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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "8 Classic Games You Haven't Played (but should)"
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 08:51:40 -0800
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On 1/31/2025 6:05 AM, Mike S. wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:10:17 -0000 (UTC), rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
> (Ross Ridge) wrote:
> 
>> I'm going to be contrarian here and recommend Ultima III as the one Ultima
>> game people should play to introduce them to the series.  Sure, Ultima
>> IV and V have a better story, but by modern standards the story elements
>> of the games are so thin, it's hard to see that except by comparision to
>> the earlier games.  I think the third game in the series shows off the
>> the basic mechanics and style of the the first five Ultima games, what
>> actually attracted people to play these games, without the distraction of
>> a "revolutionary" story that still only makes up a tiny part of the game.
> 
> I'd nominate Ultima 3 over Ultima 1. I don't disagree with anything
> you are saying here. It is just that Ultima 4's concept of following
> the virtues was so different from other RPGs of the time. It was a
> major focus of the game. You always had to think about your actions or
> you would not be able to finish the game. I never played another RPG
> quite like it. Not even other Ultimas.

I think I remember some DM using the Ultima 4 virtues thing and having 
you go through a questionare or something to make your character.

I'm pretty sure I played 4 just because of that virtues mechanic, but I 
don't remember anything else about it.  I probably didn't complete it.

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