[STEAM] Avowed celebrates its first birthday with a massive update and some serious comeback energy

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You remember Avowed, don’t you? Well, it’s now a full year old, which means it’s old enough that it’s time to finally decide whether you’re ever going to finish the game or if it will forever sit on your list of dropped titles. And Obsidian Entertainment is giving you a reason to return to Eora, wherever you left off.

The developer is celebrating

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chock full of new features, and that update will be available across all platforms—including PlayStation 5. Among the features in the update are three new playable races and additional customization options, a photo mode, a new weapon type, and a host of quality-of-life improvements. It’s the game’s largest update yet, and the list of additions more than proves it.

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Originally, players could pick from elves or humans as their race, but now, they also have access to Dwarves, Orlans, and Aumaua. If you don’t remember what those last two are, think Yatzli and Kai. And luckily for players who already dropped a gazillion hours into the game, you won’t actually have to make a new playthrough to experience those three races; you can instead just change it through a mirror system.

Avowed was

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but never ended up finishing. And it’s not because I thought it was a bad game by any means. I loved my time adventuring with Kai and Marius at my side, finding hidden totems, and sight-seeing around Eora. But as with any open-world game, especially one I’m grinding for work, burnout starts to creep in after a week of playing, and my resolve to pick up a controller once more dips lower and lower with each passing day.

But the latest trailer for the anniversary update makes me actually want to jump back in, and no, I don’t think it’s only because of the music’s catchy gun-***** percussion or rapid-fire visuals of Eora’s beautiful sights and scenes—though both of those things are pretty cool, if I do say so myself. In addition to the new playable races and weapons, Obsidian is adding a few new stat changes and custom difficulty modifiers, which allow you to tailor the game’s difficulty to your preferred playstyle. Plus, there’s the photo mode, and I have to admit, I’m a sucker for spending way too long finding the perfect angle and pose to make my characters look devilishly stunning.

So, what say you, Destructoid? Will you be giving Avowed another go, or is it one that’s better left in 2025? Let me know in the comments below.

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