![]() Ultima VIII suffers from some pretty awful design decisions. Ultima VIII included a full MIDI soundtrack for PCs equipped with sound cards and there was even an optional speech-pack was sold alongside the game that enabled spoken dialogue for several of the game’s key scenes and characters – something that was unheard of at the time.ĭespite being a very advanced game in terms of technology. In fact, it is probably one of the best looking PC games pre-1995. Like every entry in the Ultima series, this chapter features a massive graphical upgrade. The world of Pagan is beautifully presented. On a technological level, this game was nothing short of cutting edge when it was released. It is up to The Avatar to figure out how to escape this world and return to Britannia so that he can confront The Guardian once and for all. The Avatar has been snatched up by The Guardian and banished to the mysterious world of Pagan, The Guardian’s home world. In this game, the story picks up right where we left off in Ultima VII – Part Two. So, this review marks my first time really playing through this title from start to finish. When the Ultima Collection hit the shelves, I had moved from DOS to Windows and I never could get the game to a functional state again. But I never got more than an hour or two into the game before I got distracted by something else. In the end, I did manage to get it up and running. (I think it came bundled with a CD-ROM drive that I purchased.) I remember spending quite a bit of time tinkering with my system so that I could get this game to work correctly. His lack of supervision certainly shows in the final product.įor some odd reason that I don’t remember, I actually possessed a copy of this game back in the nineties, before the release of the Ultima Collection. When trying to understand why this game is radically different, it is often accepted that Lord British had very little input into the construction of this particular game. That is not the case at all with Ultima VIII. So far, each Ultima game has consistently built off of its predecessor. ![]() This makes for a vastly different game than what fans were used to. Instead, Ultima VIII ends up being more of an overhead action game with some light RPG-esque elements. What makes this game so different than all of the other entries in the series so far? Well, for the first time we have an Ultima title that doesn’t really feel like a traditional RPG. ![]() My Ultima series playthrough is nearing its end! This time, I’m going to review what is probably the strangest entry in the franchise, Ultima VIII – Pagan.
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