Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - Early Access on February 13th - coming February 18th

[Roguey]

MS ran an Avowed ad in Times Square, they definitely want it to be big.

I'm sure they have their own metrics of what they'd consider acceptable sales versus gamepass players.

 

[Tenebris]

It'd be interesting to see what direction they go with the series if it does do well. I highly doubt we'll get a Pillars 3 but they'd probably go for Avowed 2 and maybe give Josh his turn based spinoff game. If any of that does happen, I really hope they give us new writers. Or at least keep some of them away from it.

 

[Takamori]

Josh said he will only direct a PoE 3 if he gets a BG3 budget to work with. So there is that.

 

[RegionalHobo]

this game boggles the mind.

does obsidian does not know what sells? or are they hoping budget bethesda like is enough?

look at the companions of this game and outer worlds. damm this studio degraded almost as much as bioware

pentiment is actually better than their aaa efforts

 

[Heroic Liberator]

From what we've seen thus far, I tend to agree about the companions. But otherwise game looks ok for a hub-based Bethesda clone, with the added benefit of PoE style C&C. I expect the game to be mediocre, but at least a fantasy setting is harder to fuck up than a SF one like TOW.

 

[Zibniyat]

I love that there's a little flame icon on the spider web to tell the player to use a fire ability on the spider web to remove the spider web. They know that anyone who actually buys this game must be legitimately retarded, so they are caring for their target audience and putting in as many QoRL (Quality of Retard's Life) improvements as possible.

Just like quest compass. Just like GPS map on the HUD. These things are far older than many here are willing to accept. RPGs always tended to cater to low-IQ players (with some exceptions), so let us not pretend here how this is something outrageous and unheard of.​

 

[Jenkem]

Obsidian back?

Obsidian never left bay bee!

 

[scytheavatar]

does obsidian does not know what sells?

They never knew what sells, this is why Feargus had to sell the studio to Microsoft in the first place. They blew themselves up trying to chase Larian with POE 2. Even Sawyer is public about how he doesn't "get" the people who loved BG3, you think the rest of Obsidian gets them better than him?

 

[Yosharian]

I think they don't even need to make much profit with their games given they are basically Game Pass fodder.

See, I don't buy this, because it's really weird when I open up Battle.net and Avowed is right next to big titles like WoW/Diablo 4/Call of Duty.

It doesn't feel like this is a "filler" game in Microsoft's eyes...

Wait what. Why is it on Battle.net?

 

[abija]

See, I don't buy this, because it's really weird when I open up Battle.net and Avowed is right next to big titles like WoW/Diablo 4/Call of Duty.

When a game shows up on buildings, marketing budget wasn't cut so they clearly believe in it.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

It's going to be exactly the same story as with that previous turd of theirs: they'll count live service pity downloads as "units moved" and "player engagement" and for the next decade roguey will keep spamming threads how "game title" sold 6 gorillion copies because someone from obsidian said so on social media.

 

[Dark Souls II]

Just like quest compass. Just like GPS map on the HUD. These things are far older than many here are willing to accept. RPGs always tended to cater to low-IQ players (with some exceptions), so let us not pretend here how this is something outrageous and unheard of.​

Even Skyrim, the harbinger of Decline, a game that was catering as much to low-IQ as possible, didn't think of putting an icon on spiderwebs to tell people that spiderwebs are destructible. This is not just standard retardation, this is next level retardation. This is dumber than yellow ladders.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Interactive icons like the flame one on the web are needed when you can't do the "odd colored wall is a secret" bit anymore, since you've gone for the "ultra realistic graphix" bit. I know for a fact that Alpha Protocol had shitty moments where things were poorly communicated to the player. There's this bit I distinctly remember where you're made to go through a door but all doors look the same and yet none of them are interactive. And then you have stuff like the stealth system with no feedback at all. Although there's a limit of course, like the painted ledges on Tomb Raider or the yellow ladders on Resident Evil.

 

[ArchAngel]

does obsidian does not know what sells?

They never knew what sells, this is why Feargus had to sell the studio to Microsoft in the first place. They blew themselves up trying to chase Larian with POE 2. Even Sawyer is public about how he doesn't "get" the people who loved BG3, you think the rest of Obsidian gets them better than him?

I also do not get people that like that woke shit called Bear Gay 3. It has nothing to do with classics BG1 and BG2

 

[damager]

Interactive icons like the flame one on the web are needed when you can't do the "odd colored wall is a secret" bit anymore, since you've gone for the "ultra realistic graphix" bit. I know for a fact that Alpha Protocol had shitty moments where things were poorly communicated to the player. There's this bit I distinctly remember where you're made to go through a door but all doors look the same and yet none of them are interactive. And then you have stuff like the stealth system with no feedback at all. Although there's a limit of course, like the painted ledges on Tomb Raider or the yellow ladders on Resident Evil.

Bru fire symbols on spider webs make games a farce and gameplay pushing a button

 

[Infinitron]

It's going to be exactly the same story as with that previous turd of theirs: they'll count live service pity downloads as "units moved" and "player engagement"

Did this actually happen?

 

[damager]

the propaganda Jew playing the innocent lamb

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Interactive icons like the flame one on the web are needed when you can't do the "odd colored wall is a secret" bit anymore, since you've gone for the "ultra realistic graphix" bit. I know for a fact that Alpha Protocol had shitty moments where things were poorly communicated to the player. There's this bit I distinctly remember where you're made to go through a door but all doors look the same and yet none of them are interactive. And then you have stuff like the stealth system with no feedback at all. Although there's a limit of course, like the painted ledges on Tomb Raider or the yellow ladders on Resident Evil.

Bru fire symbols on spider webs make games a farce and gameplay pushing a button

If you didn't have them, it would still be about pushing buttons...

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

It's going to be exactly the same story as with that previous turd of theirs: they'll count live service pity downloads as "units moved" and "player engagement"

Did this actually happen?

It's been a common practice in gaming, I think Fallout 4 was the first major release which passed "units shipped" as "units sold".

 

[FreeKaner]

Interactive icons like the flame one on the web are needed when you can't do the "odd colored wall is a secret" bit anymore, since you've gone for the "ultra realistic graphix" bit. I know for a fact that Alpha Protocol had shitty moments where things were poorly communicated to the player. There's this bit I distinctly remember where you're made to go through a door but all doors look the same and yet none of them are interactive. And then you have stuff like the stealth system with no feedback at all. Although there's a limit of course, like the painted ledges on Tomb Raider or the yellow ladders on Resident Evil.

Bru fire symbols on spider webs make games a farce and gameplay pushing a button

At least the game seems to have quite customizable UI, maybe they'll let us turn those off.

 

[Fedora Master]

It's going to be exactly the same story as with that previous turd of theirs: they'll count live service pity downloads as "units moved" and "player engagement"

Did this actually happen?

It's your fucking job to know.

 

[damager]

Interactive icons like the flame one on the web are needed when you can't do the "odd colored wall is a secret" bit anymore, since you've gone for the "ultra realistic graphix" bit. I know for a fact that Alpha Protocol had shitty moments where things were poorly communicated to the player. There's this bit I distinctly remember where you're made to go through a door but all doors look the same and yet none of them are interactive. And then you have stuff like the stealth system with no feedback at all. Although there's a limit of course, like the painted ledges on Tomb Raider or the yellow ladders on Resident Evil.

Bru fire symbols on spider webs make games a farce and gameplay pushing a button

If you didn't have them, it would still be about pushing buttons...

It would be about using your bain a bit more to combine spiderweb + firespell = open passage

Like... actually playing a game. Not just pressing 'a' to cast firespell on web.

 

[Shaki]

It's going to be exactly the same story as with that previous turd of theirs: they'll count live service pity downloads as "units moved" and "player engagement"

Did this actually happen?

It's your fucking job to know.

He's paid to repost advertisements, not to know things

 

[Infinitron]

Yeah well, I don't remember the exact wording of announcements about The Outer Worlds' sales. It's been over five years. But I don't recall the use of "shipped x units"-type weasel words. There may have been announcements about the number of people who played the game, which isn't equivalent to sales due to Game Pass, but that means exactly what it says.

 

[ferratilis]

He's paid

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