13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
The biggest twist of ‘Avowed': Great in fighting, not the writing
For the first several hours of 'Avowed,' I was properly transported to its world of artificial gods and colonial strife. Obsidian Entertainment, one of gaming's most celebrated narrative houses, was meeting high expectations.
Then I noticed something I've never felt before during a game made by Obsidian, the studio that made 'Fallout: New Vegas' and the Pillars of Eternity franchise, all writerly role-playing games focused on character-driven narratives that react to player choices. I stopped caring about the characters. My story choices didn't matter much, either to the narrative or, more fatally, to myself.
