Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is a group-focused MMORPG based on challenging gameplay and open world high fantasy. It takes place on a world populated by deities and heroes, called Terminus. Mortal and planar shards which have collided create the dramatic and epic environment of Terminus. With some of those shards came deities and demigods that, over time, raised empires which forged the turbulent political landscape. Centuries later, new planar collisions have occurred that will pull the players into the world and its politics. The player is a legendary hero, stripped of his or her powerful relics and left to explore the dramatically diverse and epic regions of Terminus with hopes of reclaiming their relics and those of lost heroes.

Pantheon’s combat places a focus on preparation and awareness of the enemy. The player can actively dodge, block, or deflect attacks. Spell and ability pre-selection is critical to defeat encounters, as is forging alliances with other players. You won't want to be caught in the wilds of Terminus alone, but exploration of the vast and dramatically diverse world landscapes will be richly rewarding. Through exploration the player can uncover mysteries and unique adventures as well as acquire rare and exotic spells and abilities from dungeons and challenging encounters.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is an intensely social game for the determined thrill-seeker, because we believe that the greatest sense of accomplishment comes when it is shared. Imagine a vast, detailed world of swords and sorcery, of dragons and knights, of fiery swords and chests overflowing with treasure. A world in which a myriad of sentient races and creatures live and affect change.

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Classes: Crusader, Cleric, Dark Knight, Rogue, Enchanter
Races: Ogre, Revenant, Human, Dwarf, Elf

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Visionary Realms, Inc. was founded by Brad McQuaid and an elite group of experienced MMO developers. We've worked on EverQuest (original game and just about every expansion), EverQuest 2 (original game and just about every expansion), Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, EverQuest Next, Free Realms, Star Wars: Galaxies, Star Trek: Hidden Evil, Myst 3: Exile, and more. (See full bio)

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- An MMO developed by gamers who aren't afraid to target an audience of like-minded gamers.
- A fantasy themed Massively Multiplayer Role Playing game (MMO) with a heavy focus on character development, an immersive world, and teamwork.
- An MMO for players wanting a challenging and rewarding experience.
- An open world in which you explore to obtain not only more powerful items but also new spells and abilities.
- Travel where and when you want to in a non-linear world.
- A huge world to explore, trade, and adventure in.
- A complex back-story that players may gradually discover as they grow in power and explore the world.
- A constantly expanding and evolving world.
- Group-focused social gameplay using a class based system to encourage teamwork.
- Customize your class by bonding with the spirits of fallen warriors.
- Reactive combat where you can determine what the NPC is doing and react to it. (move, counter, deflect, etc.) .
- Combat will be challenging and involved -- your decisions will matter and directly affect the battle's outcome.
- Travel the world and profit from selling exotic items collected from distant realms.
- Different cities and outposts may have local Bazaars.
- Limited and class based teleportation may get you close, but in order to reach many destinations you will have to traverse the planar scarred lands of Terminus through the use of your own two feet or on the back of your mighty steed.
-Earning experience is only part of what it takes to level up. Exploring the world you will gain knowledge and power allowing you to overcome more powerful enemies.
- The game will run on PC, Mac, and possibly other platforms in the future.

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Somnia said:

Holy crap! Richard Garriott and Brad McQuaid teaming up?!?! Not on a game, but helping each other with crowd funding. It's like I'm going back in time, new MMO Shroud of the Avatar from Garriott and a new hardcore old style MMO from McQuaid... love it!

Visionary Realms' Brad McQuaid and Portalarium's Richard Garriott are announcing a collaboration between their two crowdfunded MMO projects in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen and Shroud of the Avatar, respectively.

Cross-game pledge tiers will reward those who back both projects with a cloak in both games. Backers of both projects will receive a cloak in Pantheon featuring Lord British's Coat of Arms (the Shroud of the Avatar symbol) and a cloak in Shroud of the Avatar with the Pantheon symbol.

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“The opportunity to work with Portalarium is extremely exciting, not just in terms of what we can do together with our games, but also on a very personal level,” said Brad McQuaid, Chief Creative Officer of Visionary Realms, Inc. “Lord British has been a hero of mine since I was a teen, and ultimately was responsible for inspiring me into the video game industry. Lord British and Portalarium continue to be an inspiration with ‘Shroud of the Avatar.’ It’s a perfect example of how the core elements of games from years past can continue to influence and innovate in today’s industry.”

Richard ‘Lord British’ Garriott, Portalarium’s Co-Founder and CEO, added: “There is no doubt that Brad McQuaid led EverQuestto become the standard bearer against which all other MMOs would be compared, and most have been patterned. Just as I hope fans are excited about the return of the King of Britannia in Shroud of the Avatar, I have no doubt that Brad McQuaid will leadPantheon to fulfill and expand the vision he began in the earliest days of the MMO era, and grow it into the future. I for one, look forward to what I will again learn from his leadership in gaming.”

McQuaid continued to say that "the evolution of how MMOs are made is happening right now. We're getting back to having the gaming community deeply involved in how the games are not only funded, but designed. A collaboration like this one only makes sense to further strengthen that growing community that involves not just the players and backers, but the developers as well."

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Got from http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/1006/view/news/read/29887/Pantheon-Rise-of-the-Fallen-Richard-Garriott-and-Brad-McQuaid-TeamUp-.html

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EviLore said:

So it's Fun and Deep. What more could you want?!

There aren't really any hooks whatsoever in the pitch video. They're emphasizing grouping up. And grouping up.

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Abounder said:

This looks like one of the more trustworthy and professional projects out there nonetheless but maybe its my nostalgia for EQ talking

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yo_soy_el_topo said:

Dislike the name but love the idea. It's going to have a monthly fee though? This seems like such a weird thing to kickstart to me as I've never done it.

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Doesn't it take more than $800k to make an MMO?

Yes it does. Our intent for this Kickstarter is first to prove that there's enough of a demand for a group focused game that believes in the experience of the game instead of handholding, and to get the ball rolling on development. If we can get to the goal we will have proved that and will have enough to get this game started and be able to get our studio set up and operational. If we only get to the goal and little more, then we will visit other funding opportunities but first and foremost we wanted to make it possible to be completely crowdfunded so that you, the players, have more to do with what goes into the game than other powers would should we need to turn to those options later.

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kazebyaka said:

Because we need another fantasy MMO game....

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TheYanger said:

If it ends up being remotely like we all think this one is supposed to, yes, yes we do. What we don't need are more wannabe wow killers.

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An MMO developed by gamers who aren't afraid to target an audience of like-minded gamers.

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A mindset that Designed Downtime should be a part of the game to ensure players have time to form important social bonds.

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An understanding that faction should be an integral part of interacting with the world and its citizenry.

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Fine Ham Abounds said:

On the one hand, I want what they want to make. On the other, I'm not sure what to think about McQuaid anymore. I'm gonna have to think about this one.

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If I need to, yes. I really don't want to dwell on the past -- it's time to be forward thinking and to get excited about the future. That said, you guys need to know that we've learned from our mistakes so some discussion may be appropriate. If we aren't honest and we don't learn from the past, then the past was simply a failure and a defeat. I refuse to look at it that way and we won't be defeated by the mistakes of the past, because we are going to learn from them and do a better job this time. I've learned so much, especially about myself, because of both my successes and my failures.

For me it all came in a frustrating sequence. 9 times out of 10 a person fails, fails, fails, and then succeeds (if he ever succeeds at all). For me it was 1. huge success (half a billion dollars of profit for Sony, etc.), 2. Commercial failure (I say commercial because I still think VG was awesome in many ways and I’m still proud of it)

Anyway, the success first and failure second really jacked with my mind. I became extremely arrogant, thinking whatever I touched would turn into gold. And then when things didn't work out so well on my second try it was really quite a blow to me because I had deluded myself big time. I ended up in a bad place and I never want to be back there again, ever.

But also in learning more about myself over the years, I know this is what I want to do for the rest of my life: make MMOs that I and other gamers want to play. It's just who I am and it's the only thing that professionally makes me happy.

I just don't want to get bogged down in the past too much. If it makes sense to discuss something about the past, then I'll participate. But to be totally upfront and honest, I'm here primarily to promote my new game. It's a blast talking with you all, and I'm here for that as well, but let's spend most of the time here together facing forward. We will need your feedback and opinions in order to insure we make the game you guys want and that I want. It's about community building and being accessible.

Anyways, I hope that makes sense.

-Brad

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Mugaaz said:

I'm the biggest EQ fanboy ever, have 120+ days /played in EQ1. After the Vanguard debacle due to Brad's mismanagement / drug use I don't want to financially support them on the basis of good faith. I'd certainly buy the game retail and would love to play, but I can't send them money blindly without being an idiot. Also, the track record for games centered around 1 huge name that had a massive hit back in the day is just abysmal. I know McQuaid, Garriot, Roper, etc had huge hits back in the day, but the industry today just has nothing in common with the past.

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Doesn't it take more than $800k to make an MMO?

Yes it does. Our intent for this Kickstarter is first to prove that there's enough of a demand for a group focused game that believes in the experience of the game instead of handholding, and to get the ball rolling on development. If we can get to the goal we will have proved that and will have enough to get this game started and be able to get our studio set up and operational. If we only get to the goal and little more, then we will visit other funding opportunities but first and foremost we wanted to make it possible to be completely crowdfunded so that you, the players, have more to do with what goes into the game than other powers would should we need to turn to those options later.

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bloodyroarxx said:

No Brad not even if I could personally fund it and never even notice the money gone.

Not after Vanguard, Im not giving you another cent to fund your drug habit.

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DocSeuss said:

Does anyone else just kinda immediately say "nah" whenever the game in question is an MMO? Like, on greenlight, I just click nope. It's so easy. MMOs are the most expensive games you can possibly make. Their gameplay rarely ends up being more than satisfactory, with the online experience and UI hampering immersion more often than not.

What's up with the people being upset about Vanguard?

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DocSeuss said:

Does anyone else just kinda immediately say "nah" whenever the game in question is an MMO? Like, on greenlight, I just click nope. It's so easy. MMOs are the most expensive games you can possibly make. Their gameplay rarely ends up being more than satisfactory, with the online experience and UI hampering immersion more often than not.

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mavs said:

The game's development went real bad, like almost Amalur bad except they kinda got a game out the door.

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TheYanger said:

What people seem to forget is that, a LOT of the stuff in Vanguard was really good though. The classes were excellent, offensive/defensive target still should be stolen wholesale by more games, Diplomacy was neat if unrealized fully, etc. There were a lot of technical problems that really hampered it badly of course. Definitely a very flawed game, but not without a lot of merit in this regard still.

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DocSeuss said:

Does anyone else just kinda immediately say "nah" whenever the game in question is an MMO? Like, on greenlight, I just click nope. It's so easy. MMOs are the most expensive games you can possibly make. Their gameplay rarely ends up being more than satisfactory, with the online experience and UI hampering immersion more often than not.

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Iadien said:

People have screwed up far more than Brad did, and still manage a second chance. Some people will forgive him, some clearly won't forgive him...

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Screaming Meat said:

"Rise of the Fallen"?

That's terrible. Game sounds okay, but if that's the level of writing I'll likely be laughing all the way through...

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Screaming Meat said:

"Rise of the Fallen"?

That's terrible. Game sounds okay, but if that's the level of writing I'll likely be laughing all the way through...

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