Tiresius wrote:First Ultima that I played was Ultima V - which was a little different than U3. I still visit UO's web page from time to time. I was soooooo pissed off when UO2 was cancelled. I played that game for about 3-4 years and never really got very far because I kept making new characters and spent waaaay too much time chopping wood. Ultima Online was a blast when I got into the beta. Ultima XI was good but far too slow and buggy at the time for me to get very far into it. perhaps my years of the Super Mario Brothers enabled me to look past the jump puzzles and enjoy the the dark atmosphere. So many people rag on Pagan because of the jumping that was in the game, but I hardly noticed. Between that, Final Fantasy 1, and Dragon Warrior IV, it's no wonder my parents kept throwing me out of the house to go play in the woods.įrom Ultima IV I briefly toyed with VII over a friends house, then I purchased Ultima VIII: Pagan. well, as much as my parents would allow me to put in anyway. I do remember putting a lot of hours into that game. My first experience with the Ultima series was IV on the NES. when I could have gone in the 7 dungeons of sin and gotten a lot more combat "bang for the buck" and probably way more loot. I didn't go into dungeons because I died a lot in there early on, but in hindsight I probably wasted a lot of time travelling the world and not seeing many enemies. I also spent an eternity trying to find a stupid talking horse and a magic carpet (never did, though). I played Ultima V a lot and had no clue (or clue book) and just spent a majority of my time trying to get bridge trolls to attack me (since they had good loot) and asking everybody I could find to JOIN my party. Maybe that's true for most digital media like CD's and later DVD's too. It's interesting that the price of games has remained somewhat static in that a new game still cost $40-$50 at the stores. I still have the original catalog/pamphlet from my C64 version of Ultima V and it showed prices of $59.99 for certain games. But I had similar nostalgia moments whenever I play the old games. I think alot of people might have thought this kind of save death was bad, but man I took it as a challenge and started playing the game relentlessly after that.Īnyone else have some thoughts of this great game?įirst Ultima that I played was Ultima V - which was a little different than U3. Well, I reloaded the game and guess what? My characters were still dead?!!! I thought "Wow, this game is serious!" Was also the first game that had a full musical score for each area.įirst time I played, I must have been about 10 years old and I created my characters and walked around a bit and found a dungeon so I entered it.I kept going down in levels and got attacked by a group or Dragons and my whole party got wiped out quickly. You either have to pay alot of money to raise them or turn the game off before they die Its enough challenge that you feel like you really accomplished something when you make progress. In this game, you have to figure things out yourself, there are no quest arrows or automaps and if your characters die they are dead and saved to disc that way. If you play it without cheating and using online walkthroughs the puzzles and exploration are quite fun and challenging. I don't know if its nostalgia or what but it has a feel and charm few games have ever been able to recreate. I still love playing it even now as old as it is. I hadn't noticed that the sun had come up again. I remember my Dad getting up the next morning and coming in to the den and saying "You been up all night?" I recall thinking "Yep guess so", and went back to playing. I was completely hooked on the world of Sosaria, the Orcs, the Giants, Lord British etc. I still remember the first time I played it and was introduced to the world of the CRPG back in 1983. I talked my Dad into getting it for me (After much begging since it wasn't cheap I dont think) and took it home and fired up his C64. The cool looking Demon on the cover of the box just sucked me in when I saw it at a store in Metro Center mall in phoenix back in 1983. I went back to playing my first ever real RPG "Ultima III - Exodus" recently.
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