Avowed

The game itself is fun to play. Exploration, combat, and aesthetics are wonderful. The conversations take on a homosexual tone in each area and it's frustrating to see in a video game. Games used to be spaces where normalcy prevailed. It's overall okay to play, but I wouldn't let my children play it.

It's a solid, old school feeling RPG from Obsidian. The only real complaints I have are about RPG mechanics could be a little deeper and enemy variety, which is the same gripe I have about OW2. Otherwise, has been one of the more enjoyable games to run around and explore in. Running around the first area oddly enough reminded me of the first area of Jak and Daxter, in so far as how the exploration felt. I think as far as a first draft of a new series, it's a fine game, and worth your money, especially as it makes the POE lore super accessible.

Personally, I'm having a lot of fun with this game. It really scratches the Elder Scrolls itch, even though it's not an Elder Scrolls game. But like with any good grenade...ehh...close enough! Also enjoy the fact that it's part of the highly-praised Pillars of Eternity story and world, so it already has a well-developed massive lore and history to build upon. Thirdly, even though I do tend to play it via GeForce Now, it runs great on both my antiquated PC, and the Steam Deck. And fourthly, your first true companion is Garrus, from Mass Effect, who really bulked up for this game! So no other point needs to be made, other than you should obviously own it for that fact alone.

Boring after the first 2 acts.

Idk why people hate on this game. I went into it not knowing anything other than it looked fun. I had a great time and really enjoyed it overall. Id play a sequel if it came out for sure.

This game is aggressively mediocre. Not truly bad maybe, but also not worth your time or money. It does nothing really well, nothing is memorable. Not even in the areas, obsidian used to shine in. If there where bandit camps and map towers, you could mistake this for an ubisoft game

After nearly 80 hours and completing the game on Path of the Damned difficulty, I feel like I have given the game a fair chance. As a long time Obsidian fan who has played their previous titles I cannot recommend this game. When Avowed was first announced I was genuinely looking forward to another game set in the world of Eora. The game itself is not bad but it's not good either, it is a corporate checklist of what a CEO and an HR department think should go into a game. The phrase "A mile wide, an inch deep" sums up Avowed perfectly. My biggest disappointment with Avowed is its utter lack of care, attention to detail, and respect for the established lore of the franchise it is set in. [spoiler] The Pillars games established that the ancient Engwithans searched the cosmos and found no gods creating an existential emptiness and opted to create a pantheon of gods by sacrificing millions of souls. By introducing a new god known as Sapadal who has all the depth and nuance of a mushroom the writers have broken the rules of the world and lore they inherited. Worse still if a god was to be created in an organic way by millions of soul essences coalescing together, the god should have an absolutely staggering amount of knowledge and wisdom. Instead the god is portrayed as an immature and petulant deity who throws tantrums whenever something happens that they don't like or doesn't go their way. [/spoiler]Either the writers aren't paying attention to the source material or they didn't care. I am leaning towards them not caring as the narrative they have written leans heavily on modern, uninspired tropes. Player agency is a complete illusion as complex moral scenarios are routinely flattened into rigid binary choices between "Option A" or "Option B". The character writing is also a travesty as almost every male authority figure or faction member is written as a weak-willed, bumbling incompetent, while the female characters are written as lecturing know-it-alls and hot heads with all the personality and charm of a fridge door. Now you're probably thinking "If Red Hot Meat hates this game that much how did he put nearly 80 hours into it?" The answer is the gameplay and combat. Avowed is a great sandbox that is full to the brim with various unique weapons and armour. Some that are cooler than others but they allow you to really try out and experiment with lots of different combinations. While the combat isn't groundbreaking it is genuinely fun, impactful, and responsive. The developers made it incredibly easy to respec abilities and attributes on the fly, allowing players a massive amount of freedom to finesse their builds or completely swap out playstyles mid-game. It's just a shame that some of the iconic abilities from the Pillars game are missing such as Flames of Devotion and the Cipher Soul Whip, which feels like a major missed opportunity. In the end if you're a casual action-RPG player looking for a straightforward adventure with fun combat and don't mind the preachy whiny tone of the story then Avowed is a good pick up and play diversion. However if you're like me who really enjoyed Pillars of Eternity with its rich lore, moral ambiguity, philosophically and theologically heavy world, avoid this like the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mushroom plague it is. Or if you really hate yourself like I apparently do, pick it up on sale.

Ни одна игра от Obsidian, кроме South Park, не заслуживает положительного отзыва. Конкретно этот кусок сжв-кала интересен и играбелен только из-за крутого сеттинга и бодрой боевки. Да и других игр такого масштаба с магией и средневековым вайбом сейчас просто не выходит. Цена завышена раз в пять. Это как купить Genshin Impact, только с персонажами из Starfield. Советую сначала пройти версию из зеленого магазина, как я сам и сделал.