Posted February 17, 2016
dtgreene: Ultima 8 and 9 are generally considered not that good, and people seem to think that Ultima 1 is better than Ultima 2.
Ultima 7 has one major issue that people tend not to mention; the combat was horrible. They went from a decent turn based combat system to a poor real time one where there's little you can do to influence the course of the battle. That is not progress. (I have a feeling that Planescape: Torment is better from a combat perspective.)
Waltorious: I also hear good things about Ultima IV, famous for having players seek enlightenment in the eight virtues, rather than simply defeat an evil baddie. In fact I think I've heard good things about games IV - VII. Ultima 7 has one major issue that people tend not to mention; the combat was horrible. They went from a decent turn based combat system to a poor real time one where there's little you can do to influence the course of the battle. That is not progress. (I have a feeling that Planescape: Torment is better from a combat perspective.)
Anyway, apologies for derailing the thread off of the Avernum games.