I do not agree !!!
For me Utltina was THE game.
I have played all the Ultimas since Ultime III
(when Iolo was only a green square on a black background ! we needed a lot of imagination at these times ...),
and this series of games was different from all the other games, even BG,
essentially because all the characters felt like friends.
The only "bad" ultima was Ultima VIII, where the Avatar was all alone.
I never found such a feeling with another game,
and Ultima IX was full of melancholy, saying goodbye to friends and Britannia
(And the Irish music was great too).
Plus, Ultima was always full of little technical improvements; I remember Ultima IV, when the mirrors reflected the characters ! It was NEW ! And it was all these little things that made Britannia a great world. It made you feel like you were really there.
Okay, I am a little bit fanatic about Ultima !
But I am a bit sad that my son will never play these games (Have you tried to play Ultima IV again ? I did ...)
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