{"id":51779,"date":"2013-03-13T18:10:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=51779"},"modified":"2013-03-13T18:13:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T16:13:24","slug":"ultima-creator-showcases-shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/51779-ultima-creator-showcases-shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues","title":{"rendered":"Ultima creator showcases Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran video game designer Richard Garriott (Ultima franchise), has revealed his latest ambition, Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, and has launched a Kickstarter campaign to get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n<p>The game, as expected, will be a fantasy role-playing game with a stronger focus on player choice and discovery rather than grinding, according to the Kickstarter page.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other RPGs, Shroud of the Avatar will have a classless system, allowing players to develop their characters as they play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlayers 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\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The game is said to feature a fully interactive world, a deep fiction with ethical and cultural elements, a crafting system, physical items with the game (cloth map, manuals, trinkets), and even multiplayer.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of options for backers, including a $10,000 pledge option, which will get you a personal tour through Richard Garriott\u2019s very own Britannia Manor.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Kickstarter page.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/portalarium\/shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues-0\/widget\/video.html\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/portalarium\/shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues-0\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More Kickstarter game news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/51460-torment-tides-of-numenera-unveiled-kickstarter-live.html\">Torment: Tides of Numenera unveiled, Kickstarter live<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/50420-wasteland-2-first-gameplay-footage-revealed.html\">Wasteland 2 first gameplay footage revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/51241-project-awakened-on-unreal-4-the-best-superhero-game-ever.html\">Project Awakened on Unreal 4: the best superhero game ever?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49198-kickstarter-sees-groundbreaking-2012.html\">Kickstarter and gaming fell in love during 2012<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48871-gamestick-smashes-kickstarter-goal.html\">GameStick smashes Kickstarter goal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New classless RPG ambitions from Ultima dev Richard Garriott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":51780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2366,841,9264,9265,5079],"class_list":["post-51779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-kickstarter","tag-richard-garriott","tag-shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues","tag-shround-of-the-avatar","tag-ultima"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51801,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51779\/revisions\/51801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}