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''[[Ultima VII Part
Though its name would suggest it's a [[Gaiden Game]], or that ''[[Ultima VII]]'' was so long that it needed to be divided into two games, it's actually neither. It is a stand-alone game that contains events important to the overall series. The only reason it was not officially named ''[[Ultima VIII]]'' is because Richard Gariott wanted all ''Ultima'' games to have different engines (Serpent Isle uses the exact same engine as [[Ultima VII]]). Thus
▲[[Ultima VII Part II]] is a PC game released in 1993 by Origin Systems. It is considered one of the best games in the [[Ultima]] series besides its predecessor, [[Ultima VII]]
Eighteen months after the events of ''[[Ultima VII]]'', Lord British finds out that the Guardian has sent Batlin to a place called the Serpent Isle. Fearing the worst, he sends the Avatar, Iolo, Shamino
▲Though its name would suggest it's a [[Gaiden Game]], or that [[Ultima VII]] was so long that it needed to be divided into two games, it's actually neither. It is a stand-alone game that contains events important to the overall series. The only reason it was not officially named [[Ultima VIII]] is because Richard Gariott wanted all Ultima games to have different engines (Serpent Isle uses the exact same engine as [[Ultima VII]]). Thus "Part II" was slapped on.
Like ''[[Ultima VII]]'', ''[[Ultima VII Part
▲Eighteen months after the events of [[Ultima VII]], Lord British finds out that the Guardian has sent Batlin to a place called the Serpent Isle. Fearing the worst, he sends the Avatar, Iolo, Shamino, and Dupre after Batlin to find out what they are up to. As the Avatar and his/her companions search for Batlin, they quickly become involved in the [[Cosmic Horror Story]] going on behind the scenes.
''[[Ultima VII Part
▲Like [[Ultima VII]], [[Ultima VII Part II]] comes with an [[Expansion Pack]], the Silver Seed. Here, the Avatar uses an amulet to travel back in time and collect a bunch of very useful items.
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▲[[Ultima VII Part II]] was also released on DOS, and can be played on modern systems with the fan-made engine, [http://exult.sourceforge.net/ Exult]. It is now available to all along with its predecessor over at [http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_7_complete Good Old Games.]
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]
▲* [[All in A Row]]
▲* [[An Ice Person]] - Frigidazzi
▲* [[Apocalyptic Log]] - A very disturbing diary in White Dragon Castle that details {{spoiler|how the king brutally tortured everyone to death.}}
** As well as the Hyerophant Scroll which you get in the hidden cave right at the beggining of the game.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]
* [[A Taste of Power]] - You start out with good gear only to have it swiped by a magic storm.▼
* [[Bag of Spilling]]
▲* [[Awesome but Impractical]] - The <s> Armageddon</s> Imbalance spell, which kills everyone except you.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]] - Ale the parrot is actually a guy named Edrin who got hit by a Transmutation Storm▼
▲* [[Bag of Spilling]] - Explained here, as your items are taken away by a magical storm. What's not explained is why you're back at level three, though.
** Also a [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]] moment. If you try and subvert this event by dropping all the affected items then walking to the trigger point for the storm, the results are the same. Justified as otherwise the early plot to recover them would make no sense.
▲* [[Baleful Polymorph]]
* [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]]
* [[Crapsack World]] - If the magical thunderstorms weren't bad enough, most of the people living on the Serpent Isle are a bunch of bloodthirsty, treacherous, vain [[Jerkass|assholes]].▼
* [[Commonplace Rare]]: One of the common reagents you use for spellcasting is mandrake, and indeed, it can be found and bought in plenty of places. Later in the game, an NPC gives you the task to obtain mandrake. For some reason, only mandrake from one specific location qualifies, all the other mandrake doesn't work; and you can't get to that spot yet (semi-justified in that he wants ''fresh'' mandrake, and the stuff you can buy is presumably dried: it doesn't make a difference a spell reagent
* [[Continuity Nod]]: In the previous game, repeatedly tapping a parrot with a mallet will eventually have him tell you coordinates where a treasure was located. Doing it in this game, the parrot eventually says "That will not work this time!".
** As well as the cause of the impending disaster. It's actually {{spoiler|a side effect of events in the third game}}.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]
▲* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Cypher Language]]
* [[Darker and Edgier]]
* [[
* [[Debug Room]]: Claw Island, which you can only get to by teleporting.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]
* [[Dialogue Tree]]
* [[Disc One Nuke]]
* [[Doomed Hometown]]
* [[Dream Land]]
* [[Endless Corridor]]
* {{spoiler|[[
* [[Fetch Quest]]
** [[Twenty Bear Asses]]
* [[Find the Cure]]
* [[Fur and Loathing]]
** He also [[Card
* [[Gay Option]]
* [[Genre Shift]]
* [[Get
* [[Global Currency]]
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]
* [[Hoist
* [[Hookers and Blow]]: When the Avatar is in the dream realm
* [[Hospital Surprise]]
* [[Ironic Name]] - while Frigidazzi's name fits with her magic specialization, in romantic matters she's [[Anything That Moves|anything but frigid]].▼
* [[Kangaroo Court]] - TWICE. Dupre is put on trial in Fawn {{spoiler|which is being manipulated by Kalyista and Voldin}}, and the Avatar is put on trial in Moonshade.▼
▲* [[Ironic Name]]:
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]] - The game practically encourages it. Lampshaded in the [[Kangaroo Court]] in Fawn, when the prosecution points this out as suspicious behavior.▼
** [[Kleptomaniac Hero Found Underwear]] - You can find some disturbing stuff if you look around Rotoluncia's "love cabin."▼
▲* [[I'm a Humanitarian]] - Shal the Fiend
* [[Isometric Projection]]
▲* [[Kangaroo Court]]
* [[Lethal Lava Land]] - Furnace and the larger Ophidian ruins.▼
▲* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]
* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]] - Like teleport or transmute things. It is explained that these storms are magical, however.▼
▲** [[Kleptomaniac Hero, Found Underwear]]
* [[Light Is Not Good]] - {{spoiler|The worshippers of Order murdered the Hierophant of Balance, then they blamed it on the worshippers of Chaos, and used this as a excuse to wage a genocidal war on the latter.}}▼
** {{spoiler|Actually, I don't think it's ever made entirely clear who killed the Heirophant. It is clear, though, that the followers of Order blamed it on Chaos with almost no evidence at all.}}▼
▲* [[Light Is Not Good]]
▲**
* [[Minus World]] - The "land of the dead" where dead characters are sent. You can get there through the teleport cheat.▼
▲* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]
* [[Monster Town]] - The Goblin and Gwani villages▼
* [[
* [[No Gear Level]] - Mildly subverted several times here. In the places where you are stripped of your inventory, you quickly come across replacements.▼
▲* [[Minus World]]
* [[The Mole]]
* [[Muggles]]: The "Mundanes" of Moonshade.
▲* [[No
** It's also possible by abusing the [[Good Bad Bug|serpent bond spell]] to enter some of these areas without losing your gear at all.
* [[One Size Fits All]]
* [[Optional Sexual Encounter]]
* [[Order Versus Chaos]]:
* [[Organ Drops]]
** Although the deer, for some reason, drop ''five'' deer legs...
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]
* [[Pass Fail]]
* [[Pixel Hunt]]
* [[Plotline Death]]
* [[Power Glows]]
* [[Precision
* [[Precursors]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
** There's also the realization when you find Shamino's old castle, which predates even the Ophidians. Just how old is he, really?
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]
* [[Script Breaking]]
* [[Self
* [[Shout
** The [[Monty Python and
* [[Slippy
* [[Stealth Pun]]
* [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]]
** Another example is Frigidazzi. She flirts with you the second she sees you, and it's pretty obvious what she wants to do when she asks you to stop by her house ''after midnight
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]
* [[Take Your Time]]
* [[Take That]]
▲* [[Hub Level]] - The "Dark Path" that connects all the Serpent Gates.
▲* [[The Maze]] - The labyrinth in the Silver Seed add on.
* [[Unwinnable
▲* [[The Mole]] - {{spoiler|Lord Marsten and Spektor give secrets to the Goblins so that they can kill off the Bear and Wolf clan members. Simon is secretly a Goblin spy. Selena is working for Batlin.}}
▲* [[Unobtanium]] - Stoneheart. It's needed for instant-death spells.
▲* [[Unwinnable By Design]] - the number of plot-critical items in this game is simply crazy, and dropping or consuming one by mistake will leave you stuck forever. By the end of the game your characters' backpacks will be filled with layers upon layers of random items. Things are only made worse by the fact that unlike the previous games in the series, this game is not a [[Wide Open Sandbox]], so the area where you left the vital item behind may no longer be accessible to you when you actually need it, and even if it is, the game world is still so huge that you're extremely lucky if you even remember where to begin looking for it.
** The Fawnish ale you picked up by the Goblin hangout is important to the plot. If you drink it, you may have to start over.
* [[Unwinnable By Mistake]]
** Supposedly, talking to the factory ghosts way too early could accidentally seal off certain places.
* [[Vendor Trash]]
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]
* [[Wham! Episode]]
* [[Wizard Needs Food Badly]]
* [[You Fail Economics Forever]]
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]
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