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I was not expecting to end up finishing it over the course of a single, pizza-fueled long weekend.
It won me over.
Sword meet skull
What did we think of the whole thing?
After all, I love combat that feels crunchy and in-your-face.
You’ll notice a few of those examples involve a bit of a one-two punch.
A well-charged swing will send enemies comically ragdolling.
It’s downright cackle inducing.
There’s a real sense of immediacy at all times.
It’s an adventure that spills out.
Similarly, even formal sidequests can be encountered out of order.
Pilfered stolen contraband in advance of being asked to retrieve it?
Stumble upon a scheming faction about to launch a terror attack on an unwitting populace?
Enemies don’t respawn, either.
Importantly Avowed doesn’t just reward those details in the large scale, but the small scale too.
Stumbling upon large points of interest all the time may get exhausting.
Obsidian has always pre-empted my curiosity, with almost every unusual part of the map stuffed with prizes.
It’s a little like a lot of things, while also being all its own.
Avowed isn’t the game that finally got me to understand how to love Skyrim.
But it is the game that told me that it was okay to want something different.
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