Tabula Rasa

I mean i know this guy is the creator of this game, but is it really necesseray to put his name on the game box ?  Today's games takes years and hundreds of peoples to develop.  It's not like in the 80's when it was possible for some nerd to develop a whole game by themself.

I mean if everyone was putting their name on their product, that would be weird !  Hey i bought the new Bill Gates Windows Vista operating system !!! 

 i did some playtesting for origins at their austin office in the 80's...

 and for me finally meeting Dennis Loubet was a bigger deal than Lord British.  And I got to muck about with Todd Porter.. but back to richard--

 He is/was "king" of the local sca folks or some such and has quite a few followers. At truth; i'm sure to some degree he IS an egomaniac...how could he NOT be? And how could he have even TRIED most of what he's succeeded in without an ego?

but at least when i met him; he amicably chatted with a 15-yr old kid about doing tile-based wave graphics; and about crossbows.  He certainly doesn't come across as anything BUT a good fellow.  An act?

  I don't think his name on the box is about his ego - it's about marketing.

  Lord British - Richard - IS a brand. This project is so far from what tabula rasa started as (when i had acquaintances that were still developing it ); with so much turnover in people and ideas; i wonder if any outsider really has any idea how much of this is his; as opposed to the other financial backers'; idea - including slapping that brand on the box.

I have a friend who's met him, and she thought he was pretty cool/nice. I agree with Badger.. it's all about marketing and was most likely the publisher's idea.

It is about marketing.

Whether you like it or not, Richard Garriott (and his brother Robert, who is the current CEO of NCsoft North America) is one of the pioneering fathers of computer RPGs and MMORPGs. He is an icon. Just look at his resume:

Ultima I
Ultima II
Ultima III
Ultima IV
Ultima V
Ultima VI
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
Ultima: Runes of Virtue
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Ultima VII: The Forge of Virtue
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle
Ultima VII Part Two: The Silver Seed
Ultima VIII: Paga
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II
Ultima VIII: The Lost Vale Expansion Pack
Ultima Online
Ultima Online: The Second Age
Lineage
Ultima IX: Ascension
Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle
City of Heroes
City of Villains
Tabula Rasa

He was either a programmer, designer, director, producer, or manager of those projects. Tabula Rasa is the only one with his name attached to it.

So, yes, his name is worthy to be used as a marketing scheme. Whether it works or not is a completely different topic, and remains to be seen.

Sid Meyer do the same and for the same reason, both are pioneers of the gaming scene and their name is recognized by many older (and younger I would say) players.

Why do you think "Tiger woods" golf game is called like that?

same reason here.

Originally posted by Itanius

It is about marketing.

Whether you like it or not, Richard Garriott (and his brother Robert, who is the current CEO of NCsoft North America) is one of the pioneering fathers of computer RPGs and MMORPGs. He is an icon. Just look at his resume:

Ultima I
Ultima II
Ultima III
Ultima IV
Ultima V
Ultima VI
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams
Ultima: Runes of Virtue
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Ultima VII: The Forge of Virtue
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle
Ultima VII Part Two: The Silver Seed
Ultima VIII: Paga
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II
Ultima VIII: The Lost Vale Expansion Pack
Ultima Online
Ultima Online: The Second Age
Lineage
Ultima IX: Ascension
Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle
City of Heroes
City of Villains
Tabula Rasa

He was either a programmer, designer, director, producer, or manager of those projects. Tabula Rasa is the only one with his name attached to it.

So, yes, his name is worthy to be used as a marketing scheme. Whether it works or not is a completely different topic, and remains to be seen.

wow i knew he made alot of games but i didn't know he made that much. Jeez he deserves his name on that box.

with his name on the box, i think you feel the game is up to his standard, which should be pretty high. the story seems well thought out, so far.

I am in the closed beta... and lets just say... This game sucks ass.

I was a die-hard UO fan for MANY years, and Richart Garriot is a legend, but Tabula Rasa Is bad.. really bad. I expected much more from such a legend.

Yeah, I'd have to say Richard "Lord British" Garriot is the mack-daddy, original gangsta godfather of the computer RPG world.  Ultima was the first PC-based RPG I ever played, and it made a convert of me back when I was a wee lad.

I thought he had faded into the woodwork with his amassed Ultima franchise fortunes, but I cannot tell you how excited I am to see him back in the limelight again.  Although Tabula Rasa isn't exactly my kind of MMO genre, I'll probably give it a spin, mainly because it's got his name slapped on it.  Call me a sucker, I know, I admit it.