Lord British returns to his fantasy RPG roots with Shroud of the Avatar (kickstarter)

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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/portalarium/shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues-0


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The Shroud of the Avatar

Richard Garriott, the award winning designer and creator of the Ultima franchise, makes his triumphant return to the genre that earned him a place in the Hall of Fame and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Shroud of the Avatar is the first installment of Richard’s new vision and represents the reinvention of the classic, fantasy role-playing which he pioneered. A fantasy role-playing game that will focus more on player choices and discovery than on level grinding.


How is Shroud of the Avatar Different?

Richard Garriott guided the Ultima Series from its inception in 1980, through the "trilogy-of-trilogies" of solo player games and later, the highly successful Ultima Online. Under his leadership, RPG's evolved from simple dungeon crawls to immersive worlds where you could easily suspend your disbelief. You cared about the world and its people, and you cared about the actions and deeds you accomplished within that world.


Since then, most every other RPG has focused more on level grinding than on “role playing”, which has been reduced to a few initial character choices. While advancements in graphics and sound have been phenomenal, in many ways the virtual worlds we play in have become less real. Less open. Less immersive.


With Shroud of the Avatar, Richard and his team will again reinvent the classic fantasy role-playing experience. Using state-of-the-art tools and technology, the game will focus on what made his seminal Ultima Series great. Once players are introduced to the game, they will discover their own story woven into the immersive world and lore surrounding them. Players may choose to follow the life of the adventurer or, if they prefer, focus on exploration and discovery. Players may even choose the life of a homesteader; either nestled within the safety of the settled lands, or on the dangerous but potentially lucrative frontier. The world is full of opportunities and challenges!


The familiar psychological profiling used to create your character, organically derived game-play responses to player behavior and fundamental virtues and consequence of actions will all play a huge role in Shroud of the Avatar. Players will be free to choose their path, but must then live with the consequences of their actions.
 
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Dam this looks old school rpg to the max. But will it still work when it comes out will people still want to play this well seeing how many backers there are seems there is still interest in this type of rpg.
 
Dam this looks old school rpg to the max. But will it still work when it comes out will people still want to play this well seeing how many backers there are seems there is still interest in this type of rpg.

Good question and which will be part of the risk exposing their project this early. Is this all the fans? Will there be other buyers?

However as with Starcitizen if it is managed correctly I would say yes there can be a future for it. I would like to see a RPG like this exist again among the others titles and will back it to see where it goes :)
 
It's the first Kickstarter that I backed. I loved the Ultima games, yes even Ultima IX. I'm hoping that it will be awesome.
 
I'm in for $30, managed to get a spot on the second respondents! Thanks Blind Faith.

Curious question:

I've added my pledge now, but I see amazon says it's only valid from 20th till 6 July where as Portalarium says they will charge you on 7th of July.

So how is that going to work then?

First kickstarter I've pledged...
 
Curious question:

I've added my pledge now, but I see amazon says it's only valid from 20th till 6 July where as Portalarium says they will charge you on 7th of July.

So how is that going to work then?

First kickstarter I've pledged...

They will only subtract the amount from your card on the 7th of July. This game is already funded, so it's a done deal. But for other kickstarters if it doesn't reach the minimum funding level then they won't have debited your card.

Welcome to the club :D
 
They will only subtract the amount from your card on the 7th of July. This game is already funded, so it's a done deal. But for other kickstarters if it doesn't reach the minimum funding level then they won't have debited your card.

Welcome to the club :D

Thanks!

I changed my pledge from Founder to Pioneer so that I can also pledge to Torment: Tides of Numenera :D. This KS business seems to drain my funds... all these goodies popping up since star citizen. AWESOME !
 
Thanks!

I changed my pledge from Founder to Pioneer so that I can also pledge to Torment: Tides of Numenera :D. This KS business seems to drain my funds... all these goodies popping up since star citizen. AWESOME !

Ah yes, there is an awesome option on the Torment: ToN where you can get it and WL2 for $45.
 
Not bad and now to see how it turns out:

Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal 4 minutes ago.

22,322 backers
$1,919,275 pledged of $1,000,000 goal
0 seconds to go

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Pledging is still open on the website via paypal :)
https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/
 
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pre-Alpha build 46 is available for those with First Responder / Adventurer level level and higher:

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for being a loyal backer of Shroud of the Avatar. Early access for all backers at First Responder / Adventurer level and above begins with Release 1 tomorrow, Thursday December 12 at 10:30 AM Central Time. Release 1 access will end on Saturday December 14 at 10:00 PM Central Time. Starting today you can begin installing and patching (see instructions below) but login will not be enabled until Thursday morning.

We are happy to say that we are going to deliver just about every single Release 1 item (except for head shapes in character creation). Here are those deliverables again (along with a few extra notes about each): Read more…
 
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