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One of the challenges of a live-action adaptation is that there are certain things that look cool in a game or a comic strip or a cartoon that look utterly ridiculous when done on screen with real people. Elastigirl’s stretchy limbs in The Incredibles? Great. Reed Richards’ stretchy limbs in any of the Fantastic Four…
It’s a dark day for Super Earth. In a completely unexpected, unpredictable turn of events, the black hole that’s occupied Helldivers 2’s galaxy for the better part of a year has collided with Angel’s Venture, a planet in Terminid territory, tearing the planet apart and claiming the lives of over 480,000 super citizens. A final…
I’ve been spending a good chunk of my time recently testing the performance of new game releases on various PCs. Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, Civilization 7, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and now Avowed. Hour after hour, day after day, constantly running benchmarks over and over. All to get a raft of performance numbers to give…
The way Avowed’s third person camera option was presented in previews and in the new Obsidian RPG’s first time launch options had us all thinking it was a semi-permanent choice, one you’d have to go digging around in a settings menu to adjust. I’m happy to say that’s just not the case though: Avowed lets…
I’ve been kind of jazzed for Hell Is Us since it was announced in 2022, in large part because the project is being headed up by Jonathan Jacques-Belletête—I loved his work as art director on Deus Ex: Human Revolution. (Yes, I am an unrepentant fan of the piss filter.) But then it fell off the…
From ogres and bandits to fish monsters and sentient mushrooms, the Living Lands sure has its share of perils. Unfortunately, you’ve been sent here on official empire business, so not only is there no backing out, but all the inhabitants of this lawless island hate you too. No one ever said being a god-touched being…
I have a best friend in Avowed, and that best friend is a two and a half feet long piece of metal that’s permanently on fire. It’s called Last Light of Day, and if there’s a creature in the Living Lands it can’t take down, I’m yet to meet it. The funny thing is, I…
One of Avowed’s greatest strengths is hiding objectives and rewards around the map, giving you an excuse to explore the Living Lands to the fullest. Those of you brave enough to clamber up Claviger Lighthouse on your adventure will be sent all the way back down to hunt some buried pirate booty using Captain Henqua’s…
Shortly after being attacked and stranded on an island, you’ll already find yourself deciding the fates of others in Avowed‘s Living Lands—let’s hope the Envoy didn’t bang their head in the carnage before washing up on the beach. Nevertheless, this precedent begins with Ilora, a shady individual locked in a prison cell, who you can…
One of your first decisions in Avowed comes from a mysterious voice that barges into your head during the Message From Afar quest. Your disembodied intruder throws an ultimatum at you without much explanation, forcing you to decide whether to accept or reject the Voice’s power. If you’re anything like me, I sat on this…