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pfle...@scu.edu.au (Nightfox) writes:
>: 	As for U8, well, its release seems to keep in line with Origin's
>: history of Ultima game releases - about one every 2-3 years (didn't U1 make its
>: appearance in 1980?)... so it was time for the next Ultima.  But the one thing I
>: am afraid off is that Origin will just skip to #9 very soon,
>Yes, they're hoping for a big Christmas release ('95/'96 that is :) with
>Ultima 9, and Privateer 2. But who cares when they're released, as long as
>they live up to the potential that they have.

	Well, I only hope that when Ultima X:Virtual Reality is released, it
will TRULY be VR rather than a cheap imitation.  And there lies my fear: by
releasing U9 so "soon", they will have to wait a LONG time for VR tech. to
become popular enough to enter homes... and I really doubt Origin will wait
THAT long.
	Unless of course they release "U9.1....U9.99999". ;-)


> to improve whatever
>: disappointments the game U8 caused (rather than keeping the trophy for the most
>: excellent computer series ever).  Yes, I believe it eclipsed the Wizardy series
>: a long while ago.
>: 	So if anyone at Origin reads this, DON'T abandon U8 yet.  It does have
>: POTENTIAL. :-)
>They'd have to do to much work on it for it to live up to the undoubted
>potential it has/had. Many parts of the world would have to be redesigned,
>the story line more complete, basically U8 should never have been released
>on floppy. I honestly believe that Origin are saving us money by having
>abandoned U8, although a patch disk would be nice, to fix up some of the
>more minor complaints ...

	Well, in that case they could go back to the drawing board and fix
everything that was wrong in the original and then release it on CD (just as
the CD ver. of Strike Commander was not the problematic floppy mirror)...
or they could release it as U8.01... it has been done before.
	Or they could even go the half-a-dozen-patches way which Microprose
used to do.  It can be done, it is only a matter of how.  Like someone,
somewhere once said: `if you eliminate the impossible, then you have to find the
"how" to make it possible' (forgive me Mr. Spock (Star Trek 6), I did not mean
to misquote you).

								- Falcon