Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting

[sosmoflux]

Reviews seem fine
Better than expected
Don't let brainrotted grifters drag it in bad faith
Nobody expected this to be anything better than 7/10 goyslop

 

[aweigh]

Better than expected

JuiceHead, MrMattyPlays, FextraLife and GManLives all gave it below-average ratings, at best calling it "fine" at its most generous. All agree it has bad writing, bad companion characters and the only fun part is running around the world finding hidden treasure chests.

These are the only reviewer-types that matter, these are the ones Avowed needed to give it a maximum shill review. None did.

 

[Infinitron]

The dialogues give the impression they have been written by a 5th grade. Continous one-line punch answers.
A few decades ago, Obsidian could write scripts such as this:

It was always just Chris Avellone. Nobody else there was that good.

 

[Infinitron]

Hi.

Join in the excitement of Avowed by preparing your character with Dimitri Berman & Berto Ritger during the 5pm EST Character Creator Stream!

Pick up tips on design techniques, jank your character with hairstyles, facial features, and much, much MORE!

WHO WILL YOU BECOME?

Thanks,
Sherry

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2380413304

 

[Camel]

Is it a new Veilguard, boys?! I'm so excited.

 

[flyingjohn]

Smile dangerously.

 

[Tehdagah]

Reviews seem fine
Better than expected
Don't let brainrotted grifters drag it in bad faith
Nobody expected this to be anything better than 7/10 goyslop

Game has a 80 on Metacritic though.

 

[Dark Souls II]

 

[dutchwench]

Is it a new Veilguard, boys?! I'm so excited.

PoE1&2 used to have proper dialogue for Stoic options and the like. What the fuck is this? One single guy takes a break from gamedev and it all goes to utter shit?
You'd think a guy who made a game about pirates on a ship would know that a captain fucking off as the ship sets sail would be bad news for everyone involved.

 

[Butter]

Is it a new Veilguard, boys?! I'm so excited.

Never hire aspiring novelists to write your video game. You're literally better off having Ben the level designer write dialogues over his lunch. Even Bethesda games don't have writing this shockingly bad.

 

[Brickfrog]

Let me repeat

People back in the 90s/00s (you are not among those) didn't care about any options other than hardware settings

So your argument re: customizing UI "in the 90s" (as a way to defend Avowed from rightful criticism) is moot and fake

I dont remember using ui option settings to play games like TOEE and Fallout but I think that had more to do with me being a dumb preteen than anything else.

earnest female gamers are more mentally ill and worse failures at life than their male equivalents,

Do they have money? That's all advertisers care about.

Times Square is gormless tourists

Yeah that's why it's a good place to advertise mainstream entertainment products (movies, TV, video games, etc)

 

[Camel]

Smile dangerously.

*Nods Respectfully Towards You*
[Nod solemnly and leave.]

 

[La vie sexuelle]

Reviews seem fine
Better than expected
Don't let brainrotted grifters drag it in bad faith
Nobody expected this to be anything better than 7/10 goyslop

Game has a 80 on Metacritic though.

I am aware that surprisingly many people consider toothpaste a mint substitute for a balanced diet, but that is not a reason to take their opinions seriously.

 

[Roguey]

It was always just Chris Avellone. Nobody else there was that good.

George Ziets, Travis Stout, Eric Fenstermaker, John Gonzalez, Matt MacLean, Tony Evans, and Josh Sawyer were respectable writers.

 

[Rieser]

Christ, what a mess. Expected but sad anyway. How hard can it be to make a decent RPG. That's all I'm asking for. A decent one. Instead we get the usual garbage.

People like shitting on PoE 2 (valid, by the way) but compared to utter slop like this it's still considerably better and I would much rather play through a third one of those than play this crap at all.

 

[sosmoflux]

Better than expected

JuiceHead, MrMattyPlays, FextraLife and GManLives all gave it below-average ratings

Retard, Retard, Decent (said it was "Pretty Darn Good"), Absolute Retard



Sitting around 7/8

Not saying it's good, but it's sounding better than the 4/10 disaster it was looking like

 

[aweigh]

Retard, Retard, Decent (said it was "Pretty Darn Good"), Absolute Retard

I agree, I hate every single person I mentioned. I didn't mention them because I like them, they're all SJWs. I hate SJWs.

I mentioned them because those types of reviewers are the ones that matter to normie gamers, not any of the ones you mentioned.

 

[aweigh]

LOL

 

[Camel]

Never hire aspiring novelists to write your video game. You're literally better off having Ben the level designer write dialogues over his lunch. Even Bethesda games don't have writing this shockingly bad.

I miss the functional writing from the 90s and 2000s games.

George Ziets, Travis Stout, Eric Fenstermaker, John Gonzalez, Matt MacLean, Tony Evans, and Josh Sawyer were respectable writers.

FTFY.

 

[Ryzer]

It was always just Chris Avellone. Nobody else there was that good.

George Ziets, Travis Stout, Eric Fenstermaker, John Gonzalez, Matt MacLean, Tony Evans, and Josh Sawyer were respectable writers.

Aren't they all gone from Obsidian now except Josh? and Josh did not work on Asoyed.

 

[Infinitron]

It was always just Chris Avellone. Nobody else there was that good.

George Ziets, Travis Stout, Eric Fenstermaker, John Gonzalez, Matt MacLean, Tony Evans, and Josh Sawyer were respectable writers.

Aren't they all gone from Obsidian now except Josh? and Josh did not work on Asoyed.

He did end up working on it a bit: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...ng-february-18th.134122/page-235#post-9225652

 

[Ryzer]

And he was completely fine with the esthetics despite the fact that PoE1 and 2 look so much better through and through visually speaking? Asoyed looks like unicorn dung.

As much as I find PoE boring, I at least recognize that the visuals stood out.

 

[TT1]

From what I see almost 100% of reviews mentions the pros: game is larger than expected, combat feel impactful and visual outstanding.

The cons: small variety of enemies, lack of races for player character, lack of classes and flat companions.

It will be around 80... 82 in metacritic.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

It was always just Chris Avellone. Nobody else there was that good.

Josh Sawyer were respectable writers.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Costs AUD $120 for the "standard edition"...