The continuing trend of getting you to pay more to play just a few days earlier continues. Avowed from Obsidian Entertainment does look like bloody good fun, but £80 of fun?
Xbox Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment announced the February 18th release date today. Although, that's only the date for us regular chumps that pay £60 / $70, you crazy people with money to burn that decide to pay £80 / $90 can play on February 13th with Advanced Access that Valve promoted as a normal feature on Steam earlier this year.
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The minimum Windows PC specifications were also revealed:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel i5-8400
- GPU: AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580
- Memory:16GB
- Storage: SSD required (75GB install size)
- DirectX: Version 12
Based on that, it should run quite well on Linux with Proton don't you think? Perhaps even 30FPS on the Steam Deck.
More about it: "Set in the fictional world of Eora that was first introduced to players in the Pillars of Eternity franchise, Avowed is a first-person fantasy action RPG from the award-winning team at Obsidian Entertainment.
You are the envoy of Aedyr, a distant land, sent to investigate rumors of a spreading plague throughout the Living Lands - an island full of mysteries and secrets, danger and adventure, and choices and consequences, and untamed wilderness. You discover a personal connection to the Living Lands and an ancient secret that threatens to destroy everything. Can you save this unknown frontier and your soul from the forces threatening to tear them asunder?"
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Focus wanted £25 more though, so it's a small mercy that this early access is "only" another £20.
I have several, otherwise very intelligent friends who paid the £25 for Space Marine 2 and claim to have no regrets - one justification they gave was that the extra £25 included other benefits beyond the early access to the game.
I'm no patient gamer, tbh, but I'll be damned at taking part in these kinds of FOMO-based cash-grabs.
Arehandoro about 4 hours ago
"Hi we have this game."
"Oh nice! I will buy it and play it."
"Okay ........ but you can't play it."
"What?"
"We released it, but to play it you need to pay more money."
"What?"
"You can play it sometime in the future whenever we feel like but to play it now when we released it you have to pay more."
"I already paid you full price and the game is released. I want to play it now."
"No."
Quoting: EhvisPaying 20 euro to beta test a game for 5 days. I'm laughing, but it's really sad that this actually works.
It's for the whales: people who have money to burn. It's not for people like us who would even consider saving money for more important things.
Quoting: melkemindQuoting: EhvisPaying 20 euro to beta test a game for 5 days. I'm laughing, but it's really sad that this actually works.
It's for the whales: people who have money to burn. It's not for people like us who would even consider saving money for more important things.
It'd be nice if this was the case. But considering the numbers, I'm afraid it's FOMO-ing minors more than it's taking a tip from rich people.
Quoting: melkemindNot only whales, but it also plays on FOMO (fear of losing out) which takes advantage of certain mindsets, and puts unfair pressure on parents (although neither Space Marine 2 nor this really target young children). It's scummy. And because it works, and the publishers make literally millions, they'll do it again. And again.Quoting: EhvisPaying 20 euro to beta test a game for 5 days. I'm laughing, but it's really sad that this actually works.
It's for the whales: people who have money to burn. It's not for people like us who would even consider saving money for more important things.
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