PC Gaming

From a testing point of view, it’s been a busy couple of weeks with Avowed. I spent numerous hours running benchmark after benchmark with the review code that Obsidian Entertainment provided, and the results showed that Avowed’s PC performance is sometimes good, sometimes bad, but frequently odd. Now, after a week of being publicly available…

At first glance, you wouldn’t expect Avowed’s One Last Drink quest to be so head-scratching. After all, it marks the locations of each of the crew members you need to find on your map. If only it were that easy though, as Ruanga, Tauwe, and Kowha are much harder to track down than you’d think….

As far as Avowed’s hidden treasures go, the Practical Pockets treasure map is actually pretty simple if you take a second to read the quest description. This snack-loving Ranger stashed their favourite coat in Emerald Stair, though be prepared–it comes with a warning about crumbs and a cheesy stench. Not very pleasant, eh? Unfortunately, Rangers…

Hey you, pssst, adventurer. Do you want to make a whole load of Skeyt in no time at all? Well, we’ve got news for you. In Avowed’s Living Lands, you can’t. Sorry. The world is going through a blight of the body and soul, you see, and the hard-struck citizens of Paradis, Fior Mes Iverno,…

A fantasy RPG without lockpicking feels wrong, like a side-scrolling beat-em-up without roast chicken pickups or an immersive sim without vents. Fiddling around with locks to procure forbidden treasures is one of the little pleasures of a good open-world RPG, and Avowed is no exception. Obsidian’s shroomy RPG Avowed, which we really like here at…

Emerald Stair’s treasure maps are oddly easier to pin down than those in Avowed’s starting region of Dawnshore, though its layered and dangerous environment more than makes up for it. The Painter’s Regret treasure map is no different, sending you to a calm, scenic spot outside Fior mes Iverno–right next to a band of Steel…

Just when you think the PC gaming modding community couldn’t get any more wonderfully weird, someone goes and announces a Fallout: New Vegas ‘remaster’ in the Sims 2. That’s right, a game which came out six years before Obsidian’s beloved RPG, and is designed to do entirely different things than take a golf club to…

During the Ancient Soil quest, it’s revealed that the voice in your head is none other than Sapadal–a massive long-forgotten god who’s kind of half-tree, half-building. It’s a lot to take in, especially as it doesn’t actually answer that many questions yet. Nevertheless, much like the choice to take the Voice’s power earlier in Avowed,…

Perhaps my gamepad standards have become a little skewed by spending hours upon hours with the DualSense. Still, even as much as I love it, I’ll be the first to admit that it’s not quite the best PC gaming controller out there—even if it is a doddle to set up. Just for one major thing,…

If you’re taking the time to explore Avowed’s first region of Dawnshore, you’ll be treated to heaps of loot alongside tons of cool secrets and quests. Unlike most of the other unique keys you’ll hunt for in the Living Lands, the Pyromancer’s Key is a bit of a trek from the chest you’re actually trying…