C2B Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Lord British's Kickstarter is up http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/portalarium/shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 The $10 pledge has me chuckling; gonna take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Meh. Dude hasn't made anything good for 15+ years, and it's an MMO. I assume it will get funded, so I'll check it out when it's made, but no enthusiasm whatsoever. 2 Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 For a moment there it looked like Darkstone was making a comeback. Do not want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacred_Path Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 The single player aspect has yet to convince me. I'm not sure it won't be sucky. Still, I think I need to cough up the money for this one. Ugh, I've blown so much on kickstarters already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Meh. Dude hasn't made anything good for 15+ years, and it's an MMO. I assume it will get funded, so I'll check it out when it's made, but no enthusiasm whatsoever. He was behind Tabula Rasa, which was actually a pretty awesome game. It never found an audience, unfortunately, but it did many things extremely well. The game sounds like it will have a lot of the stuff that separated Ultima Online from the rest of the MMO's, which is exciting. I'm concerned about how they will pull it off for a million bucks, but I'm willing to kick in some money on this project. That tour of his castle sounds pretty awesome, but I'm not sure if it is worth $10,000. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I posted this over at Torment's comments section: Ultima Shroud of Avatar, hmm.While I liked several of the games in the series, I seriously see mostly problems here (coz I adore the Torment project):-It steals backers and pledge amounts from Torment-It is a MMO disguised as not being a MMO, while I only liked the SP campaigns of Ultima-A persistent world with taxes and house prices. A few weeks off the game, what happens then?-The graphics look like 2006. Why? All in all, I wish they would have waited instad of getting greedy and jump the KS bandwagon too early.*End of rant* *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C2B Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) All in all, I wish they would have waited instad of getting greedy and jump the KS bandwagon too early. *End of rant* ? How did this project jump the KS bandwagon too early? Did the last year suddenly vanish? I mean there are some problems with this project that can be called out but *graphics from 2006* and *jumping KS bandwagon too early* is a bit.... well... Edited March 8, 2013 by C2B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 And how does it steal backers from Torment, exactly ? Will skip this one, doubt it'd need my money anyway. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 (edited) The graphics are at par with KOTOR2, for instance, but that bandwagon thing refers to me sensing the same vibes as that Old School RPG later changed to Shaker-KS-campaign that went down the drain. Ultima is a precious IP, especially the SP-part, and I'd hate for it to be wasted at some lacklustre MMO-sandbox. Edit: Malcador - simply by drawing those lurkers that haven't backed out of the woodwork and into the wrong KS campaign! Edited March 8, 2013 by IndiraLightfoot 1 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorstUsernameEver Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Graphics are honestly closer to the first Gothic and Ultima IX than KOTOR which looked substantially better. The interface also looks rather poor, and that's not a problem of rendering power or budget, just a bad artistic choice. Some of the concepts sound okay-ish, but ugh, difficult to be excited about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordicus Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Someone just pointed out something funny about the tiers on another forum. Ctrl+F the Kickstarter page, and use either the words "Physical" or "Box". See what's missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorstUsernameEver Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 You get a physical copy from $150 onward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Polygon article So the multiplayer component sounds like some mixture of Guild Wars instancing and Journey pop-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 The graphics look fine considering the stage the game is in. The overland map looks perfect, and the running around parts are serviceable and will probably get a lot of polish before release. That being said, it isn't going to close to cutting edge, but that is pretty typical for MMO's. This is clearly aimed at being the spiritual successor to Ultima Online, which for some bizarre reason never recieved a sequel despite being one of the original blockbuster MMO's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 UO2 looked cool at the time, then EA killed it and gutted Origin, whoops. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undecaf Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Yeah, not my thing; I hope it fails. Seriously, though. Good luck to Mr. Garriott. I hoped for something quite different, but I'll be happily busy with WL2, Shadowrun Returns, P:E, Dead State and Torment for the next couple of years and most likely not pour any more money on the KS format for some time anymore. Perkele, tiädäksää tuanoini!"It's easier to tolerate idiots if you do not consider them as stupid people, but exceptionally gifted monkeys." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBasilisk Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 And then used the name for a digital distribution tool years later. So, can't watch the video atm but gave that Polygon article a read and... dammit, that actually sounds like it'd be fantastic, if they can nail everything they're hoping to. Reactive game world, actual impacts for fail/succeeding in a mission, PvP that is incorporated into the story, an antagonist who doesn't just sit on his rear... ugh, why are there so many interesting RPGs getting Kickstarted, I have almost no time for basic biological needs as it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdBoner Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigranes Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Graphics are super ugly, but I hardly think that's the most important aspect of a low-budget Kickstarter game. The complete lack of an art direction/style is another issue, of course. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonek Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Sorry, I loved me some Ultima back in the day but I like to do my RPG's in the old fashioned way, anti-social and antiquated. I'm also not financially supporting a multi millionaire, who can pop off into space ocassionally. 2 Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Actually given the work done already and the fairly low budget for an MMO, the odds are Richard Garriot has already put in quite a bit of his own money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Sorry, I loved me some Ultima back in the day but I like to do my RPG's in the old fashioned way, anti-social and antiquated. I'm also not financially supporting a multi millionaire, who can pop off into space ocassionally. You like your multi-millionaires earthbound, eh? RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonek Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Aye these modern bloody millionaires with their space trips and their technological innovations, in my day we made do with champagne, laudanum, societal repression and expensive escorts, and we were thankful for it i'll have you know! 2 Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin. Tea for the teapot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrerix Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 kicked in just for giggles, not expecting much out of this one though Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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