The Fall of Avalon has some really nice first-person melee combat. It's held back a bit by somewhat janky animations (the hitbox and range sometimes feel detached from the animations, but tbh it was the same in Dark Messiah), but overall it's really fluid and requires you to be quick on reflexes. Another cool thing is if you start moving away from enemies, they will often use throwable knives/axes on you, so you need to dodge a lot and manage your stamina well. Progression is kinda busted at the moment though (game is still in EA), so eventually you get so OP you can just one-shot everything, so everything becomes moot, but the first couple of hours feel really amazing to play. One of the devs is supposedly into HEMA, so it's thanks to that:
I wouldn't hold my breath for anything special. I just shiver at the thought of what kind of story Obsidian will tell us in their "rich, weird and wonderful world".
A lot of normies are already up in arms on plebbit, saying the game looks bad, bland, etc. Every time the topic of Bethesda comes up, Obsidian mentions naturally follow (as the much better RPG developer), so I can't wait for this game to come out and make them finally realize that the latter is only marginally better, and that New Vegas was over a decade ago, written mostly by people who don't work there anymore. They excused TOW by it being an AA game (even though it was priced like AAA), but there will be no excuses now, not with MS money behind them.
This game was pitched to MS during the acquisition talks as a "Skyrim w/ co-op" deal that got scaled down into being Fantasy Outer Worlds since they were taking too long. There's never been any internal interest in doing Pillars 3 until Baldur's Gate 3's success.
According to the Codex, Dragon's Dogma is a 2016 release, and it does feature magical ice spells that can freeze enemies, leaving them susceptible to being shattered when killed. I expect the upcoming sequel will include an equivalent debilitation.
Avowed will end up being the better Elder Scrolls-like RPG, because its writing and gameplay will be worse, and therefore more in line with the TES series.
dude the mod tools aren't even out yet, just wait
I think they gave up on Starfield
Time for my weekly reminder that "realistic" and "good gameplay" are not necessarily the same thing, even in a first-person title. It's a reasonable assumption but not a necessary one. Sadly I doubt Obsidian is trying to think outside of the box either and probably also think it's the same thing; and I'm also skeptical they can pull it off.
I see this shit thrown around a lot.
Why would Feargus agree to being bought out if it didn't involve money? Why would they settle into a position that forces them to release every game on a service that's a few dollars a month day one if they aren't getting anything from it? You don't make any sense.
That's noticeable with the red lake in the background too. I think that's part of the color design they are going for with the "weird" elements in the environment. This should be what's their idea for a "unique, colorful and dynamic visual style".
Yes. Remember PoE games set in the mystical lands of ur-ethra (clever play on first earth, eh? Damn that soyyer guy is such a genius), have different priorities such as well designed gameplay and storytelling. That's why they had the same mechanics in poe1 and 2 and will change to an altogether different genre of fps.
IDK but Avowed and TOW are not games that had MS resources poured into them. Sawyer also made Pentiment, a passion project. You don't get to do that if you work for MS. Starfield is what you have to make if you work for MS.
I guess even the devs will be stalking this thread, because there are literally 5 (five) responses to the official thread created to discuss the "deep dive".
