Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (Lord British returns...again :P)

[Lucas]

So, at this year SXSW Interactive in Austin, Portalarium unveiled their two super-seekret projects they have been working on beside the two casino games (already released).

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33518/A_Postcard_From_SXSW_A_New_Lord_British_Game_In_The_Texas_Sun.php

- Ultimate Collector, the company's first original game, which will take the form of a social network game paired with a television show hosted by Garriott, the pilot for which has already been shot.

I can't really describe the bizarre, nerdy awesomeness of Garriott hosting a TV show, really  

http://www.trademarkia.com/ultimate-collector-85208116.html



And then, *drums roll*

- Lord British's New Britannia (working title) will be a social networking game built around Garriott's famous alter ego, which he wholly owns - as opposed to the Ultima universe, which Electronic Arts has the rights to.

(for what is worth, he also fully owns the proto-Ultima "Akalabeth" name, if I remember well)


From http://blog.games.com/2011/03/15/richard-garriott-lord-british-social-game/

"the eminent game designer and his team at Portalarium are participating in Accelerator, a SXSW competition for technology start-ups that has served as a launchpad for services like Foursquare in the past. Through this, the company is looking for $3.8 million in funding for both its Lord British game and Ultimate Collector. The latter is set to release first in the second quarter"
 

[K9]

Fails, calling it now.

[Miscreant]

"Social! Networking! Casual! Synergy! Paradigm! Disrupt! Shazbot! Abracadabra! Sesame! Friend!"

I shout the magic words at the money door, but it opens not.

[Morfiend]

Fails, calling it now.

Way to make the really tough calls. 

[palmer_eldritch]

"Social! Networking! Casual! Synergy! Paradigm! Disrupt! Shazbot! Abracadabra! Sesame! Friend!"

I shout the magic words at the money door, but it opens not.

I'm going to steal that and pass it off as my own somewhere.

[Lucas]

Bloody Infidels, Ye will suffer!

[K9]

Fails, calling it now.

Way to make the really tough calls. 

 

[Miscreant]

Bloody Infidels, Ye will suffer!

I'm not mocking, I'm sympathizing.

[Endie]

There is a TV/gaming crossover to be made, but this is not it.

(This is it)

[Lantyssa]

I'd let someone else pay to see more of that!

[Mrbloodworth]

There is a TV/gaming crossover to be made, but this is not it.

(This is it)

I would watch that!

[Tannhauser]

There is a TV/gaming crossover to be made, but this is not it.

(This is it)

Oh my god, what is that?  Is that for real?

[Ghambit]

Hmmm, we might be onto something here.  Seriously, I do indeed believe people would watch that.

[Endie]

It's not real, but it is hilarious largely because that is exactly how it would pan out.

There are only six episodes.  The others include

The cheating player
The annoying sidekick
The ripped-off customer
The old schoolfriend
The charity cold-caller

[Merusk]

One of the comments from the annoying sidekick is "Hiya! It's me, Imoen."

Those vids are priceless.

[Lucas]

"Ultimate Collector: Garage Sale" now officially announced on Portalarium corporate website:

http://www.portalarium.com/index.php/products/ultimate-collector

And there is also a brief blurb about the "Ultimate RPG" Garriott is working on:

http://www.portalarium.com/index.php/products/ultimate-rpg

[HaemishM]

It's like Farmville had a Downs Syndrome baby.

[schild]

Lord British has poisoned the well in Austin for game development. If you think otherwise, you're a goddamned liar and possibly an idiot.

[Stormwaltz]

He wants to make it Ultima Online Two 3, but discussions with EA over the name are still ongoing.

A bunch of rambling:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-12-garriotts-ultimate-rpg-could-become-ultima-online-2

[Lucas]

Portalarium's "Ultimate Collector" trailer, featuring Richard Garriott 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7UagUs_ng

[Ghambit]

Soooo.  It's the Sims:Online, but online?   

[Draegan]

Kill Jester is the best one of those videos.

[Lucas]

http://www.lordbritishpresents.com/

I'm SO ready to be disappointed that I will probably end up liking what he's going to show :P

[Lucas]

More details emerge, O' Seekers 

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.

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



(This one below is an image straight from Richard Garriott's twitter feed)

[Falconeer]

A Kickstarter? I'm surprised.

[Azaroth]

Yes please.

[Lucas]

The plot thickens?

http://ultimacodex.com/2013/03/lord-british-confirms-the-ultimate-rpg-will-be-on-pc/

[Severian]

So, ummm, that logo...




And the alternate title of this thread, I dunno, I just

[Lucas]

Well, yeah, it resembles (Ultima III) Sosaria...  

http://ultimacodex.com/2013/03/revealed-the-ultimate-rpgs-map/





Announcement incoming (and maybe, just maybe, this topic will need to be re-located in the PC section...Not that it would imply a less amount of suckyness :P) .

[Lucas]

Live on Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/portalarium/shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues-0

[Falconeer]

Well, he's here live right now showing the original manuscripts he used to scribble in class what would have become the lore for Ultima.... that quite moved me I am not gonna lie.

http://roosterteeth.com/home.php

[Falconeer]

Garriott, explaining why young people that haven't played any of the previous Ultima games should care about this one:

"I reinvented roleplaying over and over again..."

[Nonentity]

I wish I 350 dollars cared about ironically owning a signed Lord British cloth map. I just want to frame it and stare at it and giggle.

[Sky]

Why does that map have a vagina?

[Venkman]

I actually watched some of it.

I was kinda embarassed.

There could be something here, but there's too little to go on to believe in, well, any of it. Looks like Unity, may have the MMOz, may have some choices, may have the socials. All of Miscreants shouts from two years ago (I'd make that my sig, but it's too old!).

And ten years (and btw through Tabula Rasa...) is a hella long time, which includes a few Elder Scrolls and Mass Effects for the choices and a couple of Dragon Ages for the party/choices.

Call again in two years maybe?