Ultima™ IV: Quest of the Avatar

I grew up playing interactive fiction just fine. But graphics...and this...just doesn't do it for me. I'll link this http://www.brainygamer.com/the_brainy_gamer/2010/09/unplayable.html as mainly my reason, and also add that I understand there's a lot of respect for these games, and that it DID grab me with it's introduction (even though I had to press every key on my keyboard to figure out how to start the damn thing), but this game hasn't aged well...at all.

Some gripe that the controls aren't bad. They should stick with their uninspired xbox games and mash some buttons.

Ultima III: Exodus was the first computer RPG that I owned and played. I remember the day I got it and Questron from Sears for my C64. Still some of the best RPGs ever made for the computer.

Stodgy exposition was made all the harder to read by the terrible font. I barely started to play before I gave up.

6 of 5 must play. 5 of 5 great story great gameplay. 4 of 5 great story average gameplay. 3 of 5 average story average gameplay. 2 of 5 play only if it's your favorite genre. 1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do. 0 of 5 play if you're a masochist. -1 of 5 avoid. Ultima IV score is 0 of 5.