance to exploration in RPGs, 2 races, disappointing companion system… The only positives to me are spell effects and variety of weapons. Like where is the budget? The game direction overrall is not deserving of benefit of a doubt to me. Of course this is just a pre-release impression but I don’t see why they deserve more from me as many seem to push.

[@tihonannenkov4114]

If I will end up disappointed about this game, it will not be because of the visuals. THe writing, the story and the characters will be the deciding factor. In cRPGs, for me this is simply the way it goes. What I found the most disappointing in the gameplay video was the VA, which was just bland and didn't fit the character. This is not how I imagine a sharp-toothed huge blue guy to sound.

[@Kill3dge]

Problem with this game is... Dark Messiah exists, and Avowed sholud take as much as it can from this game and add "new things" on top of it. For now combat looks bad, like a next iteration of Skyrim combat, no weapon feeling, no hit reaction, no physics...

[@cardassa]

Honestly, I liked Pillars but not enough where it jumps to my mind when thinking about Obsidian's latest and greatest. I like the first game mostly for the old school CRPG gameplay but the wrold and lore didn't grab me. The second game even less so as the companions and characters felt a little tame and some of them felt like they were supposed to in different setting. So Avowed didn't really catch my eye when it was first announced and even less so as I see more gameplay. I only find first person POV "immersive" in shooters but for everything else I much prefer third person, especially when we are talking melee combat. I am also not that big of a fan of prequels as I would rather learn more about what happened to this world after the events of Pillars 2. I guess I will wait to see how it holds up at launch.

[@JT-ir6vw]

I'm sure the world setting, visuals, and story will all be top notch. I just hope they improve the impactfulness of combat because it comes across as muted and bland with what we've seen so far. The wand attacks look dainty, like harry potter casting a spell after he didn't get fed for a month. It just doesn't look like there is much reaction from being hit, either by the player or to the player. This might just be because of the first person perspective, but I hope they make improvements to it. Either way, I'm sure it will be a great game.

[@AnonAnon-c3b]

it looks terrible..