Patches & Updates for the GOG.com Ultima Releases
A quick look at some of the patches and updates for the Ultima titles presently available on Good Old Games, all of which should work with the GOG.com versions of the games.
Tagged: Serpent Isle
Get Your Face In the Serpent Isle Remake
Thepal, as I believe was previously mentioned, wants to create characters in his Oblivion-based remake of Serpent Isle that look like (and are based on) real-life Ultima fans.
Do RPGs Require a Foozle?
Rowan Kaiser, writing at the Escapist, examines the small number of significant games that eschewed the typical RPG formula of presenting the character with a final boss or villain to fight.
Easter Funnies, Part the First
Some Easter hilarity, courtesy of JibJab and…certain particular image galleries at the Codex of Ultima Wisdom.
Serpent Isle…in Italian!
Old Games Italia have released their Italian translation patch for Serpent Isle!
The Serpent Isle Remake Suffers a Setback
Thepal, having suffered a hard drive failure, has lost some of his progress on his Oblivion-based Serpent Isle remake. The incident has also given him a rather clever idea, however.
About the Ultima Series
The games comprising the Ultima series were, between 1981 and 1999, the defining computer role-playing games. Both the Western and Eastern RPG “schools”, if that is an appropriate term for them, were heavily inspired by the Ultima games, and still feature numerous gameplay and interface conventions that one Ultima or another introduced.
Bethesda Thursdays
The weekly round-up of news related to Bethesda Softworks and their excellent RPG series, The Elder Scrolls.
The Serpent Isle Remake: Slightly Longer Hiatus…
Thepal has posted a short update to The Serpent Isle Remake website, annoucing that the project’s hiatus…isn’t quite at an end just yet.
What Games Would Count As Ultima "Clones"?
Sergorn Dragon posed an interesting question on Twitter last night, which I am now repeating here for further commentary by the Ultima fan community.
