This Week in Gaming (Week 8)

[FoulOnWhite]

I'm still undecided about playing it and not for any of the reasons you listed.

You see, I dislike magic in gaming (too many bright flashes) and the way I get over that in games that are otherwise pretty good is by turning wizard-type characters into walking nukes capable of wiping the map in one shot (so no more bright flashes). According to Mortismal, in Avowed stats above 15 have no gameplay effect so no walking nuke for me which means no Avowed for me either, pending verification.

EDIT: One more thing. Unlike TOW, Avowed isn't on GOG so I'll wait anyways.

I think you can avoid magic, plays a fighter, ranger etc, even skill trees for them

 

[AGlezB]

I think you can avoid magic, plays a fighter, ranger etc, even skill trees for them

That's usually a good way to handicap myself in games with magic systems because when a game has a magic system is usually meant to be used in some capacity, which is one of the reasons for my dislike. The funny part is I wouldn't have even noticed that if it wasn't for Arcanum, where you can go full magic-stuff-hurts-my-feelings dwarf and still one-smack anything on the map, including magic-is-the-end-all-be-all fully powered elves and such.

 

[FoulOnWhite]

That's usually a good way to handicap myself in games with magic systems because when a game has a magic system is usually meant to be used in some capacity, which is one of the reasons for my dislike. The funny part is I wouldn't have even noticed that if it wasn't for Arcanum, where you can go full magic-stuff-hurts-my-feelings dwarf and still one-smack anything on the map, including magic-is-the-end-all-be-all fully powered elves and such.

You can always do a mixed skill build, most people usually do. It is a very nice game anyway.