Best RPG Ever Available for Free Download
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Ultima 4 is the best RPG ever? I don't even consider it the best of the series. So in conclusion, YOUR OPINION IS WRONG!
I'm pretty sure your hand slipped with a 5 instead of a 6.rembrandtqeinstein said:
I actually have a copy of the the Ultima collection on CD, but I can't install it anymore as I can't figure out which program I have to uninstall to install the games.
Your opinion can never be wrong, misguided or misinformed but never wrong because your opinion is your opinion.Fusioncode9 said:
I really enjoyed Ultima IV on the Commodore 64 way-back-when, but it's hard for me to imagine playing a game like that now, especially if it's the 1985 version (which on the PC would mean that it was either dead silent or used the *cough* limited sounds available to the PC's internal speaker... Sound cards didn't really start coming into their own until about 1990.)
I don't mean to dissuade anyone; it really was a milestone of a game. Just be prepared, between the interface, the graphics, and the sound (or lack thereof) for a kind of culture shock.
I don't mean to dissuade anyone; it really was a milestone of a game. Just be prepared, between the interface, the graphics, and the sound (or lack thereof) for a kind of culture shock.
Doh...sorry! I've been on a serious thread all day and am feeling all defensive from the insults and idiocy i've seen. Starting to remember why i dont do conversations with people i can't grab hold of and punch lol. People tend to be less aggressive in personFusioncode9 said:
6 was a better game mechanically but it didn't have anywhere near as compelling a story as 5. The gargoyles as misundersood aliens just weren't as interesting as Blackthorn or the Shadowlords. The Shadowlords actually were scary and the effects they had on townspeople was something unique. The fact that they showed up but you couldn't possibly beat them gave them the "darth vader" aura of menace that made you dread the pc speaker whine when they were in a town.vxicepickxv said:
6 was groundbreaking in the lack of "loading" between towns and wilderness, the contiguous world was truly a feat for the technology of the time. Also I'm pretty sure it was the first example of controllable party AI that games followed for years to come along with the real-time/pause combat system that defined 7 and was perfected in the infinity engine for baldurs gate the rest of that generation.
So I agree that 6 was a very important game but it wasn't anywhere near as tight as 5.
Very true. I think Origin (the other one) or EA released the boxed set some years back containing all the DOS versions of Ultima together. I should know. It's around here somewhere. It didn't contain the FPS versions, that came repackaged seperately and is also on a shelf around here.Zerbye said:
Kinda sorta tried that and they were smacked down by EA's unmerciful law division.GrayJester said:
Of the series, the 7s were the best, both in terms of scope and visually (of course they don't hold up all that well, but that didn't stop me from playing them again just a year ago).
I already own the compilation that has all but 9 on a disc. Nice that GOG made it a lot easier to install and play though.
I'd go on to list KOTOR, Mass Effect, Deus Ex HR, & Dragon Age, but I get the feeling that would be pointless. Ah well, guess I will anyway.TheMadDoctorsCat said:
I have an application for you: Wineskin Winery. It's free, it emulates Windows using Wine, and it's pretty easy. The only issue is that some GOG stuff doesn't work with Wine (Fallout (2) have an impossibly slow cursor), so you'll need to check if something works using the App database on the Wine HQ.Trogdor1138 said:
