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Browser-based, city-building strategy.

EA has pushed Lord of Ultima into open beta. The latest in the long-running Ultima series of fantasy games, originally created by Richard "Lord British" Garriott at the dawn of computer gaming, is a browser-based, free-to-play multiplayer strategy game by BattleForge creators Phenomic.

You can create an account and start playing at the Lord of Ultima website. Expect a 2D strategy game based around building cities and an economy, and warring with "thousands" of other players.

It's a free game supported by micro-transactions, with in-game bonuses available to purchase for real money.

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Skurmedel #1 2 years ago

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Is this anything like the original Ultima?
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EvilBob_leeds #2 2 years ago

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Nope - strategy not RPG
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Skurmedel #3 2 years ago

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Ok, thank you. Giving this a pass then
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EvilBob_leeds #4 2 years ago

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No worries - it is pretty good though, it's kind of a browser based MMO settlers.
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Skurmedel #5 2 years ago

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Hmmm... okay that sounds better, I thought it was some kind of "EA wants slice of 'social gaming' pie"-game
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riz23 #6 2 years ago

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I think EA already bought into the 'social gaming' pie
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Number1Laing #7 2 years ago

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So wait, now the hallowed Ultima brand is being used to peddle some Evony clone?
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nuanimal #8 2 years ago

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Hey isn't Evony that advertised game via big breasted internet banner ads, that really doesn't have big breasts?
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hiddenranbir #9 2 years ago

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I was gutted Evony had not big tits inside it.

This seems to play the exact same way. Just got the franchise name.
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pacifika #10 2 years ago

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strong competition for the mmo stronghold
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rosshuts #11 2 years ago

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Did some one mention Big Tits - where?

Edited by 1 at 22/03/10 @ 13:41
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Hyoscine #12 2 years ago

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I'm kind of enjoying this so far. By "enjoying", I mean checking in with compulsively, natch. Anyhoo, it's nice to have something like this to play, without getting into something ran by hyper-litigious cocks.
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Spekingur #13 2 years ago

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Yes, this is almost like Evony. Works better though than Evony which always seemed to bog down after a while.
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faselei #14 2 years ago

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Hmm it's not bad.

It would be a pretty standard web MMO but the quests thing is new. EA polish is also nice compared to the more 'amateur' feel of things like islandor or cybernations. Playing through the tutorial, its a bit too complex for a web game for my tastes and also looks very time consuming. The issue being you'd need to log in every hour or so to keep on top of it all.

Very graphics heavy means my phone may not enjoy it, and work of course ban such things.
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