Avowed Announced (Obsidian new AAA RPG, Xbox Series X and PC, same world as Pillars of Eternity)
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I had the opposite experience. The loading times killed the first game for me on ps4.I am hoping to play it on PS5 (fingers crossed for BC). Sadly the game runs like crap even on my MacBook air (my first steam game).
But the story and lore was so good, I am often tempted to reinstall it on ps4, got the 20 hour save.
Huh, the Living Lands was my first guess, till the Woedica flags threw me off.
And "incoming threat of Tyranny" (emphasis mine) you say? I'm going to jump to an unreasonable inclusion and assume Kyros the Overlord is the villain. I do not expect this to be remotely true but who cares.
Here's a run-down of the Living Lands according a lore book in Pillars, which seems to match what was seen in the trailer:
It's located to the north of the known world (Dyrwood was PoE1, Deadfire Archipelago was PoE2, so a good distance away):
It's located to the north of the known world (Dyrwood was PoE1, Deadfire Archipelago was PoE2, so a good distance away):
I wonder if it recreate Pillar's (esp. II's) phenomenal and at times, cozy aesthetics, on an equally large scale given the resource, time and money it would cost:
I wonder if it recreate Pillar's (esp. II's) phenomenal and at times, cozy aesthetics, on an equally large scale given the resource, time and money it would cost:
They got that Microsoft money now, blank check baby.
😬 i have yet to play an open world game that wasn't way larger than it needed to be. maybe this time it won't be the case, but i have my doubts
very interested in knowing more about what this means. dialogue presentation is one of the top things i care about in rpgs
went looking through the guidebooks and only found this blurbHere's a run-down of the Living Lands according a lore book in Pillars, which seems to match what was seen in the trailer:
It's located to the north of the known world (Dyrwood was PoE1, Deadfire Archipelago was PoE2, so a good distance away):
couldn't find a lot of information, but that makes sense since choosing a less developed location gives them more leeway
went looking through the guidebooks and only found this blurb
couldn't find a lot of information, but that makes sense since choosing a less developed location gives them more leeway
Basically any time the Living Lands was mentioned as this mysterious island with a bizarre and dangerous ecosystem, the first thing to come to mind was "Oh yeah, they're totally saving this for a sequel".
Interesting info. The Living Lands is a great setting for an open world RPG; you get a variety of biomes in a compact area and a lot of verticality.
From the trailer, the Living Lands does make sense for the geography we see, but the look of the fortifications, the narration, and the Aedyran script used on the sword and spell all point to an Aedyran connection. Maybe the plot will involve an Aedyran force in the Living Lands?
From the trailer, the Living Lands does make sense for the geography we see, but the look of the fortifications, the narration, and the Aedyran script used on the sword and spell all point to an Aedyran connection. Maybe the plot will involve an Aedyran force in the Living Lands?
There's a book in Forgotten Sanctum (Deadfire's last DLC) called The History of Eora, Volume XII: The Reclamation of the Living Lands that may point in that direction:
"The Queen That Was And Shall Be Again" referring to Woedica, whose symbol is on the flags in the trailer.
Note that the nature of the Forgotten Sanctum is such that the history books you find in its library document possible pasts, presents and futures, so it's hard to tell when it takes place in relation to Pillars 1/2.
I'm not sure how I feel about this being first person. I never liked the feel of melee combat in first person and what I've played Oblivion certainly didn't change that. When I played the Bethesda Fallouts I played exclusively with VATS because I found that more interesting.
i think it was cgi but representing their vision for game play so first person with sword and magic sorta thing
They deliberately avoided having a detailed world map around Pillars 1 (other than general location of the various lands and nations), so that any region they picked for future games wouldn't be tied to any more than the general description Pillars 1 offered in books, and they'd have a very free reign to make whatever that game needed.😬 i have yet to play an open world game that wasn't way larger than it needed to be. maybe this time it won't be the case, but i have my doubts
very interested in knowing more about what this means. dialogue presentation is one of the top things i care about in rpgs
went looking through the guidebooks and only found this blurb
couldn't find a lot of information, but that makes sense since choosing a less developed location gives them more leeway
I appreciate their restraint in dumping worldwide lore on you. Anything that isn't relevant to the place/situation the games take place in is left fairly vague, since going off on a long-winded tangent about something/somewhere completely irrelevant can hurt the pacing.
It's about the same number of people who worked on Skyrim, but I suppose maybe tech has advanced to the point where large-scale modern games demand similarly large-scale teams.
If this is what Obsidian is planning to accomplish with this game then hot damn. A 2022/2023 release for this game also sounds promising.
Btw do we know if there's another team working on an Outer Worlds sequel? I know they've talked about Outer Worlds as a franchise they want to grow.
Assuming MS was able to acquire publishing rights from Private Division, there'll definitely still be a sequel. The Outer Worlds team is still together and I imagine they're not all working on DLC.
Living Lands is awesome. They could do some really far out stuff there. And the more use of the gods, especially Woedica, the better. Loved all the vignettes and interactions with them in Deadfire.
I really hope it's not a prequel, but more an side story that takes place during the relatively same time span at PoE/Deadfire. I want to pop a blunderbuss off in the face of some fools.
I really hope it's not a prequel, but more an side story that takes place during the relatively same time span at PoE/Deadfire. I want to pop a blunderbuss off in the face of some fools.
Agreed, Deadfire especially was such a richly detailed looking game. Everything felt so lived in and textured.I wonder if it recreate Pillar's (esp. II's) phenomenal and at times, cozy aesthetics, on an equally large scale given the resource, time and money it would cost:
They already talked about a sequel so its coming. :)
And the team is indeed still there. Also for 2K there isnt much to do with the IP anymore. So better sell it and get some money from it.
Ah yeah. I meant publishing rights. Not much to gain anymore for 2K
This sounds awesome! I had a feeling it was going to be set in the Living Lands.
I beseech you to at least try Real Time w/ Pause for Deadfire. It's is very much the pinnacle of the genre and a significant improvement over the first game's combat with a plethora of QoL additions.
Nice. My only worry is that since they're still a relatively small studio, these games will take forever to come out given how ambitious they seem to be.
Most likely it's in pre-production currently. Brian Heins talked about an upcoming "large project" by Obsidian being in pre-production with a small team working on it. Heins is the Content Director (afaik) on that project.
With Carrie Patel taking the Game Director role on DLC 1 and most likely Brandon Adler being the Game Director on DLC 2, that leaves Cain&Boyarsky free to work on the sequel.
So either there's a 3rd big game/IP coming up or TOW2 is in pre-production. Obsidian does have two more unknown projects that have been given a name (Illinois and Mississippi). At least one of the two got cancelled mid/late 2019.
Avowed is Alabama, Grounded is Maine and whatever Sawyer is working on is Missouri. The project names are given in they order they go into (pre)-production. Which would mean that TOW2 would be Project Arkansas (unless there's something else in works started late last year / this year).
DLCs and smaller projects are named after state capitals.
Will do - only question is if I buy it now on sale or assume it gets to GP soon...
Hopefully this has a pretty fleshed out class and skill system. I'd love to see things like shape shifting, animal companions, and a large variety of magic (more then TES usually has) like we've seen in the Pillars games. There's potential here to be far more than just a standard TES clone, and I really hope Obsidian take this opportunity to blaze a new trail for open world action RPGs.
I agree POE3 is unlikely but I think it's more because 2 bombed. MS has shown themselves perfectly willing to do PC-first content like Age of Empires 4, Flight Sim, and Gears Tactics to feed PC GamePass. I think if Obsidian thought they had a hit CRPG idea on their hands they'd be supported.