Avowed - Skyrim Comparison

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PC Gamer compares Avowed with Skyrim:

Obsidian seems scared people will compare Avowed to Skyrim, but it shouldn't be - the similarities are obvious, but the differences make it compelling

Bethesda's RPG looms large over Obsidian's latest, but having played it, there's no need to shrink from the comparison.

Within seconds of being set loose in a behind-closed-doors demo of Avowed at Gamescom, I had already walked up to a plant and ripped it apart for some key ingredient. The Skyrim-ness of Avowed has been much debated - Obsidian repeatedly downplaying the comparison, no doubt due to fears of disappointing anyone expecting something the size and scope of Bethesda's sandbox behemoth.

This is all fine and good - I cannot speak to the size of Avowed, or the depth of its story. What I can say is that, having played through a dungeon-sized encounter, there is a comforting familiarity to Avowed's moment-to-moment exploration. Let's not beat around the bush: It's kinda like Skyrim.

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[rjshae]

From what I can tell, it seems more like the Dragon Age series.

 

[Carnifex]

If it's similar to Dragon Age I hope it is much more like the first, Origins.

 

[soola]

From what I can tell, it seems more like the Dragon Age series.

Shhh @rjshae, don’t give BioWare the idea of a first person Dragon Age!

BTW nice to see another Seattleite on here . Did you make it to PAX West this weekend?

 

[Drithius]

Just like articles suggested Outer Worlds was New Vegas and then people were disappointed it was nothing of the sort. Clickbaiters gonna clickbait.

 

[JDR13]

I'm not sure how anyone could think Avowed looks remotely similar to Dragon Age. Have you guys actually watched the videos?

 

[Alrik Fassbauer]

I still have no idea what's this game about ...

 

[JDR13]

I still have no idea what's this game about ...

It takes place in the same world as Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2, but it's not a direct sequel to those games. They haven't revealed a lot about the story yet. It has something to do with investigating a plague that's spreading across the land.

 

[Couchpotato]

I'm tempted to complain about complainers who cry clickbait.

Anyway yeah most articles were wrong calling Outer Worlds a NV clone.

 

[Dolby]

Forgot how much the setting of the games was wonky for me. On paper and how it started was good but in practice it wasn't hit the right spot... And it the second game it got even worse, i really wasn't a fan of the whole pirates vibe.

 

[booboo]

I also didn't like the pirate/nautical theme of PoE2...but the world and world building are really great (for me at any rate). The combat was not the greatest - I never liked the stat system, lack of prebuff etc. But the original PoE really felt like a game in the mould of BG1. I don;t expect Avowed will feel much like PoE1/2, but hopefully they'll tell an interesting story and the combat won't be too awful

 

[Alrik Fassbauer]

It takes place in the same world as Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2, but it's not a direct sequel to those games. They haven't revealed a lot about the story yet. It has something to do with investigating a plague that's spreading across the land.

Thank you. I stopped playing POE1 because the setting looked far too groim for my personal taste. Plus, I never forgave them killing that NPC character right after the tutorial.

 

[Redglyph]

The combat was not the greatest - I never liked the stat system, lack of prebuff etc.

There were interesting elements, but I never could get into that combat system, for some reason. I've heard a lot of praise for it, so I assumed it was just because of a personal preference for the D&D system.

The world design felt great to me, too.