The Fall of Avalon Sells 450,000 Copies – Developers Celebrate With Roadmap And Huge Update – WGB

Put down your holy hand grenades and decide up your keyboards—Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, which attracts closely from the story of King Arthur, has formally crossed 450,000 copies bought throughout Steam and consoles! Not unhealthy for a scrappy indie RPG that’s been lovingly known as “indie Skyrim” by gamers with a delicate spot for brooding knights, mysterious curses, and morally questionable quests (so, Skyrim followers).

The builders at Awaken Realms Digital are clearly feeling the love and, in a current group replace, gave gamers a heartfelt “massive, fats THANK YOU.” In a tone extra humble than a medieval peasant supplied a shrubbery, they credited the sport’s passionate fanbase for serving to it develop—and promised they’re not achieved but.

For those who haven’t dived in but, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is a first-person open-world RPG steeped in a darkish reimagining of Arthurian legend. You’ll discover crumbling ruins, morally advanced factions, and loads of eerie fog—principally, it’s what you’d get if Skyrim and Monty Python and the Holy Grail had a lovechild… raised in a haunted forest. I say Monty Python as a result of regardless of the grim-dark graphics and the implausible Polish folksy soundtrack (assume Witcher 3), the sport additionally has a bizarre sense of humour. To date I’ve run into an undead chef who tried to persuade me bitter fish and cheese are a delicacy, after which a couple of minutes later, I’m weighing up the ethics of two warring factions.

In different phrases, sure, I’m enjoying the sport and plan on reviewing it.

And in the event you’ve already purchased it? Congrats on serving to 450,000 different would-be Grail seekers deliver stability to a cursed land. Simply bear in mind: unusual ladies mendacity in ponds distributing swords isn’t any foundation for a system of presidency.

What’s Subsequent on the Street(map) to Avalon?

Promoting practically half 1,000,000 copies isn’t any small feat, however Awaken Realms isn’t simply counting cash in Camelot. Right here’s what’s on the horizon:

• Patch 1.03 is rolling out now, with loads of bug squashing and efficiency enhancements.
• Weekly patches are deliberate going ahead (although the devs cheekily admit it is likely to be extra “ish” than “weekly”).
• Mod help is coming in about 3–4 weeks—cue the inevitable “killer rabbit” overhaul mod.
• Steam Deck efficiency construct is within the works (precise date TBD).
• Patch 1.1, due in August, will add new content material—particularly in Act 3’s Forlorn Swords area. The devs are holding it hush-hush, however it’s protected to anticipate one thing thrilling (hopefully not one other grail-shaped beacon).

The devs additionally put out a chunky 1.3 patch for the sport, whereas addressing the subject of efficiency and bugs. If you wish to learn the complete and really prolonged record of fixes and tweaks, check it out here.

“After we got down to make Tainted Grail, we needed to create a deep, advanced journey, each when it comes to storytelling and exploration. However we additionally needed to offer you, the participant, as a lot freedom as attainable,” says the builders on Steam. “That’s why you may kill many NPCs, expertise wildly totally different quest outcomes, and strategy issues in any order. We needed to reduce hand-holding, similar to we’d anticipate as gamers.”

They go on to say that the price of that is that the sport has so many mixtures of issues that may occur that glitches can simply sneak in. They even present a pre-release instance, explaining that they found a difficulty the place promoting a weapon that had been upgraded with a relic might trigger an issue hours later when the seller’s stock reset.