Avowed

The game ended up being way more awkward feeling than I expected. Mostly around combat. Movement felt bad and dealing damage never felt satisfying. ALSO the accompanying NPCs constantly commenting on the surroundings quickly became annoying, often pointing out details before I even had a chance to notice them myself. Like someone solving a crossword puzzle over your shoulder without you asking. LET ME EXPERIENCE THE GAME MYSELF!

A short game that does not offer a replay factor, other than that is perfectly fine. The story is really fun, but that might be personal to you. Old school in design and execution. The story does follow a linear and understandable path. After finishing the game, you do not get the chance to actually go back and explore some more, which is an odd choice, be fun to be running around maxed out. enemy variety is low. The upgrade and weapons are fine. The character abilities being limited to 30 felt less fun. For sure it should allow you 45 point to allow better build crafting. For Graphics its the amazing unreal engine, but just like many other games... You are best looking online for an engine.ini config for your system and using that. By default I had stutters and some odd sound problems. After changing the engine.ini file and setting a bunch of A.sync parameters to enable multi-threading, everything was perfect. like no stutters, no sound warping, nothing, amazingly stable. Zero crashes btw even before modifying. However if you have a DX12 ultimate capable card and a good cpu, Tweaking the engine.ini will make the game a lot more stable. also noticed far lower 1 and 0.1% lows. Positives - Fun story and fun characters. - Old school design and implementation - Combat is fun and feels very interactive. - Exploration is a lot of fun and is rewarding. Negatives - UE5 is almost impossible to get right, engine.ini tweaking is sometimes needed - Replay factor is just not there. - You can't just keep going after finishing the game, which is a big let down. - Linear in its story, for many that might be a bit to much of the old school - Price, was it worth 50 euros? No for sure this is a 30 euro game. Feedback to the developers would be, allow overpowered characters and forget about power creep. You are not balancing a MMORPG with a milion players and various classes, this is a single player game, let the ability points rain.... Allow players to roam free with their Overpowered characters and explore the game world in an open format after finishing the story is something that should be possible, such a shame its not possible.

Its insane that these clowns at Obsidian thought it was acceptable to make their badly written characters mandatory viewing. I am sick of a bipedal fish following me around. Removes all the challenge from the game if you constantly have a damage sponge following you around, taking agro. I get that they are integral to the story but the game really needs the option to allow you to play solo. Just teleport them in whenever they are needed for story slop, I don't care if it breaks immersion. The story is mundane drivel anyway, while the combat is where the game shines. The devs need to priorities the later, even if it is at the expense of the former. It's sad, I was having fun with the game and was waiting for the moment I could dismiss the companion, but realizing that fishman was going to be following me around wherever I go completely made me loose all interest.

Good, but not great. Has all the bones of a excellent RPG but none of the meat. Beautiful handcrafted world and fun combat but beyond that there isn't much. Story is bland, characters are unmemorable, and most companions (Kia excluded) are unhelpful. All magic is used for is combat, no utility spells, not even a way to make light for dark places. There is no stealing or crimes you can commit, not even a lockpicking mini game. And all the NPCs are lifeless. The weapon upgrade system is tedious but necessary for progression, just be sure to only upgrade weapons you plan on keeping otherwise you wasted hours of your time. If you don't mind this and just want a fun AA fantasy game then this is perfect for you. Otherwise you should probably wait for a sale instead of paying full price.

[h1]⚔️ Ignora el hate: Avowed es un juegazo (especialmente en oferta)[/h1] Entré con miedo por las malas críticas y terminé metiéndole [b]90 HORAS[/b] solo a mi primera partida. Si buscas un RPG que te dé libertad real y te saque del "modo robot" del día a día, este es el lugar. [h2]¿Por qué vale la pena?[/h2] [list] [*] [b]Decisiones con peso real:[/b] Aquí tus elecciones no son de adorno. Puedes ser un santo o un auténtico [b]monstruo[/b]; la historia se moldea a lo que tú decidas sin filtros infantiles ni agendas forzadas. [*] [b]Lore y Personajes:[/b] NO he jugado Pillars of Eternity y entendí todo perfecto. Amarás a tus seguidores y a varios NPC, están escritos con una profundidad increíble. Son hermosos todos. [*] [b]Un festín para fans de BioWare:[/b] Si jugaste Mass Effect o Dragon Age... [b]DEBES JUGARLO[/b]. ¡Encontrarás las voces icónicas de [b]Garrus y Zevran[/b]! Es un deleite para los oídos. [*] [b]Mundo y Exploración:[/b] El mundo es precioso, esos colores me encantaron. No es un mapa infinito, pero está lleno de recovecos y tesoros. El combate es fluido y los diálogos tienen un humor con el que me he reído demasiado. [/list] [h2]La comparativa honesta[/h2] Sinceramente, es [b]MIL VECES MEJOR que Dragon Age: Veilguard[/b]. Si extrañas la esencia de los viejos Mass Effect o Baldur's Gate, Avowed te la va a dar. Nada de contenido blando estilo Disney; es un RPG con alma. [h2]Veredicto 💰[/h2] [b]Precio:[/b] Lo compré en oferta por 20€ y es un regalo, pero hasta por 30€ los vale totalmente. [b]Calificación:[/b] 8.5/10. [b]Conclusión:[/b] Deja de leer a los críticos que solo jugaron 2 horas. Si te gusta el género, cómpralo (en oferta mejor jajaja) y piérdete en este mundo. Vale cada maldito segundo.

I'm not extremely deep into the game yet, but this one has me excited to get home from work to play. It's been a long time since video games have done that! Very rich graphics, story, dialogue, exploration, and combat.

Avowed is a very good first-person action-RPG created by Obsidian (of Fallout New Vegas and Outer Worlds fame) that reminded me a lot of Skyrim even though it was way more limited in scope and complexity. It takes place in the world of the Pillars of Eternity games (great RPGs), but you don't need to have played them before. Avowed is truly stand-alone with no recurring characters except two (and the Gods). It did feel simplified and less feature-rich than the Pillars games, but it was probably intentional due to trying to reach a new audience and emphasis on action. The 3d models and animations of the enemies were amazing, especially the delemgans (think dryads). Outside environmental graphics were excellent, varied, and how far you could look was impressive. Special mention for the water. The NPC faces weren't so good, often looking dated. I loved the parkouring or platforming. It controlled well with mouse and keyboard and was forgiving. A friend of mine who sucks at that thought it was excessive but made it through anyway. The combat system was fun, multidirectional and chaotic, but not too much so. It was especially enjoyable charging an enemy or dealing a flurry of critical blows after stunning it. The number of spells was fairly limited and mostly focused on elemental damage, but they did look good. Aiming area-of-effect spells never became completely comfortable due to distance and the target area moving too much. Not sure about shooting bows as I didn't focus on that, but I didn't like my first taste of it. The designs of the levels and dungeons were notable for their verticality as well as their nooks and crannies. Exploring was rewarded. I did miss some kind of map inside dungeons, though. I would have also appreciated more of them. The writing was of high quality and the lore/mythology was fascinating. The story and choices were interesting and kept me involved, but it sometimes felt as if logical options were missing. Those dialogue choices were a favorite part of the game despite that. I was a bit torn on the companions that could join you. They were voiced very well, were useful but also a bit bland... and too virtuous (for lack of a better term). You could not equip inventory on them, they always looked the same and their abilities were too limited. There were too few of them also. I love party banter but in this game, later on when they were talking between themselves at camp, I often felt a bit irritated because I wanted to get out and keep adventuring. To be fair, those dialogues were short and could be ignored. Loading times were atrocious (2-3 minutes) on a standard optical hard drive and grew worse with time as the generated shader files (at every boot-up!) got bigger. It took a lot of space (close to 70 Gigs), but on a SSD, the loading times became reasonable and intermittent hiccups became virtually absent. Loot eventually became kind of boring due to lack of variety. The "they" pronoun (and variants) used instead of he or she for certain characters (including a main one) was sometimes confusing making me unsure who was talked about. In terms of difficulty, it seemed very fair at normal setting. Avowed kept my interest throughout and if I had to rate it, I would give it around 80%. The length was decent, but my main criticism, besides the loading times, is that I wish there had been more of everything.

This is a perfect example of one of those times I let bad reviews sway me from actually having a good experience with a game. Avowed, to me, feels almost like an older game, but remastered? I'm not sure how to really describe it but the way that the world feels, the NPCs act, and just the overall feel of the game just feels like an homage to slightly older RPGs. I've been having a blast as an Orlan Archer. The world is absolutely beautiful, although some of the shading for me looks a little weird. Out of all the upscalers, Intel XeSS Ultra Quality looks the best, even though I have AMD hardware. I have raytracing off, with a mix of High and Very High settings at 1440p, and I get between 90-120fps pretty steadily with no notable drops. Using the most up to date CachyOS proton layer, everything has ran perfect.