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At this rate their next release will be Elder Scrolls IX Remastered, because why not just skip ahead to where the money is?

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I remember how bad the Oblivion NPCs were, not the least bit nostalgic.  It's an odd thing, this remaster craze where you faithfully recreate 30 year old bugs and technological shortcomings.

Na na  na na  na na  ...

greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER.

That is all.

 

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7 hours ago, Gorgon said:

I remember how bad the Oblivion NPCs were, not the least bit nostalgic.  It's an odd thing, this remaster craze where you faithfully recreate 30 year old bugs and technological shortcomings.

Bethesda games are a great practical example of how good actors cannot spin crap dialogue into gold.

To be fair to the people doing the remake, Bethesda faithfully recreate 320 year old bugs into their new games as well thanks to still using Gamebryo with renderer++.

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It isn't about the game, it's about being an echo of a much better time.

The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.

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copy pasting:

 

Starting May 19, Warhammer 40K: Armageddon, Sanctus Reach, and their DLCs will no longer be available for purchase on Valve's platform.

However, according to announcements posted on Steam,  you'll still be able to purchase them on GOG in their complete DRM-free versions, even after the delisting.

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https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/avowed-director-carrie-patel-leaves-obsidian-after-12-years-to-join-the-netflix-studio-behind-oxenfree/

Interesting decision, Carrie Patel is leaving Obsidian to take a prominent position at a Netflix studio I didnt even know existed

People take new jobs all the time and its relatively common but I assume her creativity will be missed

As for Patel, she's had a long and seemingly enviable career at Obsidian: Prior to serving as director and narrative designer on the very well-received Avowed, she worked as narrative designer on Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds, and narrative design lead (along with Obsidian stalwart Josh Sawyer) on Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire.

Given all that, it might seem a bit odd that Patel would want to make the move from one to the other, and for now we're left to speculate: Netflix has the resources to put a lot of money on the table to attract big-name talent, sure, but it's just as likely that Patel simply wants to get creative with a smaller team. Patel herself hasn't said any more about her reasons for making the move or what she'll be getting up to at Night School, and Netflix confirmed that Patel has joined Night School as a game director but declined to comment further. "

 

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7 hours ago, BruceVC said:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/avowed-director-carrie-patel-leaves-obsidian-after-12-years-to-join-the-netflix-studio-behind-oxenfree/

Interesting decision, Carrie Patel is leaving Obsidian to take a prominent position at a Netflix studio I didnt even know existed

People take new jobs all the time and its relatively common but I assume her creativity will be missed

As for Patel, she's had a long and seemingly enviable career at Obsidian: Prior to serving as director and narrative designer on the very well-received Avowed, she worked as narrative designer on Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds, and narrative design lead (along with Obsidian stalwart Josh Sawyer) on Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire.

Given all that, it might seem a bit odd that Patel would want to make the move from one to the other, and for now we're left to speculate: Netflix has the resources to put a lot of money on the table to attract big-name talent, sure, but it's just as likely that Patel simply wants to get creative with a smaller team. Patel herself hasn't said any more about her reasons for making the move or what she'll be getting up to at Night School, and Netflix confirmed that Patel has joined Night School as a game director but declined to comment further. "

I wonder what this means for the future of Avowed? No DLCs? They just now announced a road map for continued development of the game, so I am left somewhat confused.

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46 minutes ago, kanisatha said:

I wonder what this means for the future of Avowed? No DLCs? They just now announced a road map for continued development of the game, so I am left somewhat confused.

I cant imagine she is only person who can drive the future development of Avowed

It would be a   serious indictment on any development company if a single person is that significant ?

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"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

John Milton 

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

 

 

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The irony:

We are remastering the original game but won't change things because we don't want to fix something that isn't broken - they say after making two sequels that changed everything that wasn't broken.

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5 hours ago, Malcador said:

Cool, I wish I could get exited for this though, but after how they did with RT I'm not going to touch it, even if it wasn't made in Ruzzia.

Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken

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1 hour ago, Azdeus said:

Cool, I wish I could get exited for this though, but after how they did with RT I'm not going to touch it, even if it wasn't made in Ruzzia.

What was wrong with RT ?

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7 hours ago, melkathi said:

Very un-exciting leveling up. Very unbalanced combat.

I would say the unbalanced combat was the most fun thing about it.

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Yeah, the mechanics in the game broke down pretty quickly

Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken

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On 5/21/2025 at 7:30 AM, BruceVC said:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/avowed-director-carrie-patel-leaves-obsidian-after-12-years-to-join-the-netflix-studio-behind-oxenfree/

Interesting decision, Carrie Patel is leaving Obsidian to take a prominent position at a Netflix studio I didnt even know existed

People take new jobs all the time and its relatively common but I assume her creativity will be missed

As for Patel, she's had a long and seemingly enviable career at Obsidian: Prior to serving as director and narrative designer on the very well-received Avowed, she worked as narrative designer on Pillars of Eternity and The Outer Worlds, and narrative design lead (along with Obsidian stalwart Josh Sawyer) on Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire.

Shame! All the best to Carrie and thank you for her work at Obsidian. Sagani was one of my favourites of PoE1 cast (and that's a pretty stacked companion cast).

 

On 5/21/2025 at 2:52 PM, kanisatha said:

I wonder what this means for the future of Avowed? No DLCs? They just now announced a road map for continued development of the game, so I am left somewhat confused.

I can't say I expect DLC for Avowed, but lately they tend to be lead by a different creative lead team anyway (so was true of PoE2 DLCs and Outer Worlds DLCs, I think).

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8 hours ago, Sarex said:

I would say the unbalanced combat was the most fun thing about it.

Didn't notice it too much, maybe I played on too low a difficulty.  My issue with the combat was just fatigue from the amount :lol: 

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