Comments on: Richard Garriot Still Loves His Ultima

By: gwenno

gwenno — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:59:30 +0000

Ya, best thing would just be a remake of Ultima 7 and include everything that was in it and more.

There is no game that comes close to being as good as Ultima 7 with updated graphics heh.

By: wanderlust

wanderlust — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:29:39 +0000

It really would be awesome to see the Ultima series relaunched with a new avatar. However, if you think about how U9 ended, it doesn’t really make sense…. seeing as how creating an avatar brought the Guardian into life…. I don’t think they’d want to try that trick again. lol

I just wish that they could somehow “rewrite” history with that awful U8 and U9… lol

I’d play modern remakes of those games. xD

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:30:08 +0000

The avatar being out of the picture is a false problem, since before he got messiah-ized at the end of the series the avatar was just something anyone could strive to become. In fact a new quest for the avatar could be a good start for a new game.

Garriott will never get the rights back from EA though, since they still run UO.

By: terry

terry — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:26:53 +0000

My mother is very upset at this rumour.

*searches ebay for a buyer*

By: subedii

subedii — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:22:07 +0000

Yeah but there can always be a new avatar. Would be good for the franchise too since few people today would be familiar with the character or the history of the game.

I wonder whether Richard Garriot still owns that freaking castle.

By: dhex

dhex — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:33:56 +0000

hmmm. a modern ultima. hmmm.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

yeah, i don’t know what they’d do or where they’d go. the avatar is out of the picture, for starters.

By: jsutcliffe

jsutcliffe — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:20:15 +0000

@Brian — that would be swell. He sure doesn’t need the money now. He should get the rights back then make some indie-like version with a small team. That would make me very happy.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:27:33 +0000

Glad you used an U7 screenshot, it’s my favorite RPG of all times.
Of course I’ll be happy to see Garriot returning with a new Ultima! But please make it single player!
Cheers

By: Bennett

Bennett — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:07:55 +0000

Oh Richard, just get a small team (let’s say 3), and make a proper sequel to Ultima VII. In 2D. It will sell like hotcakes, I promise.

Large teams don’t seem to bring out your best work.

By: Somedude

Somedude — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:13:45 +0000

He’s not bummed. That’s how he got into space. He got his cake before the party ended. And of course he’d like to work on an Ultima, it’s probably one of the only ways he could get a high profile project going after Tabula Rasa, especially in this economy.

I wouldn’t call it a shocker, but a “No Duh,” moment. Old guy runs out of ideas, wants to return to the success of his relative youth. News at 11.

By: ET

ET — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:43:02 +0000

Man, I love U7 (counting SI in, too). It was such an explorer-type’s wet dream, and that still holds even now. I remember being so distracted with finding out the little nooks and crannies and implications of little stories that ended before the game began, that I ran into the main quest almost completely by accident. Good times, good times. Such a well-realized world. Would LOVE to see that again.

By: Nando

Nando — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:15:49 +0000

@jonfitt
To play the old U7 on new machines you need Exult.
grab it here.
http://exult.sourceforge.net
You can even play it in high resolutions.