WindowsCentral : Details on Xbox exclusive Avowed: The Outer Worlds meets medieval fantasy
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In your opinion. In my opinion exploring a fantasy world in first person is more immersive and engaging then being a camera behind a character exploring it. The interactivity and immersiveness of elder scrolls blows all other fantasy rpgs out of the waterI wish Avowed was 3rd person, otherwise its just going to be a magic shooter.
Melee combat is so bad with First Person games. It was understandable in the early days like with Dark side of Xeen
but if you are going 3d open world, it just comes off as clunky or simplistic spam. Combat mods are the only reason I even bought Skyrim 8 year after it launched.
If the description is accurate yes. Sometimes you can know what you dont like, without seeing it.
No one is saying that you are flopping. You have your mind made up that as a whole, XGS is mediocre.
What they make does not have to align with your taste for them to be a great unit as a whole. You seem to have an idea that what aligns to your taste is empirical evidence as to what is quality and what is not. Which is why christocolus said it is not surprising that you came to this conclusion given the quoted comment.
It is what it is.
I said it sounded like a hard pass from the description. Never did indicate my opinion was fact as to what it empirical evidence. or are only echo chambers allowed here?
Destiny 2: Beyond Light - Released.
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - Released.
The Medium - Released.
Psuchonauts 2 - Released.
Tell Me Why - Released.
Balan Wonderland - Released.
Dragon Quest XI S - Released.
Echo Generation -2021.
Halo Infinite - 2021.
The Gunk - December 2021.
As Dusk Falls - Cross gen. Likely 2022.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - 2022.
Crossfire X - 2022
STALKER 2 - 2022.
Forza Motorsport - Likely 2022.
Avowed - targeting 2023.
State of Decay 3 - The last installment arrived in 2018. Is it likely that a sequel comes in at the tail end of the generation?
The only games we are unsure of are Fable and Everwild. Looks like Everwild will target 2024.
Not much substantial to really hook my interest yet. I haven't been much into previous Obsidian games, but will still keep an eye on this when it surfaces.
Oh shit, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, PSO2: New Genesis, Balan Wonderworld, and Dragon Quest XI S have been released?
I sure got owned there.
On Starfield:
On Microsoft's gaming trajectory:
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You have bought your own propaganda. And I could go on and on.
This year alone, Microsoft will have:
Flight Simulator on console.
Psychonauts 2.
Deathloop.
Halo Infinite.
Forza Horizon 5.
Age of Empires IV.
Next year, it looks like we will see:
Crossfire X.
As Dusk Falls.
Redfall.
Starfield.
Ghostwire: Tokyo.
Forza Motorsport.
Grounded.
Yet we live in a world where some have convinced themselves, somehow that Xbox will not hit its stride until the tail end of the generation. If all you focus on is Fable, Perfect Dark, Avowed, State of Decay 3, Everwild, Contraband and miss everything else, then the above opinion becomes viable despite its deviation from reality.
Your problem though is that you seem to have an infatuation with the past and what Microsoft got wrong to be able to see what they have got right. Or to even recognize that the content pipeline is good enough to sustain itself as some of the above mentioned games are still being developed.
One could ask how different this approach is to Sony having revealed games being developed by Haven, Firewalk, Deviation, Wolverine etc while releasing games in the near term? It isn't, yet Microsoft that is going to be releasing more games, and more AAA games than they have for a long time each year is going to catch their stride in year 6 or 7 of the generation?
Come on man. Either trolling or bad faith argument.
Hopefully it doesn't look that bright and colorful. PoE has beautiful graphics but I wouldn't compare them the Outer Worlds palette.
Anyway, super excited for this game!
Anyway, super excited for this game!
🤣.not surprising especially when you consider the entirety of XGS to be mediocre...and Obsidian is now part of XGS.
Phil Spencer on Bethesda: “If you’re an Xbox customer, this is about delivering great exclusive games for you, on platforms where Game Pass exists.”
That's an incredibly rosy prediction, but I certainly hope it comes to pass.www.resetera.com
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I really didn't like Outer Worlds, although I might have more fun with Avowed if they don't sell it as much as New Vegas in Space/Fantasy World.
Thanks for taking the time to make a list based on facts. Clearly shows that he is completely wrong and I think Avowed based on their last released games and how long Avowed is now in development, that the game will arrive in 2023 or absolute worst case 2024. That's mid and not the end of the generation.
So Jez said on the podcast he held alot of info back. Also the gameplay stuff he had and the screenshots. As that would spoil to much and also set different expectations etc. Because pre alpha etc offcourse.
Also confirmed its set in the Living Lands. Something sponger said last year
Also confirmed its set in the Living Lands. Something sponger said last year
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For context:
The Living Lands
The Living Lands is a large, diversely-populated, meteorologically variable frontier island far to the north of the Aedyran empire.[1] It is a land of wild weather, strange beasts, and hundreds of difficult-to-reach valleys containing oddities never before seen by mortals.[2] It serves as the...
pillarsofeternity.fandom.com
In general he went quite ham with Obisidian btw.
He said Obisidan plan is to release a game every year. Grounded 2022, Avowed 2023, ToW 2 2024 and Saywer his project (smaller like Grounded) in 2025
He has seen Saywer his project also already and also ToW2
Obsidian unleashed? :P
He said Obisidan plan is to release a game every year. Grounded 2022, Avowed 2023, ToW 2 2024 and Saywer his project (smaller like Grounded) in 2025
He has seen Saywer his project also already and also ToW2
Obsidian unleashed? :P
For clarity, Shaolin and Belfrey were publishing projects not obsidian
"He also said about Avowed that there are spells with hand animations like the one in trailer, like lightning from hands, poison touch, Fus ro dah esque power but its a kick, etc. He didn't mention it in article as its in pre-alpha and didn't want to report these features in detail in case they get cut out."
Every year? That is surprising, given their current size. Unless they have massively grown by then.
It's crazy how much their output is changing/improving.
They have. But remember Grounded and Saywer his project are the same size.
What does this add to the discussion because it just sounds like yet another long list of drop in digs.
Game sounds great, games take a long time to create, especially in a pandemic. Microsoft needed to show stuff so people can invest for the future and it makes it very difficult to do when you are down to 5 studios and buy a bunch to help guarantee future content so that people are willing to spend money on your platform.
This, ToW2, Inxiles project, Starfield, and ES6...all in one gen is mind-blowing.
