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How Player Choice is Infused into Avowed's Approach to Combat - Xbox Wire

Player choice is at the forefront in Avowed and it’s a theme that is infused into just about everything you can do within the game’s world, born from a studio that prides itself on the motto of, “Your Worlds, Your Way.”

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Hands-On: Avowed feels like Obsidian’s take on Elder Scrolls and we can’t wait to play more | VGC

Obisidian’s next RPG borrows from plenty of big hitters, but we’re very keen to get back to it…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Avowed – The Big Preview

With exclusive access to Obsidian and hours spent with Avowed's opening zone, we unpack everything you need to know about Xbox's first 2025 RPG must-play

www.gamesradar.com

Avowed: The Final Preview - IGN

Every time we've gotten to play Avowed, we come away even more impressed. That happened again this time, as we took sadistic delight in being as evil as we could possibly be in this first-person fantasy RPG.

www.ign.com

Avowed Preview - Mostly Loving The Living Lands

Avowed’s combat won’t blow anyone away, but its world and characters are pure Obsidian goodness that I can’t get enough of.

www.thegamer.com

Avowed preview: Classic Obsidian fantasy on a AAA budget

Avowed is poised to provide top-tier dialogue trees and rich worldbuilding, courtesy of Fallout: New Vegas, The Outer Worlds and Pentiment studio Obsidian Entertainment.

www.engadget.com

My second preview proved I'm going to love Avowed, but I wonder how many won't feel the same

I got to explore an expanded preview of Avowed's opening hours and came away excited about this upcoming Xbox RPG.

www.windowscentral.com

Avowed Hands-On Preview: Now One of My Most-Anticipated Games of 2025

Obsidian Entertainment's Avowed is shaping up to be one of the most exciting new RPGs releasing in 2025.

gamerant.com

 

[TVexperto]

How can it be the final preview if they have three more months of development time?

 

[adamsapple]

Hands-On: Avowed feels like Obsidian’s take on Elder Scrolls and we can’t wait to play more​

Nice.

I wish this hadn't gotten delayed all the way to Feb. Jan would have been great, right now it's releasing in the middle of the most packed week in game releases in a decade.

Coming fresh off of trying out Dragon Age: The Veilguard, I was so happy when I discovered just how evil I could be to people I met along the way right from the start of Avowed – something Veilguard just didn’t fulfill.

This is also great, one of my big RPG complaint about Veilguard was how sanitized all interactions are, you can not play a true 'renegade' character at all.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Why even post Colt's impressions? Anyway, I think the game may be growing on me. How it is actually good.

 

[Infested Goblin]

How can it be the final preview if they have three more months of development time?

Last months are just for polishing and quality testing for bugsso every game that release in technical mess is good sign that couple of months earlier, it was a technical disaster

 

[Rush2112]

Saw the purple shit and backed the fuck right out.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Looks wank mate

 

[TBiddy]

Surprisingly positive previews. I'm slightly more optimistic now.

 

[DavidGzz]

Force has a great preview. I really trust him. He is critical of games often.



Sounds like a smaller more focused Skyrim. Looks awesome!

 

[Metnut]

Probably the first game this gen as a PS5/Switch only player that I’m a bit annoyed to miss out on. Looks great.

 

[adamsapple]

Sounds like a smaller more focused Skyrim. Looks awesome!

Looking at some of the video previews, apparently you can go buck wild in the character creator and make some real goofy ass protagonists.

Gonna be glorious.

 

[Gonzito]

After The Outher Worlds, I have no faith in this team

 

[AJUMP23]

Looks like the combat has gotten better, and I like the style of the map. Seems improved.

 

[DavidGzz]

Looking at some of the video previews, apparently you can go buck wild in the character creator and make some real goofy ass protagonists.

Gonna be glorious.

Yeah, and also pick and choose skills from all different trees to create the build that you want. Also a companion with skills that you choose.

 

[TVexperto]

That whole IGN preview is just them shitting on Dragon Age lol

Also I laughed out loud:

Dafukk is this hahahaha

 

[killatopak]

Anyone know which engine they used for Avowed and how mod friendly it is? I think modding for this game can be huge if done right.

 

[TVexperto]

Anyone know which engine they used for Avowed and how mod friendly it is? I think modding for this game can be huge if done right.

Unreal Engine 5.3

 

[Punished Miku]

Can't wait.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Force has a great preview. I really trust him. He is critical of games often.



Sounds like a smaller more focused Skyrim. Looks awesome!

Stopped watching after 5 minutes but this game looks really good. This is my 1st time checking it out and with the evil option this has skyrocketed to one of my most anticipated games!

 

[The Cockatrice]

On the surface it looks decent but so did Outer Worlds and it was a boring experience. Will get it, but my expectations are below 0.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Mark my fookin' words, this will be another one of "those" games where the gaming press® and usual green shills (like Clit) will hype to death only for the game to be mediocre in reality.
It just has "mid" written all over it.

...and before the usual green defence force comes at me, Stalker 2, while quite shite now will get there in 5-6 months (like the OG really) and Indiana Jones looks like a good, honest 7.5 - 8 game, but this one ? Nahhh, it's a generic mediocrity with a capital M since its 1st showing, there's absolutely not an original bone in it and looks like your run of the mill generic fantasy stuff.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

This is still 30fps only on Series X isn't it?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I watched Matty’s preview, it’s really encouraging. However my biggest concern is the writing & characters which he didn’t really touch on much.

 

[SJRB]

Man that looks bland as hell.

 

[MiguelItUp]

After The Outer Worlds, I have no faith in this team

I mean, the game was successful and a lot of people liked/loved it. Even if you and I didn't care for it, haha.

I really haven't kept this on my radar at all, and I was planning to keep it that way. When it releases, I'll check it out. If it's cool, awesome. If it's opposite of that, well then I'll just move on to something else. It's definitely looked like it has improved over time, but you should always expect that when something is in development. It's the final product that matters most. I just swear when I look at it I don't see anything grabbing my attention or looking extremely unique.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I really enjoy Pillars of Eternity so will likely give this a go at some point, providing it's not shit.

 

[LordBritish]

Looks great.. skyrim junior.. im in

 

[DavidGzz]

Finally someone walks around in 3rd person. The Colt Eastwood video really shows off the graphics and the animations for walking at least look good in 3rd person. I wonder why I feel like I never see the combat in that mode. Maybe cause it looks janky.

 

[simpatico]

If there are any hero’s left at Obsidian, there’s still time to hack the backup server and delete this.

 

[Darsxx82]

Was there any announcement that previews for Avowed would be released today??

It's strange with 3 months to go and after the recent previews of so many XBOX first party games.

I hope this means some announcement or new content from other studios at TGA or the typical January DD.

 

[Kacho]

This is going to look like a masterpiece after Veilguard.

 

[Ristifer]

Mark my fookin' words, this will be another one of "those" games where the gaming press® and usual green shills (like Clit) will hype to death only for the game to be mediocre in reality.
It just has "mid" written all over it.

...and before the usual green defence force comes at me, Stalker 2, while quite shite now will get there in 5-6 months (like the OG really) and Indiana Jones looks like a good, honest 7.5 - 8 game, but this one ? Nahhh, it's a generic mediocrity with a capital M since its 1st showing, there's absolutely not an original bone in it and looks like your run of the mill generic fantasy stuff.

demigod liked this.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

How can it be the final preview if they have three more months of development time?

It was pushed back for your backlog, and cause Flight Sim and Stalker 2 were so polished and ready to go . . .

 

[analog_future]

Wow, I think this is going to be fantastic.

 

[Romulus]

It is finally looking like an option for elder scrolls type of game. The previews are more positive each time thankfully.

 

[whyman]

It might be great but why does it look like an online moba or something? I miss dark and miserable settings.

 

[Wolves hunt in packs]

This is still 30fps only on Series X isn't it?

I would like to know also if there's some update on that.. such a shame launching a game without any performance mode.

 

[R3TRO]

Looks better but I’m still skeptical.

 

[panda-zebra]

IGN's preview is all I need to see. Looks decent, my kind of thing.

 

[DavidGzz]

It might be great but why does it look like an online moba or something? I miss dark and miserable settings.

Stalker just came out and PoE 2 comes out on December 6th.

 

[Mayar]

I don't like all these "early" previews for the sake of advertising, usually they strictly discuss what can be shown, what can't, what can be said and what can't. I don't like it, so after such "reviews" I treat the game with even more apprehension...

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Hmm.. my opinion is about the same. Interested, particularly because it's the Pillars of Eternity universe, but at the same time very skeptical. Watching some of these previews solidifies my thoughts on how the game will be structured : linear but "open" segments. It doesn't necessarily look bad because of this, but I was hoping it would be more like Elder Scrolls. That said, I could easily enjoy something like that - depending on how well its realized. I'm still down to try this game.

 

[Vlodril]

I stopped listening to everything previews say. Time and time again they have proved useless either by the people hyped for the product or by the people that produce it and showcasing only the good stuff.

I am not sure Obsidian has it in them anymore for the quality of rpg's that they used to produced but maybe i will be happily surprised.

 

[mayham2199]

Still not sure about this.

 

[Humdinger]

I watched Matty's and Fextralife's previews. Both were considerably more positive than earlier previews.

I am looking forward to it. It looks like it's shaping up to be a pretty decent RPG. I'm pleasantly surprised.

Matty P's video is linked in the OP. Here is Fextralife's, if you're interested:

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Obsidian delivers for most part.

Dunno why anyone doubted.

Outer Worlds was a bit average, but that was low budget, self funded, brand new world and lore etc. Was decent for what it was. Its DLC was considerable step up, so there’s that.

 

[Ozriel]

Saw the purple shit and backed the fuck right out.

demigod liked this.

Birds of the same feather etc etc

 

[Mister Wolf]

3rd person camera

 

[Giallo Corsa]

demigod liked this.

O Ozriel and Bumblebeetuna liked this

 

[Little Chicken]

I'm excited, it looks like it will be fantastic.

Cue the tsunami of "boring, bad graphics, bad gameplay" comments, despite the INCREDIBLE previews