Fabula Ultima by Emanuele Galletto

[james_davis_nicoll]

Emanuele Galletto​’s 2023’s Ennie-award-winning Fabula Ultima, roleplaying in the style of Japanese computer roleplaying games.


Fabula Ultima by Emanuele Galletto

Comments

[james_davis_nicoll]

I think there might be about five billion ways to combine 15 classes, 5 class abilities, and three stat arrays.

[kgbooklog]

For example, aside from melee versus ranged attacks, distance isn’t a thing. If two characters are in the same scene they can interact

I grew up on the Ultima and Bard's Tale series of computer RPGs (and AD&D 2e), so the idea that all characters in a battle are in melee range of each other was a surprise when I first starting seeing JRPGs. It's worse when they insist on animations showing the character running across the battlefield, swinging at their opponent, then running back to their companions. Every. Single. Round. (I even once saw a game where an archer ran over, shot someone in the face, then ran back.)