Re: TIL: Ultima 6 NuVIe

On 9/24/2024 8:14 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:52:51 +0200, "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> wrote:
 

Am 19.09.24 um 18:07 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:

I replayed Ultima 7 a few years back. I was disappointed to learn that
the experience wasn't as great as I remembered. Without argument,
"Ultima 7" was a groundbreaking game, taking many of the ideas of
"Ultima 6" and giving them some necessary polish.

>
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!

 A lot of people complain about Ultima 7's combat, and understandably
so. The game stripped out all strategy -and pretty much all control-
from the game. You'd hit the "c" key to switch your party into combat
mode, and the AI would instantly take over, automatically running
about willy-nilly swatting at enemies until all nearby foes were dead.
 Technically, you _could_ control the characters manually but -because
the game was real-time- this was functionally useless. The enemy AI
didn't wait for you, and managing the characters was a mess.
 Worst was when a party member got seriously wounded; he'd run away
(often dropping his weapon and equipment) and -if the enemy chased
him- might even die offscreen and you'd never find him.

Oof. *Crosses Ultima 7 off of list of games to get around to*
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-Justisaur
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