Ultima IX(filfre.net)
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Ultima IX
https://www.filfre.net/2026/02/ultima-ix/
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I’ll die on the hill that the Ultima 7 games are the absolute best RPGs ever made. So beyond their times and hold up incredibly today.
https://www.filfre.net/2026/02/ultima-ix/
It didn't need more live action. It just needed a decent story and some animated cutscenes and more fun in the gameplay. Which WC 1 and 2 did very well. Their stories were exciting even though they were full of pretty stupid B movie tropes. But it worked. The sequels felt hollow.
Additionally they were so heavy they ran really badly on everything but the most expensive computers of the day. Not exactly a good way to sell a lot of copies.
Ps one thing I don't understand is why Chris Roberts doesn't just buy the rights of the wing commander name for Star citizen. He's collected billions by now.