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Playing Avowed (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml to c/games@lemmygrad.ml

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Thanks to Xbox Game Piss I can try out Avowed until Monster Hunter Wilds comes out.

I am not too deep into it yet. The combat is fun. Though with my bad eyesight it is kinda hard to dodge projectiles. I should look into the accessibility settings for this. My character is a wand toting mage who belongs to Ravenclaw.

The world is somewhat interesting. I think it's too close to the tropey DnD fantasy setting with guns and funghi thrown in but it is alright so far. I have come to not expect too much from AAA games in this department. Writing and voice acting are ordinary too.

Anyone else playing this?

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[–] KrasMazov@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm playing it too and so far I'm liking it a lot. Although some dialogue options are a bit lib, I've been enjoying trying to be as anticolonial as I can since the game have a pretty big empire colonization plot so far. Also, Kai is a pretty cool companion, I expected him to be much more different personality wise given how other NPCs talk about him, but he's really level headed and a cool dude overall.

I'm also doing a mage build, but I have a shield and sword as my second loadout. I got a pretty sick flaming sword and it is too cool for me no to use lol.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Seems like an AA game than an AAA game, which is why I'll end up getting it, to be honest.

But for now, I'm playing another good AA game called Dynasty Warriors Origins and probably Silent Hill 2 Remake soon (so both concurrently).

Ugh, I wish I had the time for more g*ming, but alas, no dice.

[–] LeGrognardOfLove@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Obsidian is an AA studio.

They used to be indie and produce masterpiece games that didn't get sold because they didn't have mass appeal. Both Pillars game are awesome - it's kinda sad that they now do 3d games with minimal deepness - and i'm not saying Avowed and The Outer World are not awesome in some ways, just that they lack the little something both pillars had.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't mind AA, but I guess they may have lost something with their recent output; I remember The Outer Worlds not being that good.

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Their best writers have had little to nothing to do with the studio for the better part of a decade, that's all. Also getting bought out by Microsoft in the middle of their development cycle probably affected them quite poorly.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How so? I mean, vis a vis Microsoft, to be clear.

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The studio was made to work on several projects at once under the new publisher, including outer worlds, Avowed, pentiment etc, all simultaneously, which is why Josh Sawyer, who is probably the best designer/writer they have at the company, didn't work on Avowed, and instead chose to work on Pentiment. Microsoft turning them into a content mill for their shitty consoles and gamepass is part of the problem.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

On another note, Pentiment sounds like a good game. I've heard people swear by it. Guess I'll try it out.