KickStarter Shroud of the Avatar - Lord British's Not-Ultima Online 2

[BobtheTree]

in b4 f2p flash FB game.

This.

 

[mikaelis]

Basically, it it is what David Braben was talking about not so long ago

 

[The Bishop]

If it's a proper game, I'll be all happy and looking forward to it cause LB is some real batshit insane eccentric guy and I like that.

If it's an MMO or shitty social game, fuck it.

Richard Garriott: Mobile and social platforms represent “third grand era of computer games”

A proper game would be way behind his current "grand era".

 

[Kukulkan]

It's said that he spent most of his money on his space adventure, yes.

He was pretty much broke after the space trip, is the common rumor. But afterwards he did successfully sue NCSoft for $28 million, so uh...I think he has enough money.

Keep in mind legal costs.

 

[Jaesun]

Oh, how Jaesun will rage.

Naw. He has Molyneux disease so I'm not expecting any other than some shit Flash FB MMO crap.

 

[evdk]

Damn, now I will have to reduce the schadenfreude forecast for the next fiscal quarter and look for other sources of butthurt revenue. Fortunately this is the Codex.

 

[villain of the story]

Does this faggot inspire confidence in you?

He also probably looks at Skyrim and imagines of integrating social networks into it sans the modding.

 

[Average Manatee]

Go into space. Beg your fans to kick start your game. Challenge everything.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I doubt LB has what it takes to make atmospheric games anymore.

 

[Excidium]

It's like hookerbots 2.0

What the hell is a millionaire doing on kickstarter...

 

[Lockkaliber]

If this nigga has 20 million dollars, I'm not gonna give him shit. If you want your dream game made, pay up son. Also Tabula Rasa.

 

[Stabwound]

Kickstarter is as much of a promotional tool as it is a fundraising tool these days. You get a ridiculous amount of news coverage if you're a well-known enough developer with a non-shitty game pitch.

But yeah, I have 0% faith in this at all. He has no intention of going back to his classic game style, and even if he did it would be awful. The less constrained the Ultima games got, the worse they got.

 

[Metro]

Hey, it worked for Molyneaux!

 

[Infinitron]

UPDATE - Kickstarter confirmed: http://ultimacodex.com/2013/03/lord-british-presents-a-countdown/

Courtesy of T.D. from Horizons Tavern, let me present this intriguing image:

This was apparently taken from the content tree of some sort of cloud hosting service, the link to which was found in the source for the Lord British Presents website. The link now leads to a 403 Forbidden error, but T.D. was able to nab the above before that setting was enabled.

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues? Oh, this is going to be good. Also, it would seem that my guess, below, was correct: this game will be on Kickstarter.

 

[Excidium]

You know it's an RPG because the first game is already named like a sequel.

 

[Helly]

Why does it sound so much like a MMO's title ?

 

[Metro]

The Avatar died for your sins.

 

[tuluse]

Isn't he going to run into legal troubles using the name avatar in a such a blatant way after selling his IP to EA?

 

[evdk]

Oh, this is going to be good.

Most definitely.

Isn't he going to run into legal troubles using the name avatar in a such a blatant way after selling his IP to EA?

Maybe he worked something out with EA in return for him shilling their Ultima abomination.

 

[Excidium]

Isn't he going to run into legal troubles using the name avatar in a such a blatant way after selling his IP to EA?

He still has the rights for Avatar, among other things like the Lord British name.

 

[Jaesun]

Richard Garriott @RichardGarriott
What waits beyond for Lord British? http://www.lordbritishpresents.com/ #LordBritishPresents pic.twitter.com/yig8ItoYBt

So... Avatar.... and Moongates. Can he actually use... stuff from the Ultima IP even though he does not own it?

 

[Black]

Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=v4xfrVUj_c0#t=1520s you might find some clues on what he wants to do next.
Probably Ultima Online-like casual friendly game.

 

[Excidium]

Richard Garriott @RichardGarriott
What waits beyond for Lord British? http://www.lordbritishpresents.com/ #LordBritishPresents pic.twitter.com/yig8ItoYBt

So... Avatar.... and Moongates. Can he actually use... stuff from the Ultima IP even though he does not own it?

What are the stuff from the Ultima IP that he still owns?

 

[commie]

Pfft, trying to ride the coattails of InXile and Obsidian.


Fuck that loser larper.

 

[abnaxus]

Fuck that loser larper.