Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon - Development Update

[HiddenX]

Couchpotato spotted the December development update of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon:

December Development Update

We lied to you…

Hello, Travellers!

We’re ready to present you with our December development update! As announced the last time, WolfheartFPS has partnered with us as a pro content creator and prepared yet another overview video for the update’s content. You can watch it here:

The end of the year is coming closer, and our team has been working incredibly hard to wrap up Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon. We’ve got tons of updates to share, but first, let’s lay out our roadmap to 1.0 so you’re fully updated on what’s coming.

Road to 1.0!

We’ve been passionately working on this project for almost 4 years now—including 1.5 years together with you during Early Access. And guess what? We’re REALLY close to the finish line! No pressure...

There’s still A LOT to do, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So, here’s the plan for the final, epic release of the game we all love:

First of all—monthly updates will continue! You can expect development update posts in January, February... and then we’ve got a big surprise coming in March! What’s that, you’re wondering? Well, first we have a confession to make: we lied to you. Not intentionally, obviously, but it turns out we did. And before we end up on the stake, let’s explain.

We recently announced that no more updates will go live before the 1.0. version in Q2 2025. Change of plans. There will be one more major update before the full release. In March 2025, the 0.9 update for Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon will see the light of day!
That’s it. That’s the whole lie. Please forgive us!

This update will include:

• The fully finished and polished Prologue and Act 1 (Horns of the South).
• Full English voiceover and additional translation options (more on that in the future).

It will also bring:

• Better optimization
• Final game balance
• The majority of bugs fixed
• 100% of mechanics and UI in place
• Fully upgraded visuals
• Tons of new dungeons, quests, and side content
• And… ROMANCE!

One note: this patch will wipe your saves—BUT this will be the last time that happens! From Patch 0.9 onward, your saves should be safe and sound for the final release.

IMPORTANT: Alongside this update, we’ll also change the game’s price to its planned final 1.0 price of 44.99 USD (or regional equivalent). Why the increase? We simply believe that the game's planned scope will be worth the new price.

The full release of Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon is planned for May/June. It will include tons of content:

• All 3 acts of the game, including the main story
• An estimated 70–100 hours of content
• A vast, branching main storyline
• TONS of side quests, activities, dungeons, and more

We’ll drop a full plan for Early Access progression below so you can see it all at a glance.

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More information.

 

[JDR13]

WolfheartFPS has partnered with us as a pro content creator and prepared yet another overview video for the update’s content. You can watch it here

Great, so I guess his followers can expect to be bombarded with a ton of videos where he mostly just reiterates the same things.

IMPORTANT: Alongside this update, we’ll also change the game’s price to its planned final 1.0 price of 44.99

They must be really confident because that's quite a large increase from the current price. It's not uncommon for games to get a price bump when leaving early access, but to go from $29.99 to $44.99 takes balls.

 

[JFarrell71]

I played a few hours of this back in May and was very impressed.

$30 was too cheap. It's a price correction, not hubris. People have plenty of time to try the game and still get it for $30.

 

[Reiga]

I played a few hours of this back in May and was very impressed.

$30 was too cheap. It's a price correction, not hubris. People have plenty of time to try the game and still get it for $30.

I got it for 17€ during the 24h that it was on an special sale, 40% off, and I couldn't be happier I clicked steam's green button that day, game is awesome now, can't wait to play the final version

 

[Couchpotato]

Well worth the price and as usual Early Access buyers get the better deal.

 

[JDR13]

People have plenty of time to try the game and still get it for $30.

It's only $22.49 right now during Steam's winter sale.

As far as trying it though, unless they've updated the demo, it's pretty old and not very good imo.

*Edit* I reinstalled and played through the demo again tonight. It's been updated to match the same version as the EA. I have to say though I'm still not impressed. To me, it looks and feels like a low-budget TES clone.

 

[JFarrell71]

*Edit* I reinstalled and played through the demo again tonight. It's been updated to match the same version as the EA. I have to say though I'm still not impressed. To me, it looks and feels like a low-budget TES clone.

The version I played back in April was definitely clunkier than a TES game. That part felt "low budget" to me. It's also only fine visually.

But imo the atmosphere was far more interesting than any TES game since Morrowind... so over 20 years ago. I was far more interested to see more of this world. The clunkiness wasn't enough to bother me, as the systems themselves seemed sound, and as long as the art design is there, I don't care too much about fidelity.

 

[fadedc]

I played the original co-op board game and the world was super interesting and well written. So that seems to be a strength of theirs. Some of the board game mechanics were super clunky as well though.

 

[Carnifex]

It does look decent and I like the sheer amount of content that seems to be available.