First Fallout Now Elder Scrolls: How Obsidian Is Trying To Outdo Bethesda

Humans (commonly called "folk") are the most common race in the Dyrwood, the Aedyr Empire, Old Vailia, and the Vailian Republics. Though not as large as the towering Aumaua, humans are known for their strength and willpo


Between Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds , Obsidian has gained a lot of trust from Bethesda fans for delivering a similar format with a more engaging story and a slightly sharper wit, as well rarely appearing to rest on its laurels in the same way as Bethesda, which has avoided new IPs and released increasingly disappointing games over the last nine ye


The symbol of the coming dawn seems to suggest that their success is inevitable one day. As well as revolutionaries, both are founders of nations which play big roles in their worlds, the Divine Kingdom and Morrowind , and in both cases their followers are at least partially severed from the subject of their wors


Many may know Obsidian for its work on Fallout New Vegas, Knights of the Old Republic 2 , and The Outer Worlds , but its history goes much deeper than that. Obsidian's strength also falls in the same area as Bethesda, but the relationship between the two eventually went south. This has turned into a rivalry of sorts if only in the eyes of fans, as many see The Outer Worlds as a response to Bethesda's Fallout , and now it seems Avowed is just that to The Elder Scrolls 6 . Of course, this begs the question: when Obsidian and Bethesda go head to head, who wins? (besides fans of R


Obsidian’s success with first-person RPGs led to its release of The Outer Worlds in 2019, a sci-fi RPG set in space with much of the satirical anti-capitalist wrappings which defined Fallout ’s early years. And the reveal trailer for Avowed , a first-person fantasy game that strongly resembles The Elder Scrolls, shows a first-person view of an adventurer holding a sword in their right hand while preparing a spell with their left, a moment which closely resembles Skyrim ’s combat system rendered in next-generation graphics. Obsidian is seemingly making no secrets of which top spot its gunning


During Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire , the aforementioned Wheel was smashed to unusable pieces by the god Eothas, effectively halting the cycle of reincarnation until such a time as kith could figure out how to make it function themselves. As such, the end of Deadfire left Eora in a state of rebuilding from the sudden chaos that the gods created. However, the state of Eora post- Deadfire might not even matter - the time period that Avowed takes place in could be long before or after anything in Pillars of Eternity , or the Living Lands could be so far removed from the rest of the world that there's little mention of the previous games' eve


Obsidian has a lot going for it. Unlike Bethesda it has maintained the trust of many of its fans, and unlike Bethesda it has been seen to grow and develop over the last few years while the larger company has stagnated and released several critical disappointments. As a result, Avowed ’s announcement has been able to get the jump on Bethesda is a way few games co


The Outer Worlds proved that Obsidian still has the capacity to create new and interesting IPs as well, something Bethesda has not demonstrated for some time. With The Outer Worlds considered to be one of the best games of 2019 , the developer’s announcement of Avowed has not only excited fans, but seems directly targeted to seize the opportunity left open by Bethesda’s failure to maintain marketing momentum for The Elder Scrolls 6 and the diminishing faith fans have that the larger developer is still able to deliver the go


Obsidian Entertainment is one of the most influential RPG developers in recent memory and sparked excitement when it released the reveal trailer for Avowed Crafting Guide earlier this week. The studio was originally formed by the Black Isle Studios developers who had worked on some of the genre’s most foundational games, including Fallout 2 and Baldur’s Gate , the latter in collaboration with BioWare. It is Obsidian’s relationship with Bethesda, however, that is perhaps one of the most interesting in the gaming indus


Eora's elves are one part traditional and one part unique in the way the franchise handles this common fantasy race. Like many others, Elves are typically isolationists and the least expansive and colonial populous in Eora, but that said, they are also second in number only to humans. Furthermore, they are known for their speed and slighter-the-human builds, with there being two known sub-races: Pale Elves and Wood Elves . Pale get their distinction for being nearly albino, living secluded in the polar regions. Wood elves are the dominant and more known in the lands of Eora, also typically living for 200-300 ye


Eora uses pretty conventional fantasy world standards, with a few defining traits that make it unique. We know already that Avowed takes place mostly in the Living Lands, which neither Pillars of Eternity nor Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire ever explored beyond mentioning it here and there. The Living Lands are set on a northern frontier island, said to be a place of unpredictable weather, fantastic beasts, with a landscape riddled by oddities never before seen by mortal eyes. The racial makeup of the Living Lands is fairly diverse compared to others (which is a good sign for those hoping Avowed 's character creator offers the same amount of race choices as Pillars ), though not everybody lives in harm