Eternity Avowed Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[mediocrepoet]

You guys think I will be able to make a white dude?

Nah but you can probably make a pink haired girl.

 

[Sherry]

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/avowed-not-being-open-world-is-a-good-thing-devs-say/1100-6529022/

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>announce game as a Skyrim clone to tap into the untapped audience of people who want more open world RPGs (very starved audience, every indie game that clones Elder Scrolls does well because of how rare they are)
>early marketing is all about hyping it up as Obsidian's answer to The Elder Scrolls
>a short time before release, completely change tune and say "Yeah we're not actually open world and that's a good thing btw"

This game is so cooked it's incredible

Hi.

What do you consider a short time before release? Your today post maybe? Only JarlFrank knows.

Avowed was originally pitched as such, but back in Q2 of 2023 Mr. Urquhart had already spoken about their direction shifting for the game during the early stages of development and shared that direction openly.

"Originally we were pitching, in essence, our Skyrim," confirms Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart. "I think over the course of time as we worked on it… Bethesda makes an awesome Skyrim. Mojang makes an awesome Minecraft, and Turn10 makes awesome racing games. What we do is we make our awesome RPGs, right? We could go off and create an 8km x 8km open world and then deal with all the consequences of that—because that makes it a different style game. But we want to tell more confined stories that the player can experience with their companions, and then move from part of the world to part of the world. And, like I said, in the end, that's us."

It may not be what players are looking for, and whether or not it draws in the Pillars of Eterni ... HOLD UP EVERYONE!

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As I was saying, time will tell if it lures in those who adored the first two games set in this world, or the Outer World players, or those just passing through. Personally I am still on the fence due to it lacking the ability to recreate Orange, my protagonist from the first two in the series, and of course that rotten SNORKEL who threw folks under the bus that just came in to work with his X rant on social issues. Now we have to take that in to account too when sale numbers start coming in, and how many people became turned off of Avowed because of his comments. It is always better to let the game just stand on its own merit without causing muddy water. That is what you get with a SNORKEL!

Thanks,
Sherry

 

[Justicar]

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/avowed-not-being-open-world-is-a-good-thing-devs-say/1100-6529022/

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>announce game as a Skyrim clone to tap into the untapped audience of people who want more open world RPGs (very starved audience, every indie game that clones Elder Scrolls does well because of how rare they are)
>early marketing is all about hyping it up as Obsidian's answer to The Elder Scrolls
>a short time before release, completely change tune and say "Yeah we're not actually open world and that's a good thing btw"

This game is so cooked it's incredible

They cant do open world games they reqiure much more effort than their slop.

 

[Fedora Master]

They look thrilled to be in the game

 

[Harthwain]

>godlike features
As a Pagan I've seen many depictions of gods in my life, but none of them looked like shriveled up old fruit left to grow moldy in the sun.
Every single one of these faces looks like it's been infected with a parasitic fungus that's slowly taking over their skin.

What the fuck kind of drug did the art designer take?

Reminds me of Harold from Fallout.

 

[JarlFrank]

Harold from Fallout but designed by an art director who doesn't know how art works.

 

[Ryzer]

Until February 3, 2025 Pillars of Eternity and DEADFIRE bundle is -78% OFF! Grab both of these RPG gems for well under $25!

zzz *snort* zzz

 

[Elttharion]

They look thrilled to be in the game

Looks like something out of squid games

 

[Gandalf]

Nothing wrong with the game not being open world. It's just other things that make the game uninviting.

 

[Harthwain]

Harold from Fallout but designed by an art director who doesn't know how art works.

It wouldn't blame the art director on this one. I would rather blame whoever had the idea that a "godlike" is an equivalent of Fallout's walking corpse rotting from exposure to extreme radiation. Even in Pillars of Eternity 1 godlikes look more like monsters/demons than anything else and some designs don't really make sense (mostly Death-related ones). They really should've went full in on godlikes being vastly different breed from "regular" humans.

 

[Fedora Master]

Nothing wrong with the game not being open world. It's just other things that make the game uninviting.

It's gonna be consolized tube levels isn't it

 

[Tenebris]

Are they seriously that incapable of doing marketing that doesn't involve them constantly saying what the game doesn't have. They're also out of their minds pricing this game at $70.

 

[JarlFrank]

If the game doesn't have anything gamers want, the only thing they can advertise are the things it doesn't have

 

[Roguey]

Playing as an ugly character is the mark of an irony-poisoned Something Awful goon.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Only play games made by slant-eyed folks until the west gets it's shit straightened out. We got alot of turd we gotta scrub out of the rug.

 

[The Nameless One]

Only play games made by slant-eyed folks until the west gets it's shit straightened out. We got alot of turd we gotta scrub out of the rug.

Weeaboos gtfo please.

 

[Sherry]

Hi.

The Living Lands are stunning. These are now available on the Steam page for Avowed, but here are a few that stood out to me.

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Did you know ...

1. The Living Lands gets its name from the fertility of soil and abundant growth of strange plants and animals in the seemingly endless valleys that span the island's interior.
2. The Living Lands is known for being extremely meteorologically variable, with everything from rolling hills, valleys basins, blackwood forests, dry dune-covered deserts, rocky cliffs, boiling mineral springs, volcanic mountains, tropical jungles and oases, swampy marshes, and ice-covered peaks.
3. Almost every major faction in known Eora have sent explorers to stake a claim on the Lands.
4. The racial mix in the area is extremely diverse, though not necessarily harmonious. Dwarves are very common here, even among the mix (but you cannot play as one).
   
5. A long-extinct people known as the Godless once inhabited the region, a society of kith notable for not recognizing or worship any known deity. The remains of their settlements and structures can be found strewn across most of the Lands, and scholars often uncover their artifacts.
6. Josh Sawyer had thought about using The Living Lands as a region in the second installment. Instead, it was the Deadfire Archipelago that was chosen.

Thanks,
Sherry

 

[Drakortha]

Nothing wrong with the game not being open world. It's just other things that make the game uninviting.

Not being an open world is a net positive.

 

[aweigh]

Hi.

The Living Lands are stunning. These are now available on the Steam page for Avowed, but here are a few that stood out to me.

Large image sizes

Did you know ...

1. The Living Lands gets its name from the fertility of soil and abundant growth of strange plants and animals in the seemingly endless valleys that span the island's interior.
2. The Living Lands is known for being extremely meteorologically variable, with everything from rolling hills, valleys basins, blackwood forests, dry dune-covered deserts, rocky cliffs, boiling mineral springs, volcanic mountains, tropical jungles and oases, swampy marshes, and ice-covered peaks.
3. Almost every major faction in known Eora have sent explorers to stake a claim on the Lands.
4. The racial mix in the area is extremely diverse, though not necessarily harmonious. Dwarves are very common here, even among the mix (but you cannot play as one).
   
5. A long-extinct people known as the Godless once inhabited the region, a society of kith notable for not recognizing or worship any known deity. The remains of their settlements and structures can be found strewn across most of the Lands, and scholars often uncover their artifacts.
6. Josh Sawyer had thought about using The Living Lands as a region in the second installment. Instead, it was the Deadfire Archipelago that was chosen.

Thanks,
Sherry

gotta disagree with you on this one sherry, those pictures don't look stunning to me. look like typical unreal engine crap. like an unreal engine college student project.

 

[Daedalos]

I dunno. I really dont. I mean, what's the chances this actually is good in terms of story, quests, C&C?
Pillars 1 was rTwP garbage, but the story and worldbuilding was good, tbh, I enjoyed it alot. Pillars 2 was hot garbage.

Am I still interested in fantasy games? Kind of, but not really. Baldurs Gate 3 satiated me for a long long time on fantasy, because it did it so well, not to mention the TB cRPG vibe that awoved doesnt have.

 

[Ibn Sina]

Everything looks too much cartoony for my taste. There is not even tasteful decapitation or amputations. Floating numbers appear when you strike an enemy etc. Lack of the really cool classes that made pillars different from your standard fantasy slop (Cipher, Chanter). Still it might be worth a pirate if you are bored but I certainly won't pay a dime to Obsidian.

 

[Konjad]

Hi.

The Living Lands are stunning. These are now available on the Steam page for Avowed, but here are a few that stood out to me.

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Even TESO looks better and more varied. Seriously, Sherry, time to take your pills.

 

[Jenkem]

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nice selfie

 

[jackofshadows]

Tfw you wanna kill that disgusting creature but then you realize you're suppose to play as that very one.

 

[processdaemon]

Hi.

The Living Lands are stunning. These are now available on the Steam page for Avowed, but here are a few that stood out to me.

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First picture looks great, less enthusiastic about the others but still an improvement on the infamous mushrooms.

I dunno. I really dont. I mean, what's the chances this actually is good in terms of story, quests, C&C?
Pillars 1 was rTwP garbage, but the story and worldbuilding was good, tbh, I enjoyed it alot. Pillars 2 was hot garbage.

I preferred PoE1 to 2 as well but I'm still hopeful for the breadth of choices in this because for all its faults PoE2 did let you make some questionable decisions, and if they have the same freedom in this I'd be satisfied in that regard. I'm a bit less optimistic for the main story and writing quality, but as long as it's serviceable it's worth a punt for me because I need something to scratch the fantasy RPG itch.