Avowed director says it's "hard" to avoid Skyrim comparisons, but the action-RPG is more like Obsidian's "fantasy take on The Outer Worlds"

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Avowed isn't Obsidian's Skyrim; it's more like the studio's "fantasy take on The Outer Worlds," says game director Carrie Patel.

Avowed has drawn comparisons to Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series since it was revealed in 2020, but more recently the developers have sought to, if not distance themselves, branch off from Skyrim specifically. Last June, Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart admitted that Avowed began conceptually as the studio's spin on Skyrim, but said it had since evolved into something fundamentally different; smaller, more "confined," and quintessentially Obsidian.