Avowed Is Looking Like A Complete Failure
213I had some hope for Avowed when it was first announced, even after the reveal 6 months ago I’d hoped that hub worlds could lead to some stronger world design/exploration then perhaps a Skyrim like world could deliver (given open worlds have never been Obsidian’s focus).
That being said I’m quit worried about Avowed now. There were rumours of development problems going back 1-2+ years ago, and the came just seems under cooked. There appears to be a huge focused on very dull, slow action combat with the RPG elements being pushed to the side.
The game likely does not have a ton of reactivity or story based quests, at least in comparison to other Obsidian RPGs and there’s little in the way of RPG experience from the leads. Patel, the designer has writing experience, but without someone to steer the ship that has actually delivered on quality CRPGs from the ground up, I’m writing this one of like I am VTMB2 at this stage.
They can win me back, but they need to show it, not just talk about it.