Pants, dairy factory, etc. - Ultima is coming back

[Barrister]

http://ultimaforever.com/

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/12/eas-paul-barnett-ultima-forever-reboot-is-not-an-mmo/

An odd strategy - they're making it Free to Play, it's a remake of the ultima Ultima - Ultima IV.  But Ultima was my #1 childhood favourite computer game, so I don't care - I'm excited.

[CountDeMoney]

But Ultima was my #1 childhood favourite computer game, so I don't care - I'm excited.

Man, my friends and I sunk a shitload of hours into Ultima IV back in the day.  What a great package, too.  The map, the ankh...good times.

[Barrister]

But Ultima was my #1 childhood favourite computer game, so I don't care - I'm excited.

Man, my friends and I sunk a shitload of hours into Ultima IV back in the day.  What a great package, too.  The map, the ankh...good times.

I... wouldn't know about the package Ultima IV came in.   

I will have you know that I spent an entire month's pay from umpiring baseball games in the summer on Ultima V however.  When they gave me the paycheque they even said "don't spend it all before you get home".  I laughed because that's exactly what I did.   

[sbr]

You all know there is a legit, legal free version of the original Ultima IV out there for download?  It looks like it works well on modern systems, including Mac OS.

http://xu4.sourceforge.net/

EDIT:  That said a remade modern Ultima IV would be very cool.

[Syt]

http://ultimaforever.com/

cross-platform action RPG

[Syt]

You all know there is a legit, legal free version of the original Ultima IV out there for download?  It looks like it works well on modern systems, including Mac OS.

http://xu4.sourceforge.net/

EDIT:  That said a remade modern Ultima IV would be very cool.

It's also available at gog.com for free (with all other parts up to vii for cheap).

[Barrister]

You all know there is a legit, legal free version of the original Ultima IV out there for download?  It looks like it works well on modern systems, including Mac OS.

http://xu4.sourceforge.net/

EDIT:  That said a remade modern Ultima IV would be very cool.

Or you could download the actual game for free from GOG, rather than a remake.

I wonder if I could manage to play Ultima IV in this day and age.  Graphics haven't aged well at all.  I know it seemed to take a hundred hours or so to win - and for some reason I think I never did win it (after seeing my brother win that was good enough for me).  This was all pre-internet of course so you couldn't just look up a walkthrough or hint site.

[sbr]

Yeah I had forgotten about the gog version.

[Valmy]

Wait when is this game coming out?  I will definitely have to get it.  It looks more like a reboot than a remake though 

I presume this is going to be done in the style of Mass Effect and Skyrim and the other action RPGs.  Eh I have learned to accept them.

[Tonitrus]

The original game is lauded as very important, and it is, but if you give it to a modern gamer, it's sort of like trying to read Chaucer. You're told it's worthy, but it's sort of incomprehensible."

A very good analogy about so many classic games.

[Barrister]

Downloaded the GOG original.

Holy crap - it both takes me back very strongly, and WOW - I can't believe I played these games for so many hours.  It makes me feel so very, very old (yet while part of me feels like it was yesterday as well).

[Syt]

I still think that a cross-platform multiplayer action RPG is against everything that original Ultima stood.

[Barrister]

I still think that a cross-platform multiplayer action RPG is against everything that original Ultima stood.

The original Ultima was cross-platform - there were C64, Apple II, MS-DOS, and Atari ST versions (plus probably a few more).

There was no such thing as multiplayer in those days.

And the couple of article I've seen have said it isn't action-oriented...

[CountDeMoney]

The original Ultima was cross-platform - there were C64, Apple II, MS-DOS, and Atari ST versions (plus probably a few more).

There was no such thing as multiplayer in those days.

Heh, we would "hot seat" our characters. Have a sleepover at my friend's house, and we'd take turns all night with our characters with his C64.  YOUVE HAD 2 HOURS MY TURN

[garbon]

It makes me feel so very, very old (yet while part of me feels like it was yesterday as well).

You should. I wasn't born when it came out.