The CRPG Addict: Starting Out in Ultima 5
He hasn’t made a great deal of progress, owing to the fact that he’s basically playing the game in 15- or 20-minute increments of stolen time right now; perhaps next week we will see a larger update and more progress.
But he’s enjoying the game, which is what’s important…even if he is finding it a lot more difficult (e.g. in terms of how combat scales to the player’s level) than Ultima 4. I gather it’s his first time playing Ultima 5; it would not be good if the game made a bad impression on him.
We could all go on his blog and give him insight on how to make the game play easier 🙂
All you need is a magic axe to grind… 😉
The magic axe and morning star combo was always a good time.
Haven’t checked out the review yet, but I remember V being way easier than IV in general play, mostly due to item drops. The underworld was a massive ball buster, but starting off shouldn’t be that bad.
It you look at the first post on the game he says, “I haven’t played it in more than 15 years, and I had forgotten most of the features that make it so good.”
So it does. Missed that, I did.