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Except for Ultima 9 and UO, I finished every other Ultima, starting from III. In fact, Ultima 3 was either the first game, or at least one of the first games I
by diragon 6y ago
Except for Ultima 9 and UO, I finished every other Ultima, starting from III. In fact, Ultima 3 was either the first game, or at least one of the first games I ever played.
The game world in every game was amazing in their time, the most interesting combination of ideas and stories I have ever known. Every game in the series attempted to be a pioneer in some way or another, and almost every one succeeded at it.
Which makes it triply sad how fast and how deep the series fell after 8. Even though very different, 8 was still solidly Ultima. It tasted like it. It also tasted like it was not quite Ultima, and of course now we know why. The bean counters ruined it, like they ruin most artistic things. Well, ultimately Garriot ruined it, because he sold Origin Systems.
And now we have Shroud of the Avatar, in which Garriot and the whole management team became bean counters as well and the game is, well, not very good. It probably too tried to pioneer something but I'm not sure what that is.
- hinkley 6y agoThe only one I played was Ultima VII. Found a few easter eggs, then one day I'm walking through the woods and get attacked. Two of my people are on the ground, bleeding out. They are completely clipped behind trees and I couldn't figure out how to heal them. And that was the end of that. Older me probably could have worked out the UI (maybe clicking on the character image) but young, post-fight me got lost and felt helpless, which is exactly the sort of thing you should not feel in an adventure game.
- vidanay 6y agoI have fond memories of playing Ultima I through Ultima V on green screen Apple //e and //c computers.
- Scramblejams 6y agoMonitor III for the win! I'll never forget looking at Ultima through that monitor's silk-like anti-glare texture while being serenaded by the restful tones of a Mockingboard...
- jsrcout 6y agoUltima music on the Mockingboard was the best. Thinking of the Ultima II-IV era IIRC. I listened to it hour after hour at my buddy's house and never got tired of it.
- allenrb 6y ago+1 for the Monitor III. I remember being amazed to see the early Ultimas in color, because for me they’d always just had different “patterns”.
- glonq 6y agoI also started with U3, on an 8-bit atari. Played through U7.5 but passed on 8 and 9. I think the series probably peaked with U6.
- warp 6y agoI think Garriot is no longer involved with Shroud of the Avatar, I'm not sure of the details but it seems he sold or left the thing in 2019 and probably stopped actively working on it earlier than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott#Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott#Games
- SavoX 6y agoAccording to the current head of Shroud of the Avatar: "Richard is still involved in SotA. He's never really worked on SotA except for the story stuff. So what he did for Episode 1 is same stuff he's doing here. He also does push, sometimes wacky, but usually good ideas on the project and he continues to do that stuff as well, but he is primarily a story guy." https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/friday-stream-questions-december-11-2020.166486/#post-1307829 https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/fr...