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Posted November 29, 2011
Today you will see a strange message on your computer screen from a mysterious being called the Guardian!

Visit Britannia once more to prove that you are a true champion of the Virtues. GOG.com and EA bring you the [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_7_complete]Complete Ultima 7 to you for only $5.99!

You are the Avatar, summoned once again to Britannia, the fabled land of the monarch Lord British. When you arrive through the Moongate, you meet with your old friend Iolo. An obscene murder has just shook the town of Trinsic. You learn that a new organization, called the Fellowship, has been growing in numbers. As you investigate the mysterious murder and begin uncovering true motivations of the Fellowship, you’re also haunted by ominous warnings of the enigmatic Guardian.
Ultima 7: The Complete Edition features a complete graphical and control overhaul of the Ultima engine. The oldschool top-down Ultima view has been revamped: now the game fills the whole screen and finally you can control the whole game with a mouse. The vast populated world of NPCs with their own life schedules makes exploring the enormous area of Sosaria an engaging and epic adventure. Ultima 7 is distinguished by the total immersion and freedom in exploring and completing the game. You can pick up everything and interact with every nook and cranny out there. To eat, which is needed for survival, you need to get flour and water, mix them on a table in a bakery, than use the the newly created dough on a fireplace to bake bread. If you’re good at it, the baker might just tip you for your effort!
The tactical combat system of earlier Ultima series games has been replaced with a real-time combat system, where the AI is controlling your team and you, the player are only in control of the Avatar. You advance in experience via Ultima’s familiar level up system where once you have earned a sufficient amount of experience points you automatically gain a level.

Ultima 7: The Complete Edition consists of Ultima 7: The Black Gate, Ultima 7: The Forge of Virtue, Ultima 7: Part Two - Serpent Isle, Ultima 7: Part Two - The Silver Seed all in one package for as low as $5.99!
Posted November 29, 2011
Many people consider this the best game of all time. I was never able to get it to run, so I am really excited about this!

Thank you GOG.

This is even bigger for me than the release of both System Shocks!
Posted November 29, 2011
I have the Ultima Collection on CD (which has all byt U9), but it's great to see more Ultima on here.
Posted November 29, 2011
DO WANT!

I wish I had the money :(
Posted November 29, 2011
Is this best one in the series?
Posted November 29, 2011
*Speechless*
Posted November 29, 2011
detlik this is the best of ANY SERIES.
Posted November 29, 2011
I already have a huge backlog of games to play, wishlisted for a future purchase. I hope to see the remaining games of the series here, including both Worlds of Ultima and Akalabeth (aka Ultima 0). I know Akalabeth is free, but is a nice addition to GOG's catalogue of free games.
Posted November 29, 2011
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trebor8273: detlik this is the best of ANY SERIES.
Awesome :D as soon as my wallet will be full again this will be first thing I will use those money on. Also quick question, for Ultima Universe is it needed to play it from first? (Lore,story-wise?)
Posted November 29, 2011
This isn't the only thread that's noticed the problems making purchases from GoG today. I just saw another one in the General discussion forum called "Anyone else experiencing any problems with the site?"
Posted November 29, 2011
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SimonG: Many people consider this the best game of all time. I was never able to get it to run, so I am really excited about this!

Thank you GOG.

This is even bigger for me than the release of both System Shocks!
Just so that it isn't all praise:

- at least originally the interface was quite buggy and even infuriating (nothing like trying to spot the key you need from the messy backbag, or trying to get your whole party to sit into a wagon); talk about fighting the user interface instead of fighting the game. Some of these issues were alleviated in the expansion pack and the sequel, I think.

- it was one of the hardest games to get to run satisfactorily, with mouse driver, smartdrv, needing quite a lot of conventional memory... Frankly I don't think I had so much problems getting a PC game to work with any other DOS (or Windows) game, before or after. But obviously the GOG version is free of these problems, as is running the original in DOSBox which doesn't need the said drivers separately.

- the movement and game flow was rather spastic, ie. pauses here and there, especially if you couldn't get the disk cache (smartdrv) fit into RAM.

- if I remember right, there were even some game killing bugs, like a vital item (e.g. key) disappearing from your inventory etc.

Note! These are my recollections from the original game running on genuine DOS machine, not the GOG version. Some people suggest the GOG version is based on the "remake", Exult, but I'm not sure.

Having said that, it was still a game to remember, and I could similarly criticize e.g. System Shock for its complicated UI, candy bright colors, spastic movement of both your character and the enemies etc., and still it is also a great game.
Post edited November 29, 2011 by timppu
Posted November 29, 2011
Detlik should be no problem, some stuff will not make sense unless you have played other games but has no effect on this game. remember playin the games and when i went back it was like visting old friends. i would get 4-6 and start with those first, but as i said there is no need to play them to enjoy this one
Posted November 29, 2011
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timppu: - at least originally the interface was quite buggy and even infuriating (nothing like trying to spot the key you need from the messy backbag, or trying to get your whole party to sit into the wagon); talk about fighting the user interface instead of fighting the game. Some of these issues were alleviated in the expansion pack and the sequel, I think.

- it was one of the hardest games to get to run satisfactorily, with mouse driver, smartdrv, needing quite a lot of conventional memory...

- the movement and game flow was rather spastic, ie. pauses here and there, especially if you couldn't get the disk cache (smartdrv) fit into RAM.
Those were excactly the reasons I never got it to run on a proper DOS machine. I haven't tried it yet, but considering how smooth GOG has made all the other games for me, I'm very hopeful.

I tried to get this game running for DAYS. No luck. It was the worst DOS game I ever tried to get running. I only once made it into the intro, but with no sound...

F*ck you XMS and f*ck you EMS! (And f u, to certain extend, Bill Gates, for thinking 640 KB memory would be enough)
Posted November 29, 2011
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gyokzoli: OMG!
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Pip-Boy: You say it: OMG! (= Oh my GOG!)
Quickly followed by Good GOG!
Posted November 29, 2011
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timppu: - if I remember right, there were even some game killing bugs, like a vital item (e.g. key) disappearing from your inventory etc.
Due to the game world being one large map (including all the dungeons) it's possible to screw up flying the magic carpet over one of the islands, which triggers some automatic doors in the dungeon below, and there's no way to reset them. That one should be still there in Part 1.
Posted November 29, 2011
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timppu: - it was one of the hardest games to get to run satisfactorily, with mouse driver, smartdrv, needing quite a lot of conventional memory... Frankly I don't think I had so much problems getting a PC game to work with any other DOS (or Windows) game, before or after. But obviously the GOG version is free of these problems, as is running the original in DOSBox which doesn't need the said drivers separately.
I tried running this in DOSbox a few years ago. It actually required a very specific memory configuration for DOSbox that would turn other games unplayable, so indeed it is a good thing the GOG version comes on its own self-contained DOSbox installation.
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