You just equip em, if I recall correctly. I didn’t try it myself, but it definitely is possible:

https://www.reddit.com/r/avowed/comments/1iso0q2/psa_dual_wielding_pistols/

You still have to attack using LT (on controller) to get the offhand pistol to shoot.

Yeah, Avowed definitely has its flaws in other areas of the game, but its combat was a lot of fun, in my opinion. I really think it got way more hate than it deserved. I’m the same way when reviewing games: If it’s fun enough to make me look forward to playing it the next day and I forget about the real world a little bit while I’m playing, then I feel like it accomplished its purpose.

I started out as 2h hammer, but ultimately did shield and 1h axe. I’d probably do a magic centric run next if I ever do a replay, as the magic system did feel pretty good whenever I’d use it as my off-hand.

It’s been almost 20 years since I’ve played the original, so I may be misremembering its difficulty. I remember it being super easy to cheese everything, just like in the remaster. Really, I don’t have a high opinion of vanilla combat in any of the Elder Scrolls games. I think Avowed did an excellent job of showing how FPS RPG combat can be accomplished well.

This is a bit dishonest. You can clearly see in the screenshot that the sun is low in the sky, thus the darker/somewhat washed out tones. When it’s high in the sky, the color really isn’t that much different than the original, albeit obviously not as vivid. Whether the vivid/bright color of the original Oblivion is better than the remaster or not is purely subjective; I happen to prefer the newer aesthetic a lot more.

You’ve never tasted your own blood from like bloody lips and stuff?

Is it, though? I get that they have a similar protein composition or whatever, but there’s no way the taste is anywhere near the same. Then again, I guess I’ve never eaten fully raw eggs before (not sure if a semi-runny sunny side up on toast counts, heh).

This is very true. RIP man-bear-pig victims.

Such a fucked up situation. I like to imagine that another timeline had him become president and our government pivoted to seriously focusing more on combating climate change and pressuring the rest of the world to step up. It’s not an amazing timeline, but it’s one where the world isn’t facing imminent collapse of countless ecosystems and fascism didn’t take over the US.

Trump’s propaganda engine will spin this so they can say, “See?! Real Nazis want to kill Trump, so obviously he’s not fascist!”

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That was Trump’s primary directive all along. To tear down the US from being the prime economic/super power. He’s just too fucking idiotic and self-absorbed to truly understand that’s what he’s doing.

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Agreed, it’s an awful headline

Heh. With how they’re taking over the FEC and other election regulatory bodies in red states, I am not optimistic there’ll be normal/fair elections in the near future. Not that the pre-existing gerrymandering was fair to begin with in many states, but it’s going to get worse.

You could look into it yourself, but here’s a general overview on the US response to disinformation:

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/disinformation-governance-board/

The Democrats could’ve been pushing harder to address such a serious problem, but they didn’t. And here we are.

Like I said, they’re not entirely to blame, but they’re not blameless.

I don’t disagree, I’m just pointing out that no one wants this and China isn’t going to just magically replace their biggest trading partner overnight, which is why they were legitimately trying to work out a new deal originally.

Trust me, I fully agree the US will be the biggest loser from all of this.

I didn’t say censorship. They could’ve regulated social media as actual Media outlets, which puts them on the hook for libel lawsuits if blatantly fake disinformation is advertised on their platforms. In other words, they have to follow the same rules as traditional media outlets.

“only 15%”? That’s a huge percentage when you look at global trade. In 2023, their next biggest export partner is Hong Kong at 8%, which is now part of China. After that it’s Japan at 5%, followed by South Korea at 4.5%.

https://tradingeconomics.com/china/exports-by-country

The point is, China doesn’t want this trade war at all, and neither do we. Trump and Co. are complete morons that are fucking up the global economy for nonsensical reasons. Yes, other countries can eventually establish new trade deals without the US, and they likely will, but let’s not pretend they all can just bounce back within a few months if these idiotic shenanigans continue.

Certainly, but we’re the biggest consumer economy by a long shot. Trying to replace roughly $600 billion in exports isn’t an easy ask, especially since the next biggest economic bloc after the US and China, the EU, has been trying to move away from over reliance on China for years.