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EA prepares to fuck up another RPG

Thread starter waywardOne
Start date Mar 29, 2011

waywardOne

Arcane

Mar 29, 2011

#1

http://www.ultimaaiera.com/blog/concerning-ultima-4-or-in-which-i-have-to-be-the-wet-blanket/

Electronic Arts is finally cracking down and issuing DMCA notifications to most — not all! — sites that are hosting the PC version of Ultima 4 for download.

Xor

Arcane

Mar 29, 2011

#2

:rage:

Elim

Augur

Mar 29, 2011

#3

Come on, this has to be a really bad joke.
I mean...they cant...
Or can they really...?

Destroid

Arcane

Mar 29, 2011

#4

Bizarre. I was always under the impression that once you gave something away for free that was it, you couldn't take it back again.

Nex

Cipher

Mar 29, 2011

#5

I would have thought so too. I still have a copy of it which came on a pc mag cd.

Jaesun

Fabulous Ex-Moderator

Patron

Mar 29, 2011

#6

Destroid said:
Bizarre. I was always under the impression that once you gave something away for free that was it, you couldn't take it back again.

EA specifically gave a few sites to legally give out free copies of U IV, then it proliferated over the years.

Mister Arkham

Scholar

Mar 29, 2011

#7

Well, regardless: I snatched up a copy from one of the links in the article before they could potentially be taken down. I mostly did it out of spite, but maybe I'll banish my secret RPer's shame and finally be able to say that I've played an Ultima title.

Jaesun

Fabulous Ex-Moderator

Patron

Mar 29, 2011

#8

Mister Arkham said:
Well, regardless: I snatched up a copy from one of the links in the article before they could potentially be taken down. I mostly did it out of spite, but maybe I'll banish my secret RPer's shame and finally be able to say that I've played an Ultima title.

If you do decide to play it, be sure to pick up the Ultima IV Upgrade here: http://www.ultimaaiera.com/category/ultima4/u4-patches/

It's pretty cool.

Micmu

Magister

Mar 29, 2011

#9

maybe they intend to "remake" Ultima IV: Reloaded for XBox....

Jaesun

Fabulous Ex-Moderator

Patron

Mar 29, 2011

#10

micmu said:
maybe they intend to "remake" Ultima IV: Reloaded for XBox....

Or Facebook.

Excidium

P. banal

Mar 29, 2011

#11

Ultima IV-V-VI remake by Bioware

can someone please photoshop this? :lol:

:lol:

Destroid said:
Bizarre. I was always under the impression that once you gave something away for free that was it, you couldn't take it back again.

They can, Sierra did it with Betrayal at Krondor.

Daemongar

Arcane

Mar 29, 2011

#12

Nex said:
I would have thought so too. I still have a copy of it which came on a pc mag cd.

That the one that came with Betrayal at Krondor, Wasteland, uh, and a couple of others? Yeah, I kept mine safe just in case a day like this came.

I heard they were making a MMRPG using the original UIV engine. The conversation system is awesome, but things are pretty hectic in LB's castle. Once you die, everyone appears there, so it gets crowded. Also, finding nightshade is a biz-nitch. The fens of the dead are crowded with assholes searching all over, even on non-moonless nights. You morons! Quit killing Wheatpin, he's a friendly fucking skeleton!!!

Alex

Arcane

Mar 29, 2011

#13

Jaesun said:
micmu said:

maybe they intend to "remake" Ultima IV: Reloaded for XBox....

Click to expand...

Or Facebook.

Sigh. At least, it will be easier to ignore, just like that browser Zork thing.

By the way, to anyone wondering what Jaesun is talking about, there was talk of a Facebook remake of Ultima 4, which EA was producing. I wonder if you will be able to boost your friends virtues...

Mister Arkham

Scholar

Mar 29, 2011

#14

Jaesun said:
Mister Arkham said:

Well, regardless: I snatched up a copy from one of the links in the article before they could potentially be taken down. I mostly did it out of spite, but maybe I'll banish my secret RPer's shame and finally be able to say that I've played an Ultima title.

Click to expand...

If you do decide to play it, be sure to pick up the Ultima IV Upgrade here: http://www.ultimaaiera.com/category/ultima4/u4-patches/

It's pretty cool.

Thanks, I'll keep it in mind.

Anyone have any idea how easy/difficult it should be to get U4 running on a Windows 7 machine?

mondblut

Arcane

Mar 29, 2011

#15

I have my copy on a pirate compilation cd, but I think I'll go and redownload it somewhere just to laugh at the faggots.

...nah, too much bother.

On a possibly related note, that Flash U4 remake was taken off a few days ago when I accidentally clicked the bookmark. And I never got to play it. Le fuck.

Luzur

Good Sir

Mar 29, 2011

#16

Billy Dragon said:
EA are goddamn scum, thats the gist of it.

someone seems to have seen the truth atleast.

Serious_Business

Best Poster on the Codex

Mar 29, 2011

#17

They are reasonable businessmen making money off a willing market.

Jack

█▓▒░

Patron

Mar 29, 2011

#18

Excidium said:
Ultima IV-V-VI remake by Bioware

Jaesun

Fabulous Ex-Moderator

Patron

Mar 29, 2011

#19

Alex said:
By the way, to anyone wondering what Jaesun is talking about, there was talk of a Facebook remake of Ultima 4, which EA was producing. I wonder if you will be able to boost your friends virtues...

It's interestingly you mention that. I was working on a news article for this, but I don't think it's going to be an AAA RPG title. It will be either Facebook or a browser crap, so I gave up on it (as that really isn't Prestigious enough for RPG Codex).

Anyways here is the fragmented article:

Something Ultima this way comes

Back before Bioware's ~~life-force was slowly sucked out and then enslaved to crank out Action games~~ eventual acquisition by EA, it has been rumored Obsidian Entertainment were in talks with EA on doing some kind of Ultima game as mentioned by Desslock:

Obsidian doing an Ultima game very nearly happened - the deal fell apart very late over contract negotiations. That was a while ago though, prior to current management of EA taking control and bringing BioWare into the company.

Also much earlier, Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum with the help of Bioware Mythic and with EA's approval, began to go through countless boxes of CD's and other items associated with Origins past....

Then our Ultima BRO™ WTF Dragon's website http://www.ultimaaiera.com/ started reporting some rather odd tweets from the Bioware Mythic team.

At this time, it's either a free release of Wing Commander (or perhaps some new edition shipped with DOSBox) for GOG or steam, or an Ultima IV browser remake, or possibly a new higher-resolution Ultima Online, or a new facebook/browser Ultima. The speculation is just too much right now. But we will possibly be hearing something solid soon....

I'm just not convinced it's a proper AAA RPG (that I'd be willing to bet money on) that Obsidian was attempting to negotiate with EA.

But we can always hope... right?

Brotherman Bill

Arcane

Mar 29, 2011

#20

:lol:

Alex

Arcane

Mar 29, 2011

#21

There was also mention of a Facebook Ultima in that disgruntled EA employee blog post.

EA Louse said:
Oh yeah, and he needed Paul Barnett. You know him as the crazy British dude that appears in random videos at EA to promote his latest bullshittery. We know him as the crazy British dude who we have no idea of how he still has a job. This man was supposed to be the savior of Warhammer’s vision and design. Now all he can do is promote his strange ideas about his little secret project web Ultima game that’s been almost universally criticized by all of us and focus groups. What’s that? You didn”t know Paul loves one of those old Ultima games sooooo much he’s making a literal copy of it for Facebook? Well, the cats outta the bag. Too bad it sucks ass.

Vaarna_Aarne

Notorious Internet Vandal

Mar 30, 2011

#22

Jaesun said:
But we can always hope... right?

For a MCA take on Ultima, or only limited BioWare Mythic rape?

Alex

Arcane

Mar 30, 2011

#23

mondblut said:
On a possibly related note, that Flash U4 remake was taken off a few days ago when I accidentally clicked the bookmark. And I never got to play it. Le fuck.

Wait, what!?

bhlaab

Erudite

Mar 30, 2011

#24

Even if they're doing an Ultima 4 remake, I don't see how the original being available hurts them unless it's literally just the same game but with a price tag

Jaesun

Fabulous Ex-Moderator

Patron

Mar 30, 2011

#25

Vaarna_Aarne said:
Jaesun said:

But we can always hope... right?

Click to expand...

For a MCA take on Ultima, or only limited BioWare Mythic rape?

My gawd, could you imagine MCA's take on The Virtues?

I just came in my pants.

The Bioware Mythic guys DO love the Ultima's, I'll give them that. Paul Barnett especially. I guess we shall have to wait and see..

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