Jeff G.

About 15-20 or so hours in at level 9. Just got to the second section of the map. Very very fun game so far. The only thing keeping it from 5 stars is the lack of a day/night system, and lack of factions. Otherwise the story telling is well done. And we FINALLY a game that is well optimized for PC on launch day. As far as the fist zone goes its almost too compact. They could have easily made the map a lot larger as there is 'something' in virtually every step you take whether it be a ruin to search, a side quest or what have you. Very little to complain about approx. 30-40% into the game. Edit: Gamers reviewing games are WEIRD man!!! Soooooo many reviewers demand this be Skyrim, or better, otherwise they give it 1 star. This is right up there with hating every show since Breaking Bad. Skyrim has been the king for 14 years for a reason it is very difficult to defeat. This is like expecting every new QB to be the next Tom Brady, or they're otherwise garbage that a team never should have drafted! No, what Brady did was exceptional, and we may never see his records broken, we may never see a show as good as Breaking Bad, just as we may never see a game as good as Skyrim. Avowed is excellent. While it may not be the Tom Brady of video games it might be a Peyton Manning, or a John Elway which is still a very big accomplishment. If this is your genre of game, and you're going to pass on it based on the negative reviews you're missing out.

I spent 20 minutes Googling and watching Youtube videos as to how to prevent the game crashing on start up. I had to change the game to run as administrator, cool no problem. Its a PC these things happen. BUT once I finally fixed that issue, I was able to get into the game just to find I could not start the game until I 'signed in'. Okay well the major issue with that is there is zero direction as to where I 'sign in'. Huge headache. I just want my money back. Congrats to the people who will eventually find this and let me know "it works fine for me". I just wanted to play a wrestling game. That's all. I went through enough hoops, and still can't even get the game to launch. I'm not tech savvy enough to continue to fight with a game that already has poor reviews. I just want my money back.

Paid money. It doesn't download with no fix.