I will try to be quick about this, we are currently in 2017 and I am reviewing a game series that came out in 1985/1988/1990. This review may have spoilers. Ultima 4: with the graphics update, it looks decent. The game itself is good, but terribly unforgiving, but the kicker? This game came out in 85, there was no boss battle, you are just struggling to be a better guy. You have 8 virtues you must max out, and then you can ascend to avatarhood. Think about how many games have "good/evil" sliders and the extremes are stupid. This sidesteps that. You are really tempted to do not nice things to go faster, and the game remembers you did them and rubs it in your face. The game is a bit grindy, but The concept of 8 alignments at once is awesome, and yet to be even approximated. Ultima 5: My favorite. You are now the avatar (spoilers) and you return to Britannia to see that the virtues have become law. Here the concepts of external vs internal motivations are explored. This game is great. How great you ask? I just replayed it 30 years later. Warning: if you have a laptop with no numlock, the game is unwinnable. You need to hook up a keyboard and press numlock twice to access other numbers than 5 and 0. This is almost a show stopper. Ultima 6: Best cover art for an ultima, and one of the best for any game. In Ultima 4/5 you (spoilers) kill many daemons. It turns out, they don't like that and invade Britannia. You need to stop them, but it turns out their motivation is more than just "evil bad guy stuff". Technical aspects: all three games run in dosbox, so they work with Windows, Mac and Linux. Also, U4 is free, so you are paying for 5-6. These games are wonderful and explore philosophical questions, character and society motivations. There is a reason in the Ultima universe, this trilogy is called the age of enlightenment.
