Starting Ultima Series

[MMXI]

OK, one more time:
There is only one ladder going up. Second "ladder up" is one-way only (you can use it to descend from level 6, but not back (don't ask me why).
What should I do in lvl. 8? I need to get out.

Cast an exit spell. Or go through the altar room on level 8 to another dungeon and exit that one instead.

 

[Wolfus]

Or go through the altar room on level 8 to another dungeon and exit that one instead.

:facepalm: I didn't know it's possible, thank you
I am trying to avoid X-it or UP/DOWN spells, but it seems I am too lame to win without them.

 

[Stabwound]

Question about U5: is it quite as bad as U4 in where you can miss a certain dialogue response from any particular NPC and not be able to proceed? I'm talking about how in U4, for example, it's very possible to completely miss the dialogue keyword that gets you started on finding out the "word of entry" for the codex chamber, making it impossible to complete the game without going around to every NPC in the entire game again.

U5 has way more complex dialogue options, keywords, more characters etc so I'm wondering if it's such a pain in the ass that you can miss some arbitrary dialogue keyword somewhere and get stuck forever wondering how to advance in the game.

 

[MMXI]

Question about U5: is it quite as bad as U4 in where you can miss a certain dialogue response from any particular NPC and not be able to proceed? I'm talking about how in U4, for example, it's very possible to completely miss the dialogue keyword that gets you started on finding out the "word of entry" for the codex chamber, making it impossible to complete the game without going around to every NPC in the entire game again.

U5 has way more complex dialogue options, keywords, more characters etc so I'm wondering if it's such a pain in the ass that you can miss some arbitrary dialogue keyword somewhere and get stuck forever wondering how to advance in the game.

Ultima V tends to have more clues per goal than Ultima IV. In other words, it's much harder to mess up by missing someone out entirely. It's still possible though. You just need to be thorough and explore all the towns methodically.

 

[SCO]

Something similar can happen in Serpent Isle.

Fucking spinebreaker mountains

 

[Tigranes]

I played Ultima VII a year or two ago, and really enjoyed it. The combat was of course more broken than possibly any other RPG I'd played (the original Press A for Awesome), but it looked great, played well on Exult, had a giant interesting world and some fun writing. I sort of random out of steam with Serpent Isle, though, because of the combat for one, and because I think I was born just a bit late to miss out on all the games where you have puzzles without handholding. (I started RPGs with BG.) I remember spending like 4 hours in the very first murder mystery in U7.

From all the LPs I've seen though, the earlier Ultimas seem to still have terrible combat, and even more puzzles with all these possibilities of screwing you over, and a lot of back and forth talking keywords with people, so I've never worked up the enthusiasm to try. Hrm...

 

[Tramboi]

Something similar can happen in Serpent Isle.

Fucking spinebreaker mountains

Happened to me and left me very confused about what to do next.

 

[Gragt]

BROS, I started Akalabeth! Wish me luck!

 

[Jaesun]

BROS, I started Akalabeth! Wish me luck!

Personally if you never play Akalabeth you aren't really missing much. Other than the nostalgia factor.

 

[Gragt]

I know, it's mostly out of curiosity. You know, I never played the Ultima serie and decided to rectify that, and I thought I might as well see where it all started. I'm conscious it has little value today, apart from a curiosity, but at the same time I have fun going so far back in time. Gives another perspective.

At its core it has some rather good (and basic) ideas for a dungeon crawler: get a quest to kill a monster, go in the dungeon and accomplish it, return to Lord British and he'll increase your stats. Rinse and repeat. When bored of the same maps, you can type another number and get a different set. It's very barebones, but it's a fun idea for a game.

 

[Gragt]

Well, that wasn't too bad:

 

[Quetzacoatl]

Well, that wasn't too bad:

What happens if you call the number?

 

[MMXI]

I know, it's mostly out of curiosity. You know, I never played the Ultima serie and decided to rectify that, and I thought I might as well see where it all started. I'm conscious it has little value today, apart from a curiosity, but at the same time I have fun going so far back in time. Gives another perspective.

At its core it has some rather good (and basic) ideas for a dungeon crawler: get a quest to kill a monster, go in the dungeon and accomplish it, return to Lord British and he'll increase your stats. Rinse and repeat. When bored of the same maps, you can type another number and get a different set. It's very barebones, but it's a fun idea for a game.

I agree. It must have been one of the first cRPGs to have an over world too. This was hugely expanded on in Ultima of course.

Well, that wasn't too bad:

 

[Gragt]

What happens if you call the number?

I assume not much.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

What happens if you call the number?

 

[Luzur]

Something similar can happen in Serpent Isle.

Fucking spinebreaker mountains

Happened to me and left me very confused about what to do next.

same here.