On 03 Apr 24 08:37:29 smokku wrote...
I've never played any Ultima game, but I did play my share of
Roguelikes. I've even wrote one as an experience in learning Rust. https://smokku.itch.io/roguelike
Does Ultima IV differ much from a typical Roguelike? as these are
very popular now. People are writing a ton. There even is an annual
event - see https://7drl.com/
I was thinking about bringing my game online, but I could not
reconcile the turn-based nature of Roguelike with real-time nature of online gaming. One player cannot wait indefinitely for other player
turn.
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To which Darklord replies...
I've played a handful of Rogue games or "Rogue like" games. I like
NetHack a lot. Rogue on the Atari ST is pretty good as well.
The Ultima series is really a different genre than Rogue and it's ilk,
IMHO. Ultima 3-4-5 (my favs), have a far greater variety when it comes to gameplay. With Rogue you've got...a dungeon. With the Ultima series you
have got a dungeon (or multiple dungeons), as well as a surface world,
towns, castles, lakes, rivers, even pirate ships that you can fight and capture. It's great "old school" stuff. :)
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