Just saw the 1 hour gameplay trailer - its so bad

[sh3riff]

First of all, hated the showcase, it wasnt even real gameplay, it was scripted and the camera movement was extremely artificial.

The environment lighting and shadows are terrible, there is no depth and details, textures stands out too much, too bright .. its like there is only one shade of shadow.
The spells are bad .. only two colored details? Very poor details.
As if only the colors werent bad enough, many of the spells have very bad animation .. there is no real start in the animation, many of the spells starts in one frame already half cast, appear out of thin air, hate those details.
Again, spell lighting is super bad, its so static .. doesnt change size and illumination with its size .. when the spell got bigger, the details always stayed the same ..

Its something thats right in your face all the time, that extremely bothers me ..
Expected more.

This level of details reminds me concord, suicide squad, forspoken, veilguard.
Big hype, fake gameplays and oversell the game and quickly abandon it after release.

I hate it that this game is compared to Skyrim. Even the first version released in 2012 wasnt this bad.
So surprised that the game was announced more than 4 years ago and it looks like this .. it offers nothing.
Game is not even released and its already outdated by over a decade.

[Шаман]

you are not wrong.

[MartyrSaint]

The developers have explicitly stated several times that this isn't supposed to be like skyrim, nor is it an open world game. It's a relatively linear plot with some side quests in more or less contained areas separated by loading screens.

[Shlone]

played about 3 hours on gamespass. Its better than outer worlds but yeah this company is not very good at crafting first person RPG games.

[Purromi]

it seems more like FPS than a RPG - i mean.. it's the worst reactive world i seen - even gothic was more reactive. Avoved have really dead world with a loooot of static stuff. Game have good graphic, good combat but it's supossed to be RPG and obisidan was know from making very good RPG-systems - those systems doesn't exist here and game is just a sandbox to kill some bears. Outer worlds for example has MANY, MANY possibilities to take on quests but here we have just isuloric stuff that doesn't change anything.

Comparing to a old gothic - there's 0 interaction with objects and NPC's here.. game is worse than 20y old games with reactive/living world.

[Primordial]

played it for about an hour, went in knowing nothing about it, it is actually insane how bad it is... u can already get it on certain sites, and if you are curious, just check it out to see the trainwreck

[Kozzy]

The game is a ton of fun, nothing like Veiguard at all. You would know that if you tried it. Game is a blast

[SendU2Jesus]

I was slightly worried too after the YT gameplay videos. Proven wrong. It's a pleasure. First hour was a little shaky. Took me many hours to finalize and dial in my settings to make it what I want. HARD diff suggested, turn off elements like auto aim, quest tracking, and things that ruin immersion.

Game is great

[Echorion]

It doesn't look mad so much as....mid.

Like, it can't even mechanically hold it's own against a 2006 game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhL1NZugsBk

So it's hard to exactly call it "Game of the year" but it doesn't look bad for what it is either. I don't think 90 CAD is what I am up for paying to try it; but I might pick it up someday on sale for like $30 or so, even if I have to wait a year or two.

[GetUrAssToMars]

Originally posted by MartyrSaint:

The developers have explicitly stated several times that this isn't supposed to be like skyrim, nor is it an open world game. It's a relatively linear plot with some side quests in more or less contained areas separated by loading screens.

Believe me I do believe and can verify that claim. But they also came out swinging at first announcement how it was going to be a "Skyrim killer".


That's the only reason you are playing and attempting to quantify this... "genre-lite" of everything game.

[SendU2Jesus]

It's certainly not the prettiest game. But that doesn't mean its ugly. Disagree with OP. I've found spots of low detail, then I've found spots of intense detail. The night time is beautiful when the flora lights up. The water, sky, ocean, exploring hidden areas - has all been a pleasure.

Being a gamer who started on ATARI, played the first Black Isle/Obsidian games, I've seen more bugs and design flaws than I could ever count, I have this.. (apparently superhuman) ability to overlook things I don't like in games, and focus on what I do like, thus imbibing the experience with increased pleasure. The more critical of you would call it tunnel vision, the more pleasant of you would call it benefit of the doubt.

NOTHING will ever "kill Skyrim." You'd have to go back in time to do that. But the music, environments, style, feelings evoked - yes, will remind you of Skyrim. It was clearly in some ways inspired by. But I've been playing Elder Scrolls games since the launch of first one, ARENA, so I've seen plenty of games inspired by Elder Scrolls. Doesn't make them bad. Doesn't mean you have to judge them based solely on the corellation.

Suggestion to all gamers: Deign to enjoy games. You'll enjoy yourself more. Games were not always, and will not always be, your favorite games of all time. Doesn't mean they're "bad." This isn't doing the dishes or going to a funeral. Sit back and pop a smile on, see what develops.

[sweetparoxsm]

Its like Obsidian didn't really put any effort into Avowed. I'm really disappointed, it might be ok as a light role play experience but I expected a deeper RPG from Obsidian

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Echorion:

It doesn't look mad so much as....mid.

Like, it can't even mechanically hold it's own against a 2006 game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhL1NZugsBk

So it's hard to exactly call it "Game of the year" but it doesn't look bad for what it is either. I don't think 90 CAD is what I am up for paying to try it; but I might pick it up someday on sale for like $30 or so, even if I have to wait a year or two.

If you showed this to a non gamer, they would think Avowed was the game from 2006
Imagine that Avowed cost 80m...... 80m......................

People keep attacking critique of this game, but look at the low sales and concurrent numbers here on steam (PC) everything in this project feels like it was a experience lesson for newcomers to the industry.... (we know it is) but why ask such a premium and market it as a high quality aRPG, when its a generic Action Adventure with light RPG elements...

If this game was 40 euro.. then people would have given it a chance and accepted the jank and simplistic gameplay and shallow characters and illusionary agency.

[jonnyleon52]

have you played the game??
i`ve put 15 hours into opening area and still not done. playing at 4k max settings and the game looks phenomenal, that includes lighting lol. all of your points are pretty silly as someone who has actually played the game. modern gaming community is hilarious

[SendU2Jesus]

AVOWED
https://imgur.com/IxrlL7v
https://imgur.com/BHo5RIj
https://imgur.com/jYUEh5w

OBLIVION
https://lparchive.org/Elder-Scrolls-IV-Oblivion/Update%2034/3-3-justwhatweneedaroundhere.jpg
https://lparchive.org/Elder-Scrolls-IV-Oblivion/Update%2034/23-22-ow.jpg
https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/101/images/headers/50601_1607427481.jpg

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by jonnyleon52:

have you played the game??
i`ve put 15 hours into opening area and still not done. playing at 4k max settings and the game looks phenomenal, that includes lighting lol. all of your points are pretty silly as someone who has actually played the game. modern gaming community is hilarious

Some people like the purple glowing haze that almost blur out the details (this is an intentional design choice to cover lack of detail)
As the video in this thread showcase, this game is really on a low technical level and the world does not seem immersive, it feels lifeless.. almost like a static ride with puppets on certain markers..... There is no real agency, there is no real consequence in the living lands world.

In many ways this could be a game from 2006.. ofc the graphics have progressed, but for a 2025 game, that is not impressive either tbh.. The gameplay is so safe and simplistic..

That being said, I fully understand that some people like more simplistic gameplay, shallow characters (Petal admitted to this !!!!!) and no agency.. it just seems odd in a game you wanna call an RPG..

This is more of a entry level Action Adventure with light RPG elements... I reckon it could be a decent starting point for young newcomers into gaming.