Avowed Is Obsidian’s Best Game Yet

High Chaos Run: "Avowed for PC and Xbox Series X boasts slick gameplay along with Obsidian’s story-telling chops make it awesome."

[CrimsonWing69]

That’s definitely an opinion.

[rlow1]

Whose review of anything doesn’t boil down to an opinion? I guess you’ll might actually first play the game before you give yours…….just my opinion

[CrimsonWing69]

The irony in this is you’re upset at my opinion, lol. But that’s ok right? Definitely can’t call out other opinions based on opinion, which is… your opinion?

[GhostScholar]

Don’t worry, when it drops on other platforms it’ll be looked at as potential game of the year. It’s only bad right now because it’s Xbox.

[Christopher]

I'm really enjoying the game. I haven't found any issues with it so far (worst thing I can say is I wish the facial dialog movements for certain NPCs were better, but the VO is good). Really a solid game and love the system and the world so far.

[RaidenBlack]

What I gathered from reviews, they've taken abit too safe approach with this one? Art style n exploration are great but dialogue and world reaction not so much.
I have a hunch, based on a leak/rumour of Avowed being internally rebooted, that the initial build of the game was more dark, ambitious and Skyrim-rivaling but after MS bought 'em and then BGS, internal review of the project led to changes that made it distant from Elder Scrolls style.

[Christopher]

***Art style n exploration are great but dialogue and world reaction not so much. ***

Main quest NPC dialogue is good, well voice acted. Side NPCs aren't as good and, yeah, some are bad, but that's pretty normal when you're voicing every NPC. And they are voiced, not just text conversations. But, hey, if they weren't voiced, it would have been reviewed better?

World reaction isn't 'like some others' but it's more than 'some others'. There are reactions, but it's more about story hits. I watch a guy put on a play, NPCs mill about. It's not great, but it happens (your companion even sits and listens, which sadly the PC can't do). I help to stop a grenade smuggler, she isn't arrested right in front of my face but when I come back to the same spot later the guard and smuggler are gone and her cart is confiscated (and I find a note later on proving I did the right thing). This desire to have the best reactions for just this game seems targeted to me. It's like people went looking for complaints and not for what is fun and enjoyable. I expect these same criticisms for the next FF game. I find this game no different than Banishers, where what changed was based on story moments as well.

Too many people get their opinions from YouTube rather than just playing and enjoying the game for what it is. If someone thinks a few side quests with bad voice acting makes a bad game, boy, they must be easily disappointed considering how little time that voice acting lasts and how much there is that is good in the game.

What I gather from playing it is that it's a fun and enjoyable game (so far) that isn't perfect but still enjoyable. What you get from reviews is what you get.

[neutralgamer1992]

You know the only thing I am hoping for is this studio has never had great budgets for their games and now that they're under Microsoft maybe they can truly achieve their vision and make a true Blockbuster AAA RPG

But it seems like they want to make AA quality games. Imagine a fallout new Vegas or outter worlds 2 with big budget

[Eonjay]

I actually like the idea of smaller budgets. The cost of AAA has really gotten out of hand.

[RaidenBlack]

That's also what I was expecting.
Trademark BlackIsle/Obsidian RPG with big MS budget. (Maybe it'll start happening after Outer Worlds 2?)
But I also kinda agree with @Eonjay, utilizing MS budget for smaller more frequent AA is also not bad.

[D2niceforu]

It's definitely a reasonable one?

[CrimsonWing69]

Depends on who you ask?

[rlow1]

The irony is I’m not upset in the least. Did you play the game and if so what about it that you didn’t like?

So many people just hate on a game they never played. So if you played it, what was your reason for not liking it. Because the difference between informed opinions and just opinions is vast.

[GamingSinceForever]

The response was to Avowed being better than Fallout New Vegas or The Outer Worlds. He never said the game was bad. That is the assumption you made on your own.

So yes you seem to be upset.

[CrimsonWing69]

@GamingSinceForver

Bingo!!!

That’s exactly my sentiment with my post. But this @rlow1 dude… or dudette, got their panties in a bunch and had a knee jerk reaction because how dare someone post a comment in the comment section with an opinion on an opinion piece, lol.

I guess, Y’know, from my experiences with Obsidian games going back to Knights of the Old Republic 2, New Vegas, South Park Stick of Truth, Pillars of Eternity series, The Outer Worlds, and not being impressed with what I’ve seen of Avowed and reading the mixed reviews… I’m not allowed to voice an opinion on an opinion, which is his opinion… f*cking inception level opinion talk there.

It’s hilarious, honestly. And check this out, if my opinion were aligned with their opinion, his ass wouldn’t have tried to get all snarky about it.

If you enjoy it, good for you. What does it matter what I think?

In my humble opinion, based on my previous experiences with Obsidian games, looking at reviews, and from what I’ve seen, this isn’t the best Obsidian game… but again, that’s just MY opinion.

Lol, this is ridiculous, I know 😂

[Rainbowcookie]

6's and 7's man the bar must not be high then...

[InUrFoxHole]

High enough to be 80 on meta. Guess it's not all 6's and 7's 🤷🏽‍♂️

[D2niceforu]

Those 6s and 7s are just usual tax.

[Rainbowcookie]

Mist have improved then. 😄

[got_dam]

Game is getting very mixed reviews. I'm interested. I have enjoyed all of Obsidian's games... but I don't expect this to be great. Good, yes... not great. But, I could be surprised. I saw a mixed reception of stalker 2, and I am completely in love with that game. So who knows. Avowed may surprise me.

[NoDamage]

The state of game journalism is horrendous right now. There are no clear metrics that are used to rate these games. Especially since many journos in the industry dont actually have a passion for gaming so they bring in their own politically charged opinions or casual charged opinions. I wouldnt want someone whose only consistent experience with gaming is playing free phone games with mtx all over the place, to review and tell me how good a normal games is.

So youre experience with stalker isnt unique to you. I've encountered similar suprises all over the place...including, unfortunatley, playing a highly rated game that turns out not to be that good at all.

[Destiny1080]

even with xbox going under, there still trying to hype these average games

[Abear21]

Skyrim had more interaction with objects and you can steal right in front of people and they don’t care. AI is from the 90’s. Obsidian is awesome though, just wondering what could have been if allowed to cook even longer or truly be open world.

[Christopher]

They chose to not have stealing. It's a design choice. If you want a game where you have to go around stealing everything, this is not the game for you. But let's not make it look like not having 'stealing' makes it a bad game. AI is better than Skyrim so much so that you have to rely on taunting abilities with your companions.

[RiseNShine]

Questionable opinion from an even more questionable website, just visit the site, it's barebones wordpress template, how this news get published on N4G is something i can't understand.

[DafunkyRebel]

Played it on gamepass, the gameplay, intuitiveness and exploration is definitely its best design yet sure. But the story, and jankiness, world building is mediocre at best, compared to say oblivion.

[Agent75]

£90 ($113) tops at launch, definitely not a day one purchase.

[gamewalt42]

usualy not a graphic snob, but something about the art direction and combat particle effects and UI seems unappealing and give it an outdated look

[PRIMORDUS]

I try to avoid games that use stutter engine 5 on PC, no matter how good they are.

[Lightning77]

It's doing good so far. Top seller on Steam and Xbox. Not bas for 5 Day early access. Had bonuses if this game was actually gonna sell or just be bought on GP but it's good to see some good sells early on.

[Jigga69]

Damn, it means their others games are worse than this?

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Can't judge since I haven't played it but Fallout: New Vegas, Alpha Protocol and The Outer Worlds are my personal favorites from Obsidian.

[Reaper22_]

Congrats to Mictosoft.

[rlow1]

@GamingSinceForever
Point taken. My take was that he was casting doubt on the game without saying why. But I see what you’re pointing out as well.

[Profchaos]

What kind of mental gymnastics had to be performed to get to that conclusion south park stick of truth runs rungs around avowed and that's not even their best game.

[OlderGamer17]

Noppe....

[Patricko]

This was said definitely by someone who never played any other obsidian games.