SwordCoast
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I want to start Ultima series. Which game do you suggest to start first? GOG has Ultima games 1 to 7 now. Should i start with first game? Or is it too primitive to play?
Jaesun said:Play Ultima IV - V - VI - VII Part 1 and Part 2 - VIII
Enjoy!
This. And don't fucking play Ultima 4 in the NWN engine. Why would you even consider doing that? No no no no no. You may as well just skip to 5 if you're going to pull that shit.Jaesun said:Play the originals THEN play Lazarus.
NO. Don't do that. Both remake are terrible, even if one was slightly less so. And while Lazarus is fantastic it's not a real substitute for 5, and you really should play both.Infinitron said:If you're repelled by old graphics, swap U4 with one of the NWN remakes
Stabwound said:I've played U4 for a few hours now and I have to say the combat is banalshitboring and happens every 2 minutes outside of towns. Seriously, it's god awful.
SwordCoast said:Thanks for answers gentleman. I am not the type whose effected by graphics so much. Because of that, i will try to start with the first game if it works on my computer without a problem. You mentioned about some unofficial patches.Can you direct me to those unofficial patches and tell me which ones are good to install?
Combat isn't that exciting (and not as good as U5's) but it's too quick to be banalshitboring, and you know, 2 minutes is a pretty long time. It takes me less than that to go from one destination to another usually, so one combat per trip isn't so bad.Stabwound said:I've played U4 for a few hours now and I have to say the combat is banalshitboring and happens every 2 minutes outside of towns.
If you have trouble installing patches or need any other kind of help with the early games I'll be glad to help a daring soul.SwordCoast said:Thanks for answers gentleman. I am not the type whose effected by graphics so much. Because of that, i will try to start with the first game if it works on my computer without a problem.
U1 works fine under DOSBox as is. The link Jaesun provided seems to apply fixes to all games, though I'm not sure you should use it for all of them (you may want to consider Exult, but you'll worry about it when you get there).You mentioned about some unofficial patches.Can you direct me to those unofficial patches and tell me which ones are good to install?
A few clicks from there took me to this page, which has a whole bunch of PDF's of old Origin strategy guides.Jaesun said:http://www.ultimaaiera.com/ultima1/pixs-ultima-patcher/
Sceptic said:Combat isn't that exciting (and not as good as U5's) but it's too quick to be banalshitboring, and you know, 2 minutes is a pretty long time.Stabwound said:I've played U4 for a few hours now and I have to say the combat is banalshitboring and happens every 2 minutes outside of towns.
Stabwound said:... and the virtue system went way above my head at the time.
Playing blind and have 1/8 shrines so far: Justice, which is probably the easiest one. I don't exactly understand how to raise some of the virtues, and I have a feeling I'm fucking myself on some of them, but oh well.
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