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Old Game Reviews: Ultima 5 Warriors of Destiny
Ultima 5 probably had one of the most endearing stories in CRPG history. It took the virtues that were setup in Ultima 4 and inversed them to create an oppressive universe. Rather than seeking enlightenment, you seek to uncover the disappearance of Lord British while learning about his successor, Lord Blackthorne, who has perverted the…
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Old Game Reviews: Ultima 7 The Black Gate
This is the last of the great Ultima games as the last two were buggy disasters with poor stories. Unfortunately, for myself I wasn’t able to play this one on release due to hardware requirements. Also, I must admit to not finishing it for a variety of reasons. Some feel that this might be the…
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Old Game Reviews: Ultima 6 The False Prophet
As the Ultima series continued to evolve, the complexity of the game, world and storyline also increased. Ultima 6 for me is by far my favorite Ultima in the series. At this point, the game was far ahead of everything in the market when it came to RPG style world building and you felt that…
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Old Game Reviews: Ultima 4 Quest of the Avatar
For my money objectively speaking, Ultima 4 Quest of the Avatar is perhaps the greatest CRPG in existence. Certainly, there are more advanced CRPGs, ones with better content, mechanics, combat systems, etc. However, Ultima 4 did what few games have done which is bringing actual role playing into an otherwise hack-n-slash themed universe. The game…
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Old Game Reviews: Ultima 3 Exodus
After Bard’s Tale 2, I had become a CRPG addict. I would go out and try to find other fantasy games that complimented Bard’s Tale. There was a feature in Bard’s Tale that allowed you to import characters from a few other games, including Ultima 3. Since I was struggling a bit with Bard’s Tale…
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Game Design: More MMORPG Ideas
Yesterday, the NDA for Final Fantasy 14 was lifted and I was able to check out Yoni’s stream where she showed how the game operates. Although PVP and end game content are unknowns at this point, the basics of an MMORPG exist where the differences outside of the lore/world are in multi-classing. However, we discussed…