Ultima Underworld Review
Now 80% 'guide dang it' free! An early entry from the legendary Looking Glass Studios team. Ultima Underworld is a classic dungeon crawler and landmark title in 3d first person gaming. Like many games I've reviewed before, it's influences are vast and mostly unknown to me. So we'll be narrowing down on "how well does this hold up?" Gameplay wise, if you've played any Immersive sim or dungeon crawl in the grander Legend of Grimrock, Deus Ex, or even Elder Scrolls vein, you'll have a decent idea what to expect. Combat has a grand total of 3 melee attacks shared between ever melee weapon. Some ranged options, and spells using a rune system that itself has been copied and/or iterated on by other RPGs since. I would call it simple, but that's to the games benefit. Like many Immersive sims, there are multiple solutions to any given problem. Many including clever use of spells or items to skip over the 'intended' routes. I don't know how s...