Avowed is like the John Wick of fantasy RPGs, an experience that gets right down to the good stuff without having to wait through all that sleepy-eyed exposition.

Avowed is undeniably a product of the studio responsible for The Outer Worlds and—most relevant in this case—Pillars of Eternity. It spins a gripping fantasy yarn, balancing existential ...

The player encounters various governmental figures and debates about the rights of various human and not-so-human creatures ...

Avowed is set in Eora, the Pillars of Eternity setting. Sharing a setting with Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity CRPGs, Avowed takes place in the fantasy world of Eora.

Avowed launches on Feb. 18, 2025 across Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC via Steam, the Xbox App, and Battle.net. As an Xbox first-party game, ...

Meanwhile, Avowed has a handy compass that will still display what direction you can find your active quest objective in, so I never felt lost even with those floating waypoints disabled.

Avowed is extremely light on its feet, with your Envoy leaping, mantling and sliding past obstacles in a manner that makes traversal extremely fluid, and livens up moment-to-moment exploration.

Avowed is part of the universe of Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity series, but it feels a lot more like the studio's other recent RPG, The Outer Worlds, in how it plays.

Avowed was a surprising delight to play for the first time. After a lot of questions about the shift in art direction from the teaser trailer, questions about the length, and a combat demo on the ...

VINCENT ACOVINO, BYLINE: Avowed is a classic fantasy role-playing game. It's got magic spells, swords and the role-playing aspect of it is deep. You make your own character and lead them through a ...

What Avowed lacks in gloss it makes up for with charm, depth and a playful heart. It's one of this year's most pleasant surprises. It took me a while to warm to Avowed. There's a feeling early on ...

Avowed contains a world that demands to be explored, and while I am sure the team is going to be sick of the Skyrim comparisons, that is one of the last games with a world I’ve had this much ...