GameSpot's Behind the Games: Richard Garriott

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Ever want to take a trip into space? Well, the creator of the Ultima series is making it happen by building spaceports around the world. Find out what else makes Richard Garriott, aka Lord British, tick.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: June 23, 2007 at 1:51 am
Author: gamespot

Length: 00:15:05
Rating: 4.75
Views: 3162

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Video Comments:
UMpt835 (November 17, 2008 at 12:57 am)
"What's your favourite swear word" and "blood type"???? Come on..! You have... *His Majesty* Lord British in front of you and you waste precious time on that?
Cstyle12 (November 13, 2008 at 6:29 pm)
i cant believe he is quitting NCSoft...
fkhosmoo (October 25, 2008 at 7:04 am)
Jerk sold out ultima for his greed. They called Beast British!
BVargas78 (November 2, 2008 at 2:59 am)
he thought that with the backing of Electronic Arts he'd be able to work on a lot of ground breaking projects. Unfortunatley he hadnt realised what corporate jerks EA could be and when he realised its hard to reason with people like that (who just have the thought of instant £ in their mind) he quit.

For example EA declined an early idea for making a privateer online game that would have been really cool, and pressured Ultima IX to come out before it was ready.
fkhosmoo (November 2, 2008 at 9:50 am)
If he is so loaded why does he need EA? He could have bought out origin, himself and continued to make ultima.
There is no replacement in an rpg genre for ultima.
BVargas78 (November 2, 2008 at 10:13 am)
He's rich but not that rich, especially in 1992 when the sale was done. It was a bad move with hindsight but back then it seemed like a win win situation.
The idea was that EA's stake would provide the funding the allow Origin to work on multiple big projects at a time when costs for developing games was increasing (a trend that was to continue). For a while it seemed to go ok, some good games came out like Strike Commander, Privateer, Wing Commander IV. And the once great Ultima Online.
BVargas78 (November 2, 2008 at 10:16 am)
after that things started to sour, EA corporates kept pushing for expanding Ultima franchise in ways Garriott didnt agree with, and Ultima IX which was taking longer to develop than intially planned had to be rushed against his wishes. It was EA that got greedy not Garriott because for a while the partnership worked.
st4ngeI2 (November 10, 2008 at 11:04 pm)
you have no idea what you are talking about
keyotikdragon (October 17, 2008 at 6:52 am)
Gotta love Lord British... Where's Shamino, Dupre, and Iolo?
BVargas78 (September 14, 2008 at 4:42 am)
He'll forever have my respects. The Ultima series will always be amongst my favourites. Hope they do some remakes!