Ultima Forever Features Writing by Pat Mills
Mythic Entertainment’s studio general manager, Paul Barnett, tweeted earlier today about a very high-profile guest the studio recently entertained:
UK Comic writing legend Pat Mills visited our studio, be blogged about it! patmills.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/tim…
— thatbarnettbloke (@thatbarnettblok) April 20, 2013
And in Pat Mills’ blog post about the visit, we are given this piece of information:
While I was at EA, I saw the final version of Ultima – Quest for the Avatar which is out later this year. I did a little work on it the last time I was at Mythic and it was exciting to see the final version. It involves “Virtues” which have a significant effect on game playing as it means making moral choices. Huge potential. Going to be a superb game!
A “little work”? Paul Barnett confirms:
Why was Pat Mills visiting Mythic? Because he has been helping us out with the writing and back ground on Ultima Forever!
— thatbarnettbloke (@thatbarnettblok) April 20, 2013
So, it would appear that the creator of 2000 AD and the writer of some of the earliest Judge Dredd stories has contributed to the story of Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar. This seems a bit of an odd choice, since much of Mills’ work deals with science fiction. Still…quite the name for Mythic to be able to drop!
(Image credit: Pat Mills)