Skyrim ‘s dungeons are not poorly designed by any means, but it isn’t long into the game before they begin to get somewhat predictable. A large Nord tomb will almost always begin with winding underground crypts leading to a larger cave system, which in turn leads to a “puzzle” door which can only be opened…
Grounded is Obsidian’s big potential release for 2021, but the studio’s next step is public too. In the same showcase that Grounded was revealed, Obsidian and Microsoft announced Avowed, a new RPG set in the Pillars of Eternity universe. Although Obsidian has said next to nothing about Avowed since then, knowing the setting of the…
Avowed is set in the Living Lands, an ecologically diverse frontier continent in the north of Eora, the world from Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity CRPGs. The studio will need to work hard to distinguish Avowed ‘s setting from the competition. There are even reasons this task may be trickier than it was with Pillars of…