Development Info Avowed Deep Dive at Xbox Developer Direct 2024

[Mortmal]

I am not expecting anything from Avowed, yet that trailer managed to disappoint me.

 

[luj1]

Looks made by undergraduates

 

[soutaiseiriron]

utterly slopmaxxed
im sure its going to be bland and have zero meaningful exploration just like outer worlds

 

[El Presidente]

Obsidian trying to lure in the oldfags with Arcanum's half orc and gnome diversity hires bait

 

[Vic]

at least they kept the nigger in the background

 

[glencoco]

The 2nd Avatar (terrible movie) did the same awful hairstyles on the kid aliens. P U!

 

[Jaedar]

The combat looks like an oblivion mod. 0 feedback when you hit the enemy. Although I think even oblivion had the feature where if you hit an enemy with a ranged attack, they fall down according to the direction of the hit, whereas in avowed they seem to just collapse.

It might still sell well just because bethesda hasn't made a game like this since skyrim.

 

[cretin]

why does the game freeze every time a melee attack lands

Because when they first advertised some gameplay footage, everyone dumped on them for how skyrim and floaty it all felt. So these geniuses did the next best thing: they implemented the hit-stop from a popular skyrim mod, so now it really looks like modded Skyrim.

 

[Just Locus]

They should've just stuck to making Pillars a strictly cRPG franchise, although Microsoft apparently disallowed that from happening because "cRPGs are dead" which is absolutely astonishing given Baldur's Gate 3's current success - Microsoft's gaming division seems allergic to making good decisions.

 

[whydoibother]

Microsoft apparently disallowed that from happening because "cRPGs are dead" which is absolutely astonishing given Baldur's Gate 3's current success

Microsoft's negotiations with Larian to put Baldur's Gate 3 on game pass were leaked, and they rated the product as a niche, B-tier addition.
Also they specifically described it as a "Second-run Stadia PC RPG".
So you can see their opinion on cRPGs right there, with a dollar value attached: 5 millions total for Baldur's Gate 3 to be free for all GamePass users forever. Other games that Microsoft rated in the same price range as BG3 are Return to Monkey Island and Just Dance. Mortal Kombat is listed as 250+ millions.

https://imgur.com/a/pHi74Dq

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Stadia? Oh my!


Why are they riding in that suit’s ASS?

So… this game is also ass?

 

[luj1]

They should've just stuck to making Pillars a strictly cRPG franchise

This would have accomplished nothing

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

So….

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

“Soooooo….

DEW OVA….
Secret message?
Do over?

 

[Just Locus]

This would have accomplished nothing

Certainly would've been a better fate than to be turned into a Skyrim knockoff.

 

[luj1]

Certainly? Nothing certain about it. The appetite for isometric around Pillars already died.

 

[Maculo]

It is unfortunate that Obsidian didn’t lean into Cyphers on this. Medieval Psi-Ops would have been a more unique approach than what they showed.

 

[Roguey]

They should've just stuck to making Pillars a strictly cRPG franchise, although Microsoft apparently disallowed that from happening because "cRPGs are dead" which is absolutely astonishing given Baldur's Gate 3's current success - Microsoft's gaming division seems allergic to making good decisions.

Microsoft had nothing to do with it. Multiple developers have stated that Microsoft has given them free reign to do whatever they want. Obsidian management didn't even want to go back to doing crpgs in the first place, Sawyer had to twist their arm to make that kickstarter happen.

The biggest betrayal is Brian Fargo going from "Those mean old publishers wouldn't let me make the crpgs I want!" to making a big budget shooter the first time he got a blank check.

 

[Viata]

Microsoft had nothing to do with it

As expected, it's Obsidian that is full of incompetent people.

 

[luj1]

The biggest betrayal is Brian Fargo going from "Those mean old publishers wouldn't let me make the crpgs I want!" to making a big budget shooter the first time he got a blank check.

Perhaps. But at least Fargo can make a decently fun RPG (Wasteland 2) unlike Sawyer.

 

[El Pollo Diablo]

I'm confused, when did Obsidian hire Todd Howard to design their RPGs?

 

[Gundroog]

If this is what they specifically want you to see, something they wanted to show off, that is so fucking sad. Can't wait to see how much of a mess the whole thing is gonna be.

 

[Sentinel]

If this is what they specifically want you to see, something they wanted to show off, that is so fucking sad. Can't wait to see how much of a mess the whole thing is gonna be.

Yeah this is my worry too. The game doesn't even look visually appealing, which is the minimum you'd expect from a platform exclusive to draw in retards. The fuck are they doing?

PS: just realized i'm not replying to fantadomat . where the hell is that guy

 

[Suger]

I'll definitely skip that one. It seems very generic, uninspired and also, what the hell is going on with the colors?

 

[Jaesun]

The combat looked a bit janky. The freeze the enemy and then shatter them was amusing.