Avowed's combat is already being improved, as recent Xbox footage was outdated

Looks pretty cool

I am very excited for this. I wish people would stop trying to critique a game before it’s even been released.

I've heard some positive stuff about them improving this, like they're looking to Vermintide 2 as their goal for first person melee.

That said, why on earth do publishers/devs sign off on footage that is weeks behind and shows such glaring issues if the footage isn't indicative of the game's current state? Just baffling

And PS5 later

Myth of Demons said:Because these directs aren't made overnight. Developers have to submit footage, have the higher ups approve it, then they have to decide where it'll be placed in the show, then the show is engineered, then a producer has to approve it, and who knows what happens in between.

To give time for any errors within any of these steps, stuff has to be submitted earlier. It can't be avoided.

I'll pick it up on PS5 next year

Great that they’re listening to feedback. I also hope enemy deaths animations are improved too. Someone mentioned that in the dev direct video every enemy dies in the same way, they just rag doll in the same position every time. Once I read that, I couldn’t unsee it.

Medusa Knees said:Edgy.

I didn't think it looked bad visually, just a little clunky. I enjoy cartoon-ish style art work. I think realism can be a bit overdone in general, but I also like CoD so I'll shut up now haha

If they added some elements and weather effects it would help how dead the world feels and looks. Maybe they will 🤷‍♂️ just trying to figure out the approach to this game. Is it more focused on combat? Story? Open world? Definitely want reviews first.

Waiting for PS5 footage

notoriousJMZ said:+1

Glad to hear it -- I thought Avowed looked much better than previously, but the combat was definitely clunky... especially compared to recent Immortals of Aveum where magic combat was so fast, varied, responsive (didn't matter: everybody ignored that game). But it makes you wonder ... if they knew the combat in that build was clunky and they needed to work on it ... why feature it for half of the preview like it's something awesome?

Fan callouts are a good thing

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I hope it's good. Other than oblivion remake, this is sort of on my list