Avowed (PC, Xbox Series X - Feb 18, 2025)

[Jussi]

As much as I liked outer worlds, this game having one single preview out from a small channel has me concerned.

There's plenty of them out there as I posted. Destin from IGN spoke with another person who had gotten to play it like himself:

 

[Jussi]

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

As much as I liked outer worlds, this game having one single preview out from a small channel has me concerned.

There’s been quite a few previews of it the last few months. It was playable at Gamescom and then again recently.

 

[Soldier13Fox]

This may be the game that finally gets me to buy an Xbox for the first time since the 360 era. Loved the CRPGs in this world, this should also be great

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Out in less than 2 weeks and confirmed you can hit 60 fps on Series X.

Sad that’s never a guarantee these days but at least they delayed to make it possible.

 

[Dogewow]

The game director recently came out and stated that players should expect bugs/jank in the game. Gotta wonder how buggy the game actually is for the game director to openly acknowledge this right before launch. Regardless, not at all a fan that those across the gaming industry are trying to normalize and force gamers to accept bugs and jank in their games.

I was really excited for this game when it was announced and the initial reveals, but the more recent news on it has me fairly worried. Obviously folks can do what they want, but I recommend people to hold off on buying this game until the reviews come out. Hope Im wrong but this reeks of another failure similar to Dragon Age.

 

[Mikeaveli]

80 average on Metacritic. I won't be buying early access but I'm looking forward to playing this when it drops in Game Pass

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Yea it’s all over the place. The Giant Bomb folks love it. Not buying early access but definitely checking it out next week.

What’s the difference between OpenCritic and Metacritic? They usually have different scores but I’ve never looked into it.

 

[Mikeaveli]

Looks like this is one of the more technically competent UE5 releases. Less stuttering than usual + hardware RT on PC is a nice touch.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

This guy’s my go to reviewer. Don’t always agree with him but he’s always very detailed and honest.