Game News Lord British Kickstarter coming up - "Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues"

[HobGoblin42]

 

[Jaesun]

At least YOU are making a proper fucking cRPG HobGoblin42.

 

[AC Sleighter]

Was saving a little money this week in case Garriott surprised. Might be upping my Torment pledge instead now.

Wish I could up my Shadowrun pledge.

 

[~RAGING BONER~]

it angers me how badly this guy just doesn't get it. Even remotely.

 

[Shadenuat]

So, a true RPG experience by Lord British is an ugly Neverwinter Nights DM world, third-person based combat, housing and junk like maps and trinkets which you'll have to buy outside of the game.

No thanks. Go back into your grave, Lord British.

 

[Avantre]

Funding is going up fairly quickly - this will almost certainly make it (whether we want it to or not)

 

[Kahlis]

"We are crafting logically constructed, internally consistent, socially relevant stories for the player to explore."

 

[J_C]

 

[JarlFrank]

Multiplayer?

For fuck's sake, Richard. FOR FUCK'S SAKE

 

[Spectacle]

Nearly 90K now. Seems like this one will get funded too. I really have no idea where it will end up relative to the codex favorite kickstarters.
There are a lot of Ultima Online fans out there.

 

[Stabwound]

"We are crafting logically constructed, internally consistent, socially relevant stories for the player to explore."

Looool holy shit. I literally laughed out loud.

 

[Shadenuat]

This must not be funded before he apologises for Ultima IX and will promise to finish Avatar story. Otherwise that would just mean there is no justice in this forsaken world.

 

[Kz3r0]

The worst part is that it'll still probably get sufficient funding from the Ultima Online crowd, so he has no reason to step back and consider even for a moment the possibility that he doesn't get what oldschool RPGs are about.

it angers me how badly this guy just doesn't get it. Even remotely.

Sorry, but who isn't getting it is you, first, Lord British can fulfill his lrping needs by becoming the King of his ideal country, second, if this is successful it will become a fat cash cow, why he should care about single player games making millions when he's aiming at a constant stream of revenue?
Face it, this is Garriott dream game, both as a gamer and entrepreneur.

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

Kill the thief
(+1 Virtue)

KS will be probably funded, not that quick as Torment, but in time it will gather the necessary amount. Too bad it's not SP-only, not interested in this.

 

[MicoSelva]

Does he not spend a million dollars every day before breakfast? Why does he kickstart this instead of funding it with his spare change? o_O

 

[catfood]

I hope this piece of shit won't affect TTON's kicstarter.

It would be a shame if people fell for Gariott's scheme.

Instead of Fargo's

Spoiler

 

[Jaesun]

At least Fargo is making a proper fucking cRPG.

 

[Kosmonaut]

Was saving a little money this week in case Garriott surprised. Might be upping my Torment pledge instead now.

Wish I could up my Shadowrun pledge.

If you pledged using PayPal, you can upgrade to other tiers in the Shadowrun Returns web page.

 

[Ehon Asko]

That live stream was basicly him saying "Me me me me Lord British me me me I I I me me me."

 

[Fatty]

Was it clear anywhere whether the game is a one-time purchase or if you had to pay a monthly subscription? I can still see giving it a roll in the hay if I just have to buy it once. If I have to buy it monthly I'm out.

 

[MicoSelva]

I'm out.

+1 to that.

 

[Koschey]

Was saving a little money this week in case Garriott surprised. Might be upping my Torment pledge instead now.

Wish I could up my Shadowrun pledge.

If you pledged using PayPal, you can upgrade to other tiers in the Shadowrun Returns web page.

By now, you can only upgrade pre-orders anymore, not pledges.

 

[Broseph]

Oh fuck this, it's like The Sims Medieval meets an MMO. Apparently it can be played single player/offline, but playing single player MMOs doesn't interest me. Meh.

 

[Zed]

Oh fuck this, it's like The Sims Medieval meets an MMO. Apparently it can be played single player/offline, but playing single player MMOs doesn't interest me. Meh.

they have at least one the Sims developer on the team (as seen in the "past experience of team" image). it was made obvious in the world map reveal too, when the trees and towns "popped up" in a cartoony way. I actually saw that first and though "how very the sims" and then I saw the image.

 

[Broseph]

Yeah, when I read the thing about housing being an important aspect and having to pay taxes, I groaned. It seems like they're coming from the ultra-LARPy new school of RPGs. Doesn't really surprise me though given that Garriott's entire life is basically a LARP. Whatever, idiots who enjoy larping farmers in Skyrim and ESO players will probably like this. I'll give it a chance when it's released but if the single player element is lacking and it's obviously designed around the multiplayer (as I suspect it will be) then I'm not interested.