Yet it is a trait which Ultima Underworld shares with the two great earlier pioneers in the art of the dungeon crawl, Wizardry and Dungeon Master. Those games

Yet it is a trait which Ultima Underworld shares with the two great earlier pioneers in the art of the dungeon crawl, Wizardry and Dungeon Master. Those games too emerged so immaculately conceived that the imitators which followed them could find little to improve upon beyond their audiovisuals. While not quite as early as Wizardry (or even a few of its sequels), I always found Might & Magic 1 and Might & Magic 2 to be far superior to Wizardry in a few areas, such as exploration and world building. Edit: Clarified that I found M&M superior to Wizardry in a few areas. UU and M&M2 are some of my all-time favorites, and I would be hard pressed to state which one I like more, since they scratch different itches. I've gone back to play both multiple times before.