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Was Avowed a Success? - Laura Fryer (www.youtube.com)
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"Good enough for game pass"

Laura brings up some excellent points

  • Obsidian shipped on time, after being acquired
  • Obsidian already has outer worlds 2 in the works
  • Obsidian gets the OW team back together

Avowed may not be a win on its own, but in the context of a MS studio it's a win, and they cleared their plate to focus on OW2.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As per interviews Awoved pivoted in 2021 from dark multiplayer to what it is now. What that tells us is that it could've been something like Suicide Squad/Gotham Knights/Veilguard, but they successfully pivoted in the end.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

That's 4y after the pivot and completely ignores the fact eora has been crafted, a lot of lore and worldbuilding already exists. They had 2y of production leading up to the pivot (assets et all) and, again, they are supported by one of the richest companies in the world. It's not a bad game, it most certainly isn't a good game, it's just mediocre. Fine for gamepass I guess but 70€ for such a poor delivery is asking too much. 15-30€ would be more appropriate. Probably will give it another shot at that price in less than half a year.

Edit: lol, just saw the massive amount of outlets bringing that point of the pivot, NOW, that the game had a terrible reception... Even a blind man can see a marketing agency behind that attempt at shifting the narrative.