Why did they make this? It has to be the worst console port of a PC game of all time. It can't be excused. I heard Lord British was against releasing it but ECA (later EA) overruled him.
>>12653753Very few SNES owners even knew the PC version existed so it's not like it was disappointing as a port specifically. And if it sucked that was just normal for the time.
PC gaming was still niche. Some of the bigger games of the era sold 50k.Just compare that to the SNES or even Genesis best sellers. EA was in the business of PC gaming, but hated PC gaming.
>>12653761ECA was based, released a ton of great games, then something happened in the 1990s and they became evil and changed their name to EA to somehow signify this, removing the Platonic sphere and leaving only the tetrahedron and the cube in their logo. Esotericists should study this.
>>12653753is that horse sleeping?
>>12653771It's standing up, it's just a weird overhead perspective Ultima and some other WRPGs went with at the time.
>>12653771You have to rotate this game 45 degrees for it to make sense. Even then the horse looks like shit.
>>12653758>Very few SNES owners even knew the PC version existedI don't know about that. I just think they were happy to play... whatever.
>>12653753I had 6 on the SNES as a kid. I could never figure out what to do. I'd always get lost walking around in the dark or teleport straight to the demon world and die. I specifically remember the music was just Rule Britannia and it would just loop over and over and over, I actually hated it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJ0-1sI2fgI always thought the intro was really scary and cool though. I was super into just watching that over and over.
>>12654023It's a cool intro. Try it again, the PC version, you can play it with SCUMMVM. It's a nice game, for the time it was ground breaking.
>>12653775Damn it still looks like horse shit, otherwise I could just rotate my monitor.
>>12653753>ECARetard.
>>12654064Electronic Computer Arts, ECA, became EA, Electronic Arts (or Art, now).
>>12654078>Electronic Computerthey didnt want anyone to think they were some scrubs making pong on punch cards
>>12653753>worst console port of a PC game of all timeDOOM on Jag64.
>>12654028Someday I will, hopefully, but I'm a bit of a completionist at heart so it doesn't feel right to start with the 6th game in a saga. I did play through Ultima 1 something like 10 years ago but I couldn't get into 2. Always thought I'd get back to it but I haven't yet. Never quite been able to get over the FOMO of skipping entries, I like to know what's going on or I feel like I can't fully appreciate the story.Also, sidenote, but I played through the first Might and Magic as well a few years back and I found it interesting and bizarre how they both decided to insert space travel and aliens into otherwise traditional fantasy settings. I loved that, so immediately captivating and it makes the game worlds feel so epic in scope, like future games could go anywhere from here.
don't know why they would even bother. 4 was the last ultima worth playing, and 3 was the last one that was actually good.
>>12654218The story doesn't even try to make sense, really, until III. Ultima is just Time Bandits.>>12654220namejobbye
>>12654228is that some zoomer bullshit i'm too much of an adult to understand or are you just esl?
>>12654254>is that some zoomer bullshit i'm too much of an adult to understand or are you just esl?It proves you didn't play the game if you don't know it. Yet, you're sitting here talking about Ultima like you know it. It's weird. You're weird.
>>12654201Doom's 3DO port is the worst.
