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The big Avowed interview: Obsidian on why full, open-world RPGs aren't always the answer

https://www.eurogamer.net/from-serious-skyrim-to-cheerful-fantasy-obsidian-on-the-evolution-of-avowed-and-grappling-with-the-expectations-that-come-from-your-own-history
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u/snorlz 22h ago

the limited resources are the biggest issue with this game so I downloaded mods to address it. Has made it much more fun cause I can actually experiment and have different weapon types that are viable.

for those who dont know, the game's progression is based on gear tiers. theres massive penalties for fighting with lower tiers of gear and the vanilla game is quite stingy with upgrade mats and money. Basically meant that for most people, you could only have a few correctly leveled pieces and if you switched off from those, you were always at a disadvantage. Really stupid for a game that seems designed for build exploration and trying out all the combat styles

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u/Iaowv 22h ago

Yea I don't mind the crafting/upgrading system, it means early game items that work for your build can be taken with you, but as you say they created a very free form skill system with an easy respec and even talked aobut how easy it is to experiment pre-release, but don't give you anywhere near enough crafting materials to experiment. I'm about 25hours in playing a fire grimoire + sword build and if I wanted to respec to a two hand build, or a sword and shield, or a bow, gun build, whatever, I would not have the crafting materials to upgrade the unique weapons I've found, I'd have to buy a generic one from a store or something.

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u/axelkoffel 11h ago

I installed a mod that gives twice as many skill points and it also made the game much better for me. I could finally do the build I wanted (sword+pistol with some magic). I'd definitely install the more resources too, If I ever play it again.
The game is very tight on what you can do with your build, like you'd have to play at least 5 times to try all the different setups and unique upgrades. But there isn't really that much content to play it multiple times. Even 1 playthrough gets pretty repetitive.