c/crpg · by Agent_Karyo@piefed.world · 71d

Richard Garriot, the creator of Ultima is reportedly reclaiming the series' rights back from EA, and it could happen as soon as next year

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-creator-of-ultima-is-reportedly-reclaiming-the-series-rights-back-from-ea-and-it-could-happen-as-soon-as-next-year/

Every decade or so, I tried to work with EA on a revival of Ultima.

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Agent_Karyo@piefed.world · 17 pts · 71d (1 reply)

Garriot comes off as a more annoying version of Chris Roberts (and I find Chris Roberts to be very annoying).

I also found the whole Lord British thing extremely off-putting (Roberts has a similar thing where he wrote himself in as the saviour of mankind in Star Citizen lore), like aggressively so. Although I can see how it would be less of an issue in the heyday of the Ultima series.

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 6 pts · 71d

“Lord British” is the most American cognomen possible

Sludgehammer@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 71d (1 reply)

Based on his recent projects I'm guessing the next Ultima game is gonna involve NFTs and/or a macropayment online store.

Agent_Karyo@piefed.world · 3 pts · 70d

Garriot did attempt to launch a scheme built around NFT fraud, but it never launched:

https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/26/richard-garriotts-nft-based-mmo-iron-magic-appears-to-have-vanished-already/

And his last MMO "Shroud of the Avatar" did sell land for several thousands dollars. They were never able to reach the scope of the Star Citizen run by Chis Roberts.

Indie CRPGs that mimic the style of Ultima would be one's best bet for a solid experience.

Codpiece@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 71d (1 reply)

I’m sure EA will find a way to sell him the rights one microtransaction at a time.

Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 67d

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂