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Ultima VII doesn't run in Real Mode, it runs in Unreal Mode. https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Voodoo_Memory_Manager
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_mode Still real mode, just a variant.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_mode Still real mode, just a variant.
Thank you for this rabbit hole. I don't remember why, specifically, but I do remember there being a rather annoying sequence I needed to go through in order to "boot" to U7. Just to hopefully be greeted by that weirdo in red.
It’s still isometric, luckily. I always wanted to have Ultima VII with Ultima VIII perspective, and this is kind of a superset of that.
I gave up on Ultima VII when some wolves attacked my party in the forest and I couldn't find my downed party member. That was the day and age when you only had the manual to help you figure out UI problems instead of asking people on The Internet. By the time I had access to somewhere to ask I was too busy playing Starflight. Which for the kids is the second version of No Man's Sky, or No Man's Sky is the third versi…
And if anybody's looking for a new game with the Ultima vibe, I highly recommend Moonring, a free indie game from one of the creators of Fable: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2373630/Moonring/
I never played the Ultima games but I did have a crippling Ultima Online addiction in high school for two years. This video definitely brought back some memories.
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I gave up on Ultima VII when some wolves attacked my party in the forest and I couldn't find my downed party member. That was the day and age when you only had the manual to help you figure out UI problems instead of asking people on The Internet. By the time I had access to somewhere to ask I was too busy playing Starflight. Which for the kids is the second version of No Man's Sky, or No Man's Sky is the third versi…
Yeah changing perspectives would be really helpful. I vaguely recall that in Serpent Isle behind the wall forming the final room (where you're supposed to stick the three McGuffins into the slots) they're just… sitting there on the floor. Probably some way to test the end game sequence that didn't get removed because you needed to turn on cheats and move the wall to find it.
I'd be interested in seeing a living, breathing game world simulated by AI under game writers' guidance.
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“Eat that kal vas flam and have a side of in nox you PK sob!”
Being a PK (as well as a thief/PK hybrid) in UO is some of the most fun I've ever had in a video game. There's nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of being a fugitive and surviving, picking people off and scavenging what you can before the fuzz arrive. PKing had a deleterious effect on the community -- I'll admit -- but I had fun as both a PK and as a victim trying to escape or exact revenge. UO (pre-Renaissance)…