Will is a good character, but the nerfing Lyra takes is SO noticeable :( This is the girl who engineered the fall of Bolvangar and a polar bear coup back to back, and then suddenly she's helpless to retrieve her own alethiometer? I'm not quite buying it.

You seem to be really enjoying Avowed! What I played of it does seem pretty fun, and it's interesting to see familiar creatures and items in first person 3D hehe. Part of me still wishes they'd kept to the old format just because... well, it runs more smoothly, plus it's a bit of a fading art! But at least the writing seems about on par for the series.