Spam Spam Spam Humbug 112 – Ultima Forever Is Still Missed
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It was five years ago this past August that Mythic and EA’s short-lived attempt to reboot the Ultima series on the mobile platform — Ultima Forever, which can be likened to Ultima 4 and the canonical Ultima timeline in almost the same way that J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek can be likened to the timeline of the original Star Trek series — was shut down. The game had some serious promise in terms of gameplay and storytelling, in addition to being utterly gorgeous artistically…but it failed to attract enough of an audience, and the horrible implementation of its freemium model at launch certainly didn’t help matters.
We don’t just discuss Ultima Forever in the episode, though; other subjects — including virtual reality! — bubble up as the discussion progresses.
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Music
Ultima VI Gates of Creation by OC ReMix
Ultima V – Stones 2001 Remix by DJ Lizard
We wax nostalgic about Mythic and EA’s short-lived attempt to reboot the Ultima franchise on mobile, before moving on to other topics.