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This feels like an RPG that only this team could make, at this moment.

Which also means several elements have already jumped out to impress us.

A river leading out to sea in Dawnshore from the the Avowed Big Preview

We’ve also loved chatting with the party so far, even ifyou can’t romance them.

We talk with the developers about crafting the battles that lay in wait.

“We’re very confident that Avowed is going to stand on its own,” says Patel.

An axe-wielding Xaurip takes aim at the player from the the Avowed Big Preview

Give it a read to learn more about the party you’ll be adventuring with come February 2025.

But that also can’t stop us from loving the characters in our own way.

It certainly helps that Kai is voiced by Brandon Keener (Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect).

Casting lightning in Avowed

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Your Guide to Avowed

Avowed guide:Read everything within the tomes of our Avowed Big Preview?

Don’t think that’s where your quest has to end!

Teaming up with Kai from the the Avowed Big Preview in battle, using a big hammer to fight a skeleton in a robe

Get a head start on your build planning with our guide to Avowed’s core combat.

Kai slashes at a Xaurip from the the Avowed Big Preview

A beetle from the the Avowed Big Preview roams the Dawnshore wilds

Kai from Avowed does a big jump attack at a beetle enemy

The Dawnshore docks from the the Avowed Big Preview

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Kai from the the Avowed Big Preview walks behind the player character at the docks

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A reflecting pool from the the Avowed Big Preview, within the Dawnshore forest

Whacking a xaurip with a mace in Avowed

Kai and Gianna battle xaurips in Avowed

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Kai and Giatta battle Xaurip in Avowed

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