The eighth installment of the Ultima series takes a much darker tone. The story is much more mature (do the ends justify the means?) and the game focuses more on action, like climbing and jumping across platforms.
Training your character has also changed: the more you use an ability, the better you are with it. Without a party to assist you, you must rely on your own strength, dexterity, intelligence, and magical abilities to save Britannia and Earth.
EA is offering the Gold Edition of Ultima 8, which regularly costs $4.99, as a free download. It replaces Bullfrog Productions’ Syndicate as the On the House game. As usual, with On the House, customers will get the full game for free and will own it forever.
