<br>While Mehrunes Dagon appears as purely malicious, Eothas and his followers are fueled by righteousness, making for a slightly more morally grey world where Eothasians can be well-intentioned, while worshipers of Dagon tend to act for purely selfish reasons. Eothas resembles both Mehrunes Dagon and Akatosh in The Elder Scrolls ’ canon in some ways, appearing as both divine and destructive. Waidwen and his sacrifice more closely resembles Martin Septim’s sacrifice to Akatosh in order to defeat Mehrunes Dagon than it resembles Dagon himself. Eothas' full role in Avowed , however, remains to be s<br><br> <br>With Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds released last year and Avowed announced this week, it appears the developer is attempting to outdo Bethesda in both the first-person sci-fi and fantasy RPG genres, whose top spots have been held by Bethesda’s Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series respectively for the past decade. It’s a big task, but there are a few key reasons Obsidian might be in the right position to topple one of gaming’s greatest gia<br><br> <br>Avowed companions 's Eothas is perhaps a slightly more nuanced depiction of the archetype – he is destructive but righteous, as opposed to Mehrunes Dagon who makes his purely destructive intent perfectly clear as demonstrated it in Morrowind and the Imperial City. Dagon's own realm also lies in ruin. Like Eothasians, Mehrunes Dagon’s followers believe they will ascend to a new form of being, the daedra promising that "when I will walk the earth again, the Faithful among you shall receive your reward: to be set above all other mortals forev<br><br> <br>Eora's most unique and defining trait is the Wheel: a natural phenomenon that is responsible for the cycle of reincarnation on Eora, allowing souls to pass from one life into another. The metaphysical event continued on its own for thousands of year before the Engwithans (a civilization that came before the current inhabitants of Eora) siezed control of the process by building a great machine at the heart of Ukaizo, to the point that the previously natural cycle of rebirth began to rely upon the machines to function. This is significant mainly due to the events of Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfi<br><br> <br>In all the context that can be considered, the biggest is that Obsidian is likely shooting for the stars. It is known for RPGs, this is its forte, and now it has the backing to live up to its full potential. Obsidian is the hungry upstart and the underdog, and Bethesda is the big name fallen on hard times. The launch of Fallout 76 soured much of the fanbase and especially those who invested in the game, Rage 2 failed to make an impression, and even Doom Eternal —the best game its launched in recent memory—wasn't without the controversy of its anti-cheat softw<br><br> <br>However, the most likely to be included race that would make Avowed stand out most are the Godlike, beings with strange physical traits typically attributed to the gods. They can be born of any race (but most commonly human), thought to be blessed at birth, and are either glorified are shunned. Each look incredibly different from the next, with only 4 of the seven different subtypes playable in Pillars of Eternity . It remains to be seen how Godlike manifest in Avowed 's Eora, but here are the seven subtypes (aside from the Skaen, who are often so malformed that they are killed or live their lives in mise<br><br> <br>One thing fans can seemingly count on is the inclusion of playable races. The Elder Scrolls 6 will likely continue the tried-and-true races of the franchise in its game, but Avowed may initially seem like a different story. Yet, it isn't really. It's been confirmed that Avowed takes place in Eora, the same setting as the Pillars of Eternity franchise, which means players will encounter the same races found there...and probably play t<br><br> <br>The single trailer released for Avowed already shows fans more than The Elder Scrolls 6 has shown them in the last two years. The trailer works not only to get players excited and to take advantage of Bethesda’s slow development speed, but makes Bethesda appear particularly unreliable in comparison to Obsidian. Cyberpunk 2077 is another first-person RPG that has had a particularly long development cycle, and yet unlike Bethesda, CD Projekt Red does not have a relationship with another developer like Obsidian that fans can so easily draw unfavorable comparisons w<br><br> <br>In this case, as strange as it seems, Avowed may very well be the first to launch. The Elder Scrolls 6 was first announced 2 years ago , but it was in the absolute earliest stages of development. It's not releasing until well after Starfield, which itself still does not have a release date. Many expect that it won't actually launch until 2024-2025 , which are good conservative predictions, and it wouldn't have likely been announced at all if it weren't meant to offset the reaction to Fallout 76 . Many games are not announced 7 years ahead of time, which is a point for Avow<br>
