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Avowed, a TOW-like game from Obsidian

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Mordred wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 00:35
nah but 100-200k might very well be. if you pay for it anyway and something that at least had somewhat of budget comes along why not take a look.

but honsetly it would really be great if ms offers some numbers on it but hat also goes for playstation,gog etc. steam is the only service offering this as far as is can tell which will make numbers less usefull. For example if i can get something on gog on day1 i always buy gog so it will not show up in steam numbers. cant be the only one
the number is useless because a lot of people will install it just to try it out and play it for an hour or two
I know a couple people with gamepass and they try a bunch of garbage they don't even like
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well that is what they are going for i think. invite you to experiment maybe find something you like and stick around for the next payment cycle. I have to say i am not completly against this gamestreaming thing. most stuff i play exactly once that it just clutters my steamlib. but gamepass lacks good game still. i somewhat liked super luckys tale (yeag babygame i know still fun) and gears of war 5 was not completly offensive but that was basically it.
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Jordy wrote: ↑ February 18th, 2025, 22:00
RangerBoo wrote: ↑ February 18th, 2025, 21:45
Jordy wrote: ↑ February 18th, 2025, 21:04
Politics aside, it just looks like a bad game.
It is. From what I've seen on @Cheeseknife stream the games only saving grace is the combat system. Cheeseknife has stated that the combat is decent and the magic system is interesting but other then that it is pure slop. The character and world designs are ugly. It makes Concord look like the Sistine Chapel. The story is boring and forgettable. There is little to no RPG elements in the game. All dialogue options boil down to 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. 4. Somewhat disagree but also yes. Speaking of dialogue it is very disjointed and strange. Real people don't talk like the characters in Avowed do. The only other saving grace for this game, besides the combat, is that the game is mercifully short unlike KCD2.
From what little I saw, even the combat looked bad. Spam your attack at enemy that soaks up hits and runs through them to perform a power attack on you. Rinse, repeat.

I assume there's more to it that I haven't seen if you/@Cheeseknife are saying otherwise.
I'll grant that I'm playing on Normal mode but I have tried the game on its hardest difficulty and there you have to plan ahead a bit and be more aware of what the individual enemies are doing. At the moment, it pays off just to see if I can distance myself and shoot everything with a musket. Being a wizard is complex because you have to be aware of what spells are handy and you have to watch your resources a bit, but the payoff is immense.

What I've said is that the combat belongs in a better game. But I really do enjoy the boom of the musket and watching the enemies ragdoll on death. Very satisfying.

My basic loadout is a sword and shield if I need to fight enemies in melee, but mostly staying at a distance and shooting enemies in the head with my musket. It's not as stylish as casting spells, but I enjoy being a snipe, nabbing head shots while dodging and weaving.
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Something I discovered in one particular dungeon is that your companions will NOT remove themselves from danger, no matter how much lethal damage they take. They will sit in the middle of a danger zone without any sense of self-preservation.

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Can you even go solo?
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Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 01:51
Can you even go solo?
I have yet to try. I assume so, but I'm not certain. I'll stream tonight if you wanna watch.
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Roderick wrote: ↑ February 19th, 2025, 23:22
Mordred wrote: ↑ February 18th, 2025, 17:34
how usable is steamdb on gamepass games? is there a site where we can observer players in gamepass?
6 gorillion on gamepass.
If the numbers are so low it doesnt really matter.
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Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 01:51
Can you even go solo?
I would be legit surprised if you can, since modern Western devs seem to enjoy forcing the player to interact with their self-inserts all the time.
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There are 17 people playing this on gamepass.
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It will be interesting to see where they are going with advanced access. Indy had 3 days, avowed 5, we are probably seeing a month very soon.
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Wretch wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 02:12
There are 17 people playing this on gamepass.
17 million you mean.
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1998 wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 02:16
It will be interesting to see where they are going with advanced access. Indy had 3 days, avowed 5, we are probably seeing a month very soon.
89.99 copyright pass to watch streams. 199.99 to play. 499.99 for the complete edition.
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1998 wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 02:16
It will be interesting to see where they are going with advanced access. Indy had 3 days, avowed 5, we are probably seeing a month very soon.
Advanced access without Denuvo feels like an extremely rude thing to do to paying customers.
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UltraFan123 wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 02:07
Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 01:51
Can you even go solo?
I would be legit surprised if you can, since modern Western devs seem to enjoy forcing the player to interact with their self-inserts all the time.
******* companions always telling you what to do, too. Shut up and let me play.
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Just checked if there are any news about avowed on gog and found this nugget

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I get most of my games from GOG, but since I have 0 interest in even pirating this turd then I don't really care if it ever becomes available in GOG at all. :lol:
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Breathe wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 02:25
UltraFan123 wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 02:07
Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 01:51
Can you even go solo?
I would be legit surprised if you can, since modern Western devs seem to enjoy forcing the player to interact with their self-inserts all the time.
******* companions always telling you what to do, too. Shut up and let me play.
I won’t play games with companions unless it’s like mount and blade or kenshi.
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I've begun the stream!

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I deleted the game after an hour of playing. Every ******* NPC. So. *******. Emotionless. MC is so ******* special nobody can figure out his special as ****, mysterious, moldy, godlike features are tied to the moldy mysterious plague. I googled companions and was glad I didn't spend more time on that turd of a game. Character creator was a personal slap, Failguard incarnate, but even Failguard got budget for more sliders.
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arisen wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 09:18
I deleted the game after an hour of playing. Every ******* NPC. So. *******. Emotionless. MC is so ******* special nobody can figure out his special as ****, mysterious, moldy, godlike features are tied to the moldy mysterious plague. I googled companions and was glad I didn't spend more time on that turd of a game. Character creator was a personal slap, Failguard incarnate, but even Failguard got budget for more sliders.
Surley you didn't expect anything else, right?

I would honestly also probably try it if it was on gog, just too see how bad it can get.
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1998 wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 09:32
arisen wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 09:18
I deleted the game after an hour of playing. Every ******* NPC. So. *******. Emotionless. MC is so ******* special nobody can figure out his special as ****, mysterious, moldy, godlike features are tied to the moldy mysterious plague. I googled companions and was glad I didn't spend more time on that turd of a game. Character creator was a personal slap, Failguard incarnate, but even Failguard got budget for more sliders.
Surley you didn't expect anything else, right?

I would honestly also probably try it if it was on gog, just too see how bad it can get.
I've already had enough of seeing devs castrating not only themselves, but their franchise as well.
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Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 01:51
Can you even go solo?
No, you can not. Two of them will always be with you. And there are quests where specific companions have to be present, so, you do not even free to choose which companions follow you.
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PixiGreen wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 11:20
Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 01:51
Can you even go solo?
No, you can not. Two of them will always be with you. And there are quests where specific companions have to be present, so, you do not even free to choose which companions follow you.
And I thought everyone agreed that was bad design after nwn2
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This "game" and Failguard are now making me appreciate all the previous CRPGs that let me make solo runs if I wanted to.
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This game ******* flopped.

God.. can 2025 get any better?


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Steam forum is a complete **** show right now. Every thread is related to Woke go broke ****.

The culture war is in full swing and I'm just sitting back for the first time in 8 years thinking "finally". :old:
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> 17k peak
> B-B-B-BUT IT'S ON GAMEPASS!!
> Other game on day 1 gamepass:


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Amazing Character Design


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Gooner Bait (It looks like ****)

Obsidian art team is trash. Weren't they the ones saying they were gonna "OWN ELON" ??

This is ******* awful.
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Shillitron wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 14:41
> 17k peak
> B-B-B-BUT IT'S ON GAMEPASS!!
> Other game on day 1 gamepass:


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that is a much bigger ip same with starfield. they will have bigger numbers on all platforms.

also stalker and starfield/bethesda are known for big modding community. gamepass is utter trash for modding. Then stalker will add multiplayer gamepass is also trash for that cause no crossplay.

and btw i am not saying that avowed made milion of players on gamepass i am just saying going purely by steamdb is not the smartest choice cause there are factors that will favor steam that not all games have so the distribution can be quite different.

anyways:

avowed has good gameplay i like the fighting sadly it is just quite boring and not very eyepleasing so i will not continue playing it.
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Shillitron wrote: ↑ February 20th, 2025, 14:51
Amazing Character Design


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Can't have a long hairstyle, no extra sliders, absolute ******* lack of customization in general, no friendship or romance, companions are ugly, voice actors banned from acting, BUT lots of cardboard NPCs and a castrated plot. But hey, take that bark thingy, you can pretend you didn't see any of these.
Boy am I glad they didn't use PoE's characters in that ******* mess.