Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming Fall 2024

[CthuluIsSpy]

So, what are the chances that this game will resolve the story left off in Pillars of Eternity 2?

This time, instead of following a big dude around for no reason, you follow a big black woman around for no reason.

*Big Black Transwoman.
I think her name is Michelle.

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

AVOWED IS FUCKING DEATH
WE SHOULD CUT OUR THROATS
END OUR LIVES
LET'S FUCKING TRY AGAIN

 

[Roguey]

Same news different Site. 2023 maybe?

Microsoft's Summer Game Fest was focused on titles that were being released in the next 12 months. Late-2023 at the earliest, but it'll likely slip into 2024 or beyond. Feargus did have a fabulously optimistic plan of releasing a new game every year for the next seven years starting with this year, but they're releasing two games this year (Grounded and Pentiment) so that covers 2023.

 

[Roguey]

By the way, I've checked, and though it took over a month, Obsidian has filled the narrative lead position for Avowed. Though who it is remains a mystery, my attempts at a search were fruitless.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

That's because they are planning a big reveal of narrative lead, but as a former owner I still have some strings I can pull.

It's a familiar face, but one we haven't heard from in a while. Returning to give us another fabulous RPG , the hero, the legend, the one and only...

 

[logrus]

Josh Sawyer isn't working on Avowed.

Oh well, turns out Avowed may be fun game after all!

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

Obsidian will literally bankrupt microsoft.

 

[BlackheartXIII]

AK Fedeau is working as an associate narrative designer on Avowed (https://www.tumblr.com/nihilnovisub...ehehe-been-trying-to-work-out-for-ages-if-you). this explains her proximity to Kate Dollarhyde (close proximity, that one of the reasons i thought she is might working on penitment (the main one is that she didn't announced on which project she is working on)) and Lis Moberly.

yeah! i first interviewed for outer worlds, but they picked someone else, so i came back about six months later and got the avowed role. i think they felt the historical research i'd done for dangerous crowns and company of heroes would be helpful for such a worldbuilding-heavy game.
obviously i can't, like, say things that haven't been announced, but i agree that the pillars universe is something else. it's not like any other fantasy setting i've worked in, to its benefit. iirc josh sawyer said that basing it on the early modern era rather than medieval times opens it up to different conflicts. you're not dealing with that king-and-peasant stuff as much anymore - now you have trade, the rise of a powerful merchant class, colonies and empires and the problems those create. i'm not as up on the metaphysical side, but it's been interesting to see such unapologetically weird deities as well.

 

[Perkel]

When this train wreck is supposed to come ?


Sometimes in 2026:

"You find a swerd +1

+1 - +2% to attack speed, +5% to damage
+2 - +5% to attack speed, +8% to damage
+3 - etc.

 

[Zed]

Obsidian will literally bankrupt microsoft.

Sweet

 

[Wunderbar]

Sometimes in 2026:

"They found a new associate narrative designer for Avowed, it's Ayisha Jackson from Seattle who's best known for a series of YA novels 'Chuck Tingle and the Sex chamber of secrets'"

"twitter embed where Josh Sawyer says something retarded"

"Another project lead has left Obsidian to work on some cinematic experience in Naughty Dog"

"codexers arguing whether PoE is good or not"

"twitter embed where Chris Avellone says something smug"

"codexers making jokes about fampyrs"

"Another project lead has left Obsidian to work on Halo in 343 Industries"

"twitter embed where Jason Schreier says something about problems with the management and workers rights"

etc etc

FTFY

 

[MajorMace]

Sometimes in 2026:

"You find a swerd +1

+1 - +2% to attack speed, +5% to damage
+2 - +5% to attack speed, +8% to damage
+3 - etc.

Can you imagine if things worked like that in good ol' dnd ?

+1 - +5% hit chance, +1 DMG
+2 - +10% hit chance, +2 DMG
+3 - etc

simply grotesque

Spoiler

inb4 the hit chance couldn't be a flat addition due to the nature of die rolling

 

[rusty_shackleford]

+n equipment has always been terrible itemization

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

Stories coming out about microsoft CEO being unable to afford food because of the ginornous costs of awoved development

 

[Technomancer]

swerd

Did you mock annoying pillars tendency to butcher well known tropes with silly replacements

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

Columns of Perpetuity is boring, and this game will be even worse.

 

[cvv]

Obsidian games, by women for women.

 

[Justicar]

swerd

Did you mock annoying pillars tendency to butcher well known tropes with silly replacements

NOGGER

 

[Wunderbar]

Think people are gonna be impressed with Avowed.

"posts an overly pixelated screenshot"

obviously it's a dual spellcasting like in skyrim, but it also kinda looks like arc of death from hexen.

Q:was jason’s report correct that it got internally rebooted? i hope it comes out next year lol

Jez: "they did change up the team and change up the creative directors, but the result was better pace of speed and a better vision. the first vertical slice under this new direction came a lot more quickly. direction of the game changed in a good way imo, which ill talk about some day"

 

[whydoibother]

obviously it's a dual spellcasting like in skyrim, but it also kinda looks like arc of death from hexen.

Yep, that's what I thought too. Dual wielding spells.

 

[MajorMace]

Considering the complete absence of communication, people will be impressed by the mere news that the game actually gets released at this point.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Considering the complete absence of communication, people will be impressed by the mere news that the game actually gets released at this point.

Game is in development hell, there is no release date and it looks like Bethesda will release ES VI before Obsidian gets their shit together.

I bet MS regrets spending money on doublefine, inxile and obsidian, none of those have released anything with any lasting impact on the market, and look to be nothing more than the hallmark movies of gamepass.

 

[NaturallyCarnivorousSheep]

Reports say Microsoft can't pay electricity bills as all the money went for snacks for feargus

 

[MajorMace]

The funny aspect of it is, when these studios finally die because, by virtue of having sold their shares, the actual management doesn't give a shit anymore (for those who haven't immeditely quit), the public will jump on the 'big firm kills indie hard working studio after buying it and submitting it to corporate torture' bandwagon.

 

[S.torch]

Obsidian games, by women for women.

Women? Those hysterical, painted-haired, woke propaganda-generating creatures are what you people call... women?