Lots of series are like thatSweet Home and Clock Tower are so tragically unknown despite creating the entire horror game genre.
Everyone sites Resident Evil 1 as the granddaddy of the survival horror franchise. Very few bring up Alone in the Dark, and even less bring up Sweet Home
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Was this history of RPG video you watch from the NeverKnowsBest YouTube channel?
If so, I literally watched that last night/this morning before work
At least more people remember it than Wizardry >_>Wizardry is apparently still alive in Japan. It's had a bunch of Japan only adaptations over the years.
Wizardry is apparently still alive in Japan. It's had a bunch of Japan only adaptations over the years.There have also been a good number of Japanese video games continuing the series unofficially (a lot of them have even been translated and released on Steam)
Yeah, I've been watching it on and off over the past few days.
I dunno, how many of you remember Monster Bash? or The Incredible Machine? how about Super Solvers?TIM was great.
What's a paladin?
TIM was great.
The devs made a sequelThe original series got a Ghost n Goblins spinoff.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/241240/Contraption_Maker/
I feel like maybe you're just talking to the wrong people, most people I talk to who actually care about gaming are aware of ultima and its influence (although not that many have actually played any of them)
Yeah never played it never seen videos or pics of the game. However when I saw this topic I said to myself isn't that the original rpg video game? Don't even know where I learned this.Ultima 7 holds up the best IMO. The graphics are primitive but it's a surprisingly big and detailed open world. If you can get it working it's a lot of fun still.
Would any of the early ones still hold up today?
Wizardry is apparently still alive in Japan. It's had a bunch of Japan only adaptations over the years.I would love a collection on switch. I have played a good bit of the SNes/SFC remakes
At least more people remember it than Wizardry >_>If you want to talk about a series nobody remembers now it's Might and Magic. Just when you think it can come back it screws up somehow.
Ultima 7 holds up the best IMO. The graphics are primitive but it's a surprisingly big and detailed open world. If you can get it working it's a lot of fun still.
As you go back, it gets more and more primitive. I absolutely love Ultima 4 and recommend it if you have the patience but it is VERY obtuse and the UI can be a huge pain. The beginning is also extremely frustrating at first.
Ultima 5 and 6 gradually improve on the open world.
Really this series built the open world RPG as we know it. If you go from 1 to 7 you can basically see them building it up until it's basically got all the things we associate with open world RPGs like Fallout and Elder Scrolls. And with many if not most of those mechanics, Ultima was the first one to do them.
I dunno, how many of you remember Monster Bash? or The Incredible Machine? how about Super Solvers?Who doesn't remember super solvers? I remember playing Midnight rescue in school. They also had the gizmos and gadgets one where you made a car to race the villain.
Ultima 7 holds up the best IMO. The graphics are primitive but it's a surprisingly big and detailed open world. If you can get it working it's a lot of fun still.
As you go back, it gets more and more primitive. I absolutely love Ultima 4 and recommend it if you have the patience but it is VERY obtuse and the UI can be a huge pain. The beginning is also extremely frustrating at first.
Ultima 5 and 6 gradually improve on the open world.
Really this series built the open world RPG as we know it. If you go from 1 to 7 you can basically see them building it up until it's basically got all the things we associate with open world RPGs like Fallout and Elder Scrolls. And with many if not most of those mechanics, Ultima was the first one to do them.
I'm not entirely sure.Your knowledge of the land shall be great.
What system is 7 on and 4. I'll look into those 2Non pc? 4 is NES, 7 is SNES. Now it's best play all the console ones in order. 3 is part of the first trilogy. 4 and 5(nes for both). The events in 5 happen right after 4. 6 and 7 are also best played back to back. 6 and 7 are snes.
Non pc? 4 is NES, 7 is SNES. Now it's best play all the console ones in order. 3 is part of the first trilogy. 4 and 5(nes for both). The events in 5 happen right after 4. 6 and 7 are also best played back to back. 6 and 7 are nes.
1, 2, 8, 9, 10 you can find on PC
Non pc? 4 is NES, 7 is SNES. Now it's best play all the console ones in order. 3 is part of the first trilogy. 4 and 5(nes for both). The events in 5 happen right after 4. 6 and 7 are also best played back to back. 6 and 7 are snes.Master System got a port of 4 as well.
1, 2, 8, 9, 10 you can find on PC
At least more people remember it than Wizardry >_>
Non pc? 4 is NES, 7 is SNES. Now it's best play all the console ones in order. 3 is part of the first trilogy. 4 and 5(nes for both). The events in 5 happen right after 4. 6 and 7 are also best played back to back. 6 and 7 are snes.I do recommend playing them all on PC if you can. Maybe 3 on NES but other than that the PC version is a lot better.
1, 2, 8, 9, 10 you can find on PC
They long games? Like let's compare it length wise to final fantasy 1 shorter or longer?Ultima 1 is shorter. Ultima 2 may be longer but not in a good way. Ultima 3 is short if you know what you're doing, but probably a similar length for most people their first time through.
I do recommend playing them all on PC if you can. Maybe 3 on NES but other than that the PC version is a lot better.
The "true" version of 1-5 is the Apple II. That's how old they are lol.
There is also a pre-Ultima game called Akalabeth which is freeware. It's not particularly good. In fact it's extremely basic. But it's interesting as a sort of look at how RPGs first began. This game is actually from before Apple II, believe it or not. The combat and vector maze dungeons are copying other games that already existed, but I believe this is the first game to have a sort of "overworld" that you can walk around in and enter dungeons and other points of interest. And anyway it's free so you might as well download it and give it a try. If nothing else it will give you a look at what the first RPGs were like.
Ultima 1 and 2 are PC only.
Ultima 3 has NES and PC versions. I've beaten both. The NES version looks better and has music, so it's better in that regard. It's also more intuitive if you're used to NES RPGs and not old console ones. But the PC version is smoother, quicker, and more streamlined if you're used to keyboard hot keys, which you should get used to if you want to play Ultima 1-5. So this game will help you get accustomed to the way you play the other games. Overall I'd recommend the NES version but the PC version has its merits.
Ultima 4, the Sega and NES versions have better graphics and sound but the dialogue is dumbed down a lot. And one of the most charming things about this game is its dialogue, where you meet all these people who are talking about the virtues and what they mean. You lose a lot of this in the console versions. Also on PC there are programs you can use to improve the graphics, add music and better sound, and greatly improve the UI so it's a much better experience overall.
Ultima 5, the NES version is basically unplayable. It looks and plays like garbage. That game was just too much for the system to handle. I tried it out once and it was an absolutely miserable experience, avoid at all costs.
Ultima 6, the SNES version seemed okay but at this point PCs had VGA graphics and sound cards so it's no longer much of an upgrade in that respect. The PC version has a much smoother hybrid keyboard / mouse interface and I think the world loses a lot of its complexity.
Ultima 7, the SNES version is playable but it's garbage compared to the PC version. Stay away from that one too.
There also is an Ultima 7 part 2 which is a whole new adventure and game world using the same engine. It's really good too but only on PC I think.
Ultima 8 and 9 are also on PC.
I do recommend playing them all on PC if you can. Maybe 3 on NES but other than that the PC version is a lot better.
The "true" version of 1-5 is the Apple II. That's how old they are lol.
There is also a pre-Ultima game called Akalabeth which is freeware. It's not particularly good. In fact it's extremely basic. But it's interesting as a sort of look at how RPGs first began. This game is actually from before Apple II, believe it or not. The combat and vector maze dungeons are copying other games that already existed, but I believe this is the first game to have a sort of "overworld" that you can walk around in and enter dungeons and other points of interest. And anyway it's free so you might as well download it and give it a try. If nothing else it will give you a look at what the first RPGs were like.
Ultima 1 and 2 are PC only.
Ultima 3 has NES and PC versions. I've beaten both. The NES version looks better and has music, so it's better in that regard. It's also more intuitive if you're used to NES RPGs and not old console ones. But the PC version is smoother, quicker, and more streamlined if you're used to keyboard hot keys, which you should get used to if you want to play Ultima 1-5. So this game will help you get accustomed to the way you play the other games. Overall I'd recommend the NES version but the PC version has its merits.
Ultima 4, the Sega and NES versions have better graphics and sound but the dialogue is dumbed down a lot. And one of the most charming things about this game is its dialogue, where you meet all these people who are talking about the virtues and what they mean. You lose a lot of this in the console versions. Also on PC there are programs you can use to improve the graphics, add music and better sound, and greatly improve the UI so it's a much better experience overall.
Ultima 5, the NES version is basically unplayable. It looks and plays like garbage. That game was just too much for the system to handle. I tried it out once and it was an absolutely miserable experience, avoid at all costs.
Ultima 6, the SNES version seemed okay but at this point PCs had VGA graphics and sound cards so it's no longer much of an upgrade in that respect. The PC version has a much smoother hybrid keyboard / mouse interface and I think the world loses a lot of its complexity.
Ultima 7, the SNES version is playable but it's garbage compared to the PC version. Stay away from that one too.
There also is an Ultima 7 part 2 which is a whole new adventure and game world using the same engine. It's really good too but only on PC I think.
Ultima 8 and 9 are also on PC.
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire is also well worth playing. Uses the Ultima VI engine, and has some fairly nifty parts to itI focused on the main series rather than side projects like that and Ultima Underworld, but they are all very good and worth playing. Especially Ultima Underworld 2. That game is absolutely fantastic.
Thanks maybe my device will have the pc versions. No keyboard though stuck with the ps2 knock off controller it came withKeyboard is highly recommended for Ultima up to 5. Maybe required--it might not be possible to play the PC versions without a keyboard.
Your knowledge of the land shall be great.The Codex of Ultimate Wisdom?
That's just a guess though and I could be way off base.Yes you are. Maybe I'll make a long post that gets into it.
Lots of series are like that
Everyone sites Resident Evil 1 as the granddaddy of the survival horror franchise. Very few bring up Alone in the Dark, and even less bring up Sweet Home