Damn it's not like he some obscure eastern european game designer that we can all hype up….
I'm still waiting for Jon Van Caneghem to ditch EA and do a "Might & Magic, back to the roots" Kickstarter, with emphasis on MM7. I'd practically throw my wallet at that project.
I think if he actually does a PC centric single player RPG (or even an ultima online II) there will be considerable Hype. For an online/soical media/mobile endeavour… not so much. Meanwhile, there is plenty of hype for this obscure western american developer, inXile, so you don't need to feel too down…
Really? inXile obscure? Bard's tale anyone? the company itself may be knew but who it is run by is not.
Multiplayer Online Game - which can also be played solo player / offline
On the kickstarter: is the gameplay footage from Shroud of the Avatar? I realize it would be pre-alpha footage but I didnt like it much. Ill wait and see if I back this.
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Well backed this already Looks good to me I'm sure a lot of you won't and I just don't care.
Oh and I read in the comments Garriet said it is not a MMO, but it will have a persistant area of the game that has player housing and such not that will sort of be multiplayer. Where as the rest of the game is a single player game…not sure what to read into that yet.
Will this be a MMO? Can I play with my friends?
Yes, you will be able to play with your friends! Multiplayer games encourage social bonds that go far beyond what can be accomplished in a solo player game. I remember the depth of these bonds in players who met in-game only to get married in real life, how people who died in the real world were deeply mourned and celebrated by their online friends whom they may never have met face to face. Though Shroud of the Avatar won’t be a massively multiplayer online role playing game, it will be a multiplayer game. We will be describing this in more detail in our upcoming community blogs.
Physical game components will be available: Cloth map, fictional manuals, trinkets