Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming February 18th

[Infinitron]

Gameplay looks like a step up from TOW. Graphics/art design are about 10 steps up. I almost fell asleep when they were showcasing that quest though. Why are Obsidian chronically incapable of telling a compelling story?

"At the end of the quest, you have a choice."

In other words, this quest is walking back and forth between two NPCs (no doubt with a couple loading screens in between them) and then deciding whether to kill a guy or let him live at the end. G A M E D E S I G N

That "choice and consequence" scene does feel like they were forced to show something and didn't have anything worthwhile on hand.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

suburban dorks.

They sound like Tyrone.

 

[Child of Malkav]

Eh, I could tolerate TOW for 3 playthroughs, I think I'll be fine with this one.
Game looks like everything is made of plastic and the Sun shining on the surfaces and into your eyes reminds you of this.
Also seems like you have options in combat, melee, magic, shields, wands, a combinations of all of these and you can switch instantly from one loadout/weapon set to another which is good.
Dialogue is...not good. 3 options, still focuses on the face of the NPC...ehhhh.
Animations are rough. They probably didn't intend to showcase this but they had to. Which means that this is the best they have so far? With a fall release? Like I said, I can tolerate many things, including TOW. It can't be as bad. At least it has magic in it so that's always a plus.

 

[Infinitron]

suburban dorks.

They sound like Tyrone.

Middle class African-American suburban dorks?

 

[Artyoan]

I will file this away in my wishlist, where it will rest in wait for a deep discount. Combat makes or breaks this kind of game and it isn't looking stellar.

Not sure why showcase videos need to constantly return to the people who are talking. Makes one wonder why the length needed to be padded with that instead of game footage.

 

[Immortal]

This is embarrassing.. Are they really planning to sell this????

 

[jungl]

despite being fantasy setting npcs are the same boring woke nerds from outer worlds lol

 

[jf8350143]

the environment looks nice, nothing special but still pretty good.

combat looks ok, needs more improvements on the sound and impact, not sure they will do it though.

character models look like crap comparing to the world environment. but at least they have a decent looking black female for once.

the c&C part looks god awful, but it's understandable because it looks like a minor side quest. The real question is why the fuck do they choose this to showcace.

 

[Jenkem]

the plasticky look of the wonderfully crafted 3d models of classic eoran monsters like xaurips evoke the miniatures that one would often see in tabletop role playing games. what an absolute delight that obsidian has gone down this route when bringing this classic world to life.

 

[luj1]

I think the game looks nice.

Shameless Shill x 1

 

[luj1]

That "choice and consequence" scene does feel like they were forced to show something

According to you and Roguey, their whole career is "forced" and "not their fault"

Please take each other by the hand and jump in a tar pit, quickly

 

[luj1]

Did AI generate that setting?

AI would do better than ..

fampyrs = vampires
guls = ghouls
xaurips = kobolds
vithracks = illithid
godlikes = planetouched
vailian trading company = east india company
principi = pirates
neketaka = titikaka
etc.

Wow, so original. It must have taken them 2 brain cells to come up with this. Literally talentless copy paste / banal shite

PS I will never get tired of posting this

 

[user]

Damn, I didn't expect it to feel so bad. I actually laughed when they shot a pistol for the first time, it looks and sounds like a toy - overall combat seems to lack any impact, animations look weird and janky af and whole thing is plastic and gay.

Basically as expected, it's Outer Worlds in POE setting.

Pretty much this about the combat and animations. It looks terrible. DMoMM's way better that what was shown in this video.

Also, couldn't care less about switching loadouts on the fly - and because of this, something tells me that each "loadout" won't have particularly deep customization. Hope I'm wrong.
The C&C showcase did not actually show the consequence?
Environment looked satisfying at least.

 

[cyborgboy95]

Wonder between this and Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, which one will end up being the better Elder Scroll-like RPG? Despite Obsidian having bigger budget (Microsoft buck) than the devs of Tainted Grail, I have the feeling it will be the latter, especially after the borefest that is The Outer World.

 

[luj1]

The real treasure are the Youtube comments

"This Xbox 360 game looks fun"

 

[luj1]

"looks like a tech demo from 10 years ago"

 

[user]

If there’s one thing I hope BG3 causes, it’s to have attractive people in games again rather than making everyone potatoes to appease Cali fags and cat ladies.

I prefer a world where everyone is normal/gritty/ugly/pretty etc depending on their circumstances in the world. Perpetually horny Glamour Gate 3 where everyone looks like Zoolander and apparently uses hair conditioners, makeup, rouge and skin lotions daily, is ridiculous.

 

[Zombra]

Wonder between this and Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, which one will end up being the better Elder Scroll-like RPG? Despite Obsidian having bigger budget (Microsoft buck) than the devs of Tainted Grail, I have the feeling it will be the latter, especially after the borefest that is The Outer World.

That's a low bar x 1

 

[Hammer Of The Heretics]

"looks like a tech demo from 10 years ago"

A ten year old tech demo would have better writing.

 

[Tyranicon]

-Reads thread and watches video-

 

[Silverfish]

I like to make fun and take potshots, but credit where it's due, this looks like one of the coolest mobile games in years.

 

[Immortal]

"looks like a tech demo from 10 years ago"

Scrolling through them I've seen many comments that are essentially:

"I hope it’s not like outer worlds"

 

[PorkyThePaladin]

It looks like Outer Worlds set in some bland, generic medieval fantasy settings with xaurips instead of kobolds, fampyrs instead of vampires, and Morrowind style combat. Ugh, to think these people's antecedents once made PST and Fallout 1/2...

 

[luj1]

It looks like nothing

 

[luj1]

This is p. cool art

the game looks nice

At least one mystery is solved. Infinitron was never just a mindless Obsidian shill. He unironically has low gaming standards. Always wondered about that.