Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Ultima Inspired CRPG - Akaruuk

I'm always excited to see a new Ultima-inspired game, even though many never see the light of the monitor.  This one has had a page up on Steam Greenlight since February, so hopefully that's a good sign.

Reading the comments on Steam brings up an interesting topic for me: in-game journals and tutorials. Most thinks it's a killing blow to not include an in-game quest tracker or journal.  Personally, I think it's great.  Somewhere, I have dozens of pages of notes from playing older RPGs, because it was absolutely necessary.  Hand drawn maps and other outlines and recipe books were the norm.  Games that hand feed you every detail and point you in every right direction are really taking away from your immersion and depth of play.

Will be watching this one and am ready to play as soon as it comes out.







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