Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting

[ERYFKRAD]

Amalur would give this game a run for its money, tbh

Leave Amalur alone, that game even had tits. And it had no companions.

My main issue with KoA is that it became way too easy after you're halfway through if you level crafting. The last time I've played using only gear that I found, and it was pretty fun.

Remake's very hard mode is significantly harder from what I heard.

 

[luj1]

Amalur would give this game a run for its money, tbh

Leave Amalur alone, that game even had tits. And it had no companions.

Yeah, exactly. It's like this in scope and size, but better everywhere. And it featured no woke propaganda.

 

[luj1]

Remake's very hard mode is significantly harder from what I heard.

The original Amalur is better everywhere. The remaster is something like 35 GB, while the original is around 7 GB, yet it runs better and has less bugs.

 

[Roguey]

Now ask yourself how long it will take Microsoft executives to realize that Obsidian is incompetent at developing CRPGs but apparently can successfully create multiplayer online survival games such as Grounded.

For the time being, MS is giving their studios full autonomy. That could change with new management.

And it featured no woke propaganda.

You are mistaken. One of the first sidequests https://amalur.fandom.com/wiki/Members_Only

One of the DLCs also has a female Zapp Brannigan ship captain who's very Yatzli-like.

 

[frajaq]

Oh nevermind Yatzli is the only that can dispell illusions for some chests you find in this game, I guess she's a permanent party member now...

 

[countrydoctor]

Oh nevermind Yatzli is the only that can dispell illusions for some chests you find in this game, I guess she's a permanent party member now...

And yet several grenade types have no effect for overworld interactions, they could easily allow soul pods to reveal illusions or something. Yet again dumb as shit, poorly playtested mechanic, same with their initial implementation of gear tiers.

 

[Tenebris]

They probably wanted to force players to have to use her.

 

[Fedora Master]

Clearly not even the coomers care.

 

[processdaemon]

There are 16 AO3 stories so the female coomers care a little bit more, but not by very much (for comparison, Baldur's Gate has over 38,000).

 

[Modron]

Clearly not even the coomers care.

I am sure Sgc_Meltdown could find some if he was still around.

 

[luj1]

And it featured no woke propaganda.

You are mistaken. One of the first sidequests https://amalur.fandom.com/wiki/Members_Only

That is not woke, you retarded tranny.

"Sister Zelda is protesting outside St. Odwig's Reliquary against the monks there because they won't let her join the order because she is a woman."

This cannot be compared to the blatant woke propaganda in Avowed.

 

[Roguey]

That is not woke, you retarded tranny.

"Sister Zelda is protesting outside St. Odwig's Reliquary against the monks there because they won't let her join the order because she is a woman."

This cannot be compared to the blatant woke propaganda in Avowed.

"It is not woke to be given a quest that reveals the white misogynistic bigots running the Church are keeping the black woman out because of their bigotry." Okay pal.

 

[luj1]

Roguey for you, having females or black people in any form in any media equals pozz. According to you Tomb Raider or NOLF are Pozz.

And the reason you are relativizing this is to gain ground to claim how supposedly 'everything was always SJW' and nothing changed (of course this couldn't be further from the truth)

Because the reality is, you are one of these pozz lovers.

 

[Skinwalker]

having females or black people in any form in any media equals pozz.

 

[luj1]

That's because you are retarded, Planetard.

You can have women or black people in RPGs absent propaganda, many Renaissance era RPGs and Gold Box era RPGs had them.

Avowed is VERY far from Amalur anyway. I'm not even sure Amalur is woke

 

[Falksi]

Most kids are more interested in watching some influencer (roaches or no roaches) react to another influencer who watched a part of a playthrough of a game on Twitch, than playing said game themselves.
You say you're surprised by the fact that people find this shit entertaining, but dear sir, you lie.

Honestly, I just hope this trend continues to the point where the normies and casuals finally fuck off from the hobby for good, and all the slop which has infested the hobby for the past 20-ish years dies out with them too.

They can all go watch some big release Gamepass dross on Youtube, and not actually bother playing it.

Nah, you exagerate. Art is gorgeous, very colorful, exactly what Living Lands was supposed to be

Reminds me of this...

 

[Skinwalker]

That's because you are retarded, Planetard.

You can have women or black people in RPGs absent propaganda

And yet, pretty much any time they appear, it's in the context of "Help! I am being oppressed by evil White male bigots!" like that mega-retarded quest in Amalur.

 

[luj1]

It wasn't that prominent before 2014 or so. It's just a way for people to claim "it was always like that", which isn't true

 

[Alex]

That's because you are retarded, Planetard.

You can have women or black people in RPGs absent propaganda, many Renaissance era RPGs and Gold Box era RPGs had them.

Avowed is VERY far from Amalur anyway. I'm not even sure Amalur is woke

Female action heroine is pure feminist propaganda. It is just easier for people to accept, but doesn't change it is a silly idea.

 

[Harthwain]

Female action heroine is pure feminist propaganda.

More like a fantasy. Hot females in sexy outfits were a norm long before feminism became a thing.

 

[Skinwalker]

Female action heroine is pure feminist propaganda.

More like a fantasy. Hot females in sexy outfits were a norm long before feminism became a thing.

Name a few.

 

[GloomFrost]

Amalur would give this game a run for its money, tbh

Leave Amalur alone, that game even had tits. And it had no companions.

Yeah, exactly. It's like this in scope and size, but better everywhere. And it featured no woke propaganda.

And even Two worlds 2 looks like a very solid open world RPG with some quality content. What has this industry become??

 

[Raghar]

Amalur would give this game a run for its money, tbh

Leave Amalur alone, that game even had tits. And it had no companions.

Yeah, exactly. It's like this in scope and size, but better everywhere. And it featured no woke propaganda.

And even Two worlds 2 looks like a very solid open world RPG with some quality content. What has this industry become??

Two Worlds 2 has great design of clothes and armor. Combat is so so, and quest design questionable.

But, it doesn't require OP PC to run. And IIRC there are no blacks either. So yea, it runs circles around Avowed.

 

[Roguey]

According to you Tomb Raider or NOLF are Pozz.

Correct. Interview from 1998 https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/interview-with-toby-gard

You're on record as saying you're not really happy with some of the sleazier aspects of the Tomb Raider marketing machine. Do you take the relative failure of other copy-cat "cybertarts", such as Niki from Pandemonium or Red Lotus from Deathtrap Dungeon, to mean that OTT computer babes are not an automatic draw. What was it about Lara that worked so well and does this mean there'll be no semi-naked women in Galleon?

It was never the intention to create some kind of 'page 3' girl to star in Tomb Raider. The idea was to create a female character who was a heroine, you know, cool, collected, in control, that sort of thing. The problem with those other games is that the female characters are actually there for purely exploitative purposes. I know you could argue that Lara with her comic book style over-the top figure is exploitative, but I don't agree. I think it's ridiculous to say that portraying stylised people is degrading. You can represent an over the top hero figure by augmenting characteristics like a jutting jaw, wide shoulders, thin waist etc. and that is not degrading to men. It may well be a stereotype, but it seems to me that people are overanalysing this whole thing. It's pretty simple, if women in a game are only there to be the equivalent of quiz show floozies then they are being portrayed in a sexist way.

NOLF had a very feminist story. The male chauvinist turns out to be the bad guy.

It wasn't that prominent before 2014 or so. It's just a way for people to claim "it was always like that", which isn't true

I see a lot of people getting upset about the fact that games are out that have a political or social or moral belief that isn't reflecting how you feel, and all I can tell you is that's always been the case. You're just seeing it now because there's a lot more games out there, but that's the good thing: you can just buy the games, that if that matters to you, you can just buy the games that reflect your own beliefs back at you.

I hope you make modern versions of those, you know, modern graphics and modern engines and modern story techniques and modern subtexts of social and political and whatever issues you want to address. My games have been full of them. Wokeness didn't happen yesterday - games have always had a perspective, they've always had things in there, but I want to be clear, it's been a subtext of my games, not the context.

When I get a backlash for talking politics from gamers who’ve played my games, and somehow are shocked I have political opinions… I wonder if they really understood the games. They were always political (starting with Ultima IV). Virtues, anti-racism, anti blind faith, anti-corruption of power, facing down a world with unfair tactics, recognizing paths other than your own as worthy.

 

[luj1]

all I can tell you is that's always been the case

Copity copity cope