Avowed

If i could give this a meh rating, I would. The game has beautiful graphics and no bugs, and the game itself was fun for awhile but eventually petered out. Eventually the repetiveness wore me down. Have you ever got that warm and fuzzy feeling because your instincts kicked in and went around a random corner and found a hidden chest? Well this game is for you. That is the entire game eventually.

Very much a "buy on sale" recommendation, Avowed is a very fun and competent first person fantasy RPG where the strongest part of the game is easily the combat, world design, and boss encounters, because the story/writing leave a lot to be desired for sure.

I really enjoyed the first 20 or so hours of this game but then my interest in continuing dropped like a cliff. If I could rate this as "mixed" I would because at the end of the day I did get a decent amount of time out of it where I did enjoy myself but at this point I won't be finishing it. I don't feel like the game inherently does anything wrong, its just that it gets mediocre in a lot of places and I just don't have the interest to keep going. I think some people could definitely love this game but I would recommend a sale.

[h2] Боринг (с) [/h2] Примерно такой отзыв я прочитал однажды... Куча нелестных отзывов от "господ", которые пытаются найти дое6ы на ровном месте: - [i] О БОЖЕ, НЕ ЛОМАЮТСЯ ЯЩИКИ [/i] (ломаются, но не все, да) - [i] НПЦ НЕ РЕАГИРУЮТ НА ТВОИ ДЕЙСТВИЯ [/i] - (они реагируют на твои решения и достаточно глубоко. Эхо ваших гениальных решений будет аукаться вам на протяжении всей игры) - [i] ПОДДЕЛКА НА СКАЙРИМ [/i] - кмон, гайс, даже разрабы официально заявляли, что не делают копию Скурима и не надо их сравнивать. Пруфы в эти ваших интернетах. [spoiler]Но, упаси боже, зайти на дтф, пг и прочие помойки с господами без своего мнения[/spoiler] - [i] ПОВЕСТ_ОЧКА [/i] - кому мерещатся везде гeu-нигеры, "нетакусечки", ЛГБТР и прочие - проходите мимо, тут этого нет. - [i] НЕТУ ОТ[spoiler]_С[/spoiler]НОШЕНИЙ [/i] - парни, не мне вам рассказывать как рукой пользоваться. В случае необходимости делать это ДО ЛЮБЫХ ИГР. В ином случае вам в раздел фурие6ли и "других приключених Шурика" - [i] РЫБОК НЕТ [/i] (представьте, даже такое было в отзыве. Хотя после пролога можно спрыгнуть с пирса и увидеть их воочию) Я не особо огромный мастер излагать свои мысли, да и отзывы пишу редко. Если и оставляю отзыв, то только для тех игр, которые так или иначе оставили свой след в душе. Да и просто рекомендую дать шанс отличной игре. Прошел за 64 часа на самой высокой сложности. И "боринга" не было ни разу Отличная динамика боев, интересный эксплоринг, выбор/последствия до самого окончания игры, балдежные компаньоны и их душевные разговоры в лагерях. PS А игру жалко. На старте засрали непонятно на чем. Но после выхода 2.0 патча преобразилась [spoiler](но отключайте респавны врагов, боев и так достаточно будет) [/spoiler]

Your character is a godlike (someone whose soul has been touched by a god) envoy from an invading country, the Aedyr Empire, on another continent, sent to the Living Lands to investigate the Dream Scourge – a plague of the soul. Whether the Emperor had ulterior motives besides that is left ambiguous. During your investigation, religious zealots of Woedica known as the Steele Garrote, led by Inquisitor Lodwyn, are planning a conquest to make the Living Lands a Woedican theocracy. Since the Steele Garrote originates in the Aedyr Empire, many inaccurately believe that all Aedyrans are as ruthless and authoritarian; this complicates your character’s mission on several occasions. [u]Information[/u] • Two paths regarding the Steele Garrote: Join Lodwyn and be apart of an oppressive theocracy or oppose her and the entire Steele Garrote • Two paths regarding Sapadal: [spoiler]free them or absorb their power[/spoiler] • No romance, with the exception of Kai making certain implications. • They/them pronouns and androgynous body type available in character customization. • Five races: Human, Elf, Dwarf, Aumaua (aquatic people; for the scalies), Orlan (fox-looking people; for the furries) • Five backgrounds. These affect dialogue choices. • Six attributes (stats). These affect various elements of gameplay which are stated clearly in the menu. • This story takes place in the same world as the Pillars of Eternity games. I’ve not played them, but based on what I’ve read, there are several references in Avowed. However, it isn’t necessary to play Pillars of Eternity to understand the story of Avowed. [u]Praises[/u] • F*ckboys complained about this game and for good reason, because there is so much ggggaaaaayyyyy. Several queer NPCs. Kai is queer and his sidequest series has to do with a dude he was in love with. • Fun fact: Kai is voiced by the same dude (Brandon Keener) who voiced Garrus in Mass Effect and it is so fitting. • Another: Giatta is voiced by the same woman (Mara Junot) who voiced Kyoka in The Outer Worlds. Another bada$$ black woman, but this time with black girl magic, literally. • I love the sense of humor in this game. It’ll be a totally serious moment, then the camera cuts over to one of your character’s companions and they deliver a quip you weren’t expecting. It’s good stuff. • The game makes it difficult to please everyone and I actually like that, because making choices shouldn’t be about pleasing people. It’s about principles. You make a choice and you back it up, regardless of who is mad at you. • There are so many fun weapons. My favorite is Magic Mistol. Hee, hee. Get it? In D&D, there’s the spell “Magic Missile” and they applied that to a pistol in the game, because its bullets seek out the enemies. • Being Aedyran reminds me of being American. An empire that invades other places to “civilize” them and bring order, when the real reason is rather obvious. Meanwhile, the rest of the world hates you for your government’s actions (understandably). • Photo Mode! Essential for all those who like screenshots. • New Game+ allows the player to keep a lot of stuff from their first playthrough with the choice of keeping their character or making a new one. Attribute points, skills, and unique equipment are the main benefits. [u]Complaints[/u] • Edge detection? There’ll be times when the character is perfectly at an edge and it takes several jumping attempts for them to climb onto the edge. • Character has to be facing a chest’s front in order to open it and sometimes that’s annoying for tight spaces they’re found in. • Difficulty achievement. That prevents casual players from being able to 100% the game, making it less accessible. I’m not even a casual gamer and I don’t want to play on [i]Path of the Damned[/i] difficulty. I don’t find ridiculously challenging gameplay fun. Leave that to FromSoft games. • I hate to sound like a whiny b!tch, but it could really use armor customization. Some of them are just hideous and adding purple would go a long way. • Sometimes, there are healthy bear enemies. It’s understandable to kill the plagued ones, because then you’re putting them out of their misery, but having to kill healthy bears is mean and I hate doing it. I did like The Outer Worlds better, but it is kind of unfair to compare them given how different they are. I was impressed by how unique the story of this game is though. I’ve been trying to think of another story like it and can’t think of anything; doesn’t mean that there isn’t one though. The religious conquest stuff is more of a secondary storyline. The main storyline is about a forgotten god and a forgotten people/culture. While thinking about it in a deeper context or a real world one, it can evoke profound sorrow to think of all the cultures that have been buried intentionally by the “victors” of history. It’s an excellent western RPG. About 70-80 hours for the first playthrough, depending on if you do everything or not. A second playthrough is needed if you’re going to do an evil playthrough. I recommend the game for fans of the genre.

汉化简直是灾难，而且很明显能够看出来，相关的工作人员不仅能力低下、工作极其不认真，而且还以公谋私，不顾游戏本身的设定，迎合满足个人喜好。 蒙蔽 能错误翻译（打错字成） 懵逼 （凭借这个输入法错误，我才判断出来这游戏真是中国人翻译的。） Pristine（崭新的、原古的） 能被翻译成 正直？ 正直？难道是采用了 质朴 的意思 然后错误转译成了正直？ ...各种各样的小错误和词不达意、前后文不一的地方更是不少。 像这种非常低难度的翻译都能搞成这样，真的就是能力和态度都有大问题。 还有那些非要文白夹杂，把明明英文里很好理解很好懂得东西翻译的晦涩不清的。 完全就是打肿脸充胖子，附庸风雅，自卑者自大，缺啥就炫耀啥了属于是。 自己能力的欠缺，就要靠这样影响玩家的体验做来找补吗？

[h3]Свитки от Обсидианов aka Абоба[/h3] [b]Плюсы:[/b] - приятная графика; - хороший сюжет; - интересный мир для исследования (четыре большие локации и несколько малых); - пять рас при создании протагониста (при старте было всего две); - очень гибкий редактор персонажа (можно даже добавить грибы на лицо); - влияние решений на мир (выбор диалогов и действий действительно имеют свои последствия); - много увлекательных дополнительных квестов, задания компаньонов, сбор четырех тотемов, поиск сокровищ; - четыре компаньона, которые обладают уникальными навыками и отыгрывают определенную боевую роль (одновременно можно взять только два); - лагерь, в котором можно улучшать предметы, изменять зачарование, выбрать идол, готовить, складывать инвентарь в тайник, менять внешность ГГ, общаться со спутниками; - можно комбинировать ближний бой, дальний бой и магию, парное оружие, щит, двуручники, бомбы, способности, добивания и даже стелс; - эффектные боссфайты; - огромное количество типов оружия (кинжалы, мечи, молоты, секиры, топоры, гранаты, пистоли, аркебузы, копья, гримуары, волшебные палочки, посохи и т.п.); - уникально обмундирование; - кольца, ожерелья и талисманы с различными бафами; - есть элементы паркура; - три ветки с множеством полезных перков (за одно полное прохождение можно будет прокачать 10% от них, в лучшем случае); - способности "богоподобного"; - по локациям разбросаны сундуки, тайники паргрунов, воспоминания, светочи быстрого перемещения, лагеря отрядов, пещеры, карты сокровищ и т.д. [b]Минусы:[/b] - плохая оптимизация (спасибо великому Unreal Engine 5); - случаются вылеты; - проваливаются тела в текстуры; - уникальность оружия и брони (отличается только по уровню прокачки, плюс немного уникальных шмоток); - "повесточка" (как же без нее в современных играх); - скучные NPC; - великое множество душных диалогов. [b]Итог:[/b] Неплохое RPG в духе консерватизма.

I've played Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2, multiple times, for hundreds of hours. What happened to those writers? This game's dialogue choices absolutely suck. Clearly pigeonholed. Aedyrans = bad. Colonization = bad. Absolutely worst companions in any RPG i've played. Atleast at the end with INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC choices can you defy the intention of these writers.