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

[Inec0rn]

geez.. as bad as DA:V, I thought it would be bad but not that bad.

 

[Yosharian]

Reviewer is a bible basher so have to take his opinions with a grain of salt. Seems really bad though if he's to be believed.

 

[FreeKaner]

Reviewer is a bible basher so have to take his opinions with a grain of salt. Seems really bad though if he's to be believed.

He says nothing of substance other than superficial character analysis on some male and female characters on the basis of whether they are sufficiently cool or uncool. Like the idea that in avowed how colonists are evil men from evil colonist faction but the character he gives as an example of supposed cool female character that is meant to show favoritism towards women is a cool character despite being from the evil colonist white people faction. Similarly the fishtits companion is meant to be a counter-part to white people but he is from the aggressive colonial empire himself and is a mercenary who got disillusioned with war. Meanwhile game actually having reactivity to your race or cultural background being sold as a bad thing. One has to fail a lot of comprehension and critical thinking to fall for this video or otherwise be completely zealously devoted to cause of seeing man hatred everywhere and that's only for the stuff in this video he actually talked about.

 

[Yosharian]

I love your optimism. Nah, what I heard sounded pretty fucking awful even taking into account the bias. Both male companions being closet gays? All the female characters being massive girlboss types? Come on man.

 

[Thalstarion]

Colonialism being presented as one of the worst things ever is a terribly boring and predictable trope that guts any meaningful world-building. Practically every society, fictional or otherwise, at one point expanded its influence through conquest. It's not a big deal, though it has become a convenient tool for the dysgenic dregs of society to use it as an 'allegory' to bash European and American history.

The abundance of 'strong women in traditionally male roles' is also terribly trite, especially with the male characters reduced to the 'gay best friend' or 'incompetent buffoon' tropes.

Though none of this should be at all surprising due to a combination of the company's recent games combined with the nutty statements put out there by the unhinged art developer.

 

[Darkwind]

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gosh. Here you are. Right up RPGCodex back alley. This has HEAVY SPOILERS.




Let's get it all out.

Thanks,
Sherry

What strikes me the most about this, much more than the utterly predictable woke man-hating and turning women into breastless pseudo-trannies is THAT art style. You know the one... oversaturated colors, cartoonish, pastels as the main palette, and something that would be aimed squarely at kids or tweens.

This is a VERY noticeable trend. You saw it in Outer Worlds, you saw it big time in Failguard, and you see it in nearly all woke goyslop that was shat out in the past few years. (Dustborn, Flintlock, etc.) This tracks side by side with the absolute infantilization of gay-mers. Woke Gen Z faggots mainlining soy simply cannot fathom gritty realistic looking graphics. Look at the games in the 2010s with a very realistic aesthetic, often very bloody. That is why something like Space Marine 2 stands out and towers above the competition because it looks SO different, whereas in times passed during the Gears of War era, the Dark Souls 1 era, it would have been unremarkable.

TL;DR- They are mental midgets and emotional retards so the gaymes must cater to this entirely. 20 year olds going on 10 basically mentally, physically, and emotionally. So everything needs to look like a child focused Nintendo Switch game.

 

[Fedora Master]

I wouldn't want to go back to 2000s brown on brown war shooters tho

 

[Orange Clock]

What people played Skyrim for? The Elder Scrolls world

Who the fuck played Skyrim for ES world? It got rid of any interesting/cool stuff and made it all about Vikings v Dragons.
People played it for that feeling(even if it was an illusionary one) that you can go whenever you want and do whatever you want.

What people played Pillars of Eternity for? Chris avellone's writing + good quest

Who the fuck played PoE for MCA(or anyone’s for that’s matter) writing? It was boring and nagging.
People played it because they thought that finally Obsidian made a game without any publisher’s constraints and it’d be their Magnum Opus. It wasn’t.

What does Avowed have? [..] No buy.

On that I agree: Who the fuck gonna buy Avowed anyway?(Except Sherry, ofc)

 

[Lyric Suite]

I wouldn't want to go back to 2000s brown on brown war shooters tho

Compared to this? I would.

 

[Tyrr]

Why people play Skyrim?
For the (coomer) mods.

Why people played PoE?
They expected something like BG 2.5. They promised some kind of spiritual successor to BG during the KS campaign.

Why are people interested in Avowed?
For the popcorn.

 

[Fedora Master]

I wouldn't want to go back to 2000s brown on brown war shooters tho

Compared to this? I would.

It just occured to me: Morrowind manages to do the whole "strange alien place" aesthetic better and WITHOUT oversaturating everything.

 

[Abu Antar]

I watched the video that Sherry posted. I'll spoil one thing: both male companions are gay.

 

[frajaq]

It's gonna be a slam dunk

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I watched the video that Sherry posted. I'll spoil one thing: both male companions are gay.

Pretty early to get Henry and Hans doing crossovers but whatever.

 

[Orange Clock]

I watched the video that Sherry posted. I'll spoil one thing: both male companions are gay.

Pretty early to get Henry and Hans doing crossovers but whatever.

So, guess they didn’t have an ol’ school fag, like Timothy Cain, to stop them this time. So she made everyone gay, well done Carry

 

[Dark Souls II]

- Fish nigger confirmed a faggot (Fish niggerfaggot), he is a closeted faggot and his companion quest is you helping him come out of the closet

- Dwarf archer is suffering from childhood trauma and PTSD, his companion quest is helping him go through a theraphy for being diddled as a kid. Oh by the way, the dwarf archer just like the fish nigger is also gay

- There seems to be some C&C in the game, every time you make a bad decision (destroy nigger ruins to save a lot of people, save a white girl kidnapped by an orc instead of helping the orc), you have to go through a reeducation session with one or more female characters lecturing you on racism and colonialism

- Wypipo bad
- Men bad
- Women good

Looking better than I expected to be honest. And by better I mean worse, of course. Very promising in fact, might be a very pleasant trainwreck to observe.

Pillars of Eternity III: Dragon Age: the Veilguard 2: Avowed

 

[Nelka]

 

[Fedora Master]

So Infinitron Roguey are you going to buy and play this? Mayhaps't entertain us with screenshots and opinions on this masterpiece that you've shilled for? It's Obsidian! They can do no wrong! Please, we need to know more.

 

[Infinitron]

So Infinitron Roguey are you going to buy and play this? Mayhaps't entertain us with screenshots and opinions on this masterpiece that you've shilled for? It's Obsidian! They can do no wrong! Please, we need to know more.

I've already said I will only play this on Game Pass. But I'd need to buy a new PC first so who knows when that'll happen.

 

[Fedora Master]

- There seems to be some C&C in the game, every time you make a bad decision (destroy nigger ruins to save a lot of people, save a white girl kidnapped by an orc instead of helping the orc), you have to go through a reeducation session with one or more female characters lecturing you on racism and colonialism

Write what you know, i.e. the office culture at Obisidian.

 

[Fedora Master]

So Infinitron Roguey are you going to buy and play this? Mayhaps't entertain us with screenshots and opinions on this masterpiece that you've shilled for? It's Obsidian! They can do no wrong! Please, we need to know more.

I've already said I will only play this on Game Pass. But I'd need to buy a new PC first so who knows when that'll happen.

That's a "No" then.

 

[BlackheartXIII]

 

[Thalstarion]

I am also very tired of the 'stand up to authority' trope. It'd be refreshing to see a companion in an RPG be humbled and forced to admit that they're wrong and that the laws/traditions they're trying to subvert for the 'greater good' are in fact in place for good reason.

 

[jaekl]

So Infinitron Roguey are you going to buy and play this? Mayhaps't entertain us with screenshots and opinions on this masterpiece that you've shilled for? It's Obsidian! They can do no wrong! Please, we need to know more.

I've already said I will only play this on Game Pass. But I'd need to buy a new PC first so who knows when that'll happen.

I'll buy you a new PC if you stop moderating the gaming forums

 

[Fedora Master]

I am also very tired of the 'stand up to authority' trope. It'd be refreshing to see a companion in an RPG be humbled and forced to admit that they're wrong and that the laws/traditions they're trying to subvert for the 'greater good' are in fact in place for good reason.

Forget about people having different opinions and nuance to their personality, forget characters that are Lawful, the only allowed character types now are Chaotic Good and Chaotic Neutral in the fishmalk sense.