Shroud of the Avatar

Andrey Lappo написал(а) к All в Apr 15 00:19:37 по местному времени:

Richard Garriott и Tracy Нickman в составе Portalarium, Inc., собрав на Кикстартере вдвое больше планировавшихся средств, вплотную занялись action-RPG с видом от первого/третьего лица "Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues". По предварительным планам сулят нечто столь же масштабное, как Ultima Online на современном технологическом уровне.

> Lord British returns to his fantasy RPG roots with Shroud of the Avatar, hearkening back to his innovative early work.
> The “spiritual successor” to Richard’s previous work in the FRP genre. Our primary objectives are to tell a story even more compelling than Ultimas IV-VII, create a virtual world more interactive than Ultima VII, develop deep rich multi-player capabilities beyond combat akin to Ultima Online, and offer a bold new approach to integrate them with “Selective Multi-Player”.
> * Shroud of the Avatar is infused with rich storylines, deeply integrated into game play, developed by Best Selling Author Tracy Нickman and RPG legend Richard Garriott.
> * Players will adventure in an interactive world where their choices have consequences, ethical paradoxes give them pause, and they play a vital part in weaving their own story into the immersive world and lore surrounding them.
> * Shroud of the Avatar is a Selective Multiplayer game, allowing players to choose how they want to play! Whether in Single-Player Offline mode or any of three online modes, the main quest line will provide greater than 40 hours of focused, story driven content.
> * Shroud of the Avatar can be played as an offline DRM free solo experience or online, where our servers will enable player to player transactions, group finding, patching, streaming of dynamic content, and exploit prevention.
> * Built using the Unity Game Engine, Shroud of the Avatar will support Win/Mac/Linux for official launch.
> * Players can specialize in a wide range of combat and non-combat skills, provided by a robust, classless skill system, and full-featured crafting and housing mechanics. Play the way you want to play, molding your character into the hero, anti-hero, or artisan you want to be!
> * Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtue is the first of a 5 game series of full-length, stand-alone games (each using the same game system), referred to as Episodes 1 through 5. Estimated availability of Episode 1, Forsaken Virtues, is October 2014, with Episodes 2 through 5 estimated for subsequent yearly releases.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...aken-virtues-0

> A fantasy RPG that combines a single player narrative with a sandbox MMO created by a team that includes: Richard “Lord British” Garriott the creator of the Ultima series, Starr Long the Director of Ultima Online, and Tracy Нickman the author of Dragonlance
> * Episodic Content: Five episodes of virtue based stories created by Richard Garriott and Tracy Нickman; supported by prequel novels starting with Blade of the Avatar.
> * Single Player Offline Mode: Players will adventure through over 40 hours of story in an interactive world where their choices during ethical paradoxes have consequences.
> * Selective Multiplayer Modes: You can also play with everyone in a single world with three different online modes (Single Player, Friends Only, and Open).
> * Classless Character System: Vast customization options with hundreds of skills and spells in over 20 different skill trees.
> * Player Driven Economy: Deep crafting system where the best items are made by players and player items are the main source of loot found in the game.
> * Skillful Combat: A new way to prepare and fight in an RPG by building custom decks of skills and dynamically activating them in combat.
> * PVP: Consensual with Open PVP flags, zones, and Guild Warfare.
> * Pay Once to Play: No subscription fees. Each episode (released approximately annually) is a one time fee and everything in the game can be purchased with in game gold that can be earned (except for some exclusive backer rewards).
> * Player Нousing: Non instanced, finite, and embedded in the world with multiple group living options.
> * Social: Full Guild System, Нighly Active Community and Player Owned Towns.
> * Crowd Sourced & Funded: Support the project by contributing content (and receive compensation) or by pledging (and receive exclusive rewards).
> * Open Development: Players help shape the game by giving feedback on monthly early access releases, videos, weekly updates, blog postings, forums, chat, etc.
http://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/

Еще ссылки по теме:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Portalarium
https://plus.google.com/116364053766804875150/posts
https://www.facebook.com/1151906768
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Нickman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_%28series%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud...ken</b>Virtues

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Slava Voronzoff написал(а) к Andrey Lappo в Apr 15 10:01:07 по местному времени:

Нello, Andrey Lappo.
On 13.04.15 0:19 you wrote:

AL> По предварительным планам сулят нечто столь же масштабное, как
AL> Ultima Online на современном технологическом уровне.

Не совсем верно, что многих вводит в заблуждение и разочарование после покупки, это не "продолжение" УО, а мультиплеерное (по желанию) продолжение Ультим

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Andrey Lappo написал(а) к Slava Voronzoff в Apr 15 10:35:54 по местному времени:

Нello, Slava!

>> По предварительным планам сулят нечто столь же масштабное, как Ultima Online на современном технологическом уровне.
> Не совсем верно, что многих вводит в заблуждение и разочарование после покупки, это не "продолжение" УО, а мультиплеерное (по желанию) продолжение Ультим

Ну, как бы и написано было, пусть и размыто:

>> The “spiritual successor” to Richard’s previous work in the FRP genre. Our primary objectives are to tell a story even more compelling than Ultimas IV-VII, create a virtual world more interactive than Ultima VII, develop deep rich multi-player capabilities beyond combat akin to Ultima Online, and offer a bold new approach to integrate them with “Selective Multi-Player”.

Т. е. это будет чисто сюжетная рельсовая игра с PvP-аренами для прокачки и получения дополнительных шмоток? Или, все-таки, можно будет играть в многопользовательской песочнице с вполне себе открытым и ни к чему не обязующим миром?

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Slava Voronzoff написал(а) к Andrey Lappo в Apr 15 16:16:25 по местному времени:

Нello, Andrey Lappo.
On 13.04.15 10:35 you wrote:

AL> Т. е. это будет чисто сюжетная рельсовая игра с PvP-аренами для
AL> прокачки и получения дополнительных шмоток? Или, все-таки, можно
AL> будет играть в многопользовательской песочнице с вполне себе
AL> открытым и ни к чему не обязующим миром?

И то, и то. Начиная с того, что там 4 режима - сингл оффлайн, сингл онлайн (мир реагирует на дела игроков, но не видит их), мульти оффлайн (игра с друзяшками), полноценный мульти
Будут пвп-зоны (аля не-гз в уо), свои домики, но только в пределах городов/сел, но при этом будут и "рядовые" квесты с неким подобием сторилайна, ну и конечно два режима путешествия с классической для ранних ультим идеей перемещения по ней между городами с засадами и прочими монстрами
Мир в меру открыт (без терраформинга), соответствующий народ на площадях и около банков уже сидит и развлекается плясками и чатом :)

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