>more interactive (nearly everything can be picked up, thrown, used, even crafted)>world has more going on, a sense of life or chi pervading it>graphics are incredible to this day, the lighting is perfectly done and the 3D sprites are excellent>fun plot, generic and not too serious>huge number of ways to solve all the puzzles and battles, clearly the devs didn't even anticipate many of them>can do most anything in any order, quests must be remembered, no glowing dot on the compass or quest markets>OTOH you can fully annotate the entire automap, which is greatIt still hasn't been matched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYTit60G6Hk
I prefer System Shock's setting, but Ultima Underworld is great.
It's sort of not really the same sort of game but you have to have triple digit IQ to get that I suppose.
>>12931746Looking back, in hindsight, you can really see how poorly these have aged. They're so snide and deliberately over-critical. Not Noah in particular, all of these pop culture reviewing wannabes, blatantly ripping off AVGN. In fact, all of these videos just make you want to watch AVGN again.
>>12931743I have never played an Ultima game before. I'm used to JRPGs. How good is this game for beginners (it's Ultima Underworld judging by the other posts ITT)?
>>12931804It's so comfy after a while.>>12931817Nitpicking Ultima is a time honored tradition and people only really do it so much because they love it. He was the last to really get it I reckon.>>12931823It's terrible unless you start with Ultima I which also has sci-fi elements and is a very easy game you can probably beat your first try in a couple hours. You kind of had to have been there from the early '80s to the early '90s games where the graphics and interface were more modernized - really invened the modern interfaces. Paper dolling, dragging inventory between packs and bags and onto the character, spell books, these were all invented in Ultima games. I would start with Ultima VII in Exult actually, it's the most modern and impressive one and there are enough books and hints and speeches to get you going in-game, the plot is only vaguely related to the previous games in any event. But you'll soon notice the world is far more alive than modern games, you can do a lot more, it's funnier, it's a fun time. You're adventuring! At first...
>>12931817>make you want to watch AVGNCan't relate.
>>12931839>I would start with Ultima VII in Exult actuallyYeah but some vibecodesloppers should fix the choppy movement. There is probably a way to do this.
