Within those two years, Origin could make such a game of such magnitude (still unequaled) while creating two additional Ultima games of Savage Empire and Martian Dreams.
And just think that within two years we would get the incredible Ultima 7. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, during this time that even came close to it. When we play old games, we have to compare them not just to the context of their series (from their predecessors and successors) but to the time itself. It is the reason why people who played it then, who are wealthy now, has made it the largest crowd funded product ever. I say this game altered gaming more than anything by turning gaming into production based instead of design based. Only one game really blew everyone’s minds back then. This massive open world of Ultima 6 was unmatched by anything in gaming and was many, many years ahead of its time. Ultima 6 was in the 8-bit Generation of game consoles. Remember, this is the FIRST Railroad Tycoon. “But what was coming out on PC, Malstrom?” There was no global economy like it is today. To put Ultima 6 in context, we must realize the game was released in 1990.
