Microsoft has advertised Obsidian’s upcoming game, Avowed, as a first-person RPG. However, it appears that the game will also have a third-person camera viewpoint, and here’s our first look at it.
As the game’s director Carrie Patel confirmed, Avowed will have both first-person and third-person camera modes. Players will be able to switch between them by simply pressing a button.
In the following video, at 10:28, we see the game in third-person mode. I’ve timestamped the video so it should start at that point. In case it doesn’t work, you’ll have to go to that point.
Avowed will be a fully open-world game. According to its devs, its map will be “denser” and “more contrasted” at the same time than the one for Skyrim. Moreover, the game will have real-time weather and a very advanced character creation tool.
Additionally, the game will have a big focus on world reactivity. Not only that, but it will have advanced lighting, as well as next-gen AI systems and physics.
What’s also great – at least for PC gamers – is that the game will support mods. Now whether or not PC modders will embrace it remains to be seen. There is no doubt that there is a lot of potential here. Or at least we believe so.
Yesterday, MS shared an in-engine story trailer for it. So, make sure to watch it if you haven’t already.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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I never liked first person. Hearing this has a third person mode moves this game from the ‘ignore’ list to the ‘watch’ list for me.
So many bad lazy devs nowadays… game running at 2 fps…
That open world information was back in 2020 i thought thats outdated at this point, didnt devs say it would be more like outer worlds?
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yeah its not open world https://www.ggrecon.com/guides/avowed-open-world/
more contrasted than skyrim kinda feels incorrect for them to use because Skyrim is supposed really be a specific region. Im still interested in the world they create but i guess nothing theyve shown felt as grand as that big skyrim trailer with the choir and dragon.
Those cat and fish people look like crap.
It's not saying much, but this looks 10 times better than Dragon Age 4.
Greedfall meets Forspoken is my take away from the demo