tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5174037306848254027..comments2024-03-28T12:11:15.628-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: Ultima VI: Won!CRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-51235439538440123112023-09-16T23:56:38.873-04:002023-09-16T23:56:38.873-04:00It had undoubtedly not been announced yet but Segg...It had undoubtedly not been announced yet but Seggallion being trapped and unable to return home seems entirely appropriately bittersweet after Origin cancelled the planned expansions for Knights of Legend.Quarexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37278428942949475462023-09-16T21:38:58.233-04:002023-09-16T21:38:58.233-04:00It absolutely BLEW MY MIND at the end when the gam...It absolutely BLEW MY MIND at the end when the game played both Rule Britannia and the Gargoyle theme song at the same time and they fit together perfectly. Not that my aspiring game music career ever went anywhere beyond entertaining myself in the Demoscene, but that moment absolutely pushed me towards wanting to write digital music and I started doing so not long after.Quarexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-60397420366115891212023-02-03T13:27:05.449-05:002023-02-03T13:27:05.449-05:00i know it's been a long, long time, but my tho...i know it's been a long, long time, but my thoughts are with you, william, wherever you are, now.lostwolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697299839262994456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-18071366752511568492021-05-22T01:42:22.709-04:002021-05-22T01:42:22.709-04:00Maybe I should have specified computer games. I ha...Maybe I should have specified computer games. I have very little experience with console games.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85194987603772195432021-05-21T18:47:14.738-04:002021-05-21T18:47:14.738-04:00@PetrusOctavianus
You kidding? Most games don'...@PetrusOctavianus<br /><br />You kidding? Most games don't let you do that, especially pre-2010 console games.cyan-birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877642186239966068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-17386835516518847052021-05-21T14:08:49.456-04:002021-05-21T14:08:49.456-04:00U6 has such a bizarre approach to its story. It ex...U6 has such a bizarre approach to its story. It expects us to come to the realization that the gargoyles aren't bad guys after all and sympathize with their plea to the point of setting out to save them and agreeing to submiss to them, yet it does little to paint them in a sympathetic, positive light.<br /><br />We learn that they treat the members of their society as pawns rather than individuals, naming them after their profession. Only a select few ones get their own, proper name.<br /><br />We also find out that they worship the worst three villains Sosaria has ever seen. And for what? For best exemplifying the three "virtues" the gargoyles value the most... despite said villains admitting that they mishandled said virtues? Why would anyone worship them? The mind boggles.<br /><br />And of course, there is the whole fact that their society is pretty much based around slavery and plantation work, which was already covered extensively here. That's awfully ironic for a game that people have long claimed is about racism and xenophobia. The worst racism we see in the game comes from the gargoyles, not the Britannians.cyan-birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877642186239966068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-15652680892827306072021-05-21T12:54:56.412-04:002021-05-21T12:54:56.412-04:00He's thinking of Mondain. Alas, it doesn't...He's thinking of Mondain. Alas, it doesn't work with the proper spelling.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-13681777562771847252021-05-21T08:03:29.751-04:002021-05-21T08:03:29.751-04:00Why would it be intentional? Who is Mordain?Why would it be intentional? Who is Mordain?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236674968994362673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35824136100541768042021-05-21T07:34:20.037-04:002021-05-21T07:34:20.037-04:00Considering the big bad from the first game is Mo_...Considering the big bad from the first game is Mo_n_dain with an N, not Mo_r_dain, clearly not :)<br /><br />Try seeing the name as Drax-In-Us-Om and see if that means anything to you in the runic/magical/gargish language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48852074804951007592021-05-21T04:28:57.501-04:002021-05-21T04:28:57.501-04:00Same here. There's only 00.01% of games where ...Same here. There's only 00.01% of games where you can't turn off music while keeping the sound effects.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55235738035440056692021-05-21T01:32:45.863-04:002021-05-21T01:32:45.863-04:00Seven years late on this one, but I just realized ...Seven years late on this one, but I just realized Draxinusom is an anagram of "Mordain Sux" and I can't decide if it's deliberate.honkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11545231971975827258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-82575471282181247152021-05-20T20:08:17.229-04:002021-05-20T20:08:17.229-04:00I can if I turn the music off, as I did here. I can if I turn the music off, as I did here. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-58587174814578997182021-05-20T20:04:01.914-04:002021-05-20T20:04:01.914-04:00@CRPG Addict
You can't stand listening to mus...@CRPG Addict<br /><br />You can't stand listening to music in games while playing them? So you can't stand 99.99% of games?cyan-birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877642186239966068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9726589865388370952021-05-17T00:21:58.739-04:002021-05-17T00:21:58.739-04:00"Ultima VI was the first game to retcon Ultim..."Ultima VI was the first game to retcon Ultimas I-III so that the Avatar was the hero of those games. It's stupid for a lot of reasons (you could be of non-human races in those games, you had four heroes in the third game, etc.) and I've always preferred to ignore it or treat it as manual errata, but I had forgotten that when you encounter Mondain in the shrine, the game makes it clear that you remember defeating him."<br /><br />I honestly don't see what's so offensive about that retcon? The Avatar could easily have been one of the four heroes, and I'm pretty sure most U3 players had at least one human in their party. Even if you had not humans in your save, it's simply a case of cutting off the branches. Something that is pretty common for sequels to games with multiple possible canons to do.cyan-birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877642186239966068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57903121580174248942021-02-08T23:07:18.837-05:002021-02-08T23:07:18.837-05:00I remember (and loved) the magic carpet!
I thoug...I remember (and loved) the magic carpet! <br /><br />I thought I had used a balloon in Ultima V to land in the small clearing in the Serpent's Spine to get the glass sword, but maybe I used the mountain climbing gear as I can't seem to find any reference online to a balloon in Ultima V.U3_Guruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044735933085333528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-79680299309921182562021-02-08T04:03:09.752-05:002021-02-08T04:03:09.752-05:00Ultima 5 doesn't have a balloon. Its flying ca...Ultima 5 doesn't have a balloon. Its flying carpet doesn't change line-of-sight effects though, https://lparchive.org/Ultima-4-5-and-6/Update%2029/U5_09_16.pngAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-86236540073425257242021-02-08T00:12:39.444-05:002021-02-08T00:12:39.444-05:00There are a lot of things I like about Ultima VI (...There are a lot of things I like about Ultima VI (graphics, robust items inventory, lightning wands, etc) but I agree with Chet that the balloon experience was underwhelming.<br /><br />In Ultima IV and V, the balloon gave me much more a feeling of flying because it turned off the line-of-sight algorithm that creates darkness behind walls and mountains.<br /><br />In Ultima VI, mountains don't create line-of-sight darkness, they are laid out in a way artistically so that you don't feel like you can see "over" them but without actually generating any line-of-sight "darkness" on the map. <br /><br />It's really pretty cool from an art standpoint, but I think the devs probably painted themselves into a corner when it came to the balloon as there was no line-of-sight algorithm for mountains to turn off. <br /><br />For the buildings, were was line-of-sight blocking going on, but I think the problem here was that to turn the line-of-sight blocking off when flying in the balloon, they would have had to have replaced the darkness with roof tiles, and I bet they were out of tiles or out of time. <br /><br />In Ultima IV and V, there were no buildings on the Britannia map and the balloon wasn't permitted inside the town/castle maps, so this would have been a new problems created by the single scale map design of Ultima VI.<br /><br />Then of course there was the business of the sole purpose of the balloon being to fly 3 tiles or so. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />U3_Guruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044735933085333528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-25929341347086055212018-05-26T13:41:05.924-04:002018-05-26T13:41:05.924-04:00Well, thanks for clearing up that mystery. That so...Well, thanks for clearing up that mystery. That sounds like a cool experience.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-48571848998912228442018-05-26T10:43:02.074-04:002018-05-26T10:43:02.074-04:00It took some searching, but I found the reference ...It took some searching, but I found the reference to the real story Iolo wouldn't tell in Ultima VI. Here is the link: <br /><br />http://www.ktjdragon.com/ktj/ultima-1/data-archive-english/dupres-secret-story/<br /><br />Trapgatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-59031567643673988492018-05-24T21:56:23.684-04:002018-05-24T21:56:23.684-04:00"What the heck was Iolo's story that he n..."What the heck was Iolo's story that he never got to tell me?" I can't find the reference on-line, but the story I heard was that this was in reference to a real-life incident at an SCA event (Society for Creative Anachronisms). Several of the Ultima characters, including Iolo are based on the SCA personas of real people. <br /><br />The 'story' goes like this:<br />Person A was in a tent, and would not get out<br />Person B said "I will relieve myself on thee if thou does not exit thy tent" (or something like that)<br />Person A refused to budge<br />Person B opened their water skin and began spraying it on the tent<br />Person A, in a panic and thinking that Person B was making good on the threat, came flying out of the tent<br /><br />Years ago I was invited to an SCA event in Richard Garriott's backyard. I couldn't pass an opportunity like that up. He had a large wooden fort, pirate ship, and replica of the globe theater. Richard himself was out of town, so I didn't meet him. I understand he has since sold his house (er castle).Trapgatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-9482530515861210002017-02-25T10:07:53.297-05:002017-02-25T10:07:53.297-05:00It occurs to me -- reading this almost three years...It occurs to me -- reading this almost three years after the fact -- that all that technobabble from the wisps about reflections and transforming matter to energy was perhaps a reference to what you have to do to sacrifice the Codex.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-71720162186169289132014-06-13T14:47:15.022-04:002014-06-13T14:47:15.022-04:00Congratulations on winning! As for the sense of fi...Congratulations on winning! As for the sense of finality, I never really felt anything was open-ended after the previous games in the series. It's not until <i>VII</i> that the need for a sequel becomes obvious.<br /><br />Most of the mysteries you mention remain mysteries to me, too. I believe most of them were just dialogue throw-aways and not anythin that you can find or do in the game. CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-35853306113300379662014-06-12T00:39:25.573-04:002014-06-12T00:39:25.573-04:00So... just beat Ultima 6!
Did this game have a se...So... just beat Ultima 6!<br /><br />Did this game have a sense of finality to you? Like this was really intended to be "The End"? It does close the Age of Enlightenment trilogy, but it also nicely wraps up all six games. The world is at peace, the Avatar goes home, our work here is done.<br /><br />In my playthrough, I never bothered with the wisps, but I think I found most everything else. My balloon also had no anchor and there were some subquests that I did not get to the end of-- was there a way to cure the deaf guy? What the heck was Iolo's story that he never got to tell me? <br /><br />From my notes, here are the rest of my "unsolved mysteries", apparent subquests that were either red herrings, or I just didn't figure them out:<br /><br />- Anything up with the unicorn horn and klein bottle supposedly on the road from Trinsic? And how about the in-progress models of the solar system?<br />- Can you find the secret recipe for roast boar? Does it matter?<br />- Do you ever need to use the panpipes to attract rats anyplace? Or blow the snake horn to attract the big snakes?<br />- Almost every shopkeep has a function, except the bakers. They buy flour! Was there a dropped subquest around Magincian Pastry here? I gave Sandy the eggs and just got gold in return.<br />- Lots about three shipwrecks-- and I found the plot-relevant one-- but why bother with the others? I couldn't find anything to do with any of them, or even tell which ship was which. One was supposed to have wrecked in Loch Lake, but I could never find it.<br />- What the heck is flippits? I spent the whole game looking out for peas, dog bones, and hats.<br />- What's up with the bloody locked house near the Lycenaeum? <br />- How do you get the fan from Utomo? I found another one in a dungeon and there's a spell you can use, but is it just there to steal if you want to go that route?<br />- Can you recover Zoltan's earring?<br />- Can you help Seggalion to go home?<br /><br />All in all, it was a ton of fun-- if a bit fetch-questy in the end. I am looking forward to Savage Empire next--- but I need an Ultima break. The game is good, but I don't have that same "WANT MORE" feeling that I did after winning U5.<br />Joe Pranevichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997014242774219758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-85224460076184386322014-05-19T09:06:41.753-04:002014-05-19T09:06:41.753-04:00To be fair, they eventually stop doing that.To be fair, they eventually stop doing that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-38177577357438902592014-04-08T13:06:33.469-04:002014-04-08T13:06:33.469-04:00U7 doesn't have multiple maps at all, yes dung...U7 doesn't have multiple maps at all, yes dungeons are crammed into mountains (sometimes random mountains for separate levels of a dungeon). Serpent Isle has it a bit easier since there are parts of the map that you can't access normally, so a lot of crammed mountainy stuff is completely off limits on the overland map.<br /><br />"ground" and "1st floor" aren't really levels, the game tiles are 3D, so you in theory each step in a stair is a different "level" and you can go really high.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675280004907099195noreply@blogger.com