Ultima: Warriors of Destiny (1993)

Developer: Origin Systems
Publisher: FCI
Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Completionist: about 78 hours

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A deep RPG where you return to a tyrannical Britannia to expose political corruption and restore virtuous rule.

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About

The Avatar, the embodiment of the Eight Virtues and the hero of Britannia, is called back to deal with a grave threat. Lord British, the country's benevolent monarch, has disappeared, and a man named Blackthorn has usurped his throne. The tyrant rules the land by enforcing the virtues upon the will of the people, corrupting their meaning in the process. His fundamentalist visions led him to create a police state, where failure to adhere to the virtues is punishable by death. Behind Blackthorn are the three Shadowlords, anti-thesis to the three principles of Truth, Love, and Courage. The Avatar must understand their meaning and origins, find a way to defeat them, rescue Lord British, and restore the former ethical principles of Britannia.

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