Development Info Avowed Deep Dive at Xbox Developer Direct 2024

[Drakortha]

The combat bit looked decent _for a game of this type_.

Literally Skyrim.
Zero physical feedback for attacks. Enemies don't stagger, aren't pushed back, your sword doesn't deflect from their mass, I bet it feels awful. No weight at all.

It looks worse than Skyrim, and Skyrim is almost 15 years old. We've made no progress.

 

[Whisper]

 

[Lord_Potato]

The combat bit looked decent _for a game of this type_.

Literally Skyrim.
Zero physical feedback for attacks. Enemies don't stagger, aren't pushed back, your sword doesn't deflect from their mass, I bet it feels awful. No weight at all.

Yup, definately a candidate for guns&magic playthrough.

 

[Maxie]

I'll definitely skip that one. It seems very generic, uninspired and also, what the hell is going on with the colors?

says the dude with the tranny avatar
you're too deep down this hole to stop yourself

 

[jackofshadows]

I mean, how naïve and stupid one should be to equate what is essentially cinematic teaser (just a very poor one) with the gameplay showcase? Cannot wait for tes 6 "comparisons". Not funny.

 

[Whisper]

I'll definitely skip that one. It seems very generic, uninspired and also, what the hell is going on with the colors?

says the dude with the tranny avatar
you're too deep down this hole to stop yourself

says the dude with "Glory to Urine" woke sign above avatar

 

[Jenkem]

Average Codexer: "PoE was shit, no way I'll play Dumpsterfire!"
Average Codexer *plays Dumpsterfire*
Average Codexer: "Dumpsterfire was shit, no way I'll play Avowed!"

to be continued...

 

[luj1]

I'm confused, when did Obsidian hire Todd Howard to design their RPGs?

The terms 'design' and 'Todd Howard' should not be used in the same sentence. The man has been pushing out industrial algorithmic garbage, since Morrowind, which was his last hand-crafted game and last PC game.

 

[SharkClub]

I like how they're proudly presenting the player being able to freeze and shatter someone, Painkiller's shotgun had that ability back in 2004..

Duke Nukem 3D had this back in 1996.

 

[luj1]

Yup, definately a candidate for guns&magic playthrough.

Low-standard plebs such as this are the reason we have decline such as this. Simple. Also your grammar has gotten progressively worse since you began the soy infusion.

 

[luj1]

I like how they're proudly presenting the player being able to freeze and shatter someone, Painkiller's shotgun had that ability back in 2004..

Duke Nukem 3D had this back in 1996.

Hexen had it in 1995. Obviously they are making a point out of basic features, because they have nothing else to show. You can shoot a wand in real time!

 

[SharkClub]

Hexen had it in 1995.

Damn! I forgot the Mage's ice spell.

 

[luj1]

Damn! I forgot the Mage's ice spell.

You could also take advantage of frozen enemies as obstacles (it blocks enemy pathing). But I dunno how effective that will be in Avoid.

 

[Drakortha]

I like how they're proudly presenting the player being able to freeze and shatter someone, Painkiller's shotgun had that ability back in 2004..

Duke Nukem 3D had this back in 1996.

Hexen had it in 1995. Obviously they are making a point out of basic features, because they have nothing else to show. You can shoot a wand in real time!

1991 BABY.

 

[Gargaune]

Average Codexer: "PoE was shit, no way I'll play Dumpsterfire!"
Average Codexer *plays Dumpsterfire*
Average Codexer: "Dumpsterfire was shit, no way I'll play Avowed!"

to be continued...

What does a rabbit say when he eats his own shit?

"Just this last one 'cause it's still warm."

 

[La vie sexuelle]

I mean, how naïve and stupid one should be to equate what is essentially cinematic teaser (just a very poor one) with the gameplay showcase? Cannot wait for tes 6 "comparisons". Not funny.

This satirical video shows how susceptible people are to the vision-instead-a-product, but also how easily they can be disappointed by reality. And in the case of games like Cyberpunkt, a vision can outlive a shitty product and result in an expansion.

But the most popular game in the world is CoD. So why am I surprised?

 

[Ryzer]

The combat bit looked decent _for a game of this type_.

Literally Skyrim.
Zero physical feedback for attacks. Enemies don't stagger, aren't pushed back, your sword doesn't deflect from their mass, I bet it feels awful. No weight at all.

It looks worse than Skyrim, and Skyrim is almost 15 years old. We've made no progress.

It's not a spiritual successor to Skyrim but it's a spiritual successor to Oblivion, as in a mentally braindead child trying to take over his master of stupidity.

 

[Drakortha]

The combat bit looked decent _for a game of this type_.

Literally Skyrim.
Zero physical feedback for attacks. Enemies don't stagger, aren't pushed back, your sword doesn't deflect from their mass, I bet it feels awful. No weight at all.

It looks worse than Skyrim, and Skyrim is almost 15 years old. We've made no progress.

It's not a spiritual successor to Skyrim but it's a spiritual successor to Oblivion, as in a mentally braindead child trying to take over his master of stupidity.

I'm wiling to bet Oblivion's combat is still going to be more amusing.
Avowed combat looks like such Unreal Engine generic shit.

 

[Ryzer]

The combat bit looked decent _for a game of this type_.

Literally Skyrim.
Zero physical feedback for attacks. Enemies don't stagger, aren't pushed back, your sword doesn't deflect from their mass, I bet it feels awful. No weight at all.

It looks worse than Skyrim, and Skyrim is almost 15 years old. We've made no progress.

It's not a spiritual successor to Skyrim but it's a spiritual successor to Oblivion, as in a mentally braindead child trying to take over his master of stupidity.

I'm wiling to bet Oblivion's combat is still going to be more amusing.
Avowed combat looks like such Unreal Engine generic shit.

It looks like a demo made by amateurs indeed, like a fan-base project by a team of 4 for fun and giggle.

 

[Peachcurl]

Combat will be the least of its problems.

 

[Drakortha]

Combat will be the least of its problems.

it will have no redeeming qualities. I'm calling it.
Being on gamepass doesn't count..

 

[POOPERSCOOPER]

I try to generally remain positive but wow the game looks terrible. Stiff gameplay, terrible characters, bad dialog, bad story. The director is pretty cute though, maybe she will do an OF?

 

[Star Citizen]

It looks like the most boring artistically void & incohesive pile of crap, even normies are hammering it on Steam discussions

 

[Axel_am]

It looks uninspired and dead on arrival. You can even call it a Hollowborn if you will.

 

[thesheeep]

I was thinking while watching: "What does this remind me of? Where did I see this before?"...
Now I got it!

Dark Messiah of Might & Magic. Just more wonky, which is an achievement considering the age of Dark Messiah.

And the writing, dear lord!
What is wrong with writers if they cannot figure out how to write characters in a medieval/renaissance fantasy setting without having them talk like they are from around the block in 2020 (aka the writer's head canon of how people talk)?

But people (as in, the poor suckers without standards) apparently really liked Outer Worlds, so I'm sure this will have the same offensive mediocrity to it in all regards...