Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2 - Martian Dreams (DOS)

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Description

Following the events depicted in The Savage Empire, the Avatar and his friend Dr. Spector receive a book that contains the knowledge of time traveling. They are taken to the year 1893, witnessing Percival Lowell prepare a space cannon not unlike the one described in Jules Verne's works, with the intention of sending humans to Mars. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the cannon is fired during the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, with several famous people of the time on board. The Avatar and his companions follow, only to be transferred into the mysterious and dangerous world of the Martian civilization.

The second entry in the Worlds of Ultima series is very similar to its predecessor visually and gameplay-wise. Like the first game, it utilizes the Ultima VI engine, and is a top-down role-playing game set in a seamless graphical environment and featuring turn-based party combat. Conversations with characters, interaction with the game world, and acquiring crucial items occupy a significant portion of the gameplay. Many supporting characters are famous real-world figures from the depicted time period, such as Marie Curie, Sigmund Freud, Nikola Tesla, and others.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Games with manual lookup copy protection
• Inspiration: Author - Jules Verne
• Physical Bonus Content: World Map
• Setting: Belle Époque
• Setting: Mars
• Theme: Steampunk
• Ultima universe
• Worlds of Ultima series

User Reviews

An Epic, Out Of This World Rpg Adventure!	sfdf (7)
Edutainment! GOOD edutainment! (did Sid Meier take part in this game?)	Don Lee (8)	unrated
One of my favorite games of all out of the Ultima series	OceansDaughter (109)
One of the best (and most overlooked) games in the ultima series	Pix (1221)
An imaginitive, fun, and highly underrated game.	Ben Sokal (18)
Some game-ideas are even above the unusual ones like Populous and (inspired ?) Alpha Centauri !	Thomas Dahl (1)	unrated

Critic Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Aug, 1991	928 out of 1000	93
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	1992	91 out of 100	91
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Jul, 1991	10 out of 12	83
Games-X	Jul 04, 1991		80
Power Play	Sep, 1991	73 out of 100	73
PC-Spiele '92	1991	7 out of 10	70
Play Time	Dec, 1991	60 out of 100	60
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Sep, 1991	Unscored	Unscored
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Oct, 1991	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

The basic idea for the game, a Victorian SF game where you are shot to Mars in a giant cannon shell, and some other bits, like the inclusion of historical characters and the robot reminiscent of the one in "Metropolis", came from the game producer, Warren Spector.

Related Web Sites

• Crapshoot (A humorous review of the game)
• Nuvie (If you have an original copy of "Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams", you can use Nuvie to run it on modern systems.)