When you start up a new game in Avowed, you're given some choices that seem extremely meaningful, and thus, are kind of scary to make. Specifically, you choose a fictional background for your ...

As mentioned, each of the five backgrounds in Avowed come with their own starting weapon (which can’t be changed) and starting attribute allocations (which can be changed). Below, we’ll give ...

Your Background choice matters in some very specific ways in Avowed — here's what you need to know (Image via Obsidian Entertainment) Avowed allows players to customize their character in a few ...

Most big-budget RPGs these days have robust character creation systems, and Avowed is no different in this regard. Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios' latest fantasy RPG lets players ...

Avowed is a smaller-scale fantasy RPG, but it doesn’t fail to deliver on the customizable protagonist department at least. The robust character creator even includes backgrounds for you to pick ...

The best Avowed builds take advantage of the game ... While these builds are designed around the background options you’ll choose when you create your character (and thus your starting stats ...

What are the best Avowed builds? Obsidian has stuffed Avowed ... On the attributes front, the Vanguard Scout background gives you a near-perfect blend of initial stat point distribution to ...

The first thing you'll do in Avowed is visit the character creator, to determine the look and background that applies to your Envoy of Aedyr. The choices you make here will carry across your ...

Your starting weapon in Avowed is determined by the Background you select, and these are the options available when you begin Avowed starting weapons are assigned depending on the Background you ...

Avowed maintains an admirable focus during its 50-odd hours. I never lost track of what was happening. And I thought I would, given this is a game with a dynamic glossary accessible mid ...

Avowed sees players filling the shoes of an ... unfeasible to animate that many dialogue scenes to make it feel more dynamic, but sometimes it feels easier to just read the dialogue and skip ...