The magic system is based on runes that can be found in the Abyss. Leveling up also increases the Avatar's hit points and mana. They can be increased by reciting mantras at special shrines after having accumulated a sufficient amount of experience points. Skills include various weapon proficiencies, lockpicking, bartering, and others. In the beginning of the game, the player chooses the gender, the class, and the initial skills for the Avatar. Some weapons have different types of attacks, depending on where the cursor is held: for example, jabs are executed when the cursor is near the bottom of the screen, while slashes are performed with the cursor in the middle. The player has to draw his weapon, aim at his opponent, and hold the cursor over the game screen to inflict damage the longer the player holds it, the stronger is the attack. The game's combat system is action-oriented. The dungeon is not made entirely of corridors and rooms arranged in a rectangular fashion, but has a lot of variety: slopes, stairs, bridges, underground rivers, and more. The player is also able to look up and down with the press of a key, jump, and swim. Unlike earlier first-person RPGs such as Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder, the player can move in every direction and the graphics are updated continually.
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss is commonly considered the first role-playing game with fluid first-person movement in a real 3D environment. On his journey he will have to get along with the many inhabitants of the dungeon, who are survivors of a failed colony, and eventually find out that there's much more to this kidnapping than meets the eye. Found guilty of the crime, the Avatar is thrown into the Great Stygian Abyss with the choice of either finding the girl or rotting in the dungeon. Upon his arrival, he witnesses the kidnapping of Baron Almric's daughter. The Avatar decides to travel there once again.
However, he is haunted by ghostly dreams that warn him of a great danger in Britannia. Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss After having brought peace to Britannia during his previous journey there, the Avatar returns to our world.
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