Avowed Companions: Everything We Know

What they need to do is release vid/s telling about the lore of the world. The basics about races, politics and animancy. Setting is a half of a selling point for me with this game.

Only 4? Damn, they better be written like Samwise Gamgee..

Pillars world looks really interesting and unique.

Kai will be my righthand man.

I was getting it anyway but thanks very much. I had no idea all of this had been announced.

So much potential in this Action-RPG title! I really hope it's gonna pleasantly surprise us during this year, fingers crossed! :)

Of all the companions, Marius is definitely the one that interests me the most. I liked dwarves in general, and I specifically liked them in Pillars of Eternity. Sagani was one of my favourite companions in the original Pillars game, so I'm definitely going to be taking Marius with me on my first run on this game.

Kai is voiced by Brandon Keener, better known as our bro Garrus.

Fluffy ears, lets go! Also Marius seems promising. Like a cool dwarf bro.

Companions look good but idk I feel like 4 companions should be more like 7-8 companions

I cant over this game being 20 hours long to complete lol that is nuts for a rpg

I killed the inquisitor in the poe2, don't know how I will get used to seeing her in this game alive

PoE1 and 2 has some of the coolest companion lineups ever. I mean, PoE1 mostly, both Griefing Mother and Durance are between the best companions in videogame history imho, the only others I like as much (but in a more childish way) are Mass Effect's Wrex and Mordin Solus. Aloth and Eder aren't bad at all either, but they are closer in quality to the Deadfire crew.

So, does it not follow the previous characters? I haven't played PIllars in 5 years, so I don't remember how it ended. Still interested, the pillars world is pretty cool.

4 unromanceable companions puts alot of pressure on the writing for these companions and if Outer Worlds is anything to go off of, I'm sensing a mistake. Outer Worlds companions started off compelling but eventually became boring and it's simply because your character in that game was basically just a "cameraman" I never felt connected to any of my them it just felt like I was watching their story unfold but never apart of it. Obsidian failed to get me emotionally invested in them. Romance is an easy way to achieve this but they don't need it however if they go this route they need to find a way to get us connected to them and not just watching from the outside in. None of them had a lasting impression, only one I do remember is Parvati and that's because I was annoyed I couldn't romance her when they gave her a romance questline.

a dwarf companion? easiest buy of my life

Some people might be getting tired of this first person fantasy thing preferring a return to top down or good old isometric. Me, I'll take any style that isn't isometric and the rpg elitists can suck it. As for Obsidian, they are as of now officially all that is left of good old BioWare even if rumors abound how the founders including Urquheart have left, which I've yet to have proof of. Avowed might have left the gritty dark fantasy pallette behind for something almost LoL like but if they maintain the core idea of Pillars then it's all good.

What is the point of non-romancible companions? Why would I care for their approval or disapproval? At this point you can swap them for some generic fodder hirelings.

I love Pillar's of Eternity's world, but I will admit Obsidian's marketing for this game hasn't been nearly as exciting as The Outer World's marketing. All this said I'm excited to play this game. I just do think Obsidian isn't the best at Marketing, they are very lore-nerd-heavy and that's amazing for dedicated hardcore fans, but casuals who just want to see what's going on are not gonna be too invested. Then again it's probably still a win/win for them since this is going directly to Gamepass and that will give Xbox a market in the RPGS community.

In my opinion Avowed seems like a steep back from the pillars games . IF it was a CRPG I would be all over it but has yet another action game I will just check it out on gamepass.