

The world will be "denser" and "more contrasted"-which presumably means diverse. Avowed will be "fully open world" and much larger than Skyrim, but not necessarily in total size.

The following are just rumors at the moment, and haven't been confirmed. The authenticity of Sponger's leaks was backed up by another notable Microsoft leaker named Klobrille, who had also leaked some key details about Microsoft's other big games at the time. The biggest of these leakers is Sponger, a member of gaming forum Resetera who dumped a long list of rumored gameplay features Obsidian is looking to implement in Avowed.

Though much of Avowed is still a mystery, some self-proclaimed Microsoft insiders have come forward to share details about Avowed's development. It was originally shared on an unspecified Discord server, and it's supposedly from an early playable build of Avowed that was already a year or more out of date by the time it was uploaded. Back in October of 2022, this screenshot materialized on Twitter. Listen, without any official material, we’ve got to share what scraps we can get. Here’s what's supposedly a leaked Avowed screenshot It does certainly sound familiar for Skyrim fans. Weapon enchantments such as magical swords or frozen arrows are mentioned as well.

You might use two daggers for a rogue style character, a bow, a combination of weapons and magic, or just dual-wield some powerful spells. A report from October 2021 gets into some early details on combat that suggest the same.Īccording to Windows Central, Avowed will have action-oriented first-person combat in which you can dual-wield different weapons. Back in 2019, Obsidian posted several job listings that might give an indication of what Avowed will play like.īased on its reveal trailer, and some prior job postings, we've suspected that Avowed will be a first-person melee and magic style game similar to The Elder Scrolls. Right now, all we can really confirm is that Avowed will be a first-person RPG, but rumors have long persisted that the game will mirror elements of Skyrim and other Elder Scrolls RPGs. (Image credit: Obsidian Entertainment) What will Avowed's gameplay be like?
