Ultima VII Revisited
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 33 role-playing games by recommenders
Revisited rebuilds the classic RPG with a 3D world and updated camera, and people praise its NPC schedules and living simulation. Critics note its fetch-quest structure.
Revisited rebuilds the classic RPG with a 3D world and updated camera, and people praise its NPC schedules and living simulation. Critics note its fetch-quest structure.
31 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 24
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 77%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 24 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
3D remake with updated camera
“I love the Ultima renaissance now with Ultima VII: Revisited and the Ultima Online servers.”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Moongate – Ultima Online server emulator in .NET 10 with Lua scripting” “Looks really awesome. ... This should make Ultima VII a lot more accessible and playable.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” “Revisited moves the entire game world into 3D and it looks magical”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” - Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited”
- Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited”
Ahead of its time in simulation
“Ultima VII shines with the in-game simulation, but today Cataclysm DDA:Bright Nights curb-stomps U VII in that area”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” “Ultima 7 had daily schedules and the veneer of a functioning economy”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Gas Town Decoded” “the game was way ahead of others on the console side of things”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “Intel 486 CPU announced April 10, 1989” - Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited”
- Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Richard Garriott is officially regaining control of the Ultima series”
Nostalgic favorite for many years
“I finally finished the whole game a few months back, and was astounded by how good it is.”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “The science of Monkey Island: can grog dissolve a metal mug that fast?” “U7 was my favourite game for a long, long time”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” “If you want to scratch that nostalgia itch”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” - Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited”
- Comment from 7 Feb 2026 in “Ultima IX”
Lovely art style and lighting
“some examples of the 2D to 3D conversion process that are quite impressive.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” “That's a lovely art style, kind of Runescape Classic vibes.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” “the lighting makes for a nice aesthetic”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Long fetch quest with little variety
“one staggeringly large nested fetch quest, with nothing much breaking it up”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” “Ultima VII's problem is that it's just... one big fetch quest.”
Comment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” Hard to read in original
“It was a little more readable on CRT. But yes, not really great.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited” “I find it borderline illegible in the original”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Ultima VII Revisited”
Other role-playing games people recommend
The four most recommended other role-playing games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 71 | 11 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 58 | 10 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Ultima VII RevisitedThis page | 24 | 7 | 77% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Disco Elysium | 23 | 1 | 96% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Chrono Trigger | 23 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
30 of the 33 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The NPC schedules, the emergent gameplay”
“I finally finished the whole game a few months back, and was astounded by how good it is.”
“I particularly hated combat”
“the game was way ahead of others on the console side of things”
“I love the Ultima renaissance now with Ultima VII: Revisited and the Ultima Online servers.”
“the absolute best RPGs ever made”
“Ultima 7 had daily schedules and the veneer of a functioning economy”
“Ultima VII's problem is that it's just... one big fetch quest.”
“never figuring out how to get it running”
“some examples of the 2D to 3D conversion process that are quite impressive.”
“If you want to scratch that nostalgia itch”
“Ultima VII was the buggiest RPG I ever finished the main quest on”
“one staggeringly large nested fetch quest, with nothing much breaking it up”
“It was so far ahead of the competition at the time.”
“U7 was my favorite game for a long time”
“the lighting makes for a nice aesthetic”
“This is really nice work.”
“The updated camera angle is the killer feature for me.”
“It was also kind of creepy that a very good way to level up was to kill that pack of aggro children north of town.”
“GoG got you covered, and it's even on sale currently”
“Ultima VII shines with the in-game simulation, but today Cataclysm DDA:Bright Nights curb-stomps U VII in that area”
“It was a little more readable on CRT. But yes, not really great.”
“Revisited moves the entire game world into 3D and it looks magical”
“Ultima VII is again perfectly playable by itself, but, yet again, it's best if you thoroughly read the manual”
“streamlined realtime battle which was much better”
“some artefacts can never be properly resolved”
“I find it borderline illegible in the original”
“Looks really awesome. ... This should make Ultima VII a lot more accessible and playable.”
“That's a lovely art style, kind of Runescape Classic vibes.”
“U7 was my favourite game for a long, long time”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.