I want a modern take on Ultima II. Why doesn't anyone make games like Ultima II anymore?

[Mr. Magniloquent]

Yes I basically want a kitchen sink clusterfuck setting in an RPG. Swords! Magic! Lasers! Tanks! Spaceships! Elves! Dwarves! Aliens! Guns! ALL OF IT!

Modern fantasy trend is to make believable, realistic settings with focus on politics and ideologies. Serious business, in other words. Zany shit like this is not in vogue. But give it a decade and the trend will change again.

I think what's unaddressed is that these games work because more than half of it exists in the mind of the player. An artist makes some neat box art that's all style and no substance. The player think it looks cool and suspends their disbelief entirely. Rose colored glasses do the rest. There is no need for coherence of any kind, so the developer doesn't bother and throws the proverbial kitchen sink at it. It's amazing what you can do when you don't have to present it in a believable way.

How the Game is Sold

The Actual Game

How the game is remembered 30 years later

 

[Nikanuur]

UW? UUWII is far different than Ultima ][ (funny the game used brackets instead of capital i. Oh Richard you fucking rebel!)

Damn, quite right. I meant UUWII.

 

[mondblut]

UW? UUWII is far different than Ultima ][ (funny the game used brackets instead of capital i. Oh Richard you fucking rebel!)

He was trying to latch on Apple coattail. Apple ][, 'member?

I'm sure there were at least a few games titled Gamename'95 upon being ported to windows back when it was all hot.

 

[GaelicVigil]

https://rikkles.itch.io/deathlord-relorded

 

[Haba]

What happened to this game? When I tried to access the itch.io page, it tells me that access is restricted and that I should ask the developer to give me permission to download the game...

AFAIK the dev is live and kicking, PM the dev on reddit to get the game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieGaming/comments/476me0/comment/l1pncyo/

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-suomi-rpg

and



There ya go.

What happened to this game? When I tried to access the itch.io page, it tells me that access is restricted and that I should ask the developer to give me permission to download the game...

He had another game on his youtube channel called "Dungeon Crunker." You build dungeons and adventure through them I guess.

https://m.youtube.com/@hummingbeegamesllc8780

Anyone try contacting him?

Well, I sent him a message on reddit asking him about both games. Maybe he'll respond there or email me. I hate seeing games just disappear even if only demos. They both look to have potential.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I should have posted a video. Only watch a bit of the beginning unless you don't care to play it. Dunno why a short preview vid was never made of the game.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Probably it was already mentioned, but if you want whacky fantasy/science fiction settings, you can find them aplenty in JRPGs.

 

[Serus]

Probably it was already mentioned, but if you want whacky fantasy/science fiction settings, you can find them aplenty in JRPGs.

In some RL-ish games too. Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead with the magic mod (supposedly very well done and well integrated into the base game) should have some nice mash-up:
- modern tech
- can fight in western medieval plate armor and a katana, or plate armor and a six shooter
- (post)-apocalypse
- lovercraftian / horror themes and non-humanoid entities from other dimensions
- high tech time travelers
- magic
- armored exo-skeletons (if still there, haven't played it a long time)
Also changing in a "real life" furry but that's probably not the best feature to bing up on the Codex.