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

DalekFlay

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Risen 2 used muskets pretty well in a fantasy action RPG sense, other flaws in the game aside. They felt powerful but slow, and you had to really time your shots right (and hit) or else you'd be swarmed and fucked. Greedfall recently also did rifles pretty well, as they hit armor from range before you ran in and hit the underlying health bar with swords. I see no reason muskets and the like can't work in a Skyrim setting, assuming they're used similarly to crossbows as jf8350143 says above. Powerful but very slow, easy to get swarmed, so they're balanced. If Obsidian handles attribute balance better than they did in Outer Worlds, you'd have to really sacrifice melee skill to specialize in muskets, limiting your combat abilities.
 

Child of Malkav

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If what's in that leak is true (and I believe it is because all these leaks are nothing more than hype generators that allow for plausible deniability) then Microsoft must be throwing mountains of resources at Obsidian. Could be good. With this and CP2077 and Elden Ring, Bethesda might actually have competition on that front.
 

Generic-Giant-Spider

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The only thing I know about the PoE world is it has a giant god stomping a mudhole all over the place and everyone is gay to some degree.

The sharks are also gay.
 

zapotec

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I dislike the settings with all the fake italians, fake eskimoes, fake maori and so on.
My theory is that in the third title we discover that Eora is actually Earth in the future and Woedica is Margaret Tatcher :retarded:
 

NJClaw

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The only thing I know about the PoE world is it has a giant god stomping a mudhole all over the place and everyone is gay to some degree.

The sharks are also gay.
There are at least 11 different types of spiders.

I dislike the settings with all the fake italians, fake eskimoes, fake maori and so on.
My theory is that in the third title we discover that Eora is actually Earth in the future and Woedica is Margaret Tatcher :retarded:
Just like in BG3 we will discover that Toril is actually Earth and Sarevok is George W. Bush.
 

Reader

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use Microsoft's resources
I hear this mantra here and there lately. Why? Why do you think that if Microsoft has resources then Obsidian will make a good game?
EA has resources to make a good game, Ubisoft, Bethesda, many of them. So what?
The fact that Microsoft acquired Obsidian means that Feargus will be getting more stable paycheck. That's it.
Also Microft already bought some decent studios in the past - Rare, Lionhead..Where are they? Where are their gorgeous AAA games?
But not all is lost for Obsidian. The hope lies in Josh's Darkland's inspired game.
 

Duraframe300

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use Microsoft's resources
I hear this mantra here and there lately. Why? Why do you think that if Microsoft has resources then Obsidian will make a good game?
EA has resources to make a good game, Ubisoft, Bethesda, many of them. So what?
The fact that Microsoft acquired Obsidian means that Feargus will be getting more stable paycheck. That's it.
Also Microft already bought some decent studios in the past - Rare, Lionhead..Where are they? Where are their gorgeous AAA games?
But not all is lost for Obsidian. The hope lies in Josh's Darkland's inspired game.

The hope of Peak Woke Sawyer bundled with Kate Dollarhyde?

I do have hope that Sawyer’s history autism will win out in the end, but I eould lie if I don’t have major concerns with that thing.

OTOH, I have no idea what to expect from Avowed, so I give it at least the benefit of the doubt.
 
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Insert Title Here Strap Yourselves In
Never played TES, but lol, did they copy the left-hand-glowing -with magic, right-hand-holding-weapon from there?
So fucking painfully generic. Worst trailer ever. Just looking at that, why didn't they decide to do something unique where you have to wield a staff in two hands, and the magic glow comes from the staff?
Literally anklebiting and copying popamole shit. Fuck normies.
 

Duraframe300

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So fucking painfully generic. Worst trailer ever. Just looking at that, why didn't they decide to do something unique where you have to wield a staff in two hands, and the magic glow comes from the staff?.

That is... wow

You just described one of the ways it could have been more generic. I mean 99% already expected a balrog to show up at the end.
You don't have to fully turn it into a LOTR meme.
 
Self-Ejected

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Peak Woke Sawyer
Isn't he actually centrist now? I read something like that in his thread.
True. For a Californian, he is quite moderate.

Unfortunately ras of recently this does not seem to be the case anymore. Apparently poor Josh, blinded by tears shed due to the supposed failure of his latest titles, has run straight off the cliff and into the warm embrace of his woke friends.
 

Jedi Exile

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this game will unironically be better than poe1 or 2

It won't because it is not isometric or turn-based. Say what you want about PoE and PoE 2, but I enjoyed them greatly because they were isometric and I was starved for these kind of games (and PoE 2 also has a turn-based mode). I won't mind playing Avowed, but this is not what I want from Obsidian.
 

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