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One of the reasons Obsidian is moving its Pillars of Eternity setting to a first-person RPG format is financial. As well-received as the Pillars of Eternity games were, it is hoped that moving the RPG series to a more recognizable format will help draw new players. This, in turn, would help further establish Obsidian Entertainment as Microsoft's RPG powerhouse (especially considering the Bethesda acquisiti<br><br><br>Having a smaller cast of well-developed companions also makes some other elements likely to appear in Avowed . It’s more likely that players will have a base where they can find all of their companions who aren’t currently following them, for example. In The Outer Worlds, this was the ship the Unreliable; in Pillars of Eternity, it was Caed Nua; in Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire , it was the Defiant; and in New Vegas, it was the Lucky 38 Casino. While Skyrim ’s companions return to the location of their recruitment and rarely have opportunities to interact, it’s likely that Obsidian’s companion design will allow for followers to have relationships with one another in the story, not just the pla<br><br><br>Raven Rock is one of Skyrim ’s best towns when it comes to environmental storytelling. Each of Skyrim ’s towns has some level of intrigue - there’s the feud between the Stormcloak and Imperial families of Whiterun, the chatter and tension surrounding the recent public execution of High King Torygg in Solitude, and the string of mysterious murders in Windhelm, to name a <br><br><br>In Obsidian RPGs like The Outer Worlds , fans are expected to encounter the majority of their potential companions, with each follower getting their own wrap-up in the main quest’s epilogue. This has not been the case in The Elder Scrolls games so far, and though it’s possible that the next game will follow Fallout 4 ’s lead, Avowed is slated for release several years before The Elder Scrolls 6 and could impact the direction Bethesda goes<br><br><br>Managing in-depth systems such as party members could be difficult to manage in real-time, so another opportune feature for Obsidian is a tactical pause. PoE, like Baldur's Gate which inspired the series, contains a real-time pause element and this could be transferred to Avowed and prove to be useful. GreedFall from developer Spiders is a great recent example of an action-RPG that used a tactical pause to great effect. At the touch of a button, combat is paused, and the player is free to map out their next move. This approach could suit Avowed as it's simple to use and wouldn't detract from the action-orientation of the game too much. Using a straightforward pausing system like this could help gamers manage their followers' actions and insight into their combat situat<br><br><br>RPGs, especially open-world RPGs, tend to market themselves on freedom. In The Elder Scrolls 5 the player has the choice to ignore Skyrim 's main quest and head out in any direction they see fit. Few questlines and areas are blocked off by this decision, and many players choose to forego the main story entirely for a more customized roleplaying experie<br><br><br>While Skyrim came out in 2011, a similar flaw can be found closer to home in The Outer Worlds , which released in 2019. Outside of towns in The Outer Worlds , most of the humanoid NPCs the player will run across are Marauders, humans who have lost their minds and become extremely violent due to overuse of the drug Adrena-Time . As a result they attack on sight. Though it’s given an explanation in the story, the madness of the Marauders ultimately feels like a cop-out that avoids the challenges of creating a more robust RPG system for interacting with NPCs outside of quests by coming up with a reason for most interactions to be instantly viol<br><br><br>While Solstheim is just a small part of Skyrim ’s overall world, the fact that the open-world RPG formula's immersion fits so well into the frontier bodes well for Obsidian’s choice of setting. It’s unlikely that Obsidian would have been able to bring the large cities depicted in Pillars of Eternity to life without significantly shrinking them down, while the Living Lands provide a setting which could avoid the open-world RPG genre’s city scaling prob<br><br><br>If Obsidian's Avowed is going to feel like a truly next-gen RPG, then walking into a hostile camp with several followers should inspire a different reaction from the average NPC than walking in alone. Default enemy NPCs should factor in things like the player’s weapons, armor, and even reputation among their faction if they’re a part of one. A lone player may be surrounded as the bandits attempt to intimidate or rob them. A group of arrivals may inspire a more hostile react<br><br><br>[http://bernard-guericolas.eu/index.php?action=profile;u=56298 Avowed Combat guide] will be set in the Living Lands , a harsh but ecologically diverse frontier to the north of Eora, the world first established in Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity . The fact that the Living Lands are a harsh frontier does not mean that interactions with humanoid NPCs outside of quests should be violent by default. Avowed needs to give players enough options when interacting with non-quest NPCs that their interactions can generate small but dynamic storytelling opportunit