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I loved the early 90s Origin games, they are certainly the ones I remember the most fondly. I spent days in Ultima 7 just wandering around completely aimlessly
by jiggy2011 14y ago
I loved the early 90s Origin games, they are certainly the ones I remember the most fondly. I spent days in Ultima 7 just wandering around completely aimlessly talking to random NPCs and looting dungeons.
Were you there during the development of Ultima 8 and 9? Not to be rude, but if so what the hell happened there?
Was it simply an emphasis of technology over gameplay and story?
These reviews made me chuckle.
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/02/01/ultima-7-the-black-gate-review/ http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/02/01/ultima-7-the-black-ga...
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/01/31/ultima-8-pagan/ http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/01/31/ultima-8-pagan/
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/05/29/ultima-9-ascension/ http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/05/29/ultima-9-ascension/
- CamperBob2 14y agoI left shortly before U6 came out, so couldn't speak firsthand about anything that happened afterward. A lot of nasty things have been written about the effects of the company's acquisition by Electronic Arts, and most of those things are true. The culture clash was massive. Around the time U9 was being developed, Ultima Online was also becoming the Next Big Thing, and I imagine that splitting development resources between those two huge projects couldn't have done any good. One of them was bound to win more mindshare and attract more funding and in-house talent. Ultima V was the very last one I played all the way through, personally, and I wouldn't be surprised if that's true for Richard as well.