Avowedlooks fine.

Good, but not spectacular.

But part of Avowed has me craving something more.

Oblivion Remastered screenshot of Skingrad guard stood against a stone wall.

It sets its expectations and limits well, and manages to look modern without striving for expensive hyper realism.

However, what really stung were the loading screens.

Games Are Lacking Colour These Days

Avowed looks fine.

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Maybe you remember me saying so about 150 words ago.

But its loading screens look mesmerising.

But occasionally, it looks better.

golgra looks down at the camera with her arms crossed in clair obscur: expedition 33.

That’s the game I really want to play.

It looks like Avowed.

And as you may have heard, Avowed looks fine.

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Maybe I just need to cheer up.

It lives within its means but still delivers a game that feels at home in 2025.

It uses colour, lashings of it at times, in ways that modern triple-As seem scared of.

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The Outer Worlds, also byObsidian, had a similar contrast with its loading screens.

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