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Best Of 2025: Avowed's Most Controversial Feature Is Also One Of Its Best

Best Of 2025: Avowed's Most Controversial Feature Is Also One Of Its Best https://ift.tt/iC6TyA9 Obsidian's Avowed is one of the better action-RPGs released in 2025. While it doesn't reinvent any particular wheel, it benefits from an engaging campaign, fun combat systems, and charming characters. Aside from the occasional bug--a common element of Obsidian's open-world games--and an overabundance of homicidal bears, I liked nearly everything about the game. That includes Avowed's most controversial game mechanic: enemy respawns, or the lack thereof. When it comes to RPGs, players often think of a few key elements. Some sort of leveling system, quest-granting NPCs, obtainable loot that bolsters certain "builds" or playstyles--you know, the basics. One feature that's common but maybe not as notable, considering its use in other genres, is respawning enemies. Players often expect areas to repopulate with baddies whenever they return to a given location. ...

Assassin's Creed Mirage Is 3X Shorter Than Valhalla Apparently

Assassin's Creed Mirage Is 3X Shorter Than Valhalla Apparently https://ift.tt/RGDCgLv

It seems like Assassin's Creed Mirage will be around three times shorter than Assassin's Creed Valhalla. The most recent entries in the franchise have gotten increasingly long and the upcoming one has been pitched as a more focused experience.

In an interview with French video game YouTuber Julien Chieze (translated by PCGamesN), Ubisoft lead producer Fabian Salomon said, "Given that we do a lot of playtesting internally at Ubisoft, it’s part of our process, we really want to get as close as possible to the players, so we’ll say that the latest playtimes we’ve received average at around 20-23 hours."

Salomon continued, "That can go up to 25-30 hours for the completionists, and we’ll say that those who will be rushing the game will be around 20 hours." In 2020, GameSpot noted that Assassin's Creed Valhalla took about 60 hours to complete the main story. After 65 hours, around 85% of the entire game was finished, which included side quests.

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