Avowed - RPG by Obsidian (XBS|X/PC). Out "Fall" 2024. New Extended Gameplay Breakdown video.

Last edited by Monkey Man on Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:39 pm, edited 9 times in total.

Explore the Living Lands, a mysterious island filled with adventure and danger. As an envoy of Aedyr, you are sent to investigate rumors of a spreading plague with a secret that threatens to destroy everything. Can you save the island and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them apart?

https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/avowed

Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Platform: Xbox Series X|S/PC/Game Pass/ Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Release Date: "Fall" 2024
Genre: First-Person RPG
Metacritic: TBA

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Features

Set in the fictional world of Eora that was first introduced to players in the Pillars of Eternity franchise, Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG from the award-winning team at Obsidian Entertainment. You are the envoy of Aedyr, a distant land, sent to investigate rumors of a spreading plague. You discover a personal connection to the land itself and an ancient secret that threatens to destroy everything. Can you save the island and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them asunder?

The Weird and Wonderful Living Lands

As an envoy of the kingdom of Aedyr, you are sent to the far-off island known as the Living Lands to investigate rumors of a spreading plague. The island itself is full of mysteries and secrets, danger and adventure, and choices and consequences. The Living Lands is a place that feels foreign at all times yet somewhat intrinsic to you as it feels the island itself is calling out to you for help. Explore an island home to many different environments and landscapes, each with their own unique ecosystem.

Visceral Combat to Play Your Way

Face the many dangerous creatures inhabiting the Living Lands in any way you desire. Mix and match swords, spells, guns, and shields to make quick work of enemies. Freeze an enemy in their place then smash them with your axe. Dig into your grimoire for spells to trap an enemy so you can follow up with a blow from your sword. Bash an enemy with your shield to stun them before driving your sword into them and kicking them off a cliff. How you approach each engaging combat situation is up to you.

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Website · PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Venom** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:49 pm

Obsidian will be returning to the epic fantasy world of Eora in the triple-A, first-person RPG, Avowed. We hope that you are all ready for what we are creating for you and we’ll be showing more of Avowed later down the line.

Eora is the setting of Obsidian’s 2015 game Pillars of Eternity.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/07/23/obsidian-announcements-xbox-games-showcase/

PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Photek** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:15 pm

At least they’ll have the lore from pillars to draw from...I have high hopes.

PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Meep** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:34 pm

First-person Pillars game. I think I called this last year. The title is surprising though. Looks like someone from MS marketing decided "Pillars of Eternity" was too geeky.

As long as this doesn't rely on familiarity with Pillars of Eternity, I'm very game

Day 1 download for me.
I love a good RPG.

PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Photek** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:02 am

Peter Crisp wrote:Day 1 download for me.
I love a good RPG.

InXile also making a AAA RPG, so with Fable that’s 3 on the way, different release windows obviously. I’d say it’s Avowed, then Fable then Inxile’s

OrangeRKN wrote:As long as this doesn't rely on familiarity with Pillars of Eternity, I'm very game

I've tried so. Many. Times to get through Pillars. I'm sure it's good, but there was nothing inspiring there at all for me, and by the time it opens up when you get to the big city I didn't care enough about the story or characters to continue.

Apparently the sequel is better, so I might hop on the wiki and go from there.

Website · PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Venom** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:44 pm

Being an old time Baldur's Gate fan I have admired Pillars of Eternity from a distance. Before my Game Pass sub had expired I downloaded it and almost started it but couldn't quite commit to this RPG, possibly my most favourite genre but so daunting to begin! I might dip into one of the games to see what the lore and world is like.

PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Robbo-92** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:21 pm

I think this was one of my highlights of the show yesterday, looked very promising from the very little we saw.

PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Photek** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:43 pm

I think the fact they have an established lore is a huge benefit.

PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Robbo-92** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:09 pm

I’ll just have to look up a bit of said lore before this comes out.

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Rumours from a previously reliable leaker -

fully open world, much much larger than Skyrim (very differently “larger”, more proper word would be “denser” and “more contrasted” at the same time)
- primarily set in the The Living Lands region of Eora (not sure if it’ll go like that as explicit later on, but that was starting point)
- big focus on world-reactivity, lighting and next-gen AI systems and physics (special focus on physics with magic systems - have no clue what would that mean)
- realtime weather system (don’t have full details but fog is very important as realtime element, rivers will have specific micro physics systems regarding this)
- very advanced character creation tool (didn’t get more info)
- mod support (for now PC is/will be very dominant as creation tool, but it’ll be playable fully on Xbox)
- very large number of fractions but very different approach than with Skyrim
- you’ll be able to have companions (different than Outer Worlds)
- storyset: fight against incoming threat of tyranny (independent from previous stories)
- game has bosses planned and some of them are very very large
- Gods will have special say in the game
- great focus on iconic landmarks, statues and buildings
- two large cities planned with many smaller ones with strong focus on contrasting wild-areas, rivers, mountains and desolated areas (yes, you’ll be able to swim)
- fully respecting POE creatures lore with new additions
- dynamic presentation of dialogue
- for now idea is to keep “you can kill everyone in the game” option
- around 100 people are on the project for 2y (smaller number for 7m of preproduction), in total 2y 7m
- full production is already a thing
- team will still grow
- target date: late 2022/early 2023

https://www.resetera.com/threads/xbox-g ... t-40806123

I really hope they stick to the "you can kill everyone in the game", it's one of my favourite aspects of their RPGs

PostRe: Avowed - new RPG by Obsidian by **Robbo-92** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:52 pm

That just sounds too good to be true but I really, really hope it is.

If it's pretty much just an upgraded Skyrim I'll be very happy with that.

If it's just an upgraded Skyrim I'll be massively disappointed.

I haven't given Pillars much of a chance yet, really should give it (and the sequel) a proper shot at some point

Website

Microsoft has registered the trademark for Avowed, as well as As Dusk Falls with the US patent office on the 16th October. MS suddenly is suddenly the dominant force in WRPGs.

https://translate.google.es/translate?h ... adas%2Famp

More info
https://trademarks.justia.com/902/60/av ... 60164.html

I'm excited for this.
Having so many rpg's on gamepass is amazing as hopefully they can share tech and be better overall for that.

I'll return to this thread in six years and give my thoughts on the game.

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