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Your favorite upcoming Xbox RPG in 2025?

The Outer Worlds 2 1 11.11%
 
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion remaster/remake 2 22.22%
 
Fable 5 55.56%
 
Avowed 1 11.11%
 
Total:9

Avowed for me (voted); all 4 have me super excited :) But I really loved Pillars 1 and 2 and this is looking so much like it but in third person :D



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Fable > Avowed > The Outer Worlds 2 > Oblivion Remaster.



I'll go with Oblivion remaster/Remake > The Outer Worlds 2 > Avowed > Fable. Very hyped for Oblivion remake as I didn't play it properly the first time around, rushing through just the main story before Skyrim released, and I don't even remember much of what happened after well over a decade. Outer Worlds 1 was great, and I fully expect Outer Worlds 2 to top the 1st game in most or all areas. Avowed I've lost some hype for over time, I was a bit let down by how different the final game is compared to the original preview trailer pre-reboot, I was disappointed when they revealed there are no romance options, and it just overall looks a bit rough around the edges in alot of the gameplay I have seen. As for Fable, it looks graphically stunning, but I really need to see proper gameplay and I really hope it has proper character creation, until then it is hard for me to be hyped for it.

Edit: Also we forgot about Clockwork Revolution. I would currently slot it in between Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed on my hype ranking, I was pretty impressed by what they showed a year and a half ago, strong Bioshock vibes coupled with time mechanics and RPG elements. 



Oblivion main story was bad so there's not much to remember Tbh. It was the world where it shined, the ambience, the music, it was fucking beautiful, the side-quests and the faction questlines were far better than Skyrim and it had so much charm, even the janky shit and stupidity of some of the world, Lmao.

I honestly doubt Obsidian will ever bother with romance options in their RPGs in the future, did New Vegas have them? I know Avowed doesn't have romance but Josh Sawyer has also noted recently that it's not really something he is interested in, which is fine, not every RPG needs romance options and I sort of can see his argument, I just think it's something Obsidian at large doesn't really care about.

In response to a follow-up question, Sawyer pointed to romances as one particular aspect of the RPG genre that doesn't really work for him, at least in the way they're typically implemented. Sawyer's not opposed to romances in games in general, but what fantasy RPG players are into is not what he's into. "I'm out of step with that, and it's hard for me to sort of get it. And the things that I do get, I'm like, I get it—I don't like it," Sawyer said.

"If I were to make romances in a game that were done in a way that I find appealing, would an audience enjoy that, or would they really actually even hate it more than romances not being in the game?"

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For Fable, I think it'll be the same as previous Fables. You will pick a male or female character, age them up and then change their appearance through in-game actions, Fable never had a proper character creator and customisation came from in-game like haircuts, beards, tattoos, scars, weight from food, stats making you bulkier, etc. I hope they keep all that stuff in.

But maybe they'll have a number of selectable pre-made characters, like a few different males, a few different females, or maybe there will be a character customisation! With obviously a female and male default option but I won't be surprised if there's no character creator at all and it's just pre-selected defaults.

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They better keep all the shit like eating too much making you fat, Lol. Anyone complaining about it ruining their character can cry about it, that's Fable and it was easy to "fix" anyway, also deaths causing scars, in fact I hope they double down on this stuff but in a world full with magic, everything can be fixed with a potion, imagine like your character gaining a broken nose

I was disappointed with the good and evil changes in Fable because it was like "Oh that's awesome, I can become like an angel or demon" but the actual physical changes felt so undercooked and a little pointless but I'm fine with no angel/demon system but I feel like they could do a lot more with how the world and your actions in it change your character. Give me a deeper real estate system and deeper job system too.

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