South of Midnight Previews

Articles

• South of Midnight Preview: So Much To Explore | Stevivor
• South of Midnight Preview: A Deliciously Rich Storytelling Feast | GAMINGbible
• South of Midnight Is Shaping Up To Be Something Special | TrueAchievements
• South of Midnight Hands-On: Revelling In Sinister Folklore | Windows Central
• South of Midnight: A Wonderfully Unique Adventure For Those Looking For Something New | Gamereactor
• South of Midnight’s Unique World Backdrops Solid Character Action | Polygon
• South of Midnight Mixes a Beautiful Setting With Familiar Gameplay, And That May Be For The Best | VGC
• South of Midnight Bottles Up Some Very Special Southern Magic, But Is It Enough? | Eurogamer.net

Videos

• South of Midnight Preview - Feeling These Vibes | Easy Allies
• South of Midnight Runs on Beautiful, Haunting Vibes | IGN
• Deep Dive and Hands On with South of Midnight | Official Xbox Podcast
• South of Midnight Is All About Its Strong Storytelling and Vibes | SkillUp
• My First 90 Minutes Playing South of Midnight Made Me Speechless | Spawn On Me
• South of Midnight Surprised Me | Rand al Thor

Yeah had the same but the fountain helped me..

Also avowed jumped to number 22 top sellers on steam.

I heard about that. That was for the Archivist achievement right?

Something collectibles, bugged out but somehow taking a pic of a fountain made the achievement pop up..

Updated.

I did watch ACGs hands on impressions and …. When the fuck did his community become a toxic bunch of piss babies. Think I’ll just stick to the Xbox Podcast video.

 People talk about New Vegas but don't like Fallout 3. Avowed looks kinda like an ES game and never found those all that fun except maybe II. Despise Star Wars. Willing to give Alpha Protocol a try. Looks kinda jank in an interesting way. Be fun to see what works and doesn't and if it has any interesting concepts. EVen if Avowed looked amazing to me. No physical so that's a mark against it for me.

Obsidian definitely didn't do themselves any favors when it came to Dungeon Siege 3 though by agreeing with Square to make the game in just one year lol, but they needed the work. 

New Vegas is very different from Fallout 3 though. The biggest reason why many consider NV the best 3D Fallout is because of Obsidian's primary focus on actual role-playing along with the writing/story. Whereas Bethesda's Fallout's biggest focus have been on the exploration side of things rather than role-playing. At least Todd Howard era Bethesda.

Alpha Protocol is a great example! Some definite jank. But another Obsidian game where its biggest strengths is in Obsidian's ability to tell a compelling story with great dialogue and great role playing choices. It was too ambitious for how small Obsidian was at that time, but it's great the game has developed a cult following since.

Avowed did start off as an ES clone, but development was rebooted to make a game more akin to what Obsidian makes. This is also the first notable AAA game Obsidian has made where they've had the proper amount of time and resources to make a game they wanna make. A lot of their history has been low budgets and a very short development window. But yeah, no physical is definitely a stinger. I think this may be the first Xbox AAA game that didn't have a physical release. Probably gonna end up as another Limited Run Games release lol. I'll be sure to post that if that happens.

Hear that? 🎵 The Avowed Official Game Soundtrack by Venus Theory is now available on streaming platforms. lnk.to/Avowed

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— Obsidian (@obsidian.net) 11 February 2025 at 18:06