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

[Metro]

Read that as Thunderfurry.

 

[Broseph]

Is that a new screenshot from SOTA?

 

[octavius]

Read that as Thunderfurry.

You rarely see shoulder pads that size on anything but rabid feminists.

 

[l3loodAngel]

Tablets? Cloud-gaming?

I don't understand this animosity towards tablets. It matters more what you play not the platform you are playing it on. I wouldn't mind playing PST, PE, WL2 on tablet while flying.

 

[evdk]

Tablets? Cloud-gaming?

I don't understand this animosity towards tablets. It matters more what you play not the platform you are playing it on. I wouldn't mind playing PST, PE, WL2 on tablet while flying.

Different design philosophies. This is not about porting old classics to tablets (although it might be if you are a cunt about it like Trent), it's about designing games to be playable on them from launch. Whatever the in people tell you, touch screen interface is not a mouse. Not to mention that, fair or not, tablet and mobile games have a reputation of not being particularly deep (play ten minutes while commuting on a train) and having in built monetization.

 

[l3loodAngel]

Whatever the in people tell you, touch screen interface is not a mouse.

If the game is TB there is no difference between touch and mouse.

 

[evdk]

Whatever the in people tell you, touch screen interface is not a mouse.

If the game is TB there is no difference between touch and mouse.

There is in the UI.

 

[Maelflux]

I wouldn't mind playing PST, PE, WL2 myself in an MMO on tablet while flying.

Thats also exactly what Richard thought when he went into space!

 

[Zeriel]

The guy on the left is so transparently thinking, "What a massive douchebag."

 

[Melan]

The Dragonlance novels were a good read... when I was thirteen.

I read them when I was twelve and even then knew they were not good for me. Then I tried the Forgotten Realms series, and it was actually even worse. :/

 

[Infinitron]

One of the funniest things to come out of this is the emerging fan rivalry between U4E and SotA. Ultima fans think they're hardcore for supporting SotA over U4E: http://ultimacodex.com/2013/03/joystiq-fan-nostalgia-isnt-enough-in-ultima-forever/comment-page-1/

 

[Mother Russia]

Also, Gariott lies in this video. He says Ultima is the longest running rpg series in video game format.

That's a Lie.

That award belongs to Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest

 

[Runciter]

Thats also exactly what Richard thought when he went into space!

That photo isn't from his trip to space, if you pay attention you'll notice the "Zero G" labels on people's clothes and the fact that he's in an aircraft fuselage. And the "Tabula Rasa" logo in the back. The photo must be from a parabolic flight they did for fun. In fact for a few thousand $$$ anyone can go on such a flight.

 

[Zetor]

The Dragonlance novels were a good read... when I was thirteen.

I read them when I was twelve and even then knew they were not good for me. Then I tried the Forgotten Realms series, and it was actually even worse. :/

Do you consider the Cherubion books high literature?

Anyway, I used to be crazy about Dragonlance too. We played it at the RPG club, I read through all the books, I played the Gold Box games to death, I even wrote a crazy huge 'Mountain Nevermind' MUD zone (seriously, over 300k of pure text in descriptions and shit). Then I grew up, or something. Hey, at least I wasn't a Drizzt fan!

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

The guy on the left is so transparently thinking, "What a massive douchebag."

Wow, i think that's Peter Diamandis.

 

[Melan]

Do you consider the Cherubion books high literature?

Only the first three.

But I already see you are a man of taste and distinction.

 

[IDtenT]

The guy on the left is so transparently thinking, "What a massive douchebag."

That's Peter Diamandis I believe.

Edit: Fuck off Nebuchadnezzar

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

The guy on the left is so transparently thinking, "What a massive douchebag."

That's Peter Diamandis I believe.

Edit: Fuck off Nebuchadnezzar

Get on my facial recognition level, bitch.

 

[Zeriel]

Douche status confirmed.

Edit: Someone who is better at Photoshop than I should take this picture and shoop Diamandis into the corner.

 

[Data4]

The Dragonlance novels were a good read... when I was thirteen.

I read them when I was twelve and even then knew they were not good for me. Then I tried the Forgotten Realms series, and it was actually even worse. :/

This times infinity! The Dragonlance books were just the text version of a popcorn movie and okay airplane reading. But compared to Salvatore's stuff, they were like the best of Melville or Hemmingway.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Douche status confirmed.

Edit: Someone who is better at Photoshop than I should take this picture and shoop Diamandis into the corner.

This picture just proves that Lord British is teaming up with singularitarians like Diamandis to create a new world order.

 

[JarlFrank]

Also, Gariott lies in this video. He says Ultima is the longest running rpg series in video game format.

That's a Lie.

That award belongs to Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest

I'm not sure if it belongs to Ultima or to Might and Magic, but FF and DQ are not RPGs so your statement is false.

 

[Alex]

Also, Gariott lies in this video. He says Ultima is the longest running rpg series in video game format.

That's a Lie.

That award belongs to Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest

I'm not sure if it belongs to Ultima or to Might and Magic, but FF and DQ are not RPGs so your statement is false.

Come on, man, it is just Andharia's brand of humor. He makes silly posts like these all the time.

 

[JarlFrank]

Yes but with andhaira you never know if he's trolling or serious.

 

[Tzaero]

I WON'T LET YOU DRAG ULTIMA INTO THE ABYSS GARRIOTT!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

He didn't need much of a kickstarter for this....