The launch window was announced during tonight's Xbox Developer Direct livestream, along with a short look at combat, quests, and the game's environments.

Players will be able to quickly switch between playstyles using custom loadouts, meaning you can quickly switch from a melee build to a ranged magic build in the middle of combat.

We also got a look at a sidequest found in a settlement called Shatterskarp, the third region players will explore during the game. You come across a group of dead soldiers and one of their allies called Nauki, who you can pass blame onto for the others' deaths or tell him it wasn't his fault.

Game director Carrie Patel said the studio embraces "moral nuance and grey areas", and the world will reflect the consequences of the choices players made during this sidequest and more.

Autumn 2024 is a more solid estimate of Avowed's release date, which was previously only confirmed as this year. Avowed is one we're excited for, as we're eager to see Obsidian's first big budget game under Microsoft, and it made our list of our most anticipated games of 2024.

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[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

I like how their example of "moral nuance and gray areas" is just a binary choice lmao. Baldur's Gate 3 has really ruined how I view this whole genre. I don't know if it's sadder for me, or companies that clearly weren't/aren't willing or prepared to swing at that level of nuance.

[–] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

I'm so pumped about this game

[–] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Cautiously optimistic that this will be good. I appreciate they are at least trying to make combat seem more in-depth than just hacking away at enemy's with a sword. Hopefully the game lives up to that promise. It's a shame we're not getting a proper third Pillars game, but at least we're getting something else set in the that world.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The artist who made this teaser image should get a raise

[–] danciestlobster@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I have been checking for updates on this since I first heard of it on the loading screen of PoE2. If it's anything like the pillars games I am gonna be real happy

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 9 months ago

I will be pleasantly surprised if it's good. It's not really the genre I want. I want a proper pillars 3!