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

Lord_Potato

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Killed by Henry, of all people.
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Baron Tahn

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Roguey said:
Does everyone want Veilguard and Bloodlines 2 to fail on their own merits?
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Not sure what you mean, I dont want them to fail at all. Id rather they be great games, I enjoyed both DA:Origins and Bloodlines and considering all the time and technology available to improve them these sequels should be excellent...Right? Nothing could possibly go wrong?
 
sosmoflux

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Who's gonna chicken out first!
The self assured yet practical high testosterone of KCD
Or the self preserving yet volatile estrogen of Avowed
 
Roguey

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Baron Tahn said:
Not sure what you mean, I dont want them to fail at all. Id rather they be great games, I enjoyed both DA:Origins and Bloodlines and considering all the time and technology available to improve them these sequels should be excellent...Right? Nothing could possibly go wrong?
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Well Avowed moved to early 2025 out of a claim that late 2024 was too packed and now KCD 2 is moving out of late 2024, so if Failguard and Bloodlines 2 fail, it won't be because of fierce competition.
 
IHaveHugeNick

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Jokes aside, it really kinda seems doomed at this point. KCD is already looks much better in every way so more time in the oven can only make them them teabag Avowed even harder.
 
KeighnMcDeath

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Who in this has freckles? I guarantee there's an agenda. I've seen it in comics, TV, certain games. Is it a ginger takeover?
 

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Seems odd to ask about a game that was supposed to come out in but a couple weeks, but:

What is Avowed gonna be? Like, for real. Except for yet another semi-open world-ish action RPG power fantasy, all set in the same universe as that piratey CRPG nobody has ever played. Except me.

Honestly, what's the pitch? That it looks kinda pretty? What game doesn't? That it may play pretty nice? Well, duh! That it runs on your PS5? Cowabungah! It seems all Obsidian can actually emotionally trigger is either nostalgia. Or a crave for moaaar of IPs that are not of their own making -- simply by developing sequels and spinoffs ever since they did cook one of those up in Feargie's 450-square-foot attic. Tragic.

No wonder they're afraid to compete with anyone. If you're a car salesman who can't sell cars, you move to someplace where nobody else does. But you.
 
Tyranicon

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onemananadhisdroid said:
No wonder they're afraid to compete with anyone.
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I'm going to quote ERYFKRAD because it's a great quote.

ERYFKRAD said:
The weak have learned to become strong in numbers, and thus they forego the chance to become stronger on their own.
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The majority of media, including games, is populated by meek, unambitious, mediocre creatives. There's very few with drive and passion left. They've been thoroughly driven away by a pathetic corporate culture that promotes design-by-committee, rather than visionary leaders.

The industry is vulnerable and in many ways, easy pickings. I hope that driven and talented developers return, because everything is currently a joke.
 
Old Hans

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onemananadhisdroid said:
Seems odd to ask about a game that was supposed to come out in but a couple weeks, but:

What is Avowed gonna be? Like, for real. Except for yet another semi-open world-ish action RPG power fantasy, all set in the same universe as that piratey CRPG nobody has ever played. Except me.

Honestly, what's the pitch? That it looks kinda pretty? What game doesn't? That it may play pretty nice? Well, duh! That it runs on your PS5? Cowabungah! It seems all Obsidian can actually emotionally trigger is either nostalgia. Or a crave for moaaar of IPs that are not of their own making -- simply by developing sequels and spinoffs ever since they did cook one of those up in Feargie's 450-square-foot attic. Tragic.

No wonder they're afraid to compete with anyone. If you're a car salesman who can't sell cars, you move to someplace where nobody else does. But you.
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I havent seen anything that makes me think: "wow I never saw that before" it looks like the same old crap with a fresh coat of paint
 
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