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| Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar | Origin | 1985 | ♫rulebritannia 5.25disk adv-deeds adv-intermediary adv-objects adv-static aerostat alcohol amoeboids apple2 axes beggars beholders bizarrecreatures blackpearls bludgeons bodyarmor bootloader bossbattles bows cannons captives capturedresources children chiroptera chosenone commercial crossbows cyclopes demonoids demons devsysapple2 directionalforce directionalforce-wind display-280x192 dragons encounters-neutral encounters-popup encounters-seen europeanfae femaleprotagonist forest fromanotherworld garlic genderchoice ghosts giantinsects giantseahorses giantspiders gremlins group healingitems healingstations hiddenattributes horses hydrae inbuilttraps incendiarygrenades insects inventory karma keyboard knives license-proprietary liches lockpicking magic magicweapons meleeweapons mimics mockingboard monsters mystics neutralnpcs ocean orcs otherworld pirates polearms present rats refwizardofoz resting resuscitation riding river rodents ruins sauroids scummvm-wip seaserpents shallowwater shopping shore skeletons slings snakes sorcery spectres staves subterranean swarmers swords teleporting thrownweapons tornados town traps treants tripeds trolls ultima ultimaageofenlightenment undead walking watercraft watercraft-medium wetland willowisps willowtrees windindicator wordinput xp-deeds xp-kills xp-literal xp-multi xp-objects | [52]*** [48]***Comes on two 5.25" disks. The Ultima series continued to innovate with the release of each game in the series. With this 4th game, the genre was taken to bran new places. There is no evil big bad enemy to defeat, and the point of the game is not to take advantage of people to get stuff to go defeat the enemy. Rather, the point of the game is for the main character to become a champion of virtue. The goals are literally honesty, humility, honor, spirituality, valor, justice, compassion, sacrifice, courage, truth, and love. Actions, inactions, even words can have less than apparent unhelpful or helpful consequences. Yes, there are still monsters to fight and treasures to find, but this makes up less than 1/8th of the game and the care and purpose in handling these things is more important than the end result. The [i]Ultima IV Construction Set[/i], [b]not official[/b], was available not long after the game's release. While the title would suggest it is a legitimate level editor, the package is in fact an illegal bootleg of Ultima IV. It even includes digital versions of all materials of the game. This overly complete violation of copyright does also include a level editor. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
