>>12529054
I should probably play it. Same as I should probably play M&M 9.

I used to have the demo for this but would only load it up when Ultima Online servers were down. Was kinda cool.

Im going to play through it some time too

What's a paladin?

>>12529054
play Shroud of the Avatar. its a remake of Ultima IX in all but name. the MMO is dead but it still has the 40 hour campaign that Richard always wanted. and its free to play

>it's good because I played it as a child

>>12529096
who said that?

>>12529094
nta but it looks interesting, thanks bro

>>12529054
apparently there's a few unofficial patches that sort out the most major issues

>>12529098
The OP.

>>12529235
not once does he ever refer to it as an objectively good game

this song is deeply ingrained into my brain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQbGm8e5v_E

when I think of pirate music this is what comes to mind

>>12529054
It's overhated. More wrpgs should have puzzle elements

>>12529054
*Spits on you*

>>12529443
That is the music in Ultima Online for Bucaneers den. (which came first)

Bucaneers den was a pirate city, and a hot spot for random PVP since there were no guards to attack you, and there was a healer to rez.

redpill me on why most people seem to hate it. I know very little about Ultima

>>12531289
A very popular nerd youtuber (at the time) said it was shit and made a meme out of the line in the video game "What's a paladin"

>>12531289
BETRAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!

>>12531432
Why was Spoony too autistic to realize that the stupid questions the Avatar asks were optional dialogue choices intended to explain the lore to new players?

>>12531432
Anon, "What's a paladin" was an online meme on forums before Youtube even existed.

>>12531501
There is many better ways to have done it then the way they did. Why not flip the question and have someone ask the Avatar what a paladin is so the Avatar could explain. So much of the writing in IX was just lazy and never really thought through.

Ultima VI and VII are the most fun you can have in Ultima games
VI because it had a lot of glitches and probably unintentional effects on things
for example you can get one magic armor, cast animate on it then cast duplicate on it until you have enough for your whole party, same with other items duplicate wasn’t supposed to work with
>meh I forgot if those are the exact spell names
It also had funny shit where if you upped Dupre strength stats he could carry a skiff and regular items as well so if you had any places with water you could cross, just don’t die and lose it and not pick it back up
you can play through it as it was intended by following the story to each shrine, or you can just open world it and go through the dungeons and other areas
drawbacks are not enough monsters and after you beef up your party you clean house easily
with Avatar if you go mage you become essentially godlike real quick
but it’s a wander around fuck with things and talk to characters game and was unbelievable on PC when it came out nothing was as complex and had the depth
good music and graphics for then but they look like ass now

VII is essentially VI but with goofier graphics and more shit to mess with but also has seemingly more annoying glitches like walking around is tough plus the click the mouse non turn based combat was more difficult and made it so you could get wiped easily with a mistake
Also your PC had to be pretty beef when it first came out or it had all types of funny bugs and delays where shit did not work right
still really fun

IX was a 3D Ultima game when Ultima was already old and moldy compared to other games. Nobody who liked the OG Ultimas including older than VI wanted it. It looked bad and games had moved on. Also that other Ultima Underworld 3D shit just gave you an insta headache from the graphics better not to buy it and find out

Ultima VI is my favorite DOS game and I judge all RPGs by it, as wrong as that might be

>>12531519
I posted on a large forum dedicated to a ultima game (uo) and never saw anyone say "whats a paladin" a single time