Matt looks back at the groundbreaking Ultima Undworld: The Stygian Abyss:
More information.Matt Chat 461: Ultima Underworld
More information.Matt Chat 461: Ultima Underworld
Ultima Underworld I & II
I loved those games. The graphics make me cry today. I don't think I could play it again.
Still remember Ort Grav for lightning and "IMY" for create food.
It's not really the graphics for me… it's the control scheme. I installed this game last year and just really couldn't stand the controls.
IMHO UU1 is better than UU2. Or at least, I found the first one more intriguing, more enthralling, more appealing!!
Oh, how I wish both games to be properly remade/remastered…
Hmm… sometime in 2000's I played a remaster of one of them. It was an incomplete project and you pretty much could only play in the main castle. I don't think it was Unity…
Can't remember but I knew I was so excited to replay and then over time the project (like so many fan passion projects) died.
I used the mouse look patch to great success, made it more playable for me - I think it was this one :
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultima/comments/h0wp8t/ysk_theres_now_a_mouselook_patch_for_ultima/
Hmm… sometime in 2000's I played a remaster of one of them. It was an incomplete project and you pretty much could only play in the main castle. I don't think it was Unity…
I tried getting into it a couple of times over the years, but it was just too dated for me. I'd love to see some kind of remaster or remake.
UW1 is fully supported and can be completed from start to finish. Save games are both forward and backwardly compatable with the original dos version.
UW2 is partially supported with fuller support to come in time.
Then there is this project, to export Underworld 1 & 2 to Unity, but I haven't tried There might be others.
I remember that now. I think I tried it some years back. Not sure if it was finished at the time.
Here's some gameplay if anyone is interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DZj3eWP9cw&t=685s&ab_channel=sirboboffat
Not big difference from the original imo, but it looks a little sharper.
If the screen isn't too wide, I find the exploration controls overall quite good, knowing that it's not a context where rush means much, and you'd better take care of all details.It's not really the graphics for me… it's the control scheme. I installed this game last year and just really couldn't stand the controls.