Shroud of the Avatar - Richard Garriott Convinced Me

Couchpotato · July 10, 2013

Twinfinite has an editorial were the writer tries to convince us that we should all care about Shroud of the Avatar.

I understand the appeal of online RPGs. I bought one a long time ago, and I instantly understood every positive and negative moment I could find in an hour or two. Then, I put it away, never wanting an online RPG again. The reason is because picking any online RPG is a commitment. You don’t play these games. You live them. I just don’t have that kind of commitment to any one game.

In effect, I tend to ignore much of the news about this genre. When I found out about Richard Garriott attending and presenting his new RPG to the RTX crowd, I was conflicted. The aura of Lord British’s legacy in gaming makes him a sort of rock star. He actually went into space. It’s exciting to watch a man unveil his product for the first time to an audience of people walking around with boxes of Ultima under their arms. However, he is talking about an RPG focused on online.

So I sat in front of a crowd of people genuinely excited about a product that I could care less about, just to see what Richard Garriott can do as a creator. I left that conference genuinely interested in Shroud of the Avatar. I was shocked, to say the least. He shocked me by showing me his concept of an RPG that exists in an online world. Its not an MMORPG (or at least not what I think of one).

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DarNoor · July 10, 2013

Well, i'm glad the author is convinced. But, i'm sure not. In fact, the more i read about it, the less excited i am about it. I thought there would be some semblance of SP. But, there is not. I think a lot of contributors were duped into thinking that the game would be somewhat balanced between MMO and SP. But, it's obvious that the game is 100 percent focused on the MMO portion.

mbuddha · July 10, 2013

I have mixed feelings about this game. Like many here, I would much rather see the next Ultima game be single player, but I think the next Divinity game will fill that void.

I had the exact same reaction with trying an MMORPG as the writer. Many years back I tried WoW for a week and never played an online RPG again.

Shroud of the Avatar - Richard Garriott Convinced Me

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