Re: "8 Classic Games You Haven't Played (but should)"

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.
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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!