Astray
Member
I hope this game comes out in a good enough shape for those who are interested in it.
The art style change lost me big time and I find the current visual direction to be very unappealing.
Avowed officially delayed to February 18, 2025
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The art style change lost me big time and I find the current visual direction to be very unappealing.
YourMomsFriendlyNeighbor
Neo Member
Releasing a week after kingdom come deliverance 2 is certainly a choice.
First person medieval/medievalish sword fighting games. Kcd 2 apparently takes 80-100 hours to beat.
I know which one I want, and I think people are going to be surprised at how popular it is.... These first sold 6 million by last February and that's before all the promotions for the upcoming one.
Bad decision.
First person medieval/medievalish sword fighting games. Kcd 2 apparently takes 80-100 hours to beat.
I know which one I want, and I think people are going to be surprised at how popular it is.... These first sold 6 million by last February and that's before all the promotions for the upcoming one.
Bad decision.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
They announced first, then KC2 announced a week ahead of them later. It's definitely not ideal timing.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
I don't think this matters at all. It's not GTA. People will buy and prioritize different things. I doubt any major publisher would look at KCD2 and decide to move their game to avoid cannibalization of sales. Just doesn't seem to me it nearly rises to that level. And Avowed and KCD will both sell over a long period of time, with free updates and DLC and such, I'm sure.
YourMomsFriendlyNeighbor
Neo Member
No they didn't, avowed was going to release in November, they literally just changed it right behind kcd 2,look it up, November is still on the Wikipedia lol
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YourMomsFriendlyNeighbor
Neo Member
The genres overlap, I think you underestimate the target audiences for these games, and how much they overlap.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
August 2nd
Avowed delayed to February to 'give players' backlogs some breathing room'
The Obsidian RPG is apparently good to go, but has been pushed to 2025.
August 15th
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Release Date Announced
With Gamescom only a few days away, Warhorse Studios has finally announced the official release date of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
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YourMomsFriendlyNeighbor
Neo Member
You're right I fucked up I meant avowed, ac is obviously a bit different audience.August 2nd
Avowed delayed to February to 'give players' backlogs some breathing room'
The Obsidian RPG is apparently good to go, but has been pushed to 2025.www.pcgamer.com
August 15th
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Release Date Announced
With Gamescom only a few days away, Warhorse Studios has finally announced the official release date of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Terrible choice for avowed though, kcd is going to fucking smoke it
Mattyp
Not the YouTuber
A "big rpg" that they already stated is roughly the same length as The Outer Worlds?
And Indy isn't coming out this year, no one will convince me otherwise. Five months left in the year, still listed as TBA, and the only gameplay we've seen has been the same 5 minutes of footage shown twice sandwiched between pre-rendered cutscenes. If it comes out this year it will be a Redfall level mess.
TBA? The release date on gamepass is the 9.12.24. Is everyone blind to this?
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
It looks very likely now that AC Shadows is also getting delayed.
Would be funny AF if that also joins February 2025. Though I think AC Shadows, if delayed, will be delayed for a longer period.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I don't think Shadows gets delayed, they're just avoiding previews for fear of the expected backlash on twitter. Kinda unjust if you ask me, but it is what it is.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Possible. But I think previews are part of the entire marketing cycle. It'd be tough to entirely skip the "previews" part and expect great sales.
I think there's something bigger going on. Let's see how it all pans out.
Agreed. I think gamers have become even more finicky with time, and it sometimes spills over.
Astray
Member
His comment was written almost 3 weeks before Microsoft announced the release date (Aug 3rd).TBA? The release date on gamepass is the 9.12.24. Is everyone blind to this?
2025 is shaping up to be a very intense one, release-wise.
And honestly it's not wise to delay when you can release in a relatively uncrowded period of the year.
I think it's definitely gonna be delayed, you'd normally hear things about the game going gold etc when it's two months away from release.
I agree that the gaming discourse around this game (and a TON of others) is very unfair and even hypocritical in a lot of places. But getting pulled from both press previews AND TGS at the same time is a flag that development isn't going smoothly for one reason or another.
Jaybe
Member
Seems like moving Avowed out was more about spacing game pass releases out rather than what is going on with third party releases. Though I think the real reason is the game was coming in hot and needed more time to be worked on.
Little Chicken
Gold Member
Why would they delay AC: Shadows? The only criticism it has received is the main character and it's waaaaay too late to change that.
M0G
Member
Yeah the relief to backlogs comment didn't land with me at all lol. KCD is big imo and then there's this and I really want to play Atomfall too. But not everybody will be the same. KCD 2 gives me the same vibes Witcher 2 did when it came out. It could be massively more popular than the first one at release.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
As long as it's good, take all the time you need.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
I already forgot this got pushed to next year. Janky Jones better deliver.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Will be a mid game IMO. Combat looks boring, graphics too bubbly and colourful. I'm going to assuming you can turn off/reduce HUD but every clip you see has so much numbers and icons on screen too
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
This is my stance. Just make it as good as it can be.
Plenty of great games to play.
soulbait
Member
I think Avowed's biggest competition was going to be Dragon Age, and that is why it was delayed out. Dragon Age and Avowed look very similar and would be direct competitors to each other.
AC Shadows may helped it get pushed out some, but I really think Dragon Age is the main reason.
AC Shadows may helped it get pushed out some, but I really think Dragon Age is the main reason.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Not too good for Avowed. Deep competition.
Astray
Member
From the frying pan into the fire.
coachmcguirk91
Member
AC Shadows just got moved to Feebyary 14th. Crazy stacked week
TheChumpNation
Member
I really worry for this game's sales numbers. I'd consider buying anything made by Obsidian, but in such a crowded window and given the art style change which doesn't appeal to me, it's looking more like a "sub to GP for a couple weeks" game to me and I wonder if that won't be the case for a lot of players.
If the game doesn't sell well, and doesn't create any long term gamepass subscriber boost, why would MS send significant budget their way for Outer Worlds 2 or anything else?
If the game doesn't sell well, and doesn't create any long term gamepass subscriber boost, why would MS send significant budget their way for Outer Worlds 2 or anything else?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Oh this is just ridicules. Just saw that thread! What do these corporations know about February that we don't know?
mayham2199
Member
I liked the combat in Outerworlds. It looks bad in this game though and FP melee is just always kind of horrible to me. Maybe going all magic would make it better overall though that's what I did for Skyrim.
Kacho
Member
Yep. Average looking game standing next to giants. I'd fully expect another delay for pity's sake.
Little Chicken
Gold Member
Every recent preview praised the combat
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You know what would be wild, if they pull up the release for this to January.
Feb is starting to get packed with 3 big releases within the span of a single week.
I like Obsidian's writing but a new RGG game will always take my preference if they're releasing in the same week.
Feb is starting to get packed with 3 big releases within the span of a single week.
I like Obsidian's writing but a new RGG game will always take my preference if they're releasing in the same week.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
This generation of Xbox is one of subterfuge and Kamala Harris like tomfoolery and hootenanny.
Sometimes Microsoft even forgets their HW exists.
I was mildly interested so hopefully the delay is for the better.
Sometimes Microsoft even forgets their HW exists.
I was mildly interested so hopefully the delay is for the better.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
So RGG, Monster Hunter, Stalker 2?, AC Shadows and Kingdom Come 2 all in February.
If I was MS I would move it to March or April.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
If, as they say, the game is feature complete and they're just giving it extra breathing room "for the backlog", pulling it early would be better IMO. Cause I expect a few more things to get shuffled around before this year is over.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Sure, they could move it to early Jan, but that's generally a pretty weak month overall for purchases after all the Christmas and New Years spending.
Kacho
Member
Did they actually delay it because the holiday was overcrowded or was it an excuse to delay the game for additional polish?Microsoft needs to undelay the game now
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Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
Lol