A new look at Avowed's character creator reveals an immersive feature that allows players to choose their characters' backgrounds. Avowed is the new action RPG by Obsidian Entertainment, developers of Fallout New Vegas, The Outer Worlds, and Pentiment. It takes place in the universe of another Obsidian game - the fantasy world of Eora, the setting of Pillars of Eternity and its sequel. Like most fantasy settings, it's a vast and varied world, containing all manner of people from all walks of life. And those many paths will be front and center in Avowed, according to a new preview.
A post on the official Avowed X (formerly Twitter) account, further detailed in the Xbox Wire blog, reveals that players will be able to choose one of multiple backgrounds for their characters in Avowed. These encompass any number of fantasy archetypes, ranging from Arcane Scholar to Noble Scion to War Hero - and those are just a few of the ones they've shown us in this sneak peek. As in Pillars of Eternity, backgrounds may be race-specific, and will definitely have an effect on gameplay and the branching story.
In Avowed, the choice of background will be more than a...
