Pocket Gamer: It's difficult to know how long-time Ultima fans will react to Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar.
The game certainly looks like Ultima, and the usual Ultima trapping like Tarot cards and virtues are all present, but something about it just feels off.
WP - "Ultima Forever: Quest For The Avatar is a new massively multiplayer online role-playing game based around Ultima IV. This new Electronic Arts game has been heavily modified from the original Ultima to turn it into an MMO where you complete quests alongside other players, as well as explore towns, earn keys and brand-new items."
Ultima Forever’s stripped-down approach to dungeon-delving might alienate more hardcore fans, but the satisfyingly simple battles and the amount of content on offer make it worth a trip to Britannia.
Last month, Electronic Arts and Mythic Entertainment released Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar on the App Store. It’s a follow-up to the ’80s game Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, but Mythic has made a few changes, including swapping out Lord British for Lady British. As much as that sounds like a gender-smart move, some players have been wondering why they can’t play as a female fighter — only a female mage.
Interesting. I think it's easy to forget how much work has to go into character design with these kind of games.
