Ultima™ 8 Gold Edition

I give up, Britannia can burn. I tried playing it and it crashed so many times that I lost count. And I played Ultima 8 back when I was a kid with the insane platforming. This version though, broke me. Beggars are tortured invisibly and all I can see are their dialogue floating in the air. NPCs walk off into the distance when I engage them in conversation. Hold still so I can choose my reply - AGHHH! The last straw was when the save game got corrupted and it crashes when I launch the file. Yes Guardian, I am lamenting. You win, just let it all burn.

I am not taking stars off for old grudges, first of all. So its action spin-off with Ultima theme. Story once developed was pretty good and I absolutely loved magic schools and way spells needed to be cast. There were few fun easter eggs in game (hasta la vista?), some scary moments and despite what many say, and what I thought once, its worthy if bastard successor to ultima series. Try play Origin Crusader games after this one.. (or before), you might have deja vu moments!

I know, I know... this game is broken, unfinished and buggy as hell. this was one of the first games on my own PC back in the days, and every time I hear the voice of the Guardian, the MIDI music of the intro or Tenebrae, I'm instantly back in 1994... I love the walking-running around the wilderness, finding the paths in the caves, chopping down the zombies, and learning the different ways of the magic schools. this game holds great sentimental value for me, and I can give it a go once in a while.

Ultima is one of the greatest game series of all time. It really is. I say this so you know I'm not just biased against it. Ultima VII may be one of the greatest RPGs ever made. The game that followed it set up the rest of the series. By that, I mean it sets you up to realize how much of a failure the rest of the series will be. Ultima online and IX are terrible. I can understand some of the changes like there are no companions. That makes sense, no one knows who or what the avatar is on Pagan. But there are so many other things. There is platforming. I don't know why but there is, and the isometric perspective makes it impossible to judge distances so you'll be falling into a lot of instant death pits. Every level in the game is grey. Not joking. Even the beach you start out on. Every. Freaking. Level. There's no real combat, you only get one handed weapons in one repetitive overhead swing type attack. It's not really an RPG anymore and your character's appearance never changes. Not like that matters since there's no character creation at all. The game is bugged up the butt. The magic system is so amazingly overcomplicated I'm amazed I figured it out. The game is also broken. Within half an hour of starting it, you can max out your strength. No joke. And even then, it still takes 7-10 hits to put down the main enemies in the game. Zombies and ghosts. Those are what you will be fighting. The story looked like it could have some potential, but most story lines were cut. And I do mean most. The ones that stay in never go anywhere because they were cut too. Even if you do stay this game all the way through to the end, it looks like a promising set up to the final Ultima game. But it's not. Because Ultima IX contradicts almost everything VIII. And all the ones before that. To sum it all up: Avoid unless you are a die hard Ultima fan.

I grew up with Ultima 8 and I really loved it. I never played the Ultima title before so I can understand every other post here. But for me Ultima 8 is a part of my life. I bought the double pack with Ultima 9 and Ultima Online right after that. Ultima 9 wasnt that good at all but Ultima Online was like a dream. We played it for 4-5 years till AoS hits.