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Posted August 23, 2012
Celebrate the Complete Collection of Ultima games on GOG.com!

We’ve got all of the Ultima games on GOG.com, and you can save up to 50% off all Ultima titles as part of our celebration of completing this iconic series.

Ultima: the name rings through the halls of PC gaming history. Source of some of the most innovative concepts in computer RPGs, and one of the best-selling RPG series ever made, it’s home to a vast variety of tense combats, difficult moral tests, and vivid characters. Anyone who’s played through the hundreds of hours of gameplay that the whole series spans has tons of fond memories: the challenges of living up to the morality of a noble champion for the first time in Ultima IV; realizing that day and night actually meant something in a game in Ultima VI, or even playing through a true 3d world in Ultima Underworld

But wait! There's more! Just to add a little more awesomeness to our ultimate cRPG series, we've prepared--with no small help from the GOG.com community--some new bonus goodies. Ultima 3 receives a spellbook for the cleric class. Ultima 6 gets an audio interview with his brittanic lordship, Richard Garriot himself. Owners of Ultima 7 can now access some game design documents, a Serpent Isle colored map and a cluebook. We didn't forget about the Pagan in the family--Ultima 8 gets a set of documents regarding the design of the Lost Vale. Even the 3D spin-off of the series gets new bonus content: quick reference cards for both Ultima Underworld games. So if you already own those games, be sure to check their cards today. If not--hurry up and grab them up to 50% off!

Bottom line: whether you’re looking to just pick up your favorite Ultima game (maybe you haven’t gotten around to it yet) or you’ve been holding out because we haven’t released your favorite one yet, now’s the best time to pick the Ultima games! You can experience the entirety of one of the best RPG series ever made--one that still influences games released today--for under $18. The promo lasts until 30 August 2012 at 10:59 AM GMT, but the glory of Ultima collection will shine on GOG.com for the foreseeable eternity.

Choose, Avatar, and choose wisely: will you tread the path of Honor, or will Brittania perish? You are being summoned to the Ultimate Ultima Promo page!
Posted August 23, 2012
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Bloodygoodgames: Well, I've never played any of the Ultima games (before my time :), so have just downloaded the freebie - Ultima IV and plan on giving it a go tonight.

It may just motivate me to buy a couple from this deal before the end of the promo -- even if I do have the world's biggest backlog.
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Magnitus: Missing Ultima 1+2+3, Ultima 4+5+6 and Ultima IX.

Interested in Ultima IX, curious about Ultima 6 and not all that interested in the others.

Prognosis: I'll wait.

Good promo if you don't have any of the Ultima games though.

Ultima Underworld 1-2 & Ultima 7 are pure awesomeness. Ultima 8 is also very good, imo, despite the controversy from diehard fans (more action oriented compared to the rest of the non-Underworld titles and moves away from the Virtue system), but it was my entry points to the series so I'm biased to say the least.

Ultima IX seems decent and I've heard good things about Ultima 6 (not sure how well it aged though, but it looks playable).

I think Ultima 1+2+3 are lemons (maybe decent in their time, obsolete now), but for those who have none of the Ultima games and are into RPGs, it's a good deal overall.
1 is weird, 2 is just balls to the wall odd and a pain, 3 is pretty good if you ask me the only downside is there is a issue with the spawn rates in the PC version that makes it kinda cheap since the monsters spawn is lower then it should be based on other versions if I recall but the guy behind the ultima 3 upgrade patch said he was looking to fix that as well as tweak the food consumption rate a hair to make the game a bit more playable.

6 is good but the interface is a bit of a pain for some, I don't mind it to be honest as it's worlds better then Ultima's 1-5's I just didn't care for the small game window.

8 I do like, hated the platforming and how alot of stuff got cut and so the story in alot of places feels unresolved shame they were forced to nix the enhanced CD rom version which was supposed to fix alot of the complaints the game had such as making the world more seemless and interactive like Ultima 7's and reintroduce the cut content, due to the compaints the floppy version got or so the story goes.

IX is hit or miss it's one of those you will like it for what it is or what it tried to be or your going to despise it for me, I fall in the latter group I tried for years to like it but the acting, the half-assed story and the overall rushed, buggy and incomplete feel to the game just turned me off.
But that is to be expected since Ultima IX was troubled from the start, first they changed plans because of people complaining about 8 as the game was originally planned to strand you on the Guardian's home world but because people wanted to go back to Brittania, companions and have virtues reinstated they changed it, then EA yanked everyone off the game half way through to finish up Ultima Online and then when they came back to it Richard and co decided to scrap entirely what they had and start over from scratch and most of the team quit and the game went through about 4 more rewrites till EA finally put a ship or kill deadline and they rushed what they had with a new team and a half assed plot scrapped together from Bob White's planned plot.
Post edited August 23, 2012 by DCT
Posted August 23, 2012
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G-Doc: If you have all the other games and you complete your collection with Ultima 9, you'll get it 50% off, for $2.99. If you have some of the other games missing - it's just 30%. But it's the best time to get ALL the missing games, in my opinion.
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SimonG: I agree.

The Ultima series is gaming history. Especially UU 1+2 and U VII are still fun to play nowadays and should be played by everybody who has some interest in gaming beyond solitaire.

Any word on Akalabeth?
Hell, the old ones (except for maybe 1+2+3) are still great fun today! I started playing Ultima here on GOG and I've been recently having a blast with my Ultima series playthrough.
Post edited August 23, 2012 by Zurin Arctus
Posted August 23, 2012
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Bloodygoodgames: Well, I've never played any of the Ultima games (before my time :), so have just downloaded the freebie - Ultima IV and plan on giving it a go tonight.

It may just motivate me to buy a couple from this deal before the end of the promo -- even if I do have the world's biggest backlog.
*looks at his own backlog* I don't know, mine is annoyingly big as well...

Anyway, if you feel that you are on the fence about the Ultima series, and don't know if you will be able to sit through the rather outdated earlier ultimas (they are important games from a historical point of view, and quite interesting, but I don't think they hold up all that well these days), then just play Ultima 7 (part 1 & 2) & Ultima Underworld (2 in particular). Those games still hold up really well, and the world in Ultima 7 is one of the absolutely best game worlds ever created.
Posted August 23, 2012
Brilliant promo, but I've already snagged the ones I want (my wallet is so thankful) and my backlog is already too large as it is.. :( Thanks for the bonus goodies though! Seems like GOG is back on a roll, can't wait to see what else is in store.
Posted August 23, 2012
Great promo. 3 games to buy to complete my Ultima Collection but I want to see what will be on weekend promo first.. Better safe than sorry :-P
Posted August 23, 2012
Didn't GOG have screenshots with the individual game names on them before, when several games were bundled? Or at least for a few titles?

I liked that and found it very helpful. In fact, IMO that's a feature that should be absolutely mandatory for each game collection. Do we already have a feature request for it? Searching for "screenshots" didn't get me any related results, but I don't really believe noone has thought of that before ...

EDIT: Ah, I found it! If you're with me, vote for such a feature here! :)
Post edited August 23, 2012 by Leroux
Posted August 23, 2012
All I need is U9 and it will be complete! Thanks!
Posted August 23, 2012
They are so lazy, they don't even label screenshots anymore! :P
Posted August 23, 2012
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Bloodygoodgames: Well, I've never played any of the Ultima games (before my time :), so have just downloaded the freebie - Ultima IV and plan on giving it a go tonight.

It may just motivate me to buy a couple from this deal before the end of the promo -- even if I do have the world's biggest backlog.
I hope this doesn't come off as high-and-mighty, but I think I can safely say that I got y'all beat as far the backlog goes :D
Posted August 23, 2012
Hmmm, decision time. I've been playing 4 over the past several weeks and have really enjoyed it. I have a small backlog of about a half dozen games that I was planning on playing first then I was going to grab a few Ultima games next year. I was debating the merits of starting from the beginning or cherry picking the best of the lot, but I thought this was a decision I would make months from now. Buying them all now is cheaper than buying three later, and I get paid on Friday...but my poor backlog that I've been so good at reducing!
Posted August 23, 2012
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Bloodygoodgames: Well, I've never played any of the Ultima games (before my time :), so have just downloaded the freebie - Ultima IV and plan on giving it a go tonight.

It may just motivate me to buy a couple from this deal before the end of the promo -- even if I do have the world's biggest backlog.
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JudasIscariot: I hope this doesn't come off as high-and-mighty, but I think I can safely say that I got y'all beat as far the backlog goes :D
Is it over 400 games owned while also playing an MMO daily?
Posted August 23, 2012
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JudasIscariot: I hope this doesn't come off as high-and-mighty, but I think I can safely say that I got y'all beat as far the backlog goes :D
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dirtyharry50: Is it over 400 games owned while also playing an MMO daily?
I won't allow myself near an MMO :D Too addicting :P
Posted August 23, 2012
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Stevedog13: Hmmm, decision time. I've been playing 4 over the past several weeks and have really enjoyed it. I have a small backlog of about a half dozen games that I was planning on playing first then I was going to grab a few Ultima games next year. I was debating the merits of starting from the beginning or cherry picking the best of the lot, but I thought this was a decision I would make months from now. Buying them all now is cheaper than buying three later, and I get paid on Friday...but my poor backlog that I've been so good at reducing!
Go for it! Even if you only spend brief periods of time in the earliest ones it is still fun to see them. Ultima VII both parts is not to be missed as are the Underworld games. While there were mixed reviews of VIII I really enjoyed it myself. Ultima IX I only got to see a little of where it ran so badly on my machine at the time but what I saw then made me wish I could play it so I am thrilled it is here at last now.

So I say dive in a get them at such a great discount price. That is a LOT of great gaming for the money, truly classic too.
Posted August 23, 2012
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Stevedog13: Hmmm, decision time. I've been playing 4 over the past several weeks and have really enjoyed it. I have a small backlog of about a half dozen games that I was planning on playing first then I was going to grab a few Ultima games next year. I was debating the merits of starting from the beginning or cherry picking the best of the lot, but I thought this was a decision I would make months from now. Buying them all now is cheaper than buying three later, and I get paid on Friday...but my poor backlog that I've been so good at reducing!
All I can say is this: you always get more shelf space with us :D
Posted August 23, 2012
Akalabeth, where is it?!?


Anyway, that's what I love about GOG, the complete series is available here. Consider this Ultima Collection as purchased, since I want to play it since the first game from when I wasn't even born yet. For $17.94 I can't pass it up. :-)
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