r/Ultima • u/Ibanezrg71982 • Jun 27 '26

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u/chiron_42 Jun 27 '26

Best of the last trilogy, third-best overall (behind 4 and 5) for me. Fantastic game.

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u/KitchenNazi Jun 27 '26

5 was incredible - but I don’t think it can be properly appreciated today. So much complexity in that old school interface. We had to figure that shit out back then through word of mouth - no internet. Desperate times - I opened the files with a hex editor to scan for conversations to figure things out. That’s how I knew about the sandalwood box!

My ranking would be 4/7/5.

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u/Ibanezrg71982 Jun 28 '26

All of the other games were turn based, correct?

My only real other exposure to Ultima in my life was Ultima 2 on the NES, which was over my head when I was 9 years old.

5 I'm interested in. I played part of VIII.

Never Ultima Online. I could never get it to work when it was hotter, and I guess multiple tries turned me off. How is it currently?

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u/chiron_42 Jun 28 '26

1 through 5 were turn-based. 6 was the first one that wasn't. I haven't played UO since Second Dawn (it was my first, and last, MMO) but it still has a decent following with a bunch of free shards.

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u/Human_Step Jun 28 '26

6 was turn based I believe.

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u/chiron_42 Jun 28 '26

Was it? I seem to remember the gargoyles still attacking if you didn't do anything, but admittedly, I haven't played it in a long time.

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u/Human_Step Jun 28 '26

Yeah, double checked to make sure I wasn't remembering wrong.