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Avowed - Official Gameplay Trailer

Explore the Living Lands, a mysterious island filled with adventure and danger.

anast355d ago

Pretty much. It's a let down for sure.

Snookies12356d ago

Man, gotta say I was actually very underwhelmed by this footage... It just doesn't look great to me. Maybe that's just me? We'll find out when it actually launches, I suppose.

MadLad356d ago

Yeah. I was definitely expecting more here. It's Obsidian though, so I'm still optimistic for the game.

RpgSama356d ago

The game I'm sure will be good as a whole, Obsidian is a great developer, but the graphics and gameplay looked really dated.

Goosejuice356d ago

Ya graphic it's very eh. But I did enjoy outer worlds a bit so will give this a go.

bababooiy356d ago

The art style has that dollar store toys vibe to it. Even down to the text its all so cheap..

randomvoice356d ago

Thought the same. Obsidian is always remained in Bathesda's shadow. Really thought this game would put them in the same class but it feels like Outerworlds in medieval times.

__SteakDeck__356d ago

@randomvoice The problem with Obsidian is that they’re more quantity over quality. That’s not to say that their games aren’t quality. But they have too many teams imo, they need to scale their teams back. Have 1 or 2 teams.

Lifexline356d ago

Graphically not the most impressive but it’s obsidian so very excited for this.

-Foxtrot355d ago

I hope Obsidian aren't stretching themselves too thin

I would have rather see one big team focused on one project

With how great Starfield looks I wonder why Microsoft greenlit them doing The Outer Worlds 2, another Sci-fi RPG game flying to other planets and the like, Starfield looks like The Outer Worlds but on steroids so why do a sequel to it?

You'd think Microsoft would give Fallout to Obsidian and let Bethesda focus on Starfield and The Elder Scrolls. By the time we get a new Fallout from Bethesda it could be another 10 years.

They managed to do New Vegas within such a short development time and resources, imagine what they could do now.

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Lightning77356d ago

For me it was the graphics I think the gameplay can be fun though.

RaidenBlack356d ago

The game felt like a colorful Elder Scrolls and since the next ES6 is wayy far off ..... this might just be a great substitute next year? Lets wait for more news on this one.
Hopefully, since its made with Unreal Engine, might ship with less bugs than Bethesda's RPGs?

Shadowsteal356d ago

They should have never revealed the game with the CGI teaser that mimicked how gameplay would look.

Now that we have gameplay, not only has the art direction changed, but it looks really underwhelming.

bababooiy356d ago

It originally looked like a proper dark fantasy world, now its all plastic toy soldiers. I loved that initial trailer and for me this is definitly the biggest letdown of the showcase.

RpgSama355d ago

Looks really low budget, like when the big spider is coming at you looks very cartoonish, before this proper reveal it looked like a more serious ES.

Magog356d ago

Exactly. Such a letdown in comparison. It went from Tolkien to Fortnite.

repsahj355d ago

Exactly! Yes the graphics can be 4k but the texture is very old gen. Maybe if we didn't saw Immortals of aveum gameplay, we will be impressed a little bit about this game.

Tacoboto356d ago

The lighting does look like something is disabled in the darker areas, but if the game actually looks like this at the 4K60fps of the trailer on Series X, I can't be more excited. The gameplay itself with Obsidian's writing and attention to detail - oh man. This is my second pick of the show behind Clockwork Revolution

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Avowed Moved to Unreal Engine 5.3

With Support from The Coalition

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ThinkThink3d ago

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

phoenixwing3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

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_Observer3d ago

"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)

MrBaskerville3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

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_3d ago

In excited for Avowed and Gears 6.

Fishy Fingers3d ago

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

CantThinkOfAUsername3d ago

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

Lightning773d ago

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.

Notellin3d ago

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.

MrNinosan3d ago

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 😏

Notellin3d ago

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_dam2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@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--2d ago

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

MrNinosan2d ago

@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.

ThinkThink2d ago

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.

MrNinosan13h ago

@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....

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truthBombs3d ago

I liked the games unique artstyle when It was revealed. I hope they're not making the migration based on criticism. It's only a rumor anyways

MrBaskerville3d ago

I imagine the art style will stay the same. But there'll probably be some visual upgrades here and there.

anast3d ago

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 3d ago

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

anast3d ago

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

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Xbox Showcase 2024: 7 Things We Want

Kevin writes: "The upcoming Xbox Showcase 2024 is going to be important for the future of Xbox consoles and Game Pass, and here's 7 things we want to see."

rlow129d ago

Perfect Dark would be cool but I’m hoping for Fable. I’m really interested where they’ve taken the game.

Tacoboto29d ago

Looking ahead now, I'd say Avowed is what I'm looking forward to most in the fall. Obsidian's been nothing but quality and consistency so I can't wait to see what they've been cooking

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Avowed Could Have a Tough Time Clearing a Bar Raised By Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire

The upcoming RPG Avowed is based on the Pillars of Eternity series, whose second game has a great inclusion that may be hard for Avowed to equal.

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GhostScholar51d ago

One is a top down arpg one is a first person game. They’re not comparable other than the fantasy setting.

TwoPicklesGood51d ago

lol what the heck kind of story is that…they aren’t even compatible unless you force them to be like you are.