Worlds of Ultima™: The Savage Empire

I 'tried' playing this game ages ago, I loved Ultima 6's engine (It was full of colour and detail, even though when I first played that it was in CGA and not the glorious 256 colours VGA) but what turned me away from Savage Empire back then was that the graphics/characters looked really tiny. As if the screen became smaller. It was hard to see. So I never continued. Pushed myself to go all the way this time and I'm glad. Savage Empire is not bad, but I can't help feel like its (by today's gaming terminology) an Ultima 6 DLC. U6 had memorable music, haunting & hypnotic (Partly coz I was using a Creative Game Blaster soundboard). SE's soundtrack was annoying (Using Roland emulation for this game lagged the game and it froze a few times), but I guess it 'fits' the prehistoric theme. What also annoyed me was that the time of day moves really fast, it feels like its always night. I seriously wouldn't have made it without referring to a guide. Things you needed to do at times wasn't clear. I also had to restart from scratch once because this game has only one save and a companion who wasn't in my party at the time got killed before he could join. I also almost quit at an important part of the game where I had to drop a boulder on a T-Rex. The game removed my last party member when the boulder fell and there was no way of getting him/her back in. Thankfully, I managed to figure it out and use two explosions, 1) Push the boulder to the side and 2) Push it down. The other bug that I encountered was the looping conversation with Tristia at the Kurak village. This bug I found was fixed in version 2.1 of the game. GOG's version is 1.6. The T-Rex boulder bug is still not fixed in 2.1 though, I tried. Hopefully, if you read this and faced the same problem; my solution will help you. Still, at the end of the day; this wasn't a bad game. I could imagine how it might be if it was remade with current gen engines and a more fleshed out world. SE just feels very U6 Lite.

I got this for my birthday when I was 12, and played it for three days straight - I snuck out of bed at night to play it until dawn, then I snuck into bed again so my parents wouldn't find out. It was far and away the best game I had ever played. The interface has aged so-so, and game-wise it was actually eclipsed by its successor Martian Dreams, but for me it will always hold a special place in my heart.

Play this game. Get lost in the Valley of Eodon for a few hours, rescue a jungle princess, unlock the secrets of a lost civilization, and protect the world from madmen and giant ant warriors. If you get too lost, Google Crystal Phoenix Hobbies. We have a guide for this game and currently hold two different world speed run records for it. It truly is worth the play, with a variety of allies, entertaining npcs, and a surprisingly intricate plot, especially for first-time players. I’m obviously biased, but even if you don’t like it as much as I do, it’s a free download.

Requires access to additional documentation to play the game, was probably included with original software.

I never could comprehend the U6 interface with its 30-ft viewing range. I didn't complete this game so I might be missing out, but it's just boring. There aren't much fights, seemingly no random encounters, the spellcasting is very barebones and combat holds nothing to U5.