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We already knew that Avowed wouldn't be a Skyrim-like behemoth in size, but Game Director Carrie Patel from Obsidian clarified it's going to be fairly short in general for an RPG. Speaking to Game Informer, she said players can expect a similar length to the studio's previous game, the sci-fi The Outer Worlds.
Everyone is loving Shadow of the Erdtree: We gave it a 95% in our review (higher even than the base game two years ago) and Erdtree has even surpassed The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine as the best-reviewed RPG expansion on Metacritic. Despite all that buzz, it's currently taking a beating in one major metric: Steam reviews.
You'll probably be playing Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree this weekend. Hell, you're probably playing it right now, and not even reading this. But if you are reading this, and you are not playing Erdtree over the weekend, and you're looking for something else to jump into instead, allow me to suggest Shadows: Awakening.
Update: Not only is CD Projekt Red supremely unbothered by losing its crown to Shadow of the Erdtree, the studio's gone and released a slick illustration featuring Geralt toppling Mohg and heading into the Land of Shadow himself.
There's no denying that Elden Ring is tough, but director Hidetaka Miyazaki stands firmly by his belief that it had to be that difficult to give players a "sense of achievement," and making it easier "would break the game itself."
While Elden Ring players were preparing for Shadow of the Erdtree to finally release, one hardened FromSoftware stan managed to one-up everyone by beating the action RPG eight times without leveling up - or dying.
Following BioWare's recent announcement that its upcoming Dragon Age entry Dreadwolf is now instead called The Veilguard, lead developers reveal what prompted the name change.
With the recent announcement of and remakes for the first three games, the new version may be getting more than just a visual overhaul. Known collectively as the Erdrick Trilogy, the first three games in the series tell separate but interconnected stories, and are widely considered as foundational games to both the series that they belong to and the RPG genre as a whole. And, while each game has received some form of re-release on more modern platforms, the upcoming remake is promising a much more comprehensive revamp of each game.