Ultima Underworld Retrospective – Forging a New Era [video]
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A video retrospective on Ultima Underworld discusses the game's development and the negative impact of Origin's business decisions.
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this video finally explain the reason. origin cheapened on the devs, giving only 30k upfront and then making them work on a Madden football port. and to add insult the ceo later joined to do bad voice acting. can't make this up. how top down companies even survive is a miracle.