![]() ![]() The combat seems to be more loadout-based than The Elder Scrolls, which gives you mountains of spells in a gigantic list. Familiar creatures such as the lizard-like Xaurips will appear, alongside much larger and deadlier threats, all the way up to wyverns and drakes. ![]() Pillars-style guns may also appear in the game, similar to the muskets and arquebuses found in the original two titles. Weapon enchantments seem to be a big feature too, with magically enchanted swords and frozen arrows, as examples. ![]() I also saw status effect spells like Fetid Caress, imbuing enemies with corrosive poison. Two-handed spells like Fireball are conjured using complex-looking hand gestures, but decimate enemies in a storm of magma and fire. Wizard spells like Jolting Touch, which can fry enemies with forks of lightning, will be present. GameSpot's Jordan Ramee argues that Xbox is poised to reclaim is identity as a console for RPGs with the acquisitions of Obsidian, Bethesda, and others.Source: Xbox Game Studios (Image credit: Source: Xbox Game Studios)Īvowed will feature many elements Pillars of Eternity fans will be familiar with. The studio will follow that up with The Elder Scrolls VI at some point later on. Microsoft acquired Obsidian in 2018, giving the Xbox company an esteemed RPG studio, and it would be followed up by Microsoft's $7.5 billion buyout of Elder Scrolls studio Bethesda and parent company ZeniMax.īethesda Game Studios' next major project is Starfield, which launches in November 2022. GameSpot has contacted Microsoft in an attempt to get more details.Īvowed is one of multiple projects in the works at Obsidian right now, as the studio is also working on The Outer Worlds 2. The game doesn't have a release date yet, but it'll be coming to Game Pass. The full story at Windows Central has many more details and deeper insights into Avowed. The report didn't have concrete answers as to whether or not Avowed will take place in a fully open world or if it will be more like The Outer Worlds, which had a hub system. ![]() "If The Outer Worlds was Obsidian's take on a Fallout-style game, Avowed is undoubtedly Obsidian's take on The Elder Scrolls," the site said.Īvowed may also feature destructible environments, with players able to to use spells to light things on fire to, for example, get through a blocked doorway. As for deadly creatures, players will find wyverns and drakes in Avowed, Windows Central's sources said. Additionally, weapons can be augmented with magical enchantments, according the report. Now Playing: Avowed Reveal Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2020Īvowed runs an a "similar, albeit enhanced" engine from The Outer Worlds, the site reported, and it will have "action-oriented first-person combat and deep RPG exploration and narrative systems." Sources added that the game will also have Skyrim-style two-handed combat, allowing players to combine weapons or use a combination of swords and magic.Īvowed is set in the Pillars of Eternity universe, and a number of magic spells from that series will be carried over to the game, the site reported. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's ![]()
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