Obsidian was surprised by hate for Avowed's crafting systems
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Key Points:
- Obsidian Entertainment's 2025 RPG Avowed faced significant player frustration due to its crafting system, which required scarce upgrade materials essential for weapon and armor enhancements, making progression difficult without extensive grinding.
- Gameplay director Gabe Paramo acknowledged the surprise at negative feedback, explaining that the game's tight economy and resource demands hindered players' exploration and progression, despite intentions to create a balanced gameplay loop.
- Recent updates have addressed these issues by smoothing out the progression curve, reducing difficulty spikes, lowering shop prices and upgrade costs, allowing players more freedom to engage with the game's systems at their own pace.
- The Anniversary Update introduced highly requested features like New Game Plus and Photo Mode, and expanded platform availability by launching Avowed on PS5, alongside Xbox
