Ultima VIII: Gold Edition
The Guardian has tricked you, Avatar. After you defeated Batlin on Serpent's Isle, he banished you to Pagan, a world under his control. Once, it was a beautiful land, but ever since the ancient battle between…
Ultima VIII: Gold Edition is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Origin Systems, released 31 December 1996 on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Ultima VIII: Gold Edition is
Ultima VIII: Gold Edition is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Origin Systems and released in 1996. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on DOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Guardian has tricked you, Avatar. After you defeated Batlin on Serpent's Isle, he banished you to Pagan, a world under his control. Once, it was a beautiful land, but ever since the ancient battle between the Elemental Titans and the evil "Destroyer", it is engulfed in eternal twilight. Titans - now worshiped as gods - are cruel and uncaring. They bestow power on their most dedicated followers who, in turn, terrorize Pagan's population. To find a way back home, you need to become a Titan yourself before the Guardian succeeds in his plot to conquer Britannia--and then Earth itself. The eighth installment of the Ultima series takes a much darker tone. The story is much more mature (do the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ultima series
Ultima VIII: Gold Edition is the 35th of 45 entries we hold in the Ultima series. It arrived a year after Ultima: The Savage Empire. The next entry was Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss in 1997.
What it launched against
Ultima VIII: Gold Edition launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.
Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.
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