Avowed was easily one of the best games of 2025. Avowed is an RPG that gamers should know by now. XBOX first party game and was for a good while an XBOX exclusive. Avowed was developed by ‘Obsidian‘ who were the game developers of the year for 2025. If you want to know more about Avowed then check out these G-Blogs for starters, like this one. 

Right of the bat Avowed has unique and unmatched combat. X35 Earthwalker has stated that Avowed has the best combat in all of gaming of its type. No other game has one as good as this. This G-Blog is going to be all about the combat.

The combat in Avowed has so much options and freedom. There’s no way for any gamer to say there isn’t an option in the combat that’s for them. Avowed starts with the three categories: Melee, Ranged and magic. Then these three break down even more.

We will tackle the melee first. There’s swords, daggers, axes, mace, spears, great swords, great hammers, great axes and staffs/quarterstaffs. Now that’s a great list. Gamers can obviously figure out the pros and cons of each weapon from how much stamina they drain with each swing, speed, power, stagger etc. It doesn’t end there. There’s also shields! These shields… well… obviously they block attacks but also stop projectiles and when times can be used to parry and even shield bash. So as you can see, there’s many options here.

Next is range. Avowed doesn’t play around concerning combat. There are bows, pistols and even rifles. There’s technically one more that belongs here but is more of a hybrid. Screw it, let’s bring it up. There’s magic wands. You can just fire magical bullets basically at yes with the wand. Sadly firing pistols also costs stamina. That should be removed. Bows draining stamina makes sense as X35 Earthwalker has done professional archery and if you don’t have the strength, then drawing and fire with a bow will be too much for you.

Last category Avowed has is full on magic. You don’t need a wand to cast magic. Take that harry potter! That’s why we mentioned the wands in range. The magic here is next level. Players can release flames from their hands, make ice rain from the skies, hurl a bouncing bolt of electricity, pull and suspend foes helplessly in the air, drain life from foes and heal yourself at the same time, drop an ice berg on the head of your foes and even call down flaming meteorites on the battlefield. Name another game that lets you do all this. Can’t do it can you?

The combat in Avowed doesn’t end there. There’s more layers to this… no shrek. Melee, ranged and wand weapons can be charged. Charge attacks are obviously stronger, can break guards and have special effect of their own depending on the weapon. You will see later on why this matters even more. Then there’s unique weapons that have their own special abilities. For example there’s a powerful mace that when you successfully land a charged attack on an enemy, you get buffed with increase attack speed. There’s a bow that with a charged attack, you rebuff the enemy and slow them down. Now you see more of why this matters. Smarter players will get tactical.

Now best of all about these weapons in Avowed is that players can… dual wield! Just like the Master Chief in Halo 2. Also an amazing XBOX game. Yes! All the weapons we listed and above (except two handed weapons for obvious reasons) can be dual wielded. Two daggers, two swords, two axes, two pistols and off course… two wands. Then you can mix and match… moose and squirrel. So a pistol in your left hand but a sword in your right. Maybe a wand and a pistol. Or a dagger and sword. What other game is letting you do that?! X35 Earthwalker had a signature flaming dagger and flaming sword and also had the flaming sword and ice sword. One weapon can stack fire damage and burn while the other stacks ice damage and slows down.

It doesn’t end there either. Then there’s the abilities that come from the three different types we listed above. So melee, ranged (ranger) and magic. Spend skill points to get those. Normally get them from levelling up. For example there’s a charge ability for melee where you charge like a bull. Rush forwards, knocking enemies over, breaking guard and sending those flying. You can even use this ability to break through damaged walls to access secret areas or open alternate paths. Another ability is a barbaric roar where you do a war cry which gives you powerful temporary buss for combat. There’s an ability where you spin around like a beyblade striking everyone. These abilities can be upgraded further by the way.

Ranger had abilities like calling vines to wrap enemy feet and trap them. They can’t move around for a while. Poison daggers thrown in a cone shape angle. Stealth abilities and much more. Magic has the crazy stuff we listed above but one of the best by far is this ability to create a barrier around you that not only heavily reduces damage you take from combat but makes you immune to projectiles like arrows, thrown projectiles and bullets. Even better, at higher levels it can deflect the projectiles back at the attackers. Back 2 D owner… no DJ Nicholas. You can even materialise a powerful heavy staff weapon from pure magic which not only makes foes flinch with every strike but also give you mana with every successful swing. The abilities are wild.

Look at all this that Avowed has. It would be too crazy if there was more to the combat… well there is. You even have access to grenades. Not just regular frag like grenades but different effect ones. There’s lighting grenades, fire grenades, ice grenades and yeah it can get crazy. What’s also another layer and good design is that the combat is very fluid. The grenades are just one button. You can switch between two weapon sets with a single button. You block, pray, strike, charge attacks, use magic with short cut keys and more with ease. the combat is smooth and fun. The attacks have impact for sure and feels good to beat up threats. There’s technically more like eating certain foods that gives buffs etc but that’s expected with rpgs like this. 

X35 Earthwalker has loads of gameplay on Avowed and there’s more to see for yourself. Be an actual gamer and think for yourself. Don’t let worthless, idiot grifters and XBOX tax gaming media outlets tell you what games are good or not. They are unqualified. X35 Earthwalker is worth listening too.

Overall Avowed has some of the best combat in all of gaming but definitely the best for games of its type. Better than skyrim, oblivion, elder scrolls etc. There’s even deadly finishers you can do on staggered enemies, stealth and assassination attacks. Then there’s abilities from a god if you choose to help them. Like lifting all foes up and them slamming them on the ground with divine like power. Avowed is an amazing game with the best combat. X35 Earthwalker is replaying in new game+ on the hardest difficulty in the game and things can get brutal. Remember that games are for entertainment and fun.