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I'm waiting for more informations, especially about the mechanics of the game, the gameplay trailer wasn't very exciting for me. It was only combat and heavily cutted, nothing impressive imo.
I want to know more about companions, factions, ability trees, character building, reactivity, itemization etc.
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My theory is that Avowed will be a mix between Tyranny, Skyrim and Deadfire. We can see a lot of factions, we are playing an envoy of Aedyr in a "colonized" land and the game seems to be focused around depth more than breadth, ala Tyranny.
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Actually we can see the flag of the Watcher (Caed Nua) in the trailer, I don't think Maerwald would've sent an expedition to the Living Lands.
It could be an indication of the timeline.
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Hey Obsidian !
How deep Avowed and TOW2 will be from a RPG point of view ? Are you using your new resources to go deeper rather than wider ?
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I don't know if we can ask questions about a specific Obsidian's game or if we need to be more general ?
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Having a defined role isn't a problem for me, Tyranny is in my top 5 RPGs, if anything the initial pitch got me more excited because I can see a lot of political stories in this game (with a lot of factions in the trailer).
The itemization is a good news, if it can be closer to POEII it's all good.
I really hope we'll learn more about this game before 2024.
Edit : Thanks for the links !
The connexion of our character with the world seems intriging.
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So, I know that there will be skills trees and no classes but do we know things about :
-The progression system
-Skills ala POE2 with an importance for dialogues and events
-The itemization
I am not disturbed by the size of the game (Kotor2 or TOW) but I would like Avowed to be deeper than TOW, in both narrative and mechanics.
Thanks for the replies !
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16 minutes ago, kanisatha said:
My expectation, from following all news sources pretty closely, is that Avowed will release in second half of 2023, and TOW2 in second half of 2024.
I hope you're right, and so maybe we would see Avowed at the TGA, or just a little blogpost to know what the game really is.
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MS clearly pushed for the announcement of Avowed I think, the entire conference of 2020 is just full of CGIs and promises.
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Actually we just don't have any infos on both Avowed and TOW2, and while Grounded and Pentiment are interesting (curious about the reactivity of Pentiment) I think it is strange that we don't know anything about the works of the majority of the studio. But if they need time they take it, I think this is a much healthier situation than crunch or anything else.
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The Outer Worlds was out in 2019 so yes, if you are talking about TOW2 maybe it'll be the case.
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The absence of communication also let a lot of room for rumors/leaks like this, we still don't know the precise setting of the game.
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16 hours ago, Theonlygarby said:
Weird. I thought they had said it was moving along smoothly last year... which would be after the reboot. Although who knows where I even heard that
Maybe it isn't a big reboot, we don't know because we don't have any infos about this game.
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No I don't think so, the reboot happened at the end of 2020, when Carrie Pattel became Game Director.
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Kill a dragon with a boomerang would be cool I think.
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I hope we'll see it at "E3", rumors talks about a release in early 2023, so I guess we should see the game rather soon, right ?
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It would be interesting to have a plot less focused on gods in Avowed, but they are so important in the universe of Eora (like religion in the modern era finally), they are present in all aspects of society and animancy ultimately also refers to the gods. So I have a hard time imagining a plot that wouldn’t focus on them, it could still be very interesting.
I mean, even if Avowed’s plot revolved around some sort of secularization movement of a parts of societies, it would still refer to the gods.
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This is an interesting question, can a game in Eora be interesting without a Watcher for MC ?
Personally I think yes, even if the fact of being a Watcher brings a lot especially from the point of view of quest writing, writers are not obliged to place obvious clues for investigations for example, explaining why we’re the only ones who can solve them. It also gives interest to our character, explaining why the powers of the universe are interested in him.
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45 minutes ago, Wormerine said:
Yep (it’s me), I am disappointed that Sawyer did not answer my question but in my eyes it makes more plausible the theory of the implication of maegfolcs in Avowed.
Maybe Woedica is urging Aedyr to go there because of particular Engwithane ruins left there.45 minutes ago, Wormerine said:Quotewill feature multiple class playstyles
It also reminds me of Tyranny, we are a Tunon agent who was recruited from different backgrounds according to our choice. It could be the same case in Avowed.
Also our protagonist could be a Watcher, explaining why Woedica chose us.
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8 hours ago, Wormerine said:
Assuming the setting is correct, in the trailer we can see Aedyr's forces, which makes me think that The History of Eora, Volume XII: The Reclamation of the Living Lands book from the Forgotten Sanctum DLC has been teasing Avowed.
It is my opinion as well, and the fact that the sword in the trailer is "Oathbinder" makes me think that we will play as an agent of Woedica which "leads" the invasion of the Living Lands. (Like in Tyranny).
8 hours ago, Wormerine said:the aftermath of the event that took place at the end of Deadfire is a perfect opportunity to bring new audience up to speed, without them having to experience PoE1&2
I agree with that, but Obsidian will need to do a much better (digest) introduction to the concept of Eora than in Pillars 1, Deadfire do a much better job in that regard in my opinion.
Also I think that the "monster" at the end of the trailer of Avowed is a Maegfolc. Because of this skull : https://pillarsofeternity.fandom.com/wiki/Maegfolc_Skull.
QuoteMaegfolc - or their remains - have been found on most of the known continents of Eora. In the Living Lands, they are rumored to have built cities with great towers that reach beyond the clouds. This helm was recovered by an explorer who claimed to have plucked it from the burial chamber of a maegfolc prince.
Why would the Engwithans place Maegfolcs (a kingdom) in the Living Lands, for what purpose?
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5 hours ago, Wormerine said:
At any rate at this moment for us, fans of PoE1&2, Avowed is the only new installement in that universe that we can look forward to.
This is why I don't want it to be a prequel, I want to know the consequences (at the scale of Known Eora) of the events of Deadfire.
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I wonder how including races of different sizes in Avowed would be difficult (from a workload point of view, combat, animations, equipment...).
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I've just played two hours and the story or the tone are not very good for me. No setting up of atmosphere, the companions seem to me little interesting or real, the beginning is very fast and does not raise pa great interest in me.
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7 minutes ago, Dukemon said:
In one playthrough Eder becomes mayor for Dyrford but he has the time to go on a journey? In a few lines we hear what he did there, but how he suddenly grabs the corpse of the Watcher and with the steward they go out to sea.
He is loyal to the Watcher and this Watcher is near-dead, so yes he left is position of mayor. I don't see how it is unbelievable ?
10 minutes ago, Dukemon said:We see that the Watcher wakes up in the cabin where Eder is sleeping and the steward is standing.
The Prolog has previously told us what happened, but Eder is not mentioned at all. He is somehow there, whatever the outcome in the first part. Where the ship and crew come from, or how they come to the conclusion that the Watcher stays alive when they follow the statue, I'm not sure where that was explained.They literally say that the farther Eothas went, the more the Watcher seemed to weaken. That plus the fact that Eothas probably absorbed the souls of Caed Nua, the conclusion that we should follow him seems natural to me.
And as he was going to sea, he had to find an emergency ship, which they did with the remaining money.
Honestly, I don’t understand what the problem is in that?
Character creation.
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But they are upfront about it : https://www.ign.com/articles/obsidian-explains-why-avowed-only-lets-you-pick-human-or-elf
And from this technical limitation they draw a lore explanation of why you can't play other races.