Why was it received so poorly and no one bought it when it basically had Diablo graphics years beforeAnd no console port?
>>12498943Looks pretty bad
>>12498943>had Diablo graphics years beforeDiablo is way more appealing to the eye.The gameplay in Ultima 8 is also similar to the Warrior in Diablo, it's just too bad the entire game is half baked. It had the potential to be on par with Diablo or maybe even better but they just didn't have enough time. Deadlines suck, bro.
>>12498945Nah, how it looks is actually the best thing about it.
>>12498943Pagan isn't really the game which the long time core Ultima fanbase wanted, and it also wasn't really a properly finished game. It's not as bad as Ultima 9, but the decline is evident and EA's buttfucking would grow worse.>>12498967>The gameplay in Ultima 8 is also similar to the Warrior in DiabloSort of, except it still has a lot of the 'cruft' left over from Ultima being an actual thoroughbred RPG, whereas Diablo cuts shitloads of fat in favor of streamlining strictly for action dungeon crawling, being super simple and easy to learn and interact with, and not being a long game.One could argue that Pagan hits a middleground, but it would not be one which satisfies either end all that well.>>12498968The graphics are actually quite nice.
Play ultima IV to VII part 2 and you'll understand why
>>12498943Ultima's entire claim to fame is "doing things first, but doing none of it very well."
>>12498968Zoomed-out Pagan looks surprisingly good. Like a slightly higher-detail Ultima VII with a non-fucked perspective. What's the easiest way to go through the game? Beeline to the nameless hero's tomb, grab the Slayer mace, and keep swinging until the instakill ability triggers?
bothering with graphics is part of why is sucks. the original trilogy are the only properly good ultima games. 4 is maybe worth playing but thouroughly mid at best. everything after 4 is trash
>>12498943Ultima fans didnt want the next one to become Super Mario
>>12498943best looking Ultima by a mile. I'd like to see Ultima V to VII using this engine
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>>12499753>What's the easiest way to go through the game? Beeline to theWhy are you asking that? Do you want to play the game or not?
>>12498943I watched a Let's Play of this game and it's such a potty it isn't really finished.Great ass atmosphere.
>>12499757>bothering with graphics is part of why is sucks. the original trilogy are the only properly good ultima games. 4 is maybe worth playing but thouroughly mid at best. everything after 4 is trashinsane take,4-6 is the best ultima ever was.let me guess,atheist anti objective morality fag ?
>>12500913>I watched a Let's Play of this game and it's such a potty it isn't really finished.opinion discarded..
>>12500929>let me guess,atheist anti objective morality fagWhat the fuck are you making up in your head you retard?
>>12499757hi Richard
>>12500759>I'd like to see Ultima V to VII using this engineThere’s currently a fan project aiming to port Ultima 8 into the Ultima 7 engine, which is honestly the weirdest and most pointless thing I can imagine.
>>12500953kek, I salute the autism needed for such a project
>>12500953Insanity
>>12500953>not Ultima IV or Vclearly the work of a madman
>>12499746/thread
>>12498943It is the GOAT
>>12500953>port Ultima 8 into the Ultima 7 engineBut... why? I could see doing the reverse, porting Ultima 7 into Ultima 8's engine, but...
>>12500953Anything that makes ultima look less tibia the better
>>12500953>>12501414There are quite a few things I like better about the Ultima 7 engine too, but since Ultima 8 has an open-source reimplementation, Pentagram, it would probably have been much easier to implement those features there than to create this monstrosity.
>>12498943Same engine, but it was Crusader: No Remorse that Blizzard North cited as their primary inspiration, not Ultima 8. Incidentally Fallout 1 was also heavily influenced by Crusader.
