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Ravossel Mar 14 @ 9:31am
old > vs > Old
saw the game play of Avowed and was like LOL, Oblivion is a nearly 20 year old game is better then this trash, , , so I bought Oblivion.
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psychotron666 Mar 14 @ 9:55am 
They're completely different types of games. Avowed is more like mass effect meets dishonored. It's a good game, but not even the same type of game as oblivion or any elder scrolls.
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King of Evil Mar 14 @ 11:09am 
Originally posted by psychotron666:
They're completely different types of games. Avowed is more like mass effect meets dishonored. It's a good game, but not even the same type of game as oblivion or any elder scrolls.
No, it's nothing like Mass Effect or Dishonored. Mass Effect, talking to your companions mattered. In Avowed, it doesn't. Game play in Dishonored was either stealth & do nothing or fight everyone guns blazing doom style combat with melee & magic. Avowed game play is almost exactly like Elder Scrolls Online, but with an item/skill wheel added to it. It's largely the same, tho. The only difference I noticed is some attacks feel weightier but that's about it. Kinda makes sense, since they were originally going for a Fallout 76 type of game but scrapped the online elements midway through.

Honestly, I think the game would have been better if it were online with events & stuff. Game is incredibly middle of the road. I played it with three characters, beat it with a fighter style character. Re-rolled 3 times because I didn't like magic or ranged game play. Fighter was the most tolerable for me. Sure, you can re-spec but I used gear I didn't use for materials so all the good fighter gear was destroyed & you can't get them back ever.
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Vaemesarri420 Mar 14 @ 12:50pm 
You made the right choice. :)
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Ravossel Mar 14 @ 5:38pm 
ok so, in Avowed their is like no prop item interactions / mechanics, no pick pocketing, the filler NPCs don't talk to you or each other they just stayer, , , ,town guards don't attack, jumping off just about any hight into water = death, mobs don't even try to dodge your attacks. While in oblivion yhaaa it as all of that, , , , that is not even getting into other mechanics.
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Subset6 Mar 14 @ 5:53pm 
I don't know why this come as a surprise to anyone even remotely familiar with Obsidian's prior work (non Bethesda licensed) such as Outer Worlds. Same deal with that title, its a very much a mini Skyrim/Oblivion. Avowed is no different. Does not make it bad, just temper your expectations.
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Sirius Black Mar 14 @ 7:41pm 
Welcome aboard! :)
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King of Evil Mar 15 @ 4:57am 
Originally posted by Ravossel:
ok so, in Avowed their is like no prop item interactions / mechanics, no pick pocketing, the filler NPCs don't talk to you or each other they just stayer, , , ,town guards don't attack, jumping off just about any hight into water = death, mobs don't even try to dodge your attacks. While in oblivion yhaaa it as all of that, , , , that is not even getting into other mechanics.
not exactly, that video misrepresented a lot of the game, but not all of it.

You can jump off high areas into water, just not in that spot the comparison video showed. There's a lighthouse that's climbable & it allows jumping off into water to get back down. Town guards will attack some enemies but only during scripted events. Lots of mobs will try to dodge or block attacks & even parry/counter you on higher difficulties.

The rest is pretty accurate.
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psychotron666 Mar 15 @ 6:35am 
Originally posted by Ravossel:
ok so, in Avowed their is like no prop item interactions / mechanics, no pick pocketing, the filler NPCs don't talk to you or each other they just stayer, , , ,town guards don't attack, jumping off just about any hight into water = death, mobs don't even try to dodge your attacks. While in oblivion yhaaa it as all of that, , , , that is not even getting into other mechanics.

Mass effect had none of those features either, neither did dragon age.

Again, they're not the same type of game.
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BlissfulPluto Mar 15 @ 8:38pm 
If you want to play it differently too there's a fan made mod for this game searchable in the steam store. Can't remember the name ontop of my head. Been playing the fan made mod for skyrim and plan on playing this one (oblivion fan game) after achievement hunting enderals.

Edit: looked for it Nehrim: At Fate's Edge
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Icedfate Mar 15 @ 8:41pm 
Originally posted by King of Evil:
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Honestly, I think the game would have been better if it were online with events & stuff.


you must be trolling. .
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(TTV)OnBrandRP Mar 19 @ 12:14am 
Originally posted by psychotron666:
They're completely different types of games. Avowed is more like mass effect meets dishonored. It's a good game, but not even the same type of game as oblivion or any elder scrolls.
That's a insult to Mass Effect lmao
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theo Mar 19 @ 1:21am 
Originally posted by OnBrandRP:
Originally posted by psychotron666:
They're completely different types of games. Avowed is more like mass effect meets dishonored. It's a good game, but not even the same type of game as oblivion or any elder scrolls.
That's a insult to Mass Effect lmao
As if Mass Effect isn't overrated console trash
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R3sistance Mar 19 @ 3:28am 
This conversation seems to be more about avowed than Oblivion, Avowed was a game designed to be mediocre and failed to even be that, not sure why people are bringing it up outside of the avowed discussions.

Oblivion was one of the best games of 2006, and while games have evolved a lot, it takes a lot to beat what was one of the best games at any point. That said Oblivion had plenty of issues too, it just came out in a time when people were more forgiving of them, such as the levelling system.

The only reason I think people are comparing avowed to Oblivion/Skyrim is the initial trailers for Avowed made it look like it was trying to be an elder scrolls killer but that was not what got delivered. Obsidian is a failed studio at that point and I'll happily say that the only good game they have done since FO:NV was Stick of Truth, the rest have all sucked, more so the PoE games (of which Avowed is based in the PoE universe).
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theo Mar 19 @ 3:56am 
Time will tell. Perhaps it will become an underrated masterpiece of 2025. Took normies about 5 years to completely reverse their opinion on Kingdom Come Deliverance
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R3sistance Mar 19 @ 4:04am 
Originally posted by theo:
Time will tell. Perhaps it will become an underrated masterpiece of 2025. Took normies about 5 years to completely reverse their opinion on Kingdom Come Deliverance

KCD is now overrated, I tried it... it's okay, it's not the great game people make it out too be and so it went too far the other way. Whereas Avowed will be consigned to the garbage heap and forgotten about, there isn't any redeeming gameplay, features or world to do that, like there was for KCD.

if talking about games that failed initially to succeed later on, Vampire the Masquade: Bloodlines is really the pinnacle of that, a lot of bad decisions led to that game initially failing badly but later on becoming the cult classic that it is today.
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