Avowed

Mortismal Gaming

BUY

The anniversary update represents a substantial content addition with new playable races, a fully-featured New Game Plus mode, and multiple quality-of-life improvements that address community feedback. The reviewer presents a comprehensive and positive overview of the update's scope, though the transcript cuts off before delivering a final verdict.

Captain Sarge

BUY

Captain Sarge argues that while Avowed lacks some expected RPG features compared to similar games, it delivers a solid and complete action RPG experience with engaging combat, beautiful visuals, and well-integrated side quests. He recommends judging the game for what it is rather than what it isn't, and concludes it's worth playing despite its limitations.

gameranx

BUY

Avowed is a fun and engaging RPG with excellent, responsive combat and flexible character building systems that encourage experimentation. However, the story and characters fail to captivate, which is a notable weakness for an RPG that should excel in narrative depth.

Analyze This

BUY

The reviewer praises Avowed's flexible combat system and character building options as exceptional, making it worth playing despite a weak story. While the gameplay mechanics are engaging and the world design is solid, the narrative and story elements fall short of expectations and comparisons to Skyrim.

Kilamonjaroo

BUY

Kilamonjaroo gives Avowed a strong 8.5/10, praising its immersive storytelling, dynamic combat, and densely packed world filled with exploration and secrets. The reviewer considers it one of their favorite games of the decade and recommends it highly, particularly for fans of the Pillars of Eternity series and immersive RPGs.

MuklukYoutube

BUY

Avowed is a well-crafted narrative RPG with strong exploration, rewarding side quests, and flexible character customization that offers around 52 hours of gameplay with good replayability. While it has some mechanical quirks and isn't a full sandbox like Skyrim, the game delivers a solid experience that justifies its price and time investment.

AndyPants Gaming

SKIP

The reviewer argues that Avowed is a failed AAA title with broken gameplay, poor animations, bland dialogue, and uninspired art direction. The review attributes the game's failure to hiring practices focused on diversity and activism rather than technical competence.

The Bearded Ranger

BUY

The Bearded Ranger recommends Avowed as a good RPG experience with strong world-building, story, and companions, though combat mechanics could use refinement. It's an engaging fantasy RPG worth playing for RPG fans, despite some minor polish issues that prevent it from being great.

FireSpark81

WAIT

FireSpark81 acknowledges Avowed has strong character customization and visual design, but is significantly disappointed by slow, clunky combat mechanics that fail to deliver on the promise of the flexible build system. The reviewer suggests the game needed more polish in its core gameplay loop before release.

Mekel Kasanova

BUY

Avowed is a phenomenal first-person fantasy RPG that carves its own identity rather than copying Skyrim, offering one of Obsidian's strongest games with immersive storytelling, meaningful choices, and satisfying combat. Despite some technical jank and lack of cinematic cutscenes, the reviewer found themselves losing hours to the game and never reloading saves, living with the consequences of their decisions.

Hitman89

SKIP

Hitman89 gives Avowed a 5.5/10, praising its visuals and solid combat but criticizing the lifeless world, mediocre writing, and poor gear progression. He recommends only trying it on Game Pass or at a steep discount, as there are better RPGs available.

Worth A Buy

WAIT

The reviewer acknowledges Avowed has solid combat mechanics, good optimization, and decent RPG customization, but was significantly turned off by what he perceives as forced ideological choices in character design and storytelling that break immersion. He recommends it only for players who can overlook these issues, but wouldn't play it again himself.

Down Under Games

BUY

The reviewer recommends Avowed as a fabulous game with amazing combat and beautiful visuals, despite its significant flaw of meaningless choice consequences. While it's not a Skyrim competitor, the 42+ hours of gameplay and Game Pass availability make it worth experiencing.

Renfail

BUY

Renfail gave Avowed a perfect 10/10 rating after completing a 53-hour playthrough, praising the phenomenal writing, engaging combat system, and overall experience. The reviewer had an emotional connection to the game's story and ending, with minimal technical issues that don't detract from the overall quality.

CabbEdge

BUY

The reviewer praises Avowed as a focused, story-driven RPG that successfully avoids the filler content plaguing many AAA titles, delivering memorable quests and rewarding exploration. Despite some technical quirks and level design issues inherited from Obsidian's past work, the game's compelling narrative, well-developed companions, and engaging world design make it worth playing for RPG enthusiasts.

Nyxson

BUY

Avowed is an 'aggressively fine' action RPG with excellent exploration and combat systems, though it falls short of the Skyrim or Fallout expectations some players had. The reviewer recommends it for those who enjoy action-focused gameplay and rewarding exploration, despite some limitations in loot variety.

Himanshu Rana

WAIT

Himanshu found Avowed to have engaging combat mechanics and decent gameplay variety, but was significantly hindered by excessive dialogue, weak story progression, and underwhelming graphics. He recommends trying it via Game Pass rather than purchasing outright.

Jerry Plays

BUY

Avowed is a polished and enjoyable fantasy RPG with responsive combat and solid exploration that has improved significantly through patches since launch. The game delivers on what it promises as a focused, curated experience rather than a genre-defining epic, making it worth playing for those with appropriate expectations.