Its lore is as profound as it is confusing and convoluted from minute one.
But in the end, it’s a fun RPG that’ll keep you busy for a while.
There’s something here for every jot down of RPG fan.
Being a Godlike means you have features bestowed upon you by your god.
In the case of your character, it means plants and mushrooms are growing out of your face.
I had a visceral reaction to said objects growing on my character’s face.
And that was one of very much disliking it.
It kind of made me feel itchy and gross.
I clicked it so fast my controller must have thought I’d broken the sound barrier.
Fortunately, turning the features off doesn’t change the game at all.
Other characters will still react to your Godlike features even though you might’t see them.
Outside of the gross mushroom face syndrome, your Godlike nature plays heavily into the game’s story.
You don’t know who your god is, and you want to find out.
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Getting an upgrade actually feels exciting every single time one comes along.
Each new skill upgrade for your character feels like it will open up new combat opportunities.
That’s not the case in Avowed.
Even with Normal difficulty, you will die plenty of times.
If you decide to push into a zone before you’re ready, enemies will destroy you.
I love a challenging RPG because you get to feel powerful once you level up and improve your gear.
With Avowed, you get to live that power fantasy.
You feel like you really accomplished something by upgrading your weapon and armor.
Skill is essential in Avowed, as is decision-making.
Performance prefered
When I first launched Avowed, the gameplay felt slow and clunky.
It turns out that it defaults to the higher-resolution graphics mode instead of performance.
Once I switched to performance mode, everything immediately felt better.
It also looked better, with a more consistent and faster framerate.
I can’t recommend switching to performance mode enough.
This mainly happened during scenes of intense combat near water.
It only happened three or four times during my playthrough and made the already tricky combat even more challenging.
But if you know you like an open-world RPG with an Obsidian twist, Avowed is an essential experience.
