tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post4357903136731750421..comments2024-03-29T10:21:29.354-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Ultima Underworld II: Tangerine Trees and Marmalade SkiesCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60565229707127543682023-01-30T21:19:18.293-05:002023-01-30T21:19:18.293-05:00"Some of you are going to die. Martyrs of cou..."Some of you are going to die. Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide" - The Avatar, probably.Alejonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38119634212783099872022-06-19T06:18:54.695-04:002022-06-19T06:18:54.695-04:00You may not be aware of this but the multicoloured...You may not be aware of this but the multicoloured cubic pyramid is meant to be evocative of Q*Bert, similar to how UU1 had its homage to Pac-Man. Bruce Greenwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74099397970102793382022-06-17T07:24:54.560-04:002022-06-17T07:24:54.560-04:00I could be wrong (it's been years), but I thin...I could be wrong (it's been years), but I think that's dream spice growing on the grave in your screenshot from the Praecor Loth entry on June 2nd. I believe it's also located at some places in the ice caves.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944829206045717727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46765375134073788062022-06-15T13:04:54.842-04:002022-06-15T13:04:54.842-04:00I want summer Posts... but hope everything is exce...I want summer Posts... but hope everything is excellent and that you are enjoying yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13408175505675806462022-06-15T12:29:00.071-04:002022-06-15T12:29:00.071-04:00I'm a strong deutan, and I was very excited to...I'm a strong deutan, and I was very excited to try Echroma. Ended up not really doing much for me. But maybe you'll be different!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18292530281181265262022-06-10T17:21:21.315-04:002022-06-10T17:21:21.315-04:00I vividly remember causing Killorn Keep to crash o...I vividly remember causing Killorn Keep to crash out of curiousity when I was very young and playing this for the first time, and being so abjectly horrified of what I'd done when I looked out on the ruins I immediately loaded. Honestly, I think this is probably what spurred me to always avoid / abhor evil based playthroughs in any game, I was very affected even though these were 'virtual people', I was young and the game was blowing my mind with the graphics and conversations.<br /><br />This might sound like I'm saying bad things about the game or about the scenario, but on the contrary this spoke to me about how powerful video games could be and how amazing this was.Torennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68371515821592924932022-06-08T16:41:25.116-04:002022-06-08T16:41:25.116-04:00Really interesting article! Thanks!Really interesting article! Thanks!gamer indreamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91091685746105546382022-06-08T10:32:05.342-04:002022-06-08T10:32:05.342-04:00Sorry for a possible off-topic message. This is no...Sorry for a possible off-topic message. This is not relevant to UUII In any way but it is relevant for Ultima fans. Ars Technica has just published an insightful text on the really weird world of forgeries of early cRPGs, including Ultima games. Patryknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38337526415145078282022-06-08T10:14:09.171-04:002022-06-08T10:14:09.171-04:00No, because all it does is get the gem out of the ...No, because all it does is get the gem out of the Shrine proper and into the rest of the orange area. You still have to finish the red, yellow, blue, and purple areas before you can get to the orange and retrieve the gem. Not sure if you can Portal directly into the orange area, but that would definitely trivialize the Void. Then you would only need to finish either the red or purple areas in order to get a djinn bottle.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301460117494492687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-68936026312442460062022-06-08T08:41:04.689-04:002022-06-08T08:41:04.689-04:00A 'trippy version' of Iolo...heh..Iolo has...A 'trippy version' of Iolo...heh..Iolo has always been a bit 'trippy', according to a certain famous playthrough...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82037243290218358192022-06-08T01:22:47.854-04:002022-06-08T01:22:47.854-04:00You could try looking at it an experience. I imagi...You could try looking at it an experience. I imagine seeing the world in a new way would be thrilling.shoTgunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952311524354196543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38380244175531705832022-06-07T21:32:34.050-04:002022-06-07T21:32:34.050-04:00It's no wonder that Looking Glass went on to b...It's no wonder that Looking Glass went on to become the founders of the immersive sim genre, a genre that thrives off its level design. They really knew what they were doing. JarlFrankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139422412722665286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48579351730779916892022-06-07T20:41:59.454-04:002022-06-07T20:41:59.454-04:00It's almost a cinquain.It's almost a cinquain.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-76208685949964140662022-06-07T20:39:20.864-04:002022-06-07T20:39:20.864-04:00People have been telling me about Enchroma for yea...People have been telling me about Enchroma for years. I keep saying I'll check them out but I never have. I see the world the way I see the world. It's inconvenient sometimes, but I don't know that it's something I'm interested in trying to "fix."CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-53490447919529233472022-06-07T20:37:58.978-04:002022-06-07T20:37:58.978-04:00I kind of got the same impression. It's like t...I kind of got the same impression. It's like they thought, "Well, we didn't find much need for teleportation squares, bouncy circles, and floating images that aren't actually monsters in the main game. Let's put them all here."CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18276319605564858972022-06-07T14:05:24.463-04:002022-06-07T14:05:24.463-04:00It seems like that for red-green colorblindness th...It seems like that for red-green colorblindness that they could just make monitors with different primaries. Like traffic lights are kinda orange red and blue green for that exact reason. DaveGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661377726489635623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-41584061581597832632022-06-07T12:40:16.743-04:002022-06-07T12:40:16.743-04:00The walkthrough on GameFAQs very emphatically says...The walkthrough on GameFAQs very emphatically says not to do this because "It really hoses up the plotline, which can cause you problems, missing conversations, etc." I doubt it matters if it's done when it's normally accessible, but doing it as a sequence break is something the game can't handle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-34921211201614304352022-06-07T11:59:23.135-04:002022-06-07T11:59:23.135-04:00I likely wouldn't have figured that out. I did...I likely wouldn't have figured that out. I did wonder what would happen if I'd cast "Portal" directly from the entry area while facing the shrine. I forgot about the existence of "Portal" until the end of the session, though.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48622808843884019842022-06-07T11:36:43.230-04:002022-06-07T11:36:43.230-04:00It's a green plant with white flowers on top, ...It's a green plant with white flowers on top, often found near bones. It's easy to overlook as something not important, but there are a couple of characters in the game who allude to it.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301460117494492687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-88944212630416043012022-06-07T11:13:28.457-04:002022-06-07T11:13:28.457-04:00I was kicking myself.I was kicking myself.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-43389784011069290442022-06-07T09:09:14.699-04:002022-06-07T09:09:14.699-04:00I bet you now wish you'd named your Avatar &qu...I bet you now wish you'd named your Avatar "Lucy"Pedro Q.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03572150497835442981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71186781222583439332022-06-07T08:52:40.287-04:002022-06-07T08:52:40.287-04:00The hallucinogenic void level reminds me of the la...The hallucinogenic void level reminds me of the last level in Looking Glass's Thief (which also had pagans, btw).shoTgunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952311524354196543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-21486233073566998002022-06-07T08:42:54.920-04:002022-06-07T08:42:54.920-04:00Your exploration of the Ethereal Void and solution...Your exploration of the Ethereal Void and solution to Killorn Keep were both evocative in ways that really stood out compared to worlds explored thus far. "Level design" is maybe not a virtue often associated with RPGs, but it feels as though it's coming into its own as a craft. rhamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02697134869139534503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12179488880212045032022-06-07T08:29:26.479-04:002022-06-07T08:29:26.479-04:00"You shall sacrifice other people, or else YO..."You shall sacrifice other people, or else YOU shall be sacrificed". Yup, that would fit straight into Ultima 5.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36217671461397502292022-06-07T07:57:56.913-04:002022-06-07T07:57:56.913-04:00Interesting. I don't think I ever found any &q...Interesting. I don't think I ever found any "dream spice."CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.com