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Avowed is a fantasy RPG with open-zone maps, unique local conflicts, and companions to meet – but it's still "the player's story first and foremost"

Big in 2024 | Obsidian highlights Avowed's player-centered view on exploration and storytelling, including how companions factor in

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Avowed director teases a ‘more focused’ experience rather than a ‘big sprawling’ one

Avowed director Carrie Patel has explained that the open-zone format allows Obsidian's RPG to have "more intentionality."

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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"

There are also elements of Fallout: New Vegas

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Asked once again about Pillars of Eternity 3, Obsidian RPG veteran Josh Sawyer shares what Baldur's Gate 3 features he'd like to riff on

Sawyer points to Baldur's Gate 3's movement as a standout feature

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Avowed's focus on choice and consequence means "most players won't discover 100% of what you've built for them", but Obsidian wouldn't have it any other way

Interview | In combat, narrative and exploration, Avowed is dialing the choice-factor up to 11

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Don’t be fooled by Avowed’s dull-looking combat, Obsidian’s RPG has the makings of greatness

Avowed’s combat may look lackluster in trailers, but Obsidian’s rich storytelling means that you might not care while playing.

TechRadar

Avowed is set in Pillars of Eternity's world, but Obsidian says you don't need to have played its older CRPG

The new game draws things like spells from Obsidian's older game

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Obsidian wants Avowed to be a "challenging" RPG that's more complex than "black-and-white, good-versus-evil morality"

Breaking away from the moral binary

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Avowed lead reveals there's "no one perfect build" in Obsidian's classless RPG: "There's gonna be choice and consequence for what you kit out”

So you can mix and match the guns, wands, and shields however you want

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Avowed's commitment to ubiquitous player choice could make it 2024's standout RPG: "At Obsidian, it's your world, your way, right?"

Interview | In combat, in questing, and in everything between, Avowed puts you at the heart of everything it does

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Obsidian's Xbox RPG Avowed doesn't have strict classes, with players able to choose any skills and respec their character

In a new interview, Obsidian Entertainment has revealed that Avowed doesn't use strict classes that lock players into specific skillsets.

Windows Central

Obsidian's next RPG Avowed won't have the option to do 'a pure pacifist run'

Avowed has a 'focus on combat'.

PC Gamer

Avowed's companions won't ditch you for making the 'wrong' choices: 'It's not about maintaining their approval, it's about getting to know them'

You'll be able to adventure with two companions at a time in Obsidian's upcoming RPG.

PC Gamer

Obsidian's next big RPG Avowed is looking to Vermintide's 'masterclass in having a sense of hitting and impact' to make its first-person sword-swinging feel weighty

FPS: First Person Swordster.

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Obsidian's Avowed is going 'classless', ditching Pillars of Eternity's crunchy stat-heavy builds in favour of Skyrim-like ability trees

I suppose classlessness is the logical next step for a studio so keen on historical materialism.

TechRadar

Avowed’s open-zone locations will be ‘size comparable’ to The Outer Worlds’ larger areas

Avowed director Carrie Patel has given a little more indication as to how big the world of Obsidian's upcoming RPG will be.

Windows Central

Avowed deeper dive video shows more gameplay and talks setting, companions, and combat

Avowed is on many Xbox fan's list of most exciting games of 2024. Obisidan developers sat down with Xbox to discuss their game in more depth.

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Avowed is serving up a slice of magical fantasy, driven by player choice, flexible combat and "gun-slinging mages"

Avowed looks set to continue Obsidian's emphasis on player choice in its fantasy RPG

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There's an Xbox exclusive I can't wait for, and it's not Indiana Jones

Obsidian's next game looks like a system seller

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5 must-play games featured in the Xbox Developer Direct — from Indiana Jones to Avowed

The Xbox Developer Direct offered a look at the upcoming games arriving on Xbox Series X in 2024 — here's everything that was showcased.

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Pro AV Newsmakers: NDI Has a New President, and More People on the Move

d&b, Xyte, and ZTransform are just a few of the Pro AV companies with strategic moves to start the new year.

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I still feel like I barely know anything about Avowed, but it's looking like a rare game that nails the wizard fantasy

I want to fling guys in the air and freeze them solid, not spam plinky plonky little missiles at them!

TechRadar

Avowed is set to release in ‘fall 2024’, Obsidian confirms

Obsidian Entertainment's fantasy role-playing game (RPG) Avowed is set to release in 'fall 2024.'

PC Gamer

Obsidian reveals Avowed's dual wand 'gunslinging mage' combat and fall release

The combat especially looks like a big step up for Obsidian.

GamesRadar

Avowed shows off polished combat in new footage that looks like an improved Skyrim, complete with guns and loadouts: "It's not just hacking and slashing"

I'm ready for spells, swords, and shooting in Obsidian's next RPG

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