“I can’t be sure how old some of the footage I’ve seen is, and there’s a good chance it’s far further along.” “Indeed, Obsidian is likely very close to having a working early version of the game, with many mechanics and core gameplay pillars already implemented. The site noted: “Sources familiar with internal plans have reached out to us in recent months offering details on Avowed, moving through pre-production towards a playable alpha state. It's amazing what you can learn in an hour browsing a wiki.Obsidian Entertainment has not as of yet confirmed an official release date for Avowed, and we are currently expecting the timeframe to be late 2022-2023 at the earliest.Īccording to leaks via Windows Central back in October 2021, Obsidian are close to, or have right now, a playable alpha state version of the game. Avowed could explore her fall from power, which might also explain the trailer's ominous monologue about forsaken oaths. By the time Pillars of Eternity starts, Woedica was exiled. And when you consider the banners shown in the trailer and the Oathbinder sword carved with Aedyran runes, it makes a lot of sense.
Given that information, one of the bigger rumors is that Avowed is a prequel to Pillars of Eternity and set in the Aedyr Empire. Woedica serves as a kind of indirect antagonist to the player in both Pillars of Eternity and its sequel, a god who is looking to restore her influence and power to assert dominion over all of creation. That's the same name as the sword shown in the trailer, and those runes etched on it are Aedyran, the language of one of Eora's biggest empires where Woedica was primarily worshipped.
The castle shown in the opening shot flies banners that resemble the symbol for Woedica, the god of justice and law who also goes by the name-get this- Oathbinder. Over on the Pillars of Eternity subreddit, however, players have noted some interesting connections. It's very possible that Avowed is set on a different continent or in a different period of time and that the games only share minor lore references. (Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment) How does Avowed relate to Pillars of Eternity?Īside from being set somewhere in Eora, it's not clear what connection Avowed might have to the characters and events of Pillars of Eternity or its sequel. The target release window is late 2022 or early 2023.Around 100 people are working on the game currently, and it's been in development for two years with seven months of pre-production.Obsidian wants to make it possible to kill anyone in the game, similar to how Morrowind let players terminate the main plot by killing certain key characters."Dynamic presentation of dialogue"-whatever that might mean.Creatures and wildlife will be based on Pillars of Eternity lore but will make new additions.Two large cities are being planned, with smaller settlements dotting the map and large areas of wilderness.The game will feature boss battles that happen on a very large scale.You will be able to enlist the help of companions, but it is supposedly very different to how it works in Obsidian's other recent RPG, The Outer Worlds.The world will have lots of factions, but they won't be similar to Skyrim's factions.Character creation is supposed to be very advanced and detailed.There will be a real-time weather system.There will be a "big focus" on world reactivity, lighting, and next-gen AI systems.The main setting will be The Living Lands region of Eora, which is a northern frontier not seen directly in either Pillars of Eternity game.
The world will be "denser" and "more contrasted"-which presumably means diverse. Avowed will be "fully open world" and much larger than Skyrim, but not necessarily in total size.The following are just rumors at the moment, and haven't been confirmed. The authenticity of Sponger's leaks was backed up by another notable Microsoft leaker named Klobrille (opens in new tab), who had also leaked some key details about Microsoft's other big games at the time. The biggest of these leakers is Sponger, a member of gaming forum Resertera who dumped a long list of rumored gameplay features (opens in new tab) Obsidian is looking to implement in Avowed. Though much of Avowed is still a mystery, some self-proclaimed Microsoft insiders have come forward to share details about Avowed's development.
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