Across the vast history of role-playing games, few studios have managed to be as influential as Obsidian Entertainment. Their work on beloved games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004), Fallout: New Vegas (2010), and Pillars of Eternity (2015) has made them a fan-favorite …
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About 50 hours into Avowed, I had to put down my controller and step away after becoming emotionally overwhelmed. It wasn’t because of some big narrative moment or choice, but rather a diary I discovered off the beaten path. An innocuous merchant I’d run into in every previous region had …
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