I'm an Ultima fanatic as well. Played all of them back to four. That's why Ascension was such a disappointment for me. It was so much less of an RPG than its predecessors, and I just think that Ultima began to fall apart after VII part 2. After Sosaria, Britannia was a nice, perfect land, with the dark little orcs and things causing only a minor ruckus. Then it began to fester and the land's people grew more selfish and caniving. I felt something could have been done to prevent the collapse of Britannia had Lord British not left Origin. Very sad.
Yes, you're all thinking 'This coming from HIM!?' Well, I'm sentimental about Ultima. First RPG I played was Ultima IV when I was nine or ten, and I've played all of them after that, including Savage Empire, Martian Dreams, the Underworlds and UO for a few months.
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