Is Avowed too good for our brains to comprehend?
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The Besties discuss Avowed, the new game from Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian. It is extremely our shit. Perhaps… too much so? What does that even mean?! Listen to find out!
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I’m curious, is there a reason you haven’t checked out Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 yet? Avowed is way more my speed as I’m basically over big open worlds, but it sounds like it’ll be relevant when discussing the future of open world games.