My Favorite Aspects of Ultima VI

Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 11:43 AM

Screenshot of the game Ultima VI. on the left side the party of heroes sit in the dark near a sleeping Mayor at night in a medieval cottage. On the right is a list of the hero party member names.

In Ultima VI, waiting for the mayor of Trinsic to wake up in the morning so I can talk to him.

My favorite aspects of this game:

1) all npcs have their own daily schedules.

2) you can take over any building as your home (though npcs don't notice if you do) or even kill anyone, even if it makes the game unwinnable,

3) it's very open from the beginning without a lot of artificial "you're not ready to go here" quest gates,

4) you can build and equip a party of up to 8, and

5) you can exploit the game using its own rules against it, a special way to get more of a certain item being a classic example of it. I find I often enjoy the exploits I find in games, more than I enjoy the normal gameplay.

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