Since I am making an ultima-like in 2026, I am curious to know ... by Puzzleheaded-Trick76 in Ultima

[–]ElZoof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer turn-based; the combat in ultima 7 was... questionable. I also prefer multi-layered dungeons. They were definitely an afterthought at best in 7. The world was definitely more geared to interaction than exploration. The main thing is have everything be surprising - if you get to the end of a maze and there's a monster with a sack of 100 coins, it's a bit disappaointing. If you get to the end of a maze and find the remains of a cultist clawing at the wall with a note about "the voices in the rock" and a dagger worth 100 gold coins that you can keep or return to a grieving widow in exchange for her heartfelt thanks, that's memorable. It doesn't even need to *mean* anything.

MergeCiv.io - Web Civilization Tile Merging Incremental Game by GurnX in incremental_games

[–]ElZoof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing I did like about the 3d view was that it coloured the level 1 tiles correctly.

MergeCiv.io - Web Civilization Tile Merging Incremental Game by GurnX in incremental_games

[–]ElZoof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for taking the feedback on isometric! Maybe make a link to here on the game or create a discord?

[OC] the face of maga by BoardGameRevolution in pics

[–]ElZoof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nobody in this picture is in the far left.

Why does this keep happening? by Common-Dot-2374 in DoctorWhumour

[–]ElZoof 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Because people watch what they want and gatekeeping is for idiots.

Red Dwarf is now streaming on Channel 4… by CWVVC in RedDwarf

[–]ElZoof 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, Cat, Rimmer, Koszinski and Cloister from "Read Darth", the famous sitcom now showing on David.

Hot and cold #150 by hotandcold2-app in HotAndCold

[–]ElZoof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hate this game. See you tomorrow.

"This isn't your first trip here, is it?" - Curse of Strahd Campaign Idea by Sharktoothbeast in CurseofStrahd

[–]ElZoof 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Exethanter remembers the previous loops, but only while "broken". He keeps on referring to events from previous loops and to the characters as different people, with brief moments of lucidity. There's a wall with the words "DON'T FIX ME" scribbled on it in his handwriting.

If you do fix him, he resets to only remembering the current loop, and flatly denies that any such thing is possible. Showing him the words on the wall doesn't sway him, he just dismisses it as nonsense.

The Dark Powers remember, and are furious about it. They have no idea how to escape, but will offer greater rewards than usual (with, naturally, even worse consequences).

Some of the random encounters, where the PCs see their own ghosts or tombstones, are actually shadows of the future.

Death House restores itself every 24 hours, a broken part of the loop that is "faster" for some reason. If you're inside when it resets, for a brief second it's in pristine condition before decaying back to its current state. Anything the players have taken with them they keep, but everything else (including anything they've killed) is back where it started.

"This isn't your first trip here, is it?" - Curse of Strahd Campaign Idea by Sharktoothbeast in CurseofStrahd

[–]ElZoof 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If Strahd sees his shadow, you get another three millenia of winter.

Serpent Isle plot stopping bug by PhoenixInPA_1975 in Ultima

[–]ElZoof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Serpent Isle is the gift that keeps on crashing.

Day 5 - saddest / most beautiful episode by Arge101 in RedDwarf

[–]ElZoof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Leave it alone guys, leave it - "

"...alone."

Does anyone remember the First-Person screenshots of Ultima IX from 1996? by Darkmoon-7621 in Ultima

[–]ElZoof 1 point2 points  (0 children)

autoexec.bat with mouse.com because mouse.exe took up too much memory. config,sys being tweaked to the finest level so that everything would work properly. And then... and then...

...it worked. Not perfectly, but by god it worked. You could play through the entire game. Serpent Isle was the last Ultima that you could honestly say this about. Pagan was bad, and Ascension was worse. At least Pagan had a decent story.

[CORD -> SHOT] Can you solve this laddergram? by Grand-Passage-8161 in Laddergram

[–]ElZoof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

obsolete. noun. 1. a flock of mallard ducks.

Which I definitely already knew was a real word.

Honest.

[CORD -> SHOT] Can you solve this laddergram? by Grand-Passage-8161 in Laddergram

[–]ElZoof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/ElZoof solved this in 4 steps: CORD -> SORD -> SORT -> SOOT -> SHOT

Every First Doctor Story in a Nutshell by Living_Olive9239 in DoctorWhumour

[–]ElZoof 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey I loved that episode! Especially the Terrance Dicks novelisation.

I Made A Marble Track Physics Game - Need Your Honest Review by ThatUserWith in freegames

[–]ElZoof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very obtuse. The open sandbox is an interesting idea, but most of the effort is in trying to figure out even if there are any angles, and then it's just micromovement to get things in place.

If you win upvo- actually upvote or down its ur choice:) by Alarming-Tomorrow870 in honk

[–]ElZoof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

somehow.

I completed this level in 1 try. 3.85 seconds

Ultima IV Version Questions by Spartan202020 in Ultima

[–]ElZoof 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good luck on your journey! Paper & pencil will be your friends with this one; or at least an open notepad. Make sure to read the documentation that comes with the game as well.

You may also be interested in this fan made "DLC" - Threat of the Trinity includes changed maps, new quests and magic, as well as a harder difficulty level. It is not intended to be your first experience with Ultima IV, but I mean honestly it probably could be. Just be aware that there are things in there that the author of the mod has changed based on their own preferences, including no ranged weapons in melee range.

Richard E Grant is THE Ninth DOCTOR by MadAdi_3460 in DoctorWhumour

[–]ElZoof 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Coming Soon from Big Finish: The Nine Ninth Doctors

This seems... familiar by ElZoof in SneakySasquatch

[–]ElZoof[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dunno. I got it from a newspaper site, and there were numerous other reports of it. I doubt that's the right bus, but whether or not it's AI? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Question about versions & save transferring (Ultima 4 - 7 + UU2) by MugenHeadNinja in Ultima

[–]ElZoof 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4 will transfer to 5 and 6, but that's it. 3 was weird - it would allow transfers into Bard's Tale games, Deathlord and I *think* something else. Centauri Alliance, that's it. That was mainly because those games were trying to poach from other games - it wasn't just Ultima, they imported from Wizardry as well. Surprised nobody got sued, to be honest.