Description
You are the Avatar, returning to Britannia after 200 years of absence. Strange ritual murders are committed in the land while an organization known as The Fellowship is gathering a huge following. And there is this being known as The Guardian whose mockery follows you on your travels. Your old companions will join you on your quest through Britannia as you slowly discover the secret behind the Fellowship and the Guardian.
Ultima VII features completely revamped graphics and controls. The traditional Ultima top-down view of the world now fills the entire screen, with other informational windows overlaid on top of it only when necessary.
Both world interaction and dialogue are fully mouse-controlled. The tactical combat system of previous Ultimas was replaced with a real-time system where only general strategies can be set and party members fight automatically.
The Britannia of Ultima VII is a large virtual world with lots of details: hundreds of NPCs can be talked to, virtually every object in the game is usable in some way and many side quests await the player.
Alternate Titles
- "創世紀7：黑月之門" -- Traditional Chinese
- "Ultima VII: La Porte Noire" -- French title
- "Ultima VII - Die schwarze Pforte" -- German title
- "Ultima 7" -- Informal title
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Ultima VII had a rather impressive credits display that started to go more and more movie-like towards the end, with usual disclaimers ("any resemblance... is purely coincidental", "no animals were harmed"... etc), logos of the technologies being used (Voodoo logos etc), and finally, "Soundtrack CD available from Origin".
That was only added as a gag to make the credits look absolutely movie-like, but (because the game obviously has some pretty good music) people started asking Origin about the soundtrack album.
Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle had same sort of credit display - but with a text "Soundtrack CD NOT available from Origin, so don't ask!"
(Origin did eventually release Origin Soundtrack Series volume 2, which contains some of the tunes from both of these games.)
As an interesting testament to the credibility of the Ultima VII end credits, EA marketroids, far far later, actually took "Voluntarily rated MP-13 (for Mature Players)" logo from the game credits and put that to the "The Complete Ultima VII" budget release box!
