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ka...@birch003.cray.com (Kevin Kramer) writes:


>In article <3clh5u$c...@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, dra...@random.ucs.mun.ca (David Ralph) writes:
>> Hello fellow RPG'ers. Here's your chance to give you're opinion on the 
>> game Pagan: Ultima 8. Here's what I think.
>> 
>> No sir, I don't like it.  Super mario Ultima just isn't a good game. No 
>> party, that's the biggest rot, and the training system sucks. In my 
>> opinion, it is not an Ultima game. How could Lord British do such a thing?

>I was expecting it to be VERY bad, but I got it on a whim (and it was the
>only Ultima I haven't played) and guess what... I LIKE it!

>Sure it is different than previous ultimas, but that doesn't mean it
>is not fun.  I suppose it helps that I am playing it on a P5-90,
>I can get from the middle Tenenbrae warp to the cemetary in about
>1 minute or so (not even).  Save/Restores take about 10 seconds (very handy for
>jumping puzzles...)  Speaking of the jumping puzzles, most of the
>jump puzzles that HAVE to be done (ie: finding that big stone guy, just
>before the pilgramage) can be walked around!  So they weren't really that
>tough at all!

>Sure it is a departure from the old Ultima games, maybe they should have
>had this be a World of Ultima game, instead of Ultima VIII, but it
>is still a very fun game...IMHO of course.

>Kevin

	Here Here! I liked it too. And I have a 'slow' 386DX40 (AMD) Funny that.
Inspite of what Ralf sez it _is_ and Ultima. So there! <insert rasberrie>


	The one key thing I have noted that has seperated those who love U8 to those
who don't was the speed. I had no stacker and a BIG chache (20 M). And a faster
bus speed than a 486-66Mhz. Trusting CPU speed alone is a disapointment waiting to
happen. Of course Pentiums are all new MB tech, and some 'good' 486's worked well.
Always gotta look close at what you buy. ;-]




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