Meaningful Choices Shape Entire Game in Avowed

Avowed Has “Meaningful Roleplay” As The Choices You Make Affect Entire Game

Avowed's game director has given an in-depth sneak preview of the intricate complexities the game seeks to present as it makes its eagerly awaited launch next year, 2025.

Avowed Encases Intricate Gameplay and Multitudinous EndingsVying For Political Control in The Living Lands Is As Complex As It Gets

Obsidian Entertainment's upcoming fantasy adventure title Avowed looks to give players "moment-to-moment opportunities to express and explore where they're leaning," with its complex multi-ending gameplay. In a conversation with outlet Game Developer, game director Carrie Patel remarked that every decision you make in Avowed, big or small, is designed to culminate in a rounded experience overall.

"It's about giving the player moment-to-moment opportunities to express and explore where they're leaning," Patel explained. "You slow down and try to notice each moment of your experience," she further said, additionally remarking that Avowed makes you answer questions such as "When am I excited? When am I curious? When is my attention starting to wane? What's drawing me from moment to moment?"

Patel added that the choices and outcomes in Avowed "are going to depend on what you're able to find" as you explore the intricate world of Eora, vying for political control in the region called The Living Lands. "I've enjoyed finding the stories that thread both of those worlds together," she added.

Avowed Has “Meaningful Roleplay” As The Choices You Make Affect Entire Game

Players step into the shoes of an emissary from the Aedyran Empire to unravel the enigmas of a spiritual affliction, all the while advancing their political agenda. "Providing players with content to delve into—that's what renders it significant roleplay," Patel further observed. "It's about who you aspire to be in this realm, and how these circumstances prepare you to manifest that."

In addition to the intricate RPG mechanics, the game promises tactical combat that amalgamates magic, swords, and firearms. "The abilities you can survey and the weapon loadouts you can select yield a markedly distinct experience each time you engage in play," Patel stated.

Furthermore, Patel has affirmed to IGN a multitude of conclusions may incorporate "a plethora of diverse combinations" of each. She elucidated, "I can divulge that our concluding slides number in the double digits, and you can culminate with a plethora of diverse combinations of them." She appended, "This is an Obsidian game, so your conclusion genuinely is the aggregate of your selections throughout the game, across a plethora of content segments contingent upon what you encountered and what you undertook when you discovered it."