Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
Catnip Games · 2018 · RPG, Massively Multiplayer, Adventure, MMORPG, Sandbox
PC
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About Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
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Explore a persistent fantasy world where your choices between Truth, Love, and Courage shape your story and the world around you in this spiritual successor to Ultima Online from the original creators. Build your own playstyle in a classless RPG that lets you play solo offline, cooperatively with friends, or in a shared MMO with player-driven economies, housing, and towns—all with no subscription fees.
WHAT IS SHROUD OF THE AVATAR?
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is a multiplayer fantasy RPG and the spiritual successor to Richard Garriott’s wildly successful Ultima and Ultima Online games.Shroud of the Avatar is about testing one’s character on a path filled with peril and tough decisions. Player actions carry meaningful consequences within the deep and persistent world of New Britannia by either upholding or breaking the Principles of Truth, Love, and Courage.
Shroud of the Avatar is developed by the Catnip Games team that includes Veteran Developers and Richard "Lord British" Garriott, the creator of the Ultima series, and Starr Long, the original Director of Ultima Online.
KEY FEATURES
As a revival of the classical in-depth RPG, Shroud of the Avatar binds together many of the key features that made the Ultima series so popular:- A far reaching story written in collaboration with celebrated fantasy author Tracy Hickman, where players are confronted with ethical choices based on Virtues and Principles.
- Multiple MMO gameplay features combined to offer a unique, shared online experience set within a persistent sandbox world.
- The ability to create a classless avatar allows for distinct play styles and uniquely specialized builds.
- Wide-reaching freedom to explore a living, breathing fantasy world enriched by a player-driven crafting and economic system.
- Players can opt to play solo or with friends, owning their own houses or even entire towns, and sign up and cooperate within various in-game guilds.
- Pay Once to Play with no subscription fees.
AVAILABLE PLAY MODES
- Single Player Offline: Enjoy the full game experience without the need for an internet connection. Recruit NPC companions to accompany you on your travels and aid you in times of need. Your online Avatar will not share the progress of your offline Avatar; you advance on different tracks through the story due to interacting differently with the world.
- Single Player Online: Play the game at your own pace while still being able to interact with the persistent works of other players, such as vendors, houses and player-owned towns.
- Party Mode Online: Explore New Britannia with your friends and tell new stories together. Interact with the persistent works of other players, such as vendors, houses, and player-owned towns.
- Multiplayer Online: Experience the vibrant world of Shroud of the Avatar and trade, fight, and converse with thousands of other players, all playing on the same server.
THE FUTURE
Catnip Games is committed to roll out regular monthly content releases and will continue to collaborate with the players to further improve gameplay.What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
"Shroud of the Avatar" is a perfect example of wasted potential. Almost every system feels unfinished or outdated. Travel is a chore, combat is clunky, the UI is cumbersome, and the game never seems to decide whether it wants to be a classic RPG or an MMO. Instead of capturing the magic of *Ultima*, it ends up feeling like a collection of half-finished ideas held together by nostalgia.2 found this helpful
I like It a lot. I play in offline mode because I don't like online multiplayer gaming anymore since its filled with cheaters, trolls, bots, and the games being developed are allowing for multiple controller hookups while I use the standard version keyboard and mouse like we all did in 'The Old Days'. So, to me, all online games are not worth playing at all since compared to me, most everyone is cheating. So my opinion is based only on the offline mode. I don't play online. The storyline is very good if you'll take the time and role play it, which is just what a RPG should deliver. The graphics are good as well. I don't like it that I can't jump while mounted or talk to NPC's, but that's just my preference. The quests are well thought out have stories that go with them and are different everywhere you go. Not just go here smash, that and bring me that. The skill trees and abilities to make any kind of character you want is amazing and nice also. I haven't explored the housing side of it yet but it looks like its going to be just as good!. I would recommend trying it out, you'll like it to!
Barebones dev team spending each month updating the cash shop.
Good game, brings back memories from Ultima ONline, there is still a community that is willing to help. Give it a try you wont be dissapointed. It is an old style MMO
I backed this project on Kickstarter a long time ago, it was a mistake. I was less wise back then and didn't know that things are not meant to last forever, Ultima Online was a part of my life in the early 2000s and it should have stayed there as a beautiful memory of the past. The creator tried to capture lightning in a bottle again, but these things happen only once in a lifetime. The world has moved on and I have moved on, this game is not good by today standards and I don't even like multiplayer games anymore.
my butthole still hasn't recovered
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