Does the game tell you the inherent strengths and weaknesses of each race? Hell no. Pick your race: human, dwarf, bobit (lol, hobbit is trademarked), elf, or fuzzy (wtf? my guess is that this is something like a pixie). When the player starts a game, they will immediately be assaulted with a barrage of character choices inevitably resulting in a major fuck up five hours into the game (although during the process of fucking up your characters, you will be treated to the best song in the game). Suprisingly, almost suspiciously, awesome.

Ultima: Exodus is clearly of great historical importance, though oddly absent from RPG history articles (usually Dragon Warrior, released in 1986, is credited with starting the console RPG revolution).īack to last night: the first thing I noticed was that the music wasn't just good. In turn, those games inspired others, and the console RPG genre evolved and produced some of the best games ever made. Exodus is one of the most influential games of all time, obviously inspiring both Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. Ultima: Exodus is a 1987 NES port of Ultima 3, released on the Apple II in 1983. And I played the game all day, and promptly forgot about it (temporarily) soon after. which made creating a party fun and exciting. It reminded me of Dragon Warrior, for obvious reasons, yet with increased flexibility, race/class/gender/etc. I remember re-hooking my NES to the wood-paneled television in the living room and playing Ultima: Exodus for the first time. I was excited to skip school and play this new cart. The next day (after buying the game) I was sick. I still have both, and retrospectively continue to consider the trade an excellent decision. I paid a dollar for the cart, and a dollar for the kid's game genie. Exodus isn't anything like Ultima: Online anyway. I bought Ultima: Exodus because I wanted to play Ultima: Online, or at least become familiar with Ultima. Several other nerds played Ultima: Online, but I was still rocking the 56k, and didn't have a job to support a monthly-fee service nor a computer to run it on. I'll do my best: the year was probably 1997, I was in the 8th grade.

I remember the story behind how I got the game to be interesting, but I don't remember the exact details. Last night, after seeing a movie and not having anything to do, I played an old game I received in middle school.

Play ultima iii exodus