Avowed does not have....

• Physical arrows you can shoot and collect.
• A true open world, as the main map has huge areas you can't explore.
• any consequences if you steal in front of any NPCs.
• a very large amount of mob variety
• NPC schedules and NPCs with life
• and many more things games like Skyrim, and other RPGs have

And I still love every bit of this amazing game!
Because Obsidian understood the homework assignment here. While some of those things are nice, you don't need them to make a good game.

Gameplay > Realism