Avowed, the Xbox console-exclusive RPG from Obsidian, could have quite a few totally different endings that can “quantity within the double digits,” based on recreation director Carrie Patel.
Patel sat down with IGN for an interview as a part of Gamescom, throughout which she was requested what number of endings gamers can anticipate from the first-person fantasy RPG.
“That could be very arduous to say, however I can let you know our ending slides quantity within the double digits,” Patel stated. “And you may find yourself with loads of totally different combos of them. That is an Obsidian recreation, so your ending is basically the sum whole of your decisions throughout the sport, throughout loads of items of content material relying on what you encountered and what you probably did whenever you discovered it.”
What Patel describes sounds just like endings in different RPGs like Fallout (of which Obsidian has expertise engaged on, having developed Fallout: New Vegas), the place a slideshow of various penalties play out on the finish of the sport exhibiting the outcomes of a participant’s actions as they pertain to totally different factions, storylines, and characters.
Patel additional elaborated extra on the alternatives gamers can be making in Avowed.
“There are loads of decisions to be made about the place your true loyalties lie, who your allegiance is with within the endgame,” Patel stated. “We’re actually excited for gamers to discover these prospects and construct their very own story.”
Obsidian is placing an enormous emphasis on Avowed’s companion characters, having not too long ago revealed the voice cast for the group of characters gamers can be teaming up with over the course of the fantasy journey. One in all them, Kai, is voiced by Brandon Keener, whom RPG followers will bear in mind performed Garrus Vakarian in BioWare’s Mass Impact collection.
Avowed was initially slated for a 2024 launch however was not too long ago delayed to February 15, 2025 to “give gamers’ backlogs some respiratory room,” based on Xbox.