Avowed might look like Skyrim, but its director says Obisidian's new fantasy RPG is actually much closer to The Outer Worlds than anything from Bethesda

Avowed key art which looks gorgeous, showing a hero character awash in color and corruption.

Despite all the Skyrim comparisons, Avowed is much more like The Outer Worlds than any Bethesda RPG, according to its director.

In an interview with GamesRadar+, game director Carrie Patel was asked about the comparisons being drawn between Avowed and Skyrim. As a first-person fantasy RPG set in an established world, made by a studio with a history of working directly with Bethesda (on the excellent Fallout: New Vegas), perhaps the comparisons with The Elder Scrolls 5 are inevitable. But according to Patel, that's not necessarily how the game actually plays out.