Avowed Not Being Open-World Is A Good Thing, Devs Say [Video]

Microsoft’s next big game, the RPG Avowed from The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian, is coming out in February. Unlike some of Obsidian’s other RPGs, Avowed is not an open-world game. This serves the game best, Avowed region director Berto Ritger said.

Avowed features large “defined zones,” as opposed to taking place in an open world. Ritger said having established and distinct zones is a “good pacing mechanism” for the choices players make.

“We know roughly what you’ve done before you’ve gone to the next thing. It’s still a very open structure within those zones, where you can do whatever you want for the most part, but it’s not one contiguous area where you could be anywhere at any moment,” Ritger said in an interview with Xbox Wire.

Narrative designer Kate Dollarhyde echoed Ritger, saying …