Spoony Experiment reviews of the ultima series...

Gileathane Dragon · Post by **Gileathane Dragon** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:47 am

Starting from Akalabeth

He's done Ultima 1, and Ultima II's coming up - good for a laugh - the Ultima 1 review cracked me up.

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/07/04/ ... akalabeth/

Edit by Dominus: direct link to all his Ultima reviews http://spoonyexperiment.com/category/ga ... ospective/

Post by **drcode** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:11 pm

Loved it when he called the phone # to report his win.

Post by **Dominus** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:39 am

yeah, the Ultima I review is great!
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/07/04/ ... -darkness/
I just can't stand going to Spoony's site... it's to much of a time killer

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:40 pm

His mouth is mermerizing, it's something with the upper lip

Looking forward to the next one

TDI · Post by **TDI** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:27 pm

I wasn't aware of the early ultimas being so "liberal" with science fiction elements. I tried to play a few of them once, but I got frustrated and quit because I would always get poisoned and had no way of curing myself so I would always eventually die.

monotremata · Post by **monotremata** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:31 pm

God the food thing was more annoying than anything. At least by Ultima IV and V they got it right..

I never heard of this guy before but man those two reviews were hilarious.
Cant wait til he rips apart Ultima II now hehe.. If he thought the first two were a clusterfuck of sci-fi and fantasy elements wait til he gets time travel and light swords thrown into the mix!!

agentorangeguy · Post by **agentorangeguy** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:14 pm

A bit of a AVGN ripoff, but the ultima reviews are hilarious.

Now, how in the world does Ultima canon explain away all those rocketships and phasers, etc? If the bones of Zog are still around, ya have to wonder why the Britannians haven't come across an ancient shuttle lol. I know people have made assumptions to explain them, but I don't recall anywhere in the series that explains where they went to?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:41 am

Well they have, in the field next to Britain in U7 BG for instance.

agentorangeguy · Post by **agentorangeguy** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:06 pm

Ohhh yeah... I totally forgot about that thing! the wing commander reference I guess

Petrell · Post by **Petrell** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:56 am

Ultima II: Revenge of the Enchantress review is up

VisElEchNon · Post by **VisElEchNon** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:49 pm

Wow, he's just plowing through these...

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/07/20/ultima-3-exodus/

VisElEchNon · Post by **VisElEchNon** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:51 pm

>:( Let's try that again

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/07/20/ultima-3-exodus/

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:21 pm

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:20 am

A small update

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http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/07/23/ ... king-news/

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:20 pm

This has nothing to do with Ultima, but I think that for every RPG (and therefore Ultima) fan his review of Mazes & Monsters might be interesting nevertheless. It's hilarious at the least:

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/08/01/mazes-monsters/

El Guesto · Post by **El Guesto** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:23 am

Part4 seems to be taking forever :/

El Guesto · Post by **El Guesto** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:39 pm

No. 4 is out! http://spoonyexperiment.com/category/ga ... ospective/

monotremata · Post by **monotremata** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:00 pm

Yes! Motorhead playing during the closing credits!

Cant wait for V to come out now..

Korneluk · Post by **Korneluk** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:31 pm

4 is out!? I ma going. Although, I am looking forward to the ones I played the most, part 7 I&II. I've been reading http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Ultima%20VII/index.html
which is a walk-through of sorts with written commentary that can be pretty funny.

...I second the DragonStrike review being good. Great I'd say, if you know D&D. I was hurting by the time it ended.

Korneluk · Post by **Korneluk** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:00 am

I feel like he's losing steam here.

MV · Post by MV » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:34 am

Yep, seemed like it was done for the hell of it. Pretty underwealming compared to the others.

ziga · Post by **ziga** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:07 pm

lol @ space shuttle rage
but seriously, what was LB thinking when he put space shuttles into a medieval fantasy game?

ziga · Post by **ziga** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:11 pm

oh @!#$ the lord of the rings scene made me blow milk all over my keyboard...

Post by **Dominus** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:15 am

http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/09/19/ ... f-destiny/
next one is up. Much better than the 4th one.

Korneluk · Post by **Korneluk** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:19 pm

Had some funny moments, but left me with an odd feeling, in that he wasn't actually tearing the game into bits, but making me want to play it...nicely done!
I've tried it a couple of times, but never got anywhere. I'll definitely give it a real shot when I have the time.

monotremata · Post by **monotremata** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:03 pm

YAY finally my favorite of the series gets the Spoony treatment hehe.
I loved the screenshot where he tells Blackthorn to eat a dick when he asks for the Mantra of Honesty hehe..

Guesto · Post by **Guesto** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 2:09 pm

No 6.seems to be taking forever

Post by **Dominus** » Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:10 pm

I think spoony had some health problems

El Guesto · Post by **El Guesto** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:37 pm

Ultima 6 is finally up!

Korneluk · Post by **Korneluk** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:38 pm

had some good moments. I agree with spoons feelings on the abysmal viewing window, and the beef jerky. U7, I've always been able to come back and enjoy playing, U6, seemed a bit of a chore. Finished it once and tried again about 6 or 7 times. I liked the story but it surely could be tweaked somewhat.
Wished he would have spent less(0) time with his live-action chuckles and more in the game. He didn't mention wanda, smith, nicodemus... or the silly answers alot of NPC give you, where you might ask them something they clearly have knowledge of, but because it's not the right key word, they claim ignorance.
Anyhow, looking forward to U7.

monotremata · Post by **monotremata** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:59 pm

Ive had the same feelings replaying U6 too..
4, 5 and the 7s are always fun to come back too but everytime I replay 6, Ill play it for a few days and then just drop it.
The interface wasnt bad (I remember my jaw dropping when I first saw it on my IBM) but yeah the inventory management SUCKED big time.

U3 is another one I cant seem to get into anymore. I finished in like 92 or something after I got the Ultima Trilogy but Ive never been able to go back and replay that one either.. Just too tedious and slow I guess.

Post by **Dominus** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:37 pm

http://www.ultimaaiera.com/blog/spoonys ... rely-fair/
A discussion on this is under way on the Ultima Aiera article on this review.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:13 am

Hey, Chuckles broke the rules of the game himself when he said "again"!

agentorangeguy · Post by **agentorangeguy** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:35 pm

I don't think there is an ultima fan alive who HASN'T killed chuckles in some fashion.

There were a lot of cool things about U6 he didn't mention. You could get drunk, you could take those mugs/glasses/bottles and throw them and they'd smash.

Still working on the U6 Exult converstion BTW.. just finished up Bucs Den

(minus NPC usecode for them at the moment.).

Korneluk · Post by **Korneluk** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:08 pm

^^
screenshots please, good sir!

agentorangeguy · Post by **agentorangeguy** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:26 pm

What is the best way to take them in exult? I've been meaning to learn how to do that so i can post some.

El Guesto · Post by **El Guesto** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:33 pm

You could just as well use the printscreenbutton on the keyboard and paste it in paint

agentorangeguy · Post by **agentorangeguy** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:40 pm

i thought about that but i wasn't sure if it would be bigger file-wise or not, but I'll do that soon.

Guesto · Post by **Guesto** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:15 pm

7 is taking its sweet time as well

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:32 pm

Hey, it's up now! http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/02/01/ ... te-review/

No surprises there. I do agree with him that the story isn't as nuanced as in the previous two games. "Big evil guy is trying to take over the world and you have to stop him." Not as thought-provoking as overthrowing an oppressive government or settling a war with strong ideological conflicts behind it. Yeah, I know I'm oversimplifying.

guesto · Post by **guesto** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:06 pm

about time, guess serpent isle will be out by summer

Post by **Dominus** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:13 pm

To me it seems like neither the Underworlds nor SI will be reviewed. The end scene points to Pagan

The review was made with Exult, the face stats give it away

MV75 · Post by **MV75** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:30 am

I thought the hour glass on the cursor and the expanded view, AA, etc gave exult away.

Anyway, that one was pretty good.

Post by **Dominus** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:03 pm

yes, those two things gave it away, too (even though I wonder how you get the hourglass... later on in the review the hourglass is gone)

dag · Post by **dag** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 3:54 am

Although I really like this review, I'm disappointed, because Exult wasn't mentioned :-/

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:23 am

Spoony has announced along with a bunch of other things that he'll be doing Serpent Isle in March. I guess Underworlds will get a brief look similar to Worlds of Ultima.

el guesto · Post by **el guesto** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:05 pm

Now updated with 2 videos of ultima underworld

swotavator · Post by **swotavator** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:02 am

Yeah, I don't think he completed UU2. Nothing about the other worlds, which were the whole point of the game. BOooooo

TDI · Post by **TDI** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:53 pm

Wow. The Underworld 2 video is unbareable to watch. I had to stop it after just one third. It seems he's just bitching and being negative to be funny or something. Also, the plot and voice acting of UW were not bad at the time. He's nitpicking at everything remotely unsatisfactory and hardly mentioning all the great parts at all. Failing to mention all the parallel worlds in UW2 eliminates any credibility that he even bothered to play the games correctly.

I don't like Sweeney reviews no more.

Scythifuge · Post by **Scythifuge** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:32 pm

UW II is the only one out of the two that I never completed. Not that it was difficult, it was just one of those situations where I got about a third of the way through the game, and things came up. Such a span in time would mean that I have to start a new game, and I have some other games to complete first. Though I plan on playing the Ultimas in order on my custom 486 & displayed on my LCD TV..I think that that will be awesome!

Though I do agree that Spoony is overreacting and he admits that he sucks at the game. Perhaps he was having a bad day.