>His career pre-2000 is dominated by Ultima games, which were doubtlessly groundbreaking, iconic, and by almost all accounts, great games.
That is mainly a myth. Ultima was technically impressive for its time, but a terrible game. The series didn't become decent until ultima 4, and ultima 7 is the only one in the series that is really worthy of the praise that it gets. The other dozen games get painted with the same praise heaped on ultima 7, even though they range from ok to terrible.
That is mainly a myth. Ultima was technically impressive for its time, but a terrible game. The series didn't become decent until ultima 4, and ultima 7 is the only one in the series that is really worthy of the praise that it gets. The other dozen games get painted with the same praise heaped on ultima 7, even though they range from ok to terrible.