The Collection: Ultima: Quest of the Avatar

[kung_fu_monkey]

"Dost thou enjoy destruction?" "No." "Thou art a wimp."

Ultima: Quest of the Avatar, played on the NES. Also available for the Amiga, Atari, Sega Master System, et al. Developed by Origin, published by FCI.

Comments

[drdeleto]

I love the structure that the virtues added to the Ultima system (my reference is Ultima IV, V, and VI): the classes, the towns, the attributes, and later the villains--the Shadowlords and the Guardian. Ultima IV (which is what Quest of the Avatar is closest to) was hard because of how strictly you had to follow the virtues. Ultima V was more fun because apparently once you were the Avatar you could steal crops for food here and there or gank a fool and you could do penance to make up for it pretty easily.

But I think of the Ultimas as the best early RPGs pretty much because of what the virtues bring to the game.

[drdeleto]

Cool to hear about the NES incarnations of these, by the way. Thanks for writing these.

[kung_fu_monkey]

See, I thought *all* the Ultima games had the NES style. Imagine my shock when it turned out that it was the bastard child. Probably why I reviewed them for the NES, and not on a PC or whatever.

[drdeleto]

BTW, you can get the Ultima games (PC) on GOG.com. Even better, they have Ultima IV for FREE!