Ultima Underworld is amazing game. It was the first really 3D game released. And it is most interesting game in all Ultima series. Music, story, quests: everything is made perfectly. Unfortunatly you dont see such games today. It runs in DOSBOX emulator in this release. Here are some tips for you to play this game with best experience on modern system. 1. Configure DOSBOX to use MT-32 for MIDI. Install Munt to emulate it. This way you will listen to much better music, then SB16 can produce. 2. Mouse can lag in game, I have changed default mouse sensitivity in DOSBOX config to 200. 3. Dont know why, but GOG release some old CD version of UW. So you need to patch it to latest version found here http://ultimacodex.com/archive/ftp/patches/uw1fix.zip (And ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/patches/uw2patch.exe for UW2) You have to put patched version of exe into game.gog, which is ISO image actually. This is essential step, since you will be hit by famous inventory bug otherwise. 4. I have found, that changing default DOSBOX renderer in config file to "super2xsai" impoves picture much. Also you can try other renderers. Have fun!
This is not just another RPG game, this is historically correct simulator of medieval life. Every piece of it is crafted with so much love, that you are completely into that old times in Bogemia. It is very enjoyable just to walk the streets of ancient villages and castles, through valleys and most beautiful forests. There is no game with such realistic environment, as in Kingdom Come. Nature looks as it is real! Music is another thing, it is very beautiful. I can listen it for hours, you do not get bored of it. Quests are very interesting, can be completed several ways. So you can play this game several times, and it will bring you more and more new features. Despite a lot of bugs in the first release of the game I think it is the best RPG game I ever played. Hopefully Warhorse will release other parts of the series later, and this game won't be the last.
