TITANS OF ETHER

Corv · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:31 am Post subject:

Guys, please dont mix up the Redemption and the The New King plot. You wont be a Titan of Ether in The New King.

Alchas · Ultima Fan Joined: 20 Sep 2021 Posts: 15

Were there ever an evil option in any of the official games, I know you could steal and lie in Ultima IV but could you complete it without following the virtues?

In any case, I like the option as more freedom is always better. However, Ultima is one of the few games I probably wouldnt play evil. Smile

Corv · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:22 am Post subject:

I see it the same way as you. But its a matter of game design. we want to improve the features of Ultima (as the original series also did with every game up to U7) and so its only natural that the player should not be kept from playing the way he wants it and getting the appropriate results.

Vistaer Dragon · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Bad Feature

Break Man · Titans of Ether Fan Joined: 10 Sep 2021 Posts: 92

I think the only real plot affecting evil deed in Ultima VII would be using the Armageddon spell. If I were the Avatar, I'd have given one of my companions Rudyom's Wand and walked through the gate. No evil deed there, and I'm home safe and sound! No evil there. In fact, that could've been exactly what happened. (I don't rightly recall the ending text for it. I am positive that the Avatar had thought to himself something along the lines "Did the Guardian manage to take Britannia?" as though there was doubt the Guardian could've even come through.)

Of course the inevitable junk between Serpent Isle and the Blackrock dome would go a tad unanswered...

Withstand the Fury · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:06 am Post subject:

Break Man · Titans of Ether Fan Joined: 10 Sep 2021 Posts: 92

I read it. It's what first came to mind when I posted that. Give the wand to a companion and run on through... Not exactly sacrificial or anything, but you're going home without performing an evil deed by condemning it.

It's more a case of faith and confidence than evil.

Antagonist · Titans of Ether Fan Joined: 22 Sep 2021 Posts: 34

How about a distinction between karma and reputation ? Your character should be able to perform evil deeds without the public knowing so that people will still treat you nicely even if you secretly poisened their cat the day before. Killing someone in front of many witnesses should give you a huge karma penalty and drop your reputation to the bottom.

Also, I'd like to see people react to the things you do around the world. Whatever you did, certain NPCs should know it and have the ability to comment it. Thus the world would seem much more dynamic and actually alive by creating the illusion that the inhabitants of Britannia are actually talking to each other.

PS: While you are at it, do me a favor and make a remake of Pagan. Thanks ! Very Happy

Corv · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:11 pm Post subject:

Antagonist · Titans of Ether Fan Joined: 22 Sep 2021 Posts: 34

Maybe to you, but to me nothing is more tempting than removing the last stinker from the Guardian Trilogy +2. Wink

Corv · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:57 pm Post subject:

The New King has NOTHING to do with the guardian - its a complete new start for a new triology, you underestimate us here....
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Antagonist · Titans of Ether Fan Joined: 22 Sep 2021 Posts: 34

To the contrary, my expectations for you are so high that you are likely to fail Wink

Corv · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:23 pm Post subject:

Well, I am quite convinced that we succeed Smile

But we'll see when its done....
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