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    Kat Bailey posted a new article, Shroud of the Avatar to put roleplaying back into RPGs, Garriott hopes.

    Richard Garriott is not the first great designer to turn to Kickstarter as a means to fund his work. But while Shroud of the Avatar, his long-awaited return to game design, directly references the classic Ultima series, Garriott is banking on more than nostalgia.
    Mar 13, 2013 11:00am PDT
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    Kat Bailey posted a new article, Shroud of the Avatar to put roleplaying back into RPGs, Garriott hopes.

    Richard Garriott is not the first great designer to turn to Kickstarter as a means to fund his work. But while Shroud of the Avatar, his long-awaited return to game design, directly references the classic Ultima series, Garriott is banking on more than nostalgia. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • lol : mortThis person is cool!
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      "I'm totally okay with driving min/maxers crazy," he says. Fuck. Yes. Backed. : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
      • My sentiments exactly : ketsyn
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        What does this mean? : bradleyrr
        • It means he wants a game that is about more than just leveling up and farming gear. : pantsburgh
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          Min/Maxing refers to minimizing the "unnecessary" traits of a player's character and maximizing the most : Cognoscenti
          • Min/Maxers are pretty much the douchebags of MMO's/RPG games. : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
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          It means the people who obsess over how to best game the mathematics of an RPG instead of caring about th... : Grape Flavor
          • if there's any form of competition with other players, there will be min-maxing. there's no getting arou... : senor135
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      Do you think he'll play with God mode on? Because I'll wager there's a guild out there already planning ... : coyoterysThis person is cool!
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        Ref: http://www.gamestooge.com/2009/01/02/feature-the-day-lord-british-died/ : Metasparks
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          From the assassin's own words - Rainz 1997 "The servers had just been taken down to prepare for the huge ... : Metasparks
          • Bahaha xD : vai90
    • I am excited about it, but the game play so far really looks generic. I did like Dragon's Dogma, however,... : Ominous Prime