#ULTIMA III EXODUS SERIES#

Ultima III maintains the 2-D world map, the 2-D towns, and the 3-D dungeons of the previous games, and the entire party is represented by a single icon (at least in the non-console versions) on the world and town maps. In addition, if a character was killed in the game, his or her dead state was immediately saved, regardless of whether the player 'quits and saves.' This feature allowed for a peculiar exploit in which the player could create any number of 'dummy' characters and transfer their starting money and equipment to the players he or she really wanted to use and so begin in a better financial position than the designers intended. Characters would keep the equipment and experience they had gained even when they were removed from the party, and so in theory the player could level-up more than four characters and pick the best four for a given situation. At the beginning of any given gaming session, the player could then select up to four of the characters and enter the world with them. Whereas in later games the player creates and takes control of one character (the Avatar) and then has others join his (or her) party, in Ultima III the play can create any number of characters and give them a wide assortment of races and classes.

#ULTIMA III EXODUS SERIES#

Ultima III is the first Ultima game to include a party system, a hallmark of the series until abandoned in Ultima VIII. It features a much more consistent setting and tone than the previous two games, which combined sci-fi and fantasy elements. Ultima III was also the first Ultima game published by the newly founded Origin Systems Inc rather than Sierra On-Line. In the game itself he/it looks like four sparkly squares, although in later games (particularly Ultima VI and VII) he is depicted as a demon similar to the one on the box cover. It is unclear what exactly Exodus is supposed to look like. In this game the 'evil wizard' is Exodus, part monster, part machine. Ultima III: Exodus is the third and final game of what would be known as the 'First Trilogy' of the Ultima Series, the 'Three Ages of Darkness' in which the goal of the game was to defeat an evil overlord.

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