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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: "8 Classic Games You Haven't Played (but should)"
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:23:42 +0000
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On 30/01/2025 14:04, Mike S. wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:17:45 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
> 
>> What's so special about Ultima IV as I had it on the Atari ST, never got
>> into it but I do still have the original box although I've lost that
>> cloth map, and I also now have it on GoG as a freebie.
>>
>> Is it actually worth playing now just to see what it's all about?
> 
> There is no Ultimate Bad Guy(tm) to defeat in Ultima 4. You have to
> become the Avatar by following the eight virtues. Some of them include
> Honor, Sacrifice, Humility, Honesty and Justice. Fail at any of them
> and you can't complete the game.
> 
> What I personally really enjoyed was exploring Britannia and its towns
> and talking to all of the people. When you talk to them, you have to
> pick up on 'keywords' and type them in to continue the conversation.
> 
> So If a character you talk to says 'This is Moonglow! The town of
> honesty!. You then can type 'honesty' and the NPC will say more.
> Ultima 5 takes this much further as conversations in that game are
> more in-depth.
> 
> I like old games, especially RPGs,  so it is was definitely worth
> playing for me.

I think I well give it a go just to see why it's a game that gets 
mentioned so often!