Last month, Electronic Arts and Mythic Entertainment released Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar on the App Store. It’s a follow-up to the ’80s game Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, but Mythic has made a few changes, including swapping out Lord British for Lady British. As much as that sounds like a gender-smart move, some players have been wondering why they can’t play as a female fighter — only a female mage.
Ultima Forever touts itself as a game of choice. “There is no wrong answer,” it tells you after every major dialogue decision, which nets points in different virtues. So why give players a whopping 10 builds for male fighters and absolutely no female ones?
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