OK OK - so yes - we've known this was coming for a long time and it was obvious by their output (or lack thereof) that something was wrong with OSI but.....
That doesn't change the fact that U IV was one of the reasons that I got into computing in the first place - the power of that world - I mean honestly - what other game forced you to take notes!!!! Hello! I was a freshman in high school at had like 6 notebooks - one for each subject and one for Ultima.
In many ways, I think, it was the first departure from the true D&D style of the very early TSR games that was sucessful and paved the way for so many great games later.
Just because we knew it was coming doesn't make the final death knoll any less sad.....
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OK OK - so yes - we've known this was coming for a long time and it was obvious by their output (or lack thereof) that something was wrong with OSI but.....
That doesn't change the fact that U IV was one of the reasons that I got into computing in the first place - the power of that world - I mean honestly - what other game forced you to take notes!!!! Hello! I was a freshman in high school at had like 6 notebooks - one for each subject and one for Ultima.
In many ways, I think, it was the first departure from the true D&D style of the very early TSR games that was sucessful and paved the way for so many great games later.
Just because we knew it was coming doesn't make the final death knoll any less sad.....
Goodbye old friend