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Underworld developer here. We certainly started it before we got the deal with Origin, but a lot of the design was done afterwards with the fact that it was an

by dfan 6y ago

Underworld developer here. We certainly started it before we got the deal with Origin, but a lot of the design was done afterwards with the fact that it was an Ultima in mind. I'll grant that its Ultima-ness was thinner compared to many of the games with Roman numerals on them. Ultima Underworld II, of course, was designed to be an Ultima game from the start.

nickthemagicman 6y ago
Just so you know those games were badass! I had so much fun playing them. Elder Scrolls came out later and that was the first fantasy FPS game that I has as much fun with as underworld.
Tornhoof 6y ago
I still remember the uncountable hours I played Underworld I & II. Thank you for these games.
Sunspark 6y ago
I had a lot of fun with Underworld and I am someone who played Ultima IV and VII. Great game!
ajxs 6y ago
I've always felt that UW1 is massively underappreciated for the impact it had on computer gaming. It's been attested that John Carmack was inspired to create the engine that would eventually become Wolfenstein after seeing Underworld at a 1990 software convention and saying that he could write a faster texture mapped engine. It had an enormous impact on me as a child discovering games in the mid 90s. I got a copy of UW on a games CD I got bundled with a Creative Soundcard[0]. This also came with so many other fantastic games, of which another was Ultima VII. [0]https://archive.org/details/creative-labs-ea-compilation https://archive.org/details/creative-labs-ea-compilation
Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
Oh, wow. Thanks for many happy hours then) By the way, the most ingenious thing UW did was its acrobatics mechanics, when you subtly could jump for longer and longer distances, and I didn't even realize that it was increasing up until I restarted the game and suddenly found out that I can't make a rather casual jump over some chasm, which could be easily jumped over in previous save. I don't think I ever saw such things in other games, only some platformers have shown something resembling that.

by dfan 6y ago

nickthemagicman 6y ago

Just so you know those games were badass! I had so much fun playing them. Elder Scrolls came out later and that was the first fantasy FPS game that I has as much fun with as underworld.

Tornhoof 6y ago

I still remember the uncountable hours I played Underworld I & II. Thank you for these games.

Sunspark 6y ago

I had a lot of fun with Underworld and I am someone who played Ultima IV and VII. Great game!

ajxs 6y ago

I've always felt that UW1 is massively underappreciated for the impact it had on computer gaming. It's been attested that John Carmack was inspired to create the engine that would eventually become Wolfenstein after seeing Underworld at a 1990 software convention and saying that he could write a faster texture mapped engine. It had an enormous impact on me as a child discovering games in the mid 90s. I got a copy of UW on a games CD I got bundled with a Creative Soundcard[0]. This also came with so many other fantastic games, of which another was Ultima VII. [0]https://archive.org/details/creative-labs-ea-compilation https://archive.org/details/creative-labs-ea-compilation

Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago

Oh, wow. Thanks for many happy hours then) By the way, the most ingenious thing UW did was its acrobatics mechanics, when you subtly could jump for longer and longer distances, and I didn't even realize that it was increasing up until I restarted the game and suddenly found out that I can't make a rather casual jump over some chasm, which could be easily jumped over in previous save. I don't think I ever saw such things in other games, only some platformers have shown something resembling that.