Avowed

A much, much better game than its reputation at release gave it credit for. It's not the second coming of Skyrim, but it's an incredibly solid mechanical experience wrapped up in an interesting setting and some surprisingly good writing/dialogue. I played a wizard with book-o-spells in one and hand and a wand or a sword in the other and found it a lot of fun. The combat isn't exactly Dark Souls but does encourage you to be paying attention with dodging/parrying. I played it on medium difficulty and would maybe say it's a bit too generous with resources like potions/food if you're the type to be quite thorough with exploring. The best part of the combat mechanics though I think is the feel of it, in melee or with magic it just feels meaty and satisfying. I think the lore and the world setting were the biggest surprise for me. I don't think the game does a great job of advertising this from the outside with its weird mushroom-based aesthetic, but there's actually some really solid writing and interesting ideas. It's a very high-fantasy setting with the gods being a front-and-centre theme, and without spoiling anything it does some interesting stuff with this. World exploration is great too. It is split into 4 main open-world zones that you progress through in linear order, but each of these zones is packed with detail and heavily incentivises exploration with a wealth of legendary/unique items hidden in nooks and crannies. On this note the game has a surprisingly satisfying and fluid parkour system, and scaling random buildings feels very natural. It can maybe be said that the final zone falls down a bit in this regard, but this might be more down to the normal fatigue with having played the game for a long time by that point. Avowed was a very pleasant surprise for me and I'm keen to see what Obsidian do with the game world through future content.

It was ok, the quest and stories were cool, combat too but it became boring after a while, I kinda wanted to be over with it when I reached the last zone tbh.

On sale I'd 100% recommend this game, if not on sale I recommend buying only if you're the type to want to see all outcomes. It's loads of fun and worth multiple playthroughs to try all the backgrounds and see the different endings. Each companion has multiple endings/outcomes based on your input. Combat is fluid and engaging. Nothing feels weak or particularly overpowered, although some playstyles are clearly better than others. My main criticism aside from needing to command-line disable raytracing to get it to run at all, is that the game seems incomplete. There are four main zones in the world, but the world map shows room for probably 6-8 with hints that would imply more zones were planned but then cut. The "Living Lands" seem smaller than they should be.

Ein großes Abenteuer in beeindruckender Kulisse. Für mich das beste First-Person-Fantasy-Rollenspiel seit Jahren.

This is quite nice. Depth in characters, multiple story angles. Combat is very fun. There are a lot of different combat tactics and styles. I wasn't expecting it to be this good. I'm already on my second playthrough.

on nous vend du combat magique , on se retrouve avec soit un bouquin et 3 pauvres sorts digne d 'un apprenti qui sont juste des powers up quand tu te fais attaquer ( genre sa destabilise l'ennemie , bouclier en mousse,etc...) mais absolument pas de la magie avec de vrais sort ( rts, skyrim, etc...) ou alors...........t'a la baguette d 'harry potter qui, bein sert juste a envoyer des petits "piou piou " tout mignon mais dont l 'efficacité doit etre discutable meme a la creche de jk rolling. ah et puis evidement la magie ne revient toute seul , faut se drogué toutes les 10 secondes pour se remettre de la mana avec des potions ! le monde magique d'avowed quand tu decouvres que c 'est un clochard qui est dans le costume de mickey et pas .............mickey ! donc on a un jeu ou l 'arc est plus magique que la baguette , puisque lui il a des fleches illimités tranquille quand ton personnage magicien de formation est juste un drogué qui envoie 2 sorts quand il a pris sa dose mais doit deja retourner voir le dealer du coin pour sont prochain combat ! il a pas grand chose de magique et du coup on se dit meme que finalement n 'importe qui serait aussi magique on peut arreter de nous vendre des mensonges via de zolies trailers faux ? le jeu ne peut absolument pas se jouer en magicien, c 'est juste du renfort entre deux coups d 'epée ou fleche ! a oublié ....... alors apres peut etre que sa se devellope mais bon a 60 euros le jeu dont les 2 premieres heures alors que j 'etais magicien , me donne une dague pour combatre ( alors que c 'est bien preciser dans la feuille de perso que son orientation me donnera ma première arme en adequation avec celui ci ) mais si magicien , c 'est se battre au coupe papier du pauvre, je prefere un remboursement direct et tant pis pour le jeu .....j irais voir ailleurs

if you get it on sale, its good. but its not worth it till a sale. There's enough for a playthrough but there's no replayability.