Richard Garriott’s massively online RPG Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is now available to the masses through Steam Early Access. It’s debuting with 15% off right which expires December 1st.
Also available from today is the latest content update, Release 12, which includes several new features with new skills, recipes, songs, maps and even a hint system for newcomers.
”We are excited to be pushing the doors wide-open to Shroud of the Avatar,” said Creative Director Richard ‘Lord British’ Garriott. ”When we applied for Early Access for the game, we received our green light in less than three days. In fact Steam players gave the OK with an 86 percent approval rating.”
”What they’ll find is a fantasy RPG that harkens back to my earlier games in the genre, but with modern day technology that combines a single player narrative with an Ultima-like sandbox MMO.”
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is an online fantasy RPG and is considered a ‘spiritual successor’ to the likes of Utlima. Check out the RPG’s Steam Early Access page for more.
Release 12 content highlights:
· An in-game hint system and New User Experience
· More than 15 new skills
· More than 50 new weapon and armor crafting recipes
· 40 new songs (all crowd sourced by players)
· Skill Trainers – When a player levels up they’ll now have to go to trainers to unlock skills
· New Maps – Ravenswood Forest, Tower of the Shuttered Eye
· The Overworld Map now has polished visuals and random encounters
· Guilds
· Open PVP flags
· The death system now includes being transformed into a ghost when you die
· Alien FX support for Alienware keyboards and cases
And that’s not all. Over the past two months several other features have been released in Shroud of the Avatar, including:
· New Scenes – Solace Bridge, Kobold Battle Camp, Swamps, Obsidian Keep, Vertas Pass, The Challenge Dungeon
· Character advancement
· More than 40 new spells and skills in Death Magic, Armor, and Ranged Weapons
· Control points
· Spectator mode in PVP arenas
· Multiple character creation options including detailed customization of facial features (eyes, cheeks, jaw, chin, nose, ears, etc.)
· PVP duels
· Pet commands
