I played this game briefly in 2017 when it was making a buzz bought from a diff store. The story is decent but then it breaks down towards the and and is just a walking simulator. The game is not worth it anyway. 1/5 not worth don't bother.
This whole game already has issues with balance but then they added this DLC which is balance thrown out of the window. For ex Volta builds only traps but his traps get destroyed really easy and are incredibly expensive. So you gotta use Arcanum to convert mana to gold to keep your gold up. And to make matters worse all his minions are worthless and cannot get any beasts. Last final match is impossible as Volta. Not only that buy the occasional game freeze issues were never solved even to this day.
I haven't played GOG version yet but I have played a diskette original version of Ultima 8 lots of times. And again later with a few patches. This game is not perfect. Has a many issues. From annoying combat to cluttered inventory system to the way spells are cast to the endless platforming jumping and deadly water and so on. The story is also a bit choppy at times and some doors lead nowhere, boss fights are non existent and no party system. Okay. I agree. Is not the same as previous Ultima. Yes. It is true. Look at my rating? Perfect 5 stars. Why you ask? Well. Is simple. The atmosphere of the game feels real, feels gloomy, feels like you are in a cursed island trapped between 4 titans controlling the destinies of these humans. All the objects in the world are there many useless but they can be moved around taken used controlled. Beds can be slept in to pass time, books can be read. The music is fantastic. The characters are believable and they even react when you appear to be taking their stuff or moving things around. They close open doors. They study, meditate, sleep. Is a real world. And you enter that world is not about you, the Avatar, is about them. For me this world of Pagan, the four elements and four magic systems, the rituals and spells are all very original and different and I have never seen or played a game in set in a similar world. And that is why I gave it 5 stars.
