[quote]Not content with digging up the corpse of classic RPG series Ultima once, EA - who now hold the rights to the franchise - are doing it all over again.
The publisher has tonight announced Ultima Forever, a cross-platform, free-to-play RPG that's being developed by BioWare and which will be published under EA's Play 4 Free label, the same place you find games like Battlefield Heroes.
Boasting a cartoon aesthetic, having you control the "Avatar" and mentioning "Lady British", it's at least closer to the source material than the ill-advised Lord of Ultima. Whether or not EA's claim that "the first great Western RPG has been lovingly restored in Ultima Forever" rings true or not, we'll have to actually play it to find out.
You can sign up for the game's beta at the link below.
[url]http://ultimaforever.com/[/url][/quote]
[url]http://kotaku.com/5925350/bioware-is-making-a-new-ultima-rpg[/url]
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[url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-12-ea-bioware-announces-ultima-forever[/url]
Oh god please no.
After Mass Effect 3 (and DA/DA2), anything with Bioware attached to it goes in the "I don't care" pile.
[QUOTE=GodKing;36733703]After Mass Effect 3 (and DA/DA2), anything with Bioware attached to it goes in the "I don't care" pile.[/QUOTE]
The first dragon age was fantastic I still play it from time to time, but mass effect 3/dragon age 2/old republic are the ones that justify a 'don't care' pile imo
Meanwhile, in Arizona...
[quote][video=youtube;HQC2uaG0f0c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQC2uaG0f0c[/video][/quote]
Ultima with homosexuals. Is that so bad?
another bioware game! cant wait to see several colored endings!!
[QUOTE=SouthParkMGT;36733748]Ultima with homosexuals. Is that so bad?[/QUOTE]
Didn't one of the ultima games let you be homosexual?
[QUOTE=Blu_ninja;36733806]Didn't one of the ultima games let you be homosexual?[/QUOTE]
One of them let you hire a male prostitute, yeah.
[QUOTE=Grimhound;36733819]One of them let you hire a male prostitute, yeah.[/QUOTE]
Well, I just haven't played Ultima games. I'll try to fix this.
But at least with BioWare the amount of male prostitutes and shit will be increased.
Bioware, Free-To-Play. All of my donotwant.
oh Spoony's gonna have a fucking field day with this
[QUOTE=Creeper;36733991]Bioware, EA, Play 4 Free, an Ultima game released after Ultima VII, All of my donotwant.[/QUOTE]
ftfy
A multi-platform, cross-platform free-to-play Ultima published by EA and developed by Bioware? What could ever go wrong?
Can't wait to whip up the ME1+ era Bioware Standard RPG Plot chart and see how much Ultima is left.
Free to Play? Wow, this can't [b]possibly[/b] flop.
[QUOTE=Kegan;36733999]oh Spoony's gonna have a fucking field day with this[/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Nq1eG.png[/img]
At least we have the updated Baldurs Gate games to look forward to.
ultima?
the last time i played that my monitor was a CRT and i had 5.25" floppies
This is gonna be shit.
[editline]12th July 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=LuaChobo;36734359]If you ever want a reason to hate EA, use the fact that as soon as they touched ultima the games got terrible.[/QUOTE]
If there is one thing I learned from watching Spoony it's this :v:
Just let Lord British develop a new ultima. BioWare has really dissapointed me in their last couple of games and if they fuck up Ultima, that's another franchise down the drain.
[QUOTE=Chicken_Chaser;36734108]At least we have the updated Baldurs Gate games to look forward to.[/QUOTE]
With DLC and only available on Beamdogs client. Yay.
[editline]12th July 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=ejonkou;36735461]Just let Lord British develop a new ultima. BioWare has really dissapointed me in their last couple of games and if they fuck up Ultima, that's another franchise down the drain.[/QUOTE]
Oh no we can't do that now that the new ruler of Brittania is LADY British. Bioware is so progressive.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeaGJRV-whU&feature=channel&list=UL[/media]
Also, I don't know if I could trust Lord British again, remember Tabula Rasa?
[QUOTE=ejonkou;36735461]Just let Lord British develop a new ultima. BioWare has really dissapointed me in their last couple of games and if they fuck up Ultima, that's another franchise down the drain.[/QUOTE]
I hope you realize that Ultima has basically been down the drain for a while now, EA is just digging it up because they're desperate to make some money off of brand recognition. Ultima VIII and Ultima IX were rushed messes that pretty much killed the series entirely, barring Ultima Online I guess.
Bioware's current schedule of releases seem like a stream of pointless shit.
[B]BETRAYAL[/B]
Dammit, misread it as "Bethseda" don't ask how.
[B]FUCK YOU EA[/B]
Also, Lady British... What?
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