I am about 40 hours into Avowed and am still fairly early in exploring the third zone.
Short review: This game is beautiful, fun, and polished. I’m playing on Xbox in the 40 frames mode. Don’t think I have encountered a bug yet (if I have it was so small as to escape notice).
I am in love with the combat and the dual-loadout sytem. The companions are useful, interesting, and funny.
I haven’t encountered any eye-rolling writing or dialogue yet - though of course YMMV on that.
I find the story to be fascinating and can’t wait to see how it wraps up.
Exploration is fantastic. There are bits and bobs of loot scattered all over the place in hidden nooks and crannies.
I realize that not every game is for every person. I also realize that I am practically the embodiment of the target market for this game. However, I don’t understand how anyone could approach this game with an open mind and give it an outright negative review. In no universe is this a bad or broken game.
For my money, this leaps to somewhere near the top of the list for best rpgs of recent years. I’ll have to finish the game and think a bit on it before I know exactly where - but unless this thing falls apart in the last act its hard to imagine in won’t be in my top 5 or so rpgs of the last five years.