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A new deep dive video was posted here on the Xbox YouTube channel. Also, several youtubers have put out videos this week based on a preview build they have been given access to. I like how the gameplay looks in those previews. The biggest concern mentioned (aside from pronouns, more on that later) is performance. Given the game isn't out for another 3 months and performance optimization is one of the last things to happen to a game, I am not really worried about this.
The ESRB rating for the game will be Mature according to the Xbox and Steam store pages for the game. This is the same rating as the other 2 Pillars of Eternity games.
Carrie Patel is the game director of Avowed. She also was director of the Peril on Gorgon DLC for Outer Worlds, which I consider to be the best part of the game. Carrie Patel also worked on the other 2 Pillars of Eternity games so she is very familiar with the franchise.
The writing was the worst part of Outer Worlds and I am guessing Megan Starks was most responsible for this. She no longer works for Obsidian. The narrative lead for Avowed is Robert Ransom Lo whose most recent writing credit is for Call of Duty: Vanguard. He also did narrative work for Jinx, Yasuo and Zac in League of Legends (which isn't in his MobyGames). Robert Lo is probably a better narrative lead than Megan Starks.
Both games are using Unreal Engine. As long as there hasn't been a lot of turnover at Obsidian in the last 5 years they should be better at getting the most out of the engine than when they made Outer Worlds.
If I had to make a prediction, I would say Avowed will be a bit better than Outer Worlds. If it sucks no big deal, I can just uninstall it and play something else on Game Pass.
The ESRB rating for the game will be Mature according to the Xbox and Steam store pages for the game. This is the same rating as the other 2 Pillars of Eternity games.
Some things to consider when comparing Outer Worlds to Avoved:
Carrie Patel is the game director of Avowed. She also was director of the Peril on Gorgon DLC for Outer Worlds, which I consider to be the best part of the game. Carrie Patel also worked on the other 2 Pillars of Eternity games so she is very familiar with the franchise.
The writing was the worst part of Outer Worlds and I am guessing Megan Starks was most responsible for this. She no longer works for Obsidian. The narrative lead for Avowed is Robert Ransom Lo whose most recent writing credit is for Call of Duty: Vanguard. He also did narrative work for Jinx, Yasuo and Zac in League of Legends (which isn't in his MobyGames). Robert Lo is probably a better narrative lead than Megan Starks.
Both games are using Unreal Engine. As long as there hasn't been a lot of turnover at Obsidian in the last 5 years they should be better at getting the most out of the engine than when they made Outer Worlds.
If I had to make a prediction, I would say Avowed will be a bit better than Outer Worlds. If it sucks no big deal, I can just uninstall it and play something else on Game Pass.
Maybe this is the reason why they didn't allow content creators to show footage of the character creator in their videos. This has me wondering if pronouns are a mandate from Microsoft Game Studios since Starfield also had pronouns. This could be the developers checking a box in a list of requirements instead of inserting it into their game because they actually care about pronouns. Maybe someone who tracks woke games could comment on if Microsoft is putting pronouns in all their new games?
I think that was a PR picture for International Women's Day featuring the women who worked on Outer Worlds. The size of the whole team was around 80 people.
Matt Hansen being an unhinged retard on social media definitely isn't a good sign, but I don't think he could fuck up the game that much since he is an artist and not a writer or narrative designer.
