EA and Ascendant Studios’ fantasy FPS Immortals of Aveum hasn’t left an enormous impression since launching in August 2023. In line with the studio’s founder, the sport would have performed higher if it hadn’t been sandwiched between so many different AAA releases.
Immortals of Aveum launched in a particularly crowded yr, however Ascendant Studios isn’t giving up
“After we had been heading to launch, we knew it was very crowded,” Ascendant’s founder, Bret Robbins, instructed GamesIndustry.biz. “This was a really uncommon yr. Zelda had come out, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was a bit of earlier than us. And as we had been nearing launch, Baldur’s Gate 3 abruptly blew up proper in entrance of us. That one, greater than any of the others, appeared unanticipated.”
The studio additionally knew that Immortals of Aveum could be competing in opposition to each Armored Core 6 and Starfield. “We had been sandwiched between lots of completely different massive video games or video games from actually massive studios,” mentioned Robbins. We completely received misplaced within the noise.
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He additionally partly attributed Immortals of Aveum’s underperformance on the studio’s choice to delay the sport from July 20 to August 22. This gave the builders extra time for polish and optimization however meant it confronted stiffer competitors on launch. “Though the sport was higher, the timing was worse,” Robbins admitted.
Then once more, the argument that Immortals of Aveum would have performed higher in a worse yr isn’t precisely a glowing advice. Whereas some reviewers preferred the sport, its PS5 model solely averaged 69 on Metacritic, with a consumer rating of 6.0. The Xbox model did a bit of higher with a rating of 76, whereas the PC launch solely managed a 65. By comparability, the PS5 variations of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Armored Core 6 averaged 96 and 86, respectively.
Both means, Robbins hasn’t given up on Immortals of Aveum and thinks it might be a sleeper hit. “The story of Immortals isn’t written but,” he mentioned. “I used to be the inventive director on Lifeless House, and other people had been discovering that for years and years. I feel Immortals would be the identical.”