Review by Luke Stephens - This is not looking good

[tobias.bracknagel]

Review can be found on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWrDkijow48&t=469s

He talks about the game being broken in several places, with quests bugging out, savestates corrupting, the entering of new areas leading to instant game crashes - and he could reproduce that on both, PC AND X-Box.

I guess this was to be expected, with the game director coming out and talking about jank that is to be expected, but... Jesus. I guess I'll save my money for now and come back in half a year or so, when these unpleasentries have been ironed out of the game.

EDIT 15.02. 2am MET: After watching a lot of different reviews, I think it is save to say that Luke was practically the only reviewer who had so much trouble. Most reviewers who faced problems talked about crashes but not about corrupted savefiles or broken quests.

My sincere apologies if my thread did pour additional gasoline onto an already heated enough discussion. It was only meant to inform people about assumed technical issues. That said, I am still unsure what to do, but the best option seems to pay for PC Gamepass for a month and to test the west (Gen X-ers will understand the reference).

[Dragon Master]

Even Matty, one of the biggest BioWare and Obisidian shills since he is so emotionally attached to them as his favorite games growing up is saying that Avowed was a massive letdown.

[Player One]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_48vcMgTM

[tobias.bracknagel]

Damn. This is... I really wanted this game to be good from the get-go. Having to wait for whatever timeframe 'til the game is fixed really sucks. And now would have been the perfect time as I am not into KCD (to much of a medieval sim for me) and I have some time on my hand.

[Azshric]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Even Matty, one of the biggest BioWare and Obisidian shills since he is so emotionally attached to them as his favorite games growing up is saying that Avowed was a massive letdown.

Matty's review is the most damning imo. He's a total fanboy but he's not a shill. If he says the game is mid...it's mid.

[Jack Greedy]

Oh man, i will check by myself, as i love playing roleplaying games. I do not need opinnions of lads that were not present on this world when i already played legendary titles in the genre. Just try a game by yourself first.

[mykidsnamedme]

Originally posted by tobias.bracknagel:

Review can be found on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWrDkijow48&t=469s

He talks about the game being broken in several places, with quests bugging out, savestates corrupting, the entering of new areas leading to instant game crashes - and he could reproduce that on both, PC AND X-Box.

I guess this was to be expected, with the game director coming out and talking about jank that is to be expected, but... Jesus. I guess I'll save my money for now and come back in half a year or so, when these unpleasentries have been ironed out of the game.

Who?

[mykidsnamedme]

Originally posted by Jack Greedy:

Oh man, i will check by myself, as i love playing roleplaying games. I do not need opinnions of lads that were not present on this world when i already played legendary titles in the genre. Just try a game by yourself first.

EXACTLY finally common sense.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Jack Greedy:

Oh man, i will check by myself, as i love playing roleplaying games. I do not need opinnions of lads that were not present on this world when i already played legendary titles in the genre. Just try a game by yourself first.

Looks like this is not a roleplaying game. It's an action/adventure game with some rpg elements.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Azshric:

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Even Matty, one of the biggest BioWare and Obisidian shills since he is so emotionally attached to them as his favorite games growing up is saying that Avowed was a massive letdown.

Matty's review is the most damning imo. He's a total fanboy but he's not a shill. If he says the game is mid...it's mid.

Well, shill is a strong word that I used. And yes, fanboy is a perfect descriptor of him.

[Purple Sauce]

Originally posted by Player One:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_48vcMgTM

Why would you trust this reviewer knowing who they are? They give games 2-3 more points than they should. So if he's saying that it's an 8.5/9 out of 10, expect for it to be a 6-7.

[tobias.bracknagel]

Originally posted by Jack Greedy:

Oh man, i will check by myself, as i love playing roleplaying games. I do not need opinnions of lads that were not present on this world when i already played legendary titles in the genre. Just try a game by yourself first.

Dude, I got hooked by Shining in the Darkness back then on the MegaDrive (or Genesis in the US) and never lost my passion for (J)Rpgs but in this day and age I have to spend my money responsibly. And yes, trusting some Youtubers, even if they are much younger then I am, helps with that. But you do you, if you have the money freed up, go for it.

[jonoliveira12]

Originally posted by mykidsnamedme:

Originally posted by Jack Greedy:

Oh man, i will check by myself, as i love playing roleplaying games. I do not need opinnions of lads that were not present on this world when i already played legendary titles in the genre. Just try a game by yourself first.

EXACTLY finally common sense.

More like a good way to lose money on products that end up disappointing.

[1stplayerz]

shocker

[ChrisFromNY]

Luke Stephens? LUL.

Not a trustworthy source of opinion. The dude plays every topic as safe as possible by grifting to the comment section. If it seems like people online don't want to like a game, he will make a review that reflects that. He rarely, if ever, takes a bold stance unless he knows it’ll be well-received. His reviews feel more like carefully calculated echoes of the loudest voices rather than genuine critiques.

[lefty1117]

I used to watch the Luke dude here and there when I saw his stuff on my algorithm. At first I thought his reviews were pretty thoughtful but I'd say overall he seems negative, seems to look for reasons to dislike rather than to enjoy. I haven't done any hard math on it but just the feeling I get watching his stuff lately. I do think burnout is a real thing for these content creators.