Ultima 6 Project Review

Team Archon’s recently released Ultima 6 modification for Dungeon Siege is the subject of a pretty enthusiastic review over at RPGWatch, though no overall score is provided. Their conclusion to follow:

Nostalgia is essentially a hopeless attempt to recapture an emotion and deluding oneself into thinking that previous times were better than current times. Even if we could recreate those times and they were as good as we remember, we’re not the same people we were back then and we’d never be able to feel that way again. That’s the primary message of Thomas Wolfe’s novel and at the end George Webber finally realizes that and gives the title by stating “You can’t go home again.”

The Ultima 6 Project is a phenomenal game, with a few minor flaws and annoyances that provides players with dozens of hours of entertainment. The story will draw the player in and make him keep rushing back to play until finished. At the end, the feeling of conquest and accomplishment will most likely be tingled with the sadness that comes from knowing that, once again, that emotion has moved into the past. Players will have a hard time finding a game that has the level of depth that U6P can provide. It’s worth it to track down a copy of Dungeon Siege just to play this game.

While playing the original can still be fun, it’s simply not the same experience that players got in 1990. However, thanks to the hard work and dedication of Team Archon, players can once again experience that awe and amazement as if it is brand new.