Avowed: Everything we know so far
Feature The very latest Avowed news and updates from developer Obsidian on its upcoming fantasy epic
Avowed
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Avowed director says "We're working on" the RPG's combat after a lukewarm reception during the Xbox Direct
News Obsidian's upcoming RPG's combat is only going to get better
Avowed is a fantasy RPG with open-zone maps, unique local conflicts, and companions to meet – but it's still "the player's story first and foremost"
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Avowed director says it's "hard" to avoid Skyrim comparisons, but the action-RPG is more like Obsidian's "fantasy take on The Outer Worlds"
news There are also elements of Fallout: New Vegas
Avowed takes Skyrim's approach to combat and evolves it, allowing players to "build the character they want to play who fights the way they want to fight"
Interview Interview | Obsidian discusses Avowed's "classless" combat system and what that means for your playstyle-of-choice
Avowed's focus on choice and consequence means "most players won't discover 100% of what you've built for them", but Obsidian wouldn't have it any other way
Interview Interview | In combat, narrative and exploration, Avowed is dialing the choice-factor up to 11
Avowed is set in Pillars of Eternity's world, but Obsidian says you don't need to have played its older CRPG
News The new game draws things like spells from Obsidian's older game
Obsidian wants Avowed to be a "challenging" RPG that's more complex than "black-and-white, good-versus-evil morality"
News Breaking away from the moral binary
Avowed lead reveals there's "no one perfect build" in Obsidian's classless RPG: "There's gonna be choice and consequence for what you kit out”
News So you can mix and match the guns, wands, and shields however you want
Avowed's commitment to ubiquitous player choice could make it 2024's standout RPG: "At Obsidian, it's your world, your way, right?"
Interview Interview | In combat, in questing, and in everything between, Avowed puts you at the heart of everything it does
Echoing Baldur's Gate 3, Avowed devs say their RPG has heaps of content that "not everybody's gonna find"
news "Discoverability and letting players be the author of their own experience is obviously very important to us"
Avowed is serving up a slice of magical fantasy, driven by player choice, flexible combat and "gun-slinging mages"
Feature Avowed looks set to continue Obsidian's emphasis on player choice in its fantasy RPG
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Forget every Skyrim comparison you've seen, the best thing about Avowed is this incredible box art
news A picture really is worth a thousand words
Avowed shows off polished combat in new footage that looks like an improved Skyrim, complete with guns and loadouts: "It's not just hacking and slashing"
news I'm ready for spells, swords, and shooting in Obsidian's next RPG
Obsidian's new RPG Avowed sets Fall 2024 release window
news Avowed showed off new gameplay during today's Xbox Developer Direct
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News The Xbox showcase also features another look at Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 and Avowed
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