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I want to give this series a go, but I am not sure where to begin; I have heard that IV is a good choice and that Akalabeth and the first three games are largely irrelevant to the plot of later two trilogies.Also, how exactly does the save import feature work?

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>> No.2189080

>>2189031
>Also, how exactly does the save import feature work?
You copy your save data (party.sav for 4, saved.gam for 5) onto another drive and use the import function from the sequel. In DOSbox you can simply mount the directory as a drive.
For the conversion from 4 to 5 your stats are halved and your XP is reduced to one tenth. For 6 your stats stay the same but your XP are again reduced to one tenth. This only affects your avatar, the other companions aren't transferred.

The first games aren't important for the plot but they shouldn't hurt either. 1 is quite short and may be useful to get a grasp of shortcut based controls. They're also interesting from a historical standpoint.

>> No.2189102

yes, 4 is usually recommended and also where I started. It is where the whole arc with the avatar and the virtue system started, which makes it really interesting even if is of course a bit archaic in some ways. What bothered me the most was the fucking slow combat with one move at a time, it really made fighting a bit tedious.

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2190126

>>2189031
Play Ultima 7 with the exult source port dude.

>> No.2190153

>>2189102
How is combat slow? Did you play the NES version?

>> No.2190505

>>2190126
Is there any real reason why somebody would start with Black Gate?

>> No.2190539

>>2189031
Go with the FM Towns remakes of the trilogy. They're in Japanese and in English.

>> No.2190562

>>2190539
I don't like the Towns port of 3, it's missing the original music.

>> No.2190656

Just ignore Lord British

Fuck you you fat fuck, you can't tell me what to do

>> No.2191639

U4 is where the whole Avatar story begins. The earlier episodes were more or less the typical beef up your character and go kill the big bad wizard game. Not that they're not fun to play, but you won't be truly missing anything by starting at 4.

>> No.2193953

>>2190126
is the gameplay easy to learn? that perspective is headache inducing as fuck

>> No.2193962

>>2193953
The gameplay in 7 basically consists of dragging items around and talking with characters by selecting keywords. Combat is automatic and chaotic.

>> No.2193981

>>2193962
i think I'll try to figure it out tomorrow
I've been working my way backwards through rpgs, first naturally now intentionally. i went from oblivion to morrowind, mass effect to kotor 2, witcher 2 to witcher 1, and now i want to get into the real older stuff

>> No.2193983

>>2193981
Why haven't you played Pagan and Ascension before then?

>> No.2193994

>>2193983
because i dont have time for that. i just want to play good games before i graduate college and dont have time for them anymore

>> No.2195443

>>2189031

There is a lot of great information on this site. ultimacodex.com

>>2190126
Exult is great to use with Ultima 7. Just be sure to keep the viewing window the same size as vanilla game.

>> No.2197582

>>2190505
it's probably the best game out of the series. that or ultima underworld

but lore-wise, everyone should start with 4.

>> No.2197587

>>2197582
Many like 5 or 6 more.

>> No.2197997

>>2190126
I remember playing a game called Tibia that looked a lot like this.