Ultima™ Underworld 1+2

The immersion and depth (no pun intended) of these great games are astounding. I still recall as a 15 year old kid, booting up these 3.5 inch discs and marveling at everything I encountered. You FELT like you were in a cave when you were thrown into the abyss. The music, the drips of water, the scurrying shadows in the corners of the room; all amazing. 22 years later and I am STILL thinking about this game and comparing all modern games to the experience of this one.

Ultima Underworld I & II are simply incredible. I barely managed to finish the first, and, to be honest, never quite completed the second—but that never stopped me from enjoying them both immensely. That said, I couldn't help but notice some (newer?) players complaining about the "clunky, boxed graphics" and the difficult controls… Well, of course they are like that. These games were among the very first 3D games ever made! They came out in the '90s, pioneering mechanics and systems that would later shape the entire genre. Criticizing them for their visuals or interface is like dismissing The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) for not being "colorful enough." Context is essential to truly appreciate any work of art—and believe me, these two games are exactly that. 5/5, without question.

Definitely one of my most favourite experiences in the 1990ies. Hardly any games have been able to suck me into their worlds like these two. Ultima Underworld has set standards for decades to come, this was the first smoothly scrolling dungeon available in a maintream AAA product, the magic system was different from what you ever saw before and the variety of worlds (part 2) was amazing. I love those games up to this day. The combat music is in my ears right now. Gotta play. :)

What can i say, these games are near perfect. I you like to dungeon crawl, explore, discover secrets of the underworld deeps, then this series is for you. This was also one of the first "3d" 1st person perspective games, which boasted some impressive tech for its day. The GOG release is solid, but it is unfortunate that the default sounds and music patches aren't quite right on my Win7 system. This can be corrected but may require significant research on part of the player. Nothing beats playing this game using the an original Roland MT-32/ CM64L or compatable Roland sysex sound device. These old external sound devices are ideal as they can be plugged in to modern computers through a USB/Midi cable. Then is a simple matter of telling Dosbox to use the external device as default midi port. This whole process was much easier in WinXP byt he way.

Игра то хорошая, безусловно, но накатить на ГОГ версию русификатор у меня не вышло, так что пришлось отдельно скачать DosBox и саму игру, и уже на неё ставить русификацию, как то так :)