• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I finished the game already, but the biggest quality of life update is being able to use Soul Pods to dispel illusions so you’re not more or less locked in with Yatzli while exploring in the later Acts. Set your expectations appropriately, and Avowed is a hell of a game, but it’s got more in common with Dark Souls or God of War than it does Fallout: New Vegas or Skyrim.

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      6 months ago

      I’ve never heard of it, but it definitely seems like one of those games.

      Obsidian has to pay streamers more to shill it for longer in order to compete.

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    6 months ago

    I finally played through Avowed a week or two ago and went in with low expectations. I had heard all around that it was a decent 7/10 game, but I was pleasantly surprised.

    It’s not New Vegas 2 or anything, I think most of the people who worked on FNV have long since left, but I still really appreciate Obsidian games for what they are.

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      6 months ago

      Metal Gear Rising was a load of lazy, overrated garbage and Fallout NV just piggybacked on the hard work Bethesda did for FO3.

      Obsidian is woefully overvalued among the gaming community. We should stop expecting good things from them.

      They’re no Larian.

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          6 months ago

          You’re right, it’s Platinum.

          I get the two confused because of some darling sentiment the gaming community had towards them.

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, why avoid buying a product that doesn’t meet our standards if it won’t change the company.

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          6 months ago

          Do you think there’s any stopping the industry’s shift to digital at this point? Because we just saw another quarter where we went even harder in that direction.