How Avowed's Firearms Could Make It Stand Apart From Skyrim, Fallout
Avowed has been public knowledge for about two years now, and so far, it has proven surprisingly airtight. Many games that spend that long in development face lots of significant leaks, but Obsidian Entertainment has mostly managed to avoid major leaks, aside from a few rumored gameplay details near the game's announcement and a possible but dubious release date dropped by Nvidia GeForce Now. That said, Windows Central senior editor and known Microsoft leaker Jez Corden may have provided Avowed fans with a significant leak a little while ago. According to Corden, guns may be a central weapon type in Obsidian's next RPG.
Corden claims to have seen some of Avowed's pre-alpha gameplay last year, and in the process, he supposedly identified muskets as one of the core weapon categories. Obsidian Entertainment has yet to confirm any broad strokes of Avowed's gameplay, let alone whether there are guns in Avowed or not, but Corden's reputation makes the leak seem plausible. If Avowed really does stock some early firearms, then it might land in a great sweet spot as a fantasy RPG. Avowed's setting, themes, and gameplay may give it a unique position between The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and Fallout that allow it to compete with Obsidian's new Xbox Game Studios sibling, Bethesda.
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Skyrim — and more generally The Elder Scrolls — acts as an obvious competitor for Avowed. Skyrim remains extremely popular more than ten years after its release, so Avowed needs to pull attention away from that title while anticipating The Elder Scrolls 6's eventual release and offering features that TES6 likely won't. Guns are one good way for Obsidian to kill two birds with one stone. The Elder Scrolls is highly
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