‘Avowed’ is “impressive in almost every way” according to critics

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Feb 14, 2025 - 14:52

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Avowed is out next week and critics have been praising the new action role-playing game from Obsidian.

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Avowed releases February 18 for Xbox and PC. It will also be a Day One release for Xbox Game Pass. An epic, fantasy role-playing game from Obsidian, Avowed is a spin-off from their Pillars Of Eternity franchise and takes place in the Living Lands, “a mysterious island filled with adventure and danger”.

“As an envoy of Aedyr, you are sent to investigate rumors of a spreading plague with a secret that threatens to destroy everything,” teases the game’s synopsis. “Can you save the island and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them apart?”

The embargo for reviews was lifted last night (February 13) and critics have been praising Avowed, which currently has a rating of 80 on review aggregator site Metacritic.

“Strong storytelling, great combat, lovely visuals, and utterly charming. It doesn’t necessarily push the envelope, but nor does it need to. It’s exactly what it needs to be,” wrote VG247 in their five-star review. “Everything it sets out to do it accomplishes with style and confidence.”