I had it installed from 1992 (the original game) to 2007 (with Exult emulator)

User Rating: 10 | Ultima VII: The Black Gate PC
By El_Justiciero | Review Date:
The first time i played this game i forgot the investigation of the assesinations and began travelling around the world. I was fascinated, it was like a complete continent with some islands around. And it was a live world with people moving around.

It was great to have a complete world to explore with absolute freedom. Only with a backpack, some weapons and my friends: Iolo, Shamino, Dupre, Spark (always dying), Jaana, Sentri and Tseramed. And a lot of subplots to enjoy the game for months.

I like game programming so i studied Ultima VII. The characters had a schedule and the day is divided in 8 parts, each one can be used to do something. And there are only 32 activities that makes the npc's seem to be living their lives. I love that kind of games. And they speak, not with the main character, but they say sentences according with their actual activity.

The game is long and it has adventures all around so you can't get bored with it. You can play it for years and have it installed only to go for a walk and you can discover new adventures.

I want a remake, something like mixing Morrowind (or Oblivion, or Daggerfall) with Ultima VII.

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