Avowed Moved to Unreal Engine 5.3

With Support from The Coalition

[ThinkThink]

That's great news. Hopefully the Coalition can smooth some of those edges from the last Avowed reveal.

[got_dam]

Last avowed game?

[Andrew336]

Read it again.

[phoenixwing]

Well I'm annoyed. Especially at all the ppl who said the graphics sucked. It's your fault they probably shifted the game to unreal so it could look more fancy for you. I was ok with it and hoping to actually play it sometime soon. Now it's like 99% chance it's delayed.
Edit: effing graphics whores

[Obscure_Observer]

"Well I'm annoyed. Especially at all the ppl who said the graphics sucked. It's your fault they probably shifted the game to unreal so it could look more fancy for you."

What the hell are you talking about dude? Avowed was already in development using the UE5. The Coalition is just helping Obsidian in the transition to its latest version (5.3)

[MrBaskerville]

Probably not even that big of a difference. Coalition might only have helped because they got a deadline to meet.

Unreal isn't nearly as bad as Unity when you update a project. Though it obviously depends on the project. But unity generally gets an aneyurism if you threaten to update, where Ue is usually less stingy.

[Reaper22_]

In excited for Avowed and Gears 6.

[Einhander1972]

30 fps gaming on xbox.

[Fishy Fingers]

It already was Unreal 5, its just moving to the latest build.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Latest build is 5.4 and it's better than previous iterations, particularly in animation and performance.

[Lightning77]

Apparently the latest build looks way better graphically. This rumor from Jez Cordin (who's credible) pretty much confirms it.

Interested in seeing more on Avowed in a few weeks.

[Notellin]

UE 5.3 has been out since September of last year. I can't believe this is news or that anyone is hyping this up.

[MrNinosan]

As Hellblade failed to set the world on fire, just like Halo Infinite and Starfield before it, it's time to look forward to the next Game of the Decade candidate.
Of course it needs to be hyped up ahead of time 😏

[Notellin]

I didn't mean the game itself. I can't believe there is a news article about an Unreal Engine update that launched a year ago.

Reading comprehension is tough for fanboys on N4G.

[got_dam]

@MrNinosan I just want to see what Obsidian can do with a real budget and development time. They have a made a some memorable games with massive time constraints an lackluster funding.

[--Onilink--]

Many games stick to a specific version of the Engine they had already been using to avoid delays, problems with migrations to newer stuff etc.
The version being released in September isnt really relevant, just that they decided to make the jump to it at some point in development, which is arguably good news since we know with each iteration, performance has been getting much better

[MrNinosan]

@got_dam
I actually look forward to Avowed, and hope that's the game that finally make my purchase of Series X in 2020 worth it.
The game I actually bought Series X for was Starfield, but sadly it didn't do it for me.

Avowed however has the potential to be incredible.

[ThinkThink]

MrNinosan, what is the last game that set the world on fire? Red Dead? GTA likely. Not every game has to set the world on fire. Those games that you mentioned fall into the 80's meta critic, and a lot of people enjoy them. And yes, I'm excited to see some of these 2024 games at the june conference.

[MrNinosan]

@ThinkThink
It's MS and its fans who make it sound like every game they have on the horizon would "set the world on fire" and they all failed to reached expectations.

I don't ask for it.

But to answer your question, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth would be the last game that everyone speaks highly about.

Before that, Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarök, Ghost of Tsushima, Last of Us Part 2, Zelda BotW, Animal Crossing, Half Life Alyx....

[anast]

This was the only game I was jealous of, but It's a wait and see game now. Plus, I can wait until they release it on PSN.

[Miraak82]

Right!!! Obsidian is like only XB GS that I wanna play there games . Pillars of Eternity is one of my fav game franchises and I'd love to step back into the world of Eora . Their world building and rpg systems are one of the best , I hope XB higher ups don't get in the way of them. If they released it on ps I would definitely buy it day 1

[anast]

I bought both Pillars for PC and Console. Good games.

[Profchaos]

I'm no Dev but doesn't a engine upgrade increase development time as everything has to be tested for compatability I know earlier unreal engine version projects couldn't go up minor versions without problems

[DivineHand125]

Hopefully, it gets a graphical upgrade because the gameplay reveal last year made it look last-gen.

[Elda]

Agreed. It looked like a XB 360 game.

[Elda]

Hope it improves the graphics . Hope they improved the gameplay as well. The gameplay trailer of Avowed revealed last year the graphics looked cheap & the gameplay looked meh.

[Skuletor]

So perfect for Gamepass then?

[Elda]

Pretty much.

[ThinkThink]

Perfect for gamepass. You can play it and if you don't like it, you can move on to something else and you aren’t out $70.

[GhostScholar]

Spoiler for this years showcases…. Xbox will have the best show for the second straight year and people will say “but those games are coming to PlayStation” the end

[ThinkThink]

Of course that will happen, but MS has nobody but themselves to blame for opening that door. Basically, like 5-10% of the games they show at the conference will go to PS and Switch. The question is which ones. All I know is that as long as you have a pc or an xbox, you don't really have to wait or worry about it.

[GhostScholar]

True

[Cockney]

"Basically, like 5-10% of the games they show at the conference will go to PS and Switch"
Link?
Evidence of any kind?
Hell I'll even take a wild rumour
My apologies, ghostscholar has agreed so I'm happy /s

[Charal]

So the Coalition, MS top AAAA studio, is just doing tech support for other studios after 2 of its projects have been cancelled.
And they shut down Tango instead?
The ways of MS are inscrutable.

[ThinkThink]

The Coalition is two teams. The first is working on gears 6, the second teams game hasn't been announced yet, but is rumored to be the Marcus Fenix collection. Neither have been canceled. In addition, key staff members visit other studios to help with unreal engine support.