More Ultima X - Odyssey Details Revealed

Thanks to UXO Stratics for their continuing coverage of Ultima X: Odyssey, following the PC MMORPG's official unveiling on Friday. As well as UXO Stratics' video interview with the title's lead designer, other coverage includes an in-depth preview from GameSpy.com, summarizing: "Gone are bold notions about 'online social experiments' or 'virtual economies' - they've got Ultima Online for that. In their place is a concept for an action-oriented experience... more like Diablo than Ultima Online, but with more depth, character development, and immersion than you'd ever find in a Diablo game." There's also an extremely detailed write-up of UX:O on the Stratics boards, courtesy Bruce 'Sirbruce' Sterling Woodcock, creator of the very useful MMOG subscription chart.

What's it look like?

[Anonymous Coward]

How about some screenshots instead of this constant stream of marketing crap?

Re:What's it look like?

[simoniker]

Hmm. The GameSpy preview has a bunch of screenshots attached [gamespy.com]. The UXO Stratics page has a big screenshots archive [stratics.com]. Not sure there's a lack of screenshots to complain about?

Even better -- gamplay movie

[Gudlyf]

Not to mention a gameplay movie at FilePlanet [fileplanet.com], IGN [ign.com], Tiscali Games [tiscali.cz], or WorthPlaying [worthplaying.com].

Personally I don't see the big whoop. Although I hope I'm still alive when the gameplay itself has graphics like that of the cinematics in these game movies. Remember the trailer at the beginning of Quake 3: Arena? I nearly shite myself a the thought of gameplay someday being that detailed and intense. Will it ever?

Re:What's it look like?

[skinfitz]

How about some screenshots instead of this constant stream of marketing crap?

Hear hear. I think we all know the answer to that one though considering that the graphics in Ultima Online are crap and have always been crap and I predict will be crap for the forseeable future. Gameplay = great. Graphics = utter crap.

why they think this ultima will sell better

[UltimaL337Star]

There's something about the letter X and odyssey that just sounds soooo sexxxy.

No Lord British=No Ultima

[Gojira Shipi-Taro]

Richard Garriot's not involved, therefore this is NOT Ultima. "Francise" and "Licensing" be damned, that man IS the essence of Ultima, good or bad. He's not with the company anymore, so anyone who expects something the quality of, say Ultima IV is sadly mistaken.

I'll pass on this.

Re:No Lord British=No Ultima

[FortKnox]

A-frickin-men.

I won't be playing an Ultima game that isn't made by this man.

If EA wanted to make another Ultima, they shoulda contracted Garriot in. Plus, its a MMORPG. Ultimas were always huuuuuge single player worlds (except ultima9, but that was mostly because of forced deadlines).

Theories

[Wtcher]

A lot of people did whine that Lord British was precisely why UIX tanked. I suppose we'll be finding out how accurate this theory is very soon.