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From: "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at>
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Subject: Re: TIL: Ultima 6 NuVIe
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:25:58 +0200
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Am 23.09.24 um 14:48 schrieb Mike S.:
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:52:51 +0200, "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> wrote:
> 
>> Ultima 7 did not age well, the combat system was a mess and that drags
>> the experience down nowadays.
>> I will stick to my fond memories, had the same experience as you!
> 
> I never played any Ultima for the combat. It was boring in the earlier
> games and broken in Ultima 7. There are better RPGs for combat.
> 
> I enjoyed Ultima 4 and 5 a lot for reasons other then the combat and I
> did not have any nostalgia for them as I never played those as a kid.
> I think I am going to like Ultima 6 and 7 just fine.

I played Ultima 7 mostly for the explorational aspect, but you have to 
have in mind those games basically were the first ones doing a lot of 
stuff, they invented a ton of what has become standard and refined nowadays.
So yes, the quests are often fetch quests and they have a ton of stuff 
also done by other games, but those games came after Ultima!