Linguistic Dragon has found time to continue telling the tale of his journey through Ultima 2. He was able to cover off quite a lot of what he had left to do:

True to my goals in my last post, I borrowed a plane to steal a rocket to head out and explore space, to the fullest! (Space is a lot tinier than I expected it to be. Then again, what did I expect when I can sail around Earth a dozen times in the space of a few minutes?) But that’s going a little too quickly.

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…during my explorations, I blundered into the Time of Legends, and decided to take a whack at the first wave of monsters that I met there. I remember the first time I played through Ultima II, I blinked several times at that massive gathering, thinking ‘oh shoot.’ It’s not a terribly difficult fight to plow through, though, when it comes down to it – just simply finagling of enemy pathing and making use of the tight passageways. This batch of monsters is a lot tougher than their standard counterparts, but I made my way through them without too much difficulty. I was glad for my large stash of idols, capes, and boots picked up from my many grinding sessions, though, they saved me from a good deal of sleep and paralysis spells.

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Musing once again on how many rules I have to break in order to win the game — and how much worse that seems since I’m playing a cleric this run-through — I leapt into the plane, shot down a few guards, and ducked my way into the jail to nab Santre’s Quicksword for 500 gold. I’d bought some power armor after a grinding session too, so now armed with the best equipment in the game, I taxied the plane past the time-negated guards at customs, and took of for a time gate and the Aftermath Era.

Indeed, he’s now very close to passing the game:

It was nice having a few more maps to explore, something apart from the areas I’d become far too familiar with from seeking monsters to kill for cash. Much of it served little to no purpose as far as the overarching plot/goals of the game went, but it was good to have a little change of pace. I’m glad I took the time to explore this time around.

There isn’t much left to do in the game, so I should be able to strike down the sorceress in my next session — my own revenge against the enchantress is close at hand!

Hopefully he’ll find time in the near future to get that next play session in. And then, he can move on to Ultima 3!