Reply 2940 of 6327, by clueless1
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Shreddoc wrote on 2021-04-17, 18:23:How would people describe the unique appeals of the Ultima games?
Because I could never get into them as a youngster in the 80s/90s. Despite playing tons of other role playing games and loving fantasy novels, etc. I just felt like a complete bored, clueless idiot in any Ultima game I tried.
I would like to at least know what I missed out on, from experts.
Well, their appeal is not unique anymore, but at the time, they excelled at:
-large (for the time), open world exploration with a combination of perspectives. First person in dungeons, above or 3/4 perspective above ground.
-NPCs with personalities, that carried over from game to game. They became familiar and when you encountered them again in the next game, it was like meeting an old friend.
-great graphics, sound effects, and music (again, for their time)
-neat ideas like gate travel and time travel
-high quality packaging, including cloth maps, manuals that looked like aged parchment, and "feelies" (pendants, coins, stones that represented important facets of in-game play).
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