Forget every Skyrim comparison you've seen, the best thing about Avowed is this incredible box art

Avowed
(Image credit: Obsidian)

Avowed's stunning artwork has us, and plenty of others, more excited than ever for the R🐓PG.

Yesterday's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Developer Direct treated us to a look at Obsidian's highly anticipated RPG Avowed and confirmed a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:release window of Fall 2024. While it's set in the same world as Pillars of Eternity, its mix of spell-slinging and melee combat from a first-person perspective has meant the Skyrim comparisons have come thi🐬ck and fast. But following the latest showcase, it isn't any similarity to Skyrim that has us the most eager for Avowed; it's that incred꧑ible key art.

Featuring a creepy sword-wielding skeleton warrior with innards covered in vibrant vegetation, it's both incredibly beautiful and utterly haunting at the same 🎀time, and feels like the perfect way to encapsulate Avowed's stunning yet perilous fantasy setting. 

And we're far from the only ones impressed by it. Following the showcase, many t🎃ook to Twitter to share their appreciation for the piece.

"Hella dope, that image c🦋ame up, and I was like Dayeem!" user @DineroPrimero in the comments. "One of the hardest video game covers I've seen in a while, it's spectacular", says @Luqaido𝔉.

So impressed is @Stu🍒diosNmg that it may be their main reason for playing: "I might buy the game alone because of this art". Whilst in a , @IV_Aoratos says, "Love it because something feels 'off' about everything from normal fantasy or dark fantasy, it feels almost psychedelic without going full-blown 'hey you're on a bad trip going down the rabbit hole'".

Of course, all this talk about the artwork doesn't mean the gameplay fooౠtage shown didn't﷽ deliver. We learned you can create customized loadouts to switc𝔉h between spellcasting, shooting, and melee weapons or, thank✅s to your ability to dual wield, use a combination.

One particularly cool moment in the trailer showed the protagonist utilizing magic to freeze an enemy before shattering them into pieces with a swift strike of their sword. "It's not just hacking and slashing," Avowed gameplay director Gabriel Paramo explained during the presentation. "You're making real-time decisions about wꦜhen to use your abilities, powerful melee attacks, blocks, parries, and special attacks."

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Anne-Marie Ostler
Freelance Writer

Originally from Ireland, I moved to the UK in 2014 to pursue a Games Journalism and PR degree at Staffordshire University. Following that, I've freelanced for GamesMaster, Games TM, Official PlayStation Magazine and, more recently, Play and GamesRadar+. My love of gaming sprang from successfully deꦬf𒉰eating that first Goomba in Super Mario Bros on the NES. These days, PlayStation is my jam. When not gaming or writing, I can usually be found scouring the internet for anything Tomb Raider related to add to my out of control memorabilia collection.