A lot of talk around Grounded involves what it means for future games. It seems to be a good testing ground for things like enemy AI, as Obsidian creates intelligent enemies in the game's wide range of bugs and other animals. Obsidian isn't generally known for survival games like Grounded, either, so the positive feedback it's received on the game bodes well for further Obsidian experiments. Grounded is teaching Obsidian a lot that it can potentially use. While current Grounded updates are focused on polishing the game, odds seem good that even when the game officially launches, Obsidian will have more large-scale updates and additions to offer its player b
Hopefully the potential return of mega-dungeons will give each dungeon a more unique personality than those found in games like Skyrim . To make them more unique, Avowed 's dungeons should have their own puzzles which require more thought than matching the symbols on a Dragon Claw to those on a puzzle d
Unlike The Outer Worlds , Avowed also needs more enemy variety, and more ways to deal with non-essential NPCs beyond mowing them down in great numbers. The game could also do with a fully fleshed out crafting system. The more roleplaying variety the player is offered in Avowed , the bet
Ultimately this would mean that there would be no guns in Avowed . That may be for the best, however. While it's easier to balance many different weapon types in an isometric RPG like Pillars of Eternity , balancing the variables in real-time combat between guns, swords, and magic may not work as well in a first-person RPG. A lack of guns may end up making the world of Avowed more similar to Tamriel, but that may be a necessary sacrifice in order to get the first-person fantasy RPG formula to work smoot
Although Obsidian returned to CRPGs with Pillars of Eternity , and has more recently branched out with games like Grounded , its first-person RPG credentials were established in collaboration with Bethesda during the development of Fallout: New Vegas . Although New Vegas remains the only Obsidian-developed first-person RPG based on a Bethesda IP, it is still beloved among many Fallout fans, and gave Obsidian developers direct experience working within Bethesda's form
The trailer for Avowed shows the first-person perspective of a character drawing a magical symbol in the air before summoning a spell into one of their hands. This could hint at some sort of rune drawing system connected to more complex magic mechanics than Skyrim 's. Back in March leaker Tiffany Treadmore suggested that " Elder Scrolls 6 will include new 'Rune Drawing' functionality." While she said this feature was yet to be confirmed, it is likely that both Bethesda and Obsidian are looking for ways to make their first-person magic and combat systems feel like a generational step forward from Skyrim
Avowed is Obsidian Entertainment's next first-person RPG. It picks up the setting from the Pillars of Eternity games but with a new, first-person perspective akin to The Outer Worlds or Fallout: New Veg
Obsidian fans should get excited about the state of the studio. It's determined to push out a lot of new projects, and experimental ones like that. The Outer Worlds ' incredible claim that no NPC has to live for players to beat the game proves that Obsidian wants to try bold new things. Obsidian's future isn't just packed with new games; it's packed with new ideas that'll help Obsidian grow as a stu
Although contentious in the past, the unique history between Obsidian and Bethesda now presents and opportunity for both studios. Obsidian has the chance to draw disaffected or increasingly impatient Bethesda fans to its smaller-budget first-person RPG projects like The Outer Worlds and Avowed Crafting guide . Bethesda, on the other hand, has the opportunity to look at Avowed when it releases __ for a clear example of the RPG formula Bethesda uses being executed on current-generation hardware. Without Avowed , the last major first-person fantasy RPG for Bethesda to look back on would be Skyrim itself, a game just months away from its ten-year annivers
It appears that significant progress has already been made developing Avowed 's dungeons. Fans can only hope that Obsidian chose to keep some of the unique dungeon design found in Pillars of Eternity . It may seem risky to move away from the Elder Scrolls formula , but those risks could be just what helps Avowed step out of Skyrim 's sha
When Avowed was revealed last year, fans of both Obsidian and Bethesda were quick to notice the similarities between the upcoming RPG and The Elder Scrolls games. Not only that, but Obsidian had already revealed more about its upcoming project than Bethesda has revealed about The Elder Scrolls 6 since its announcement in 2018. Many concluded that, as with The Outer Worlds and Fallout , Obsidian was developing another first-person RPG to attract Bethesda fans who felt dissatisfied with the studio's recent releases, or lack ther