The Ultima reboot in the works is more than "just a dungeon crawl game with friends," because it's team BioWare behind the project and they know a thing or two about RPG worlds.
The Mass Effect and Dragon Age creator will be focusing on story and choice in Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar, which has a "more visceral feel" than its turn-based predecessors.
EG:So farewell then, Ultima. The title of developer Mythic and publisher EA's new entry in the series, an iOS-exclusive, free-to-play MMORPG-lite, is Ultima Forever. These words you can visualise chiselled on a gravestone. Make no mistake; this game has the surface of a vibrant fantasy, but it is a grasping and shallow product.
Ultima Forever proves to be a bit of a mixed bag, despite its influence of Ultima IV.
Forbes - Electronic Arts’ free-to-play mobile MMORPG Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar has arrived on iOS. On the surface, Ultima Forever appears to be a shining example of the mobile game coming into its own as a legitimate gaming experience, a wonderful hack-and-slash romp through fantasy fields and dungeons with content tailored from five-minute to five-hour sessions.