Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming February 18th

[Heroic Liberator]

Guess Infy's now getting paid by the thread))

 

[Fargus]

You have my permission to leave the thread. I'm pretty sure you can ignore it even!

You won't be troubled by Avowed news anymore.

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Avoided sounds like a better name for this turd.

 

[BrainMuncher]

You have my permission to leave the thread. I'm pretty sure you can ignore it even!

You won't be troubled by Avowed news anymore.

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The codex itself knows what's up

 

[PulsatingBrain]

You have my permission to leave the thread. I'm pretty sure you can ignore it even!

You won't be troubled by Avowed news anymore.

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Every one of those threads has the word Avowed in the title. If I didn't want to read about Avowed I would refrain from clicking any of them. As a matter of fact, this is the only Avowed thread I follow! Imagine that!

 

[Skinwalker]

You have my permission to leave the thread. I'm pretty sure you can ignore it even!

You won't be troubled by Avowed news anymore.

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Every one of those threads has the word Avowed in the title. If I didn't want to read about Avowed I would refrain from clicking any of them.

They are still troubling, and new ones pop up constantly without any need whatsoever, because it's obvious that this will be a turd and a flop worse than Vilefart.

 

[Tyranicon]

Staffs>Hands>Wands

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

It's interesting this guys not been fired yet and a public apology issued. Leadership at these companies are so fucking arrogant, really hoping this one doesn't sell at all like the last 8 woke games.

- safe space uninspired looking game.
- meh art style.
- no story to speak of as part of the marketing.
- pronouns w/ the buy our game you asshole bigot attitude.

why would you buy this garbage?

Hi! Here are some reasons that you might buy/play Avowed:

You're interested in the narrative and want to see what happens after PoE2: Deadfire.
The dialogue and writing are really well done.
Characters are interesting and the dialogue with them can strike a range of tones.
From what we've seen the game seems to respect your choices and, in turn, provide meaningful consequences to them.
The combat looks immersive, responsive, and overall has made really good impressions.
The game rewards exploration and the world seems dense with hand-crafted places to explore off the beaten path.
The game world has a unique art style not usually seen, and you jive with that.
Any other personal reason you may have to buy/play Avowed.

Here are some reasons you might not buy/play Avowed:

You're a loyal footsoldier on the front lines of the Culture War, and Pronouns are your D-Day.
The NPCs don't look as good as some other games.
You just don't like First-Person Perspective, and the TPP mode looks (understandably) janky.
You really just wanna stick it to Obsidian for one reason or another. Go get 'em Tiger!
You may be a lil' bit racist (or a lotta bit, you do you) and there's a brown person in the game.
The game world has a unique art style not usually seen, and you don't jive with that.
Any other personal reason you may have to not buy/play Avowed.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Chat-GPT.

I thought it was Infi.

 

[AwesomeButton]

They also look way too thin. The protag must've skipped arm day.

He is a wand user, I wish we could pretend that was a conscious design choice

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

You have my permission to leave the thread. I'm pretty sure you can ignore it even!

You won't be troubled by Avowed news anymore.

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Avoided sounds like a better name for this turd.

 

[aweigh]

 

[Pink Eye]

By Sigmar! The Nurgle worshipers of Obsidian have committed one of the greatest sins in a first person melee game! To the pit with ye!

In both Vermintide 1 and 2, this isn't a thing that happens in those games, enemies *will* pressure you, enemies *will* attack you, relentlessly. Standing around whilst throwing spells will just result in death unless you're actively side stepping, dodging, blocking, or pushing enemies away to make space - also, since it's a cooperative game, it's assumed that allies will provide cover while you attempt to snipe specials, or throw spells. I'm kind of surprised seeing this kind of stuff in Avowed, since these types of mechanics where enemies just stand around doing nothing is usually not something I see *that* often in these types of games; unless it's from amateurs who don't know any better. Now my frame of reference isn't *just* Vermintide. In the game Elderborn, enemies that are in groups will pressure the player by constantly harassing you:



At 1:28 the player is engaging a group of enemies. All of which are applying pressure by attacking at the same time while ranged units are providing suppressive fire from the back. However the player was able to parry their attacks and kill them off. In the same video at 1:39 you see a big enemy jump at the player while, simultaneously, an enemy shield user attacks. The point in all of this is that you're seeing the enemies force the player to execute nuanced mechanics (such as parrying, dodging, sidestepping) which is interesting and fun!

In Dark Messiah:



At 0:33 you see a group of orcs rush the player at the same time - read: not sitting in the backline throwing up jazz hands like a bunch of fuckin' assholes.

Heck, we can even look at Skyrim, which was a game Obsidian was trying to hype up for their game. In this video:



At 0:45 you see the vampire at the back throwing spells at the player while summoning a melee unit to also harass, whilst another vampire pressures the player in melee.

All of these examples are in stark contrast to what's being shown in the Avowed clip: enemies doing nothing while the player spams left click.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

 

[MakenBro]

 

[aweigh]

It's literally just a screenshot of the game from IGN's preview video.

What?

 

[Haplo]

By Sigmar! The Nurgle worshipers of Obsidian have committed one of the greatest sins in a first person melee game! To the pit with ye!

In both Vermintide 1 and 2, this isn't a thing that happens in those games, enemies *will* pressure you, enemies *will* attack you, relentlessly. Standing around whilst throwing spells will just result in death unless you're actively side stepping, dodging, blocking, or pushing enemies away to make space - also, since it's a cooperative game, it's assumed that allies will provide cover while you attempt to snipe specials, or throw spells. I'm kind of surprised seeing this kind of stuff in Avowed, since these types of mechanics where enemies just stand around doing nothing is usually not something I see *that* often in these types of games; unless it's from amateurs who don't know any better. Now my frame of reference isn't *just* Vermintide. In the game Elderborn, enemies that are in groups will pressure the player by constantly harassing you:



At 1:28 the player is engaging a group of enemies. All of which are applying pressure by attacking at the same time while ranged units are providing suppressive fire from the back. However the player was able to parry their attacks and kill them off. In the same video at 1:39 you see a big enemy jump at the player while, simultaneously, an enemy shield user attacks. The point in all of this is that you're seeing the enemies force the player to execute nuanced mechanics (such as parrying, dodging, sidestepping) which is interesting and fun!

In Dark Messiah:



At 0:33 you see a group of orcs rush the player at the same time - read: not sitting in the backline throwing up jazz hands like a bunch of fuckin' assholes.

Heck, we can even look at Skyrim, which was a game Obsidian was trying to hype up for their game. In this video:



At 0:45 you see the vampire at the back throwing spells at the player while summoning a melee unit to also harass, whilst another vampire pressures the player in melee.

All of these examples are in stark contrast to what's being shown in the Avowed clip: enemies doing nothing while the player spams left click.

That does sound bad.

There are precendents, where enemies would sit idly and wait for their turn. Gothic 3 comes to mind. But sadly, despite the fuckhueg and varied world, its not a good game...

 

[AwesomeButton]

isn't this just "tag-bombing" by steam users, or do the tags have to be approved by the developer?

 

[HoboForEternity]

isn't this just "tag-bombing" by steam users, or do the tags have to be approved by the developer?

User submitted tags

 

[Van-d-all]

It's literally just a screenshot of the game from IGN's preview video.

What?

They're desperate so now the schtick is to pretend they're all on the joke. "It's a meme game, have fun, haha".

 

[Modron]

It's literally just a screenshot of the game from IGN's preview video.

It's the previewer's character that they made.

 

[Van-d-all]

User submitted tags

Yes users submit tags, but publishers can get steam to remove them, that's why empty pages for unused tags like https://store.steampowered.com/tags/en/P2W still exist and its not just random garbage https://store.steampowered.com/tags/en/mqj

I think they changed it around COH2

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

It's literally just a screenshot of the game from IGN's preview video.

It's the previewer's character that they made.

Presumably.
Isn't character creation still under embargo?

 

[Heroic Liberator]

It's literally just a screenshot of the game from IGN's preview video.

It's the previewer's character that they made.

Presumably.
Isn't character creation still under embargo?

The character creation proper is, but otherwise you still see the PC in dialogue.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

It's literally just a screenshot of the game from IGN's preview video.

It's the previewer's character that they made.

Presumably.
Isn't character creation still under embargo?

The character creation proper is, but otherwise you still see the PC in dialogue.

Therefore we can't be certain if IGN reviewer had a bit of fun with character creation, or if it was a preset.

 

[SimTrY]

TLDR on this game? Seen people shitting on it, wanna know why