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Avowed plays like a funny Obsidian role-player where you buddy up with the voice of Mass Effect's Garrus
After an hour with Avowed, our first impression is it's actually just really quite fun.
The Gamescom demo allows you to play as a beefy Barbarian, stealthy Scout or magic-infused Mage, with locked ability loadouts - I picked the latter - in a dungeon exploration mission where you were tasked with tracking down a lost expedition. Still, there's a smart system here to get Eora newbies up to speed, which lets you press a button to quickly surface an explanation for the many places, people and historical events that regularly pepper the conversation. As perhaps Microsoft itself knows, judging by its recent statement it was delaying Avowed into 2025"to give players' backlogs some breathing room" - which felt something like an admission it might struggle to stand out during the busy Q4 period, particularly amongst RPG entries in established series such as Assassin's Creed and Dragon Age.
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