You'll be able start 'almost every, if not every' quest in Obsidian's Avowed in multiple ways, so you can feel safe wandering around doing whatever

Using magic against an infected bear in Avowed.

The devs behind Obsidian's upcoming first-person RPG Avowed continue to drive home their commitment to letting you experience the world at your own pace and in the order you pick. Designer Berto Ritger recently told GamesRadar that the game's quests can be started in multiple ways, so even if you march off in the opposite direction of your main quest marker, you'll still be able to start them in organic ways.

"I think almost every, if not every, quest in the game has more than one way to start it," Ritger explained. "You can do things out of order and pick up items and give them to people that want them, or kill a character or whatever, like, you can play things out of order.