For Ultima Fans

[Sroth]

Lord British himself (Richard Garriott) sat down with Spoony, an internet reviewer who reviewed the entire Ultima series. This is apparently the first part in what will be a series of such interviews with some info about Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, the Ultima MMO currently in development. Also, Angry Joe was apparently there and was the one recording.

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2013/11/10/hidden-camera-footage-angry-joes-phone/

Pretty interesting, and I look forward to hearing more about SotA. I never played an Ultima game, but they certainly sit among the most loved RPGs of all time (well, not all of the Ultima games), so I'm very intrigued.

[PinkRose]

Ultima Online was my first MMO, not counting MUDs and MUSHs.

[Talon]

Likewise, Pinkie.

Fond memories and that's not just the nostalgia glasses talking.

[Askari]

I've played a LOT of games in my life, but oddly enough... I never played any incarnation of Ultima.

[Sroth]

I've played a LOT of games in my life, but oddly enough... I never played any incarnation of Ultima.

I'm in the same boat. I mean, they're old games, but I've been playing computer games since I was old enough to go to school, and yet I never crossed paths with the Ultima series. I feel... somewhat incomplete.

[PinkRose]

Ultima was slightly dry. Too medieval and not enough magic.
I like my fantasy fantastical, which is why I like EQ so much. It was just perfect as a setting for me.

[Talon]

It was my first knowledge of a graphical fantasy MMO. With today's hindsight it did a lot of things wrong but it was a pioneer.

There were good points and bad points, of course. In the early days PKing and griefing was a serious problem for peaceful players like me but even I can appreciate the danger and adrenaline their presence brought to the game.

Dry is right. No quests, no story except what created the world. But I still had fun. Players made their own enjoyment. Lots of RP back then, was great.

The stand-alone Ultima games are held as classics, particularly Ultima 7, I believe. They were good RPG fair. I only played 8 and 9. Nine was a bit of a disappointment but there were still aspects to love.

At this risk of being opinonated, Richard being involved in something outside of EA's greedy polution of the original series interests me.