Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.Īfter the end of Mondain and Minax, the people of Sosaria think that the worst is over. This is a turning point in the Ultima series – a big step from the hack-n-slash of the earlier games.įor details about character attributes in this game, see Character Attributes in Ultima III.
Without solving various puzzles, the player can't win the game. This is the first time the player can't simply kill the big villain. Map squares outside the party's line of sight, such as beyond mountains or through thick forests, are blacked out and revealed only as the party moves. This is the first Ultima game to take 'line of sight' into account that is to say, you can only see on the screen what your party would be able to see. The world of Sosaria has become more complex, with the player now guiding a party of four. The story of the game is much more straightforward, and to solve the game, the player has to use some intelligence too, since for the first time puzzles play a big role. Compared to Ultima II, the complexity and seriousness of the game is clearly much more developed.