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So funny to see this here, I was just looking into Ultima remakes last night, and saw this one among others. Looks really awesome. I never played any of the Ult

by vancroft 10mo ago

So funny to see this here, I was just looking into Ultima remakes last night, and saw this one among others. Looks really awesome. I never played any of the Ultima games back in the day, and have bounced off them when trying in later years. This should make Ultima VII a lot more accessible and playable. There's also a remake of Ultima Underworld being made in Godot: https://github.com/hankmorgan/UnderworldGodot https://github.com/hankmorgan/UnderworldGodot Hoping for these projects to succeed, both U7 and UU sound like incredible games that deserve to be accessible to modern gamers.

esafak 10mo ago
UU was teh shizz. I wonder what it would look like with photorealistic renders.
- anthk 10mo ago
  You can play Arx Libertatis today with the assets bought from GOG (Arx Fatalis). The game is really close to UU.
- cholantesh 10mo ago
  Not good, I imagine; IMO part of the magic of a game from the era is that blocky aesthetic. I'm reminded of how Dracula X Chronicles completely sucks all the joy out of Rondo of Blood with ugly 3D models and weird arrangements of the compositions with 'real' instruments (or just a different synth).
  - mtillman 10mo ago
    The only reason to play that version is the SotN unlock for the PSP and even then, easier to just download the PSX iso.
    - Cpoll 10mo ago
      The PSP SotN was different enough than the NA PSX release, including a new Maria mode (different than the Saturn one), and a new translation (technically better, but retranslates some iconic lines).
      - entropicdrifter 10mo ago
        Perhaps most notably, the "What is a man?" scene was completely retranslated
      - cholantesh 10mo ago
        I guess if you have/had a PSP this isn't an option but they did release a collection for the PS4 called Requiem that has these changes packed in.
- Razengan 10mo ago
  Ultima Underworld also came out before Doom!
mtillman 10mo ago
The updated camera angle is the killer feature for me. That’s the only issue I have with the original and I had that same issue when it came out.
dunham 10mo ago
I played them (starting with 4) back in the day. And 35 years later, I fixed a bug in the ScummVM version of U4. I discovered it while showing the game to my kid. I couldn't have predicted that back then. Although as a kid, I did fix a "bug" in Ultima that required the floppy disk when you had it installed on HD.

esafak 10mo ago

UU was teh shizz. I wonder what it would look like with photorealistic renders.

anthk 10mo ago
You can play Arx Libertatis today with the assets bought from GOG (Arx Fatalis). The game is really close to UU.
cholantesh 10mo ago
Not good, I imagine; IMO part of the magic of a game from the era is that blocky aesthetic. I'm reminded of how Dracula X Chronicles completely sucks all the joy out of Rondo of Blood with ugly 3D models and weird arrangements of the compositions with 'real' instruments (or just a different synth).
- mtillman 10mo ago
  The only reason to play that version is the SotN unlock for the PSP and even then, easier to just download the PSX iso.
  - Cpoll 10mo ago
    The PSP SotN was different enough than the NA PSX release, including a new Maria mode (different than the Saturn one), and a new translation (technically better, but retranslates some iconic lines).
    - entropicdrifter 10mo ago
      Perhaps most notably, the "What is a man?" scene was completely retranslated
    - cholantesh 10mo ago
      I guess if you have/had a PSP this isn't an option but they did release a collection for the PS4 called Requiem that has these changes packed in.
Razengan 10mo ago
Ultima Underworld also came out before Doom!

mtillman 10mo ago

The updated camera angle is the killer feature for me. That’s the only issue I have with the original and I had that same issue when it came out.

dunham 10mo ago

I played them (starting with 4) back in the day. And 35 years later, I fixed a bug in the ScummVM version of U4. I discovered it while showing the game to my kid. I couldn't have predicted that back then. Although as a kid, I did fix a "bug" in Ultima that required the floppy disk when you had it installed on HD.