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My point after the edit was one cannot and should not take Patel's words at face value, that story is a marketing campaign to deal with the poor reception for the game. I only realised that when I went looking for the story you mentioned and found nearly identical headlines from over 20 outlets at the same time. That's the same pattern as an AP or Reuters story so it's highly likely it was a distributed press brief as part of an MS campaign to recover the image of the game on the face of the underwhelming reception. It has dropped from [the top 100](https://steamdb.info/app/2457220/charts/) and now sits squarely in the [Grounded](https://steamdb.info/app/962130/charts/) or [New Vegas](https://steamdb.info/app/22380/charts/) corner less than a month after release. It "Is" an Obsidian game and yet completely lacks any staying power...

That's 4y after the pivot and completely ignores the fact eora has been crafted, a lot of lore and worldbuilding already exists. They had 2y of production leading up to the pivot (assets et all) and, again, they are supported by one of the richest companies in the world. It's not a bad game, it most certainly isn't a good game, it's just mediocre. Fine for gamepass I guess but 70€ for such a poor delivery is asking too much. 15-30€ would be more appropriate. Probably will give it another shot at that price in less than half a year.

Yo don't count.

Good for you I guess, i too would have preferred to enjoy it. Sadly, too blasé to enjoy effortless mediocre stuff.

I think it's also an expectation game. When you pay 70€ for a game from a storied studio, after 6y of development and a massive marketing campaign one expects a certain level of quality and familiarity. Obsidian worlds are famously dynamic, from Outer worlds 1 (had different problems), POE all the way back to the genesis of the studio, including 3rd pty commissioned projects like New Vegas. I, like many other fans, expected the same dynamic world and engaging story, and we didn't get that. The combat is fun, on a superficial level, it's great, but I find Avowed lacking much like I find FFXVI lacking. The interactivity, mechanics and depth of the R in RPG is too small, it's an action game. If I want an action game, I'm not spending 70€ for an obsidian game, there are far better studios out there for that genre. I know it's #firstworldproblems but it really left a sour taste in my mouth to have yet another obsidian game feel like a cash in of the obsidian name roster than a genuine attempt at making a good game. If one takes Laura's "victory" story and is less generous (she's a personal relationship of people on the team) Obsidian has shipped underwhelming games because MS wants to ship asap, rather than cooking to an acceptable level of quality.

What you are hearing is Microsoft sponsored cope. Anyone who enjoyed past Obsidian games is overwhelmingly disappointed at how little interactivity the world has, how limited your interactions are and how insipid it is. If this is what gamepass is bringing to the table then it will inevitably fail because at this level of quality for first party it's competing with mobile games on a much more accessible platform.

All well and good with the pyrrhic victories for obsidian but, after paying 70€ for Avowed and returning it because it is a bargain bin RPG at best, the only victory Obsidian achieved was shedding yet another supporter of them pre-acquisition (kickstarters included). I will likely ignore TOW2 till it is heavily diacounted and Obsidian has been moved to the unreliable developers pile. Looking at steam stats, size of team and estimated sales numbers, I'm not alone in this. It appears Warhorse, Larian et al have something that was lost in US studios. Avowed had a 6y development cycle under the umbrella of one of the wealthiest companies in the world, there are exactly 0 excuses for it to be this meh.

Yes, your lack of understanding is truly me making a fool of myself. Merica fuck yeah! Also, m8, when you make a twink account, it's kinda sus when it comments on the same threads as your main.

I see you just skipped the reductio ad absurdum part. Merica, fuck yeah!

Do you apply the same logic to everything? Let's do a reductio ad absurdum: I'm so glad you came to the rescue of all those poor Jewish people by taking the time to pick on one nazi who said something stupid. Mission accomplished, NSDP has been told and will now change their ways. Your logic, as expected, is flawless.

I find it amusing that you virtue signal in other threads but when someone complains that capcom is precluding a significant portion of MH fanbase for lacking a modicum of technical dedication you retort with some carpe diem bullshit. If I didn't know better I'd wager you're from the US, that "fuck you, I got mine" attitude is quite prevalent overseas.

Thank you for signaling to capcom that idiots who are happy to gobble up shit are plentiful and they don't need to spend any effort on making their games playable.

Frustrated about dating aps? This user has a mind-blowing new approach that blasts all other ways to orbit. Don't use them... (you'll only understand the post if you read the article)

I truly meant a mea culpa there, sarcasm doesn't translate well into writing, especially in the words of a mediocre intermediate like myself.

My fault for not using /s

This is merica and we here speak merican, don't like it, fuck off to whatever shithole coutry you came from.

Individually, likely few, collectively, all of them. Make it available via torrent and seed your achievements for all to see. So many solutions that don't involve the oligarchy directly.

I can't relate. If it is/was important someone has archived it. These companies are an arm of the oligarchy, if losing these memories is the first step to their demise, then I'm all for it.

Or they just suck at their job because those who would not suck at it are making much more money elsewhere. Let's not forget companies like bethesda, MS et al dumped an overwhelming amount of talent because they were expensive. There's a reason everyone and their mother, in the west, now shifts to middleware like UE5.

So you know the youtube community. Cool. How's that "hot singles in your area" member doing?