Why remake the entire Ultima series?
Why not? I’m a huge Ultima fan and have faithfully followed the series since its incarnation. I’m also a huge fan of dark gothic stuff and things that go bump in the night. Since I love stuff that combines different universes or alternate paths through the same universe (like Star Wars Infinities) I thought it would be fun to combine two things I love and create a huge what-if scenario. The only right way to do that is, instead of remaking one part or creating a new story to try and fit in the timeline of the existing canon (which is insane from the perspective of this project), to retell the entire story. The other reason is that almost every Ultima in the series has at least one remake (most of them very well done I might add – Lazarus comes to mind). I felt that doing just another remake would be boring and provide too many creative constraints. In the end I have to be honest in saying that the project is more for me than any of the hard-core Ultima traditionalists. Like those who h
