The father of the Ultima RPG series is returning to video games determined to redefine the genre once again with the help of Kickstarter backers.
Richard Garriott, designer of the Ultima series, and co-founder of Portalarium, describes his new game, Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, as a spiritual successor to 1997’s Ultima Online.
Garriott says he wants to emphasize the “role playing,” of RPGs in his Kickstarter pitch video (above). Shroud of the Avatar will focus on letting players create their own stories with its interactive, open-world, replayable “adventure scenes,” player housing, item crafting, and PVP combat, according to the Kickstarter page.
The game will have a multiplayer mode similar to an MMO but on a much smaller scale. Details of how it will function are said to be coming at a later date.
Developer Portalarium is seeking $1 million by April 7 to finish the game. The project has received over $250,000 at the time of this writing.
Shroud of the Avatar will be available on PC, Mac, and Linux as a download-only title.
According to the Kickstarter reward tiers, the game is aimed for an October 2014 release.
Source: Kickstarter
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