History VideoGame / UltimaVI

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: The UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} port bit off more than the poor system could chew, it required ''constant'' floppy-disk switching and loading (as in, ''every time you talked to an npc''.) This feature is available in the PC version if the game is played from floppy disk.

The game was a significant departure from previous ''Ultima'' games. It abandoned its predecessors' OverworldNotToScale in favour of a fully-scaled WideOpenSandbox world design, and it introduced a PointAndClickGame interface. Both of these changes were adopted from ''VideoGame/TimesOfLore'', an {{Action RPG}} influenced by ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''.

* AnimatedArmor: The Animate spell to make pieces of armor come alive. Many players can exploit this along with the Clone spell to duplicate rare armor. See [[[invoked]]GameBreaker for more details.

* MadScientist: Sutek the Mad Wizard.

* MoneyForNothing: The [[WillOTheWisp wisps]] want the Book of the Mantras, and all you have to do it get it for them - a piece of cake on the second playthrough. The wisps pay you by filling up ''your entire party's extra inventory space'' with what they consider WorthlessYellowRocks - gold nuggets. A common player tactic is to fill up their party with as many people as they can but dropping their entire inventory, thus giving them more gold nuggets than they could ever spend in the game.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: [[WordOfGod Richard Garriott himself]] has stated that the entire ''purpose'' of the game is to absolutely [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] the hell out of this concept.

* AnimatedArmor: The Animate spell to make pieces of armor come alive. Many players can exploit this along with the Clone spell to duplicate rare armor. See GameBreaker for more details.

* SpiritualSequel: ''VideoGame/{{Cythera}}'' is almost graphically identical to ''Ultima VI'' and features the same conversation system.

* MultipleHeadCase: The Pushme Pullyou is a two-headed horse in Sutek's basement, and Sutek's castle is surrounded by two-headed cows and alligators.

* TheMissingno: The "Swift," a glitch character who is both a party member and a vehicle. You can create one by having a healer resurrect a skeleton (like the Bones of Zog).

* GreyAndGreyMorality: As opposed to BlackAndWhiteMorality seen in the last game, the conflict in this one really has no "evil" side. The gargoyles have a really good justification for attacking Brittania, but humans can't be blamed for defending themselfs either.

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: To inform you that the Gargoyles' speech always starts with infinitives. To state as well that Gargoyle sentences use no first- or third-person pronouns.

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: To inform you that the Gargoyles' speech always start with infinitives.

* ProphecyTwist: The gargoyle Book of Prophecies states that the only way to prevent the utter destruction of their people is by "sacrifice of the False Prophet." The gargoyles believe this means they must sacrifice the False Prophet, but in the end the False Prophet [[spoiler: that is, the Avatar, fulfills the prophecy by sacrificing the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom into the Void.]]

* TheKeyIsBehindTheLock: Nicodemus keeps his house locked with a magical lock, which can only be opened with the Unlock Magic spell. Nicodemus is also the only person who sells Unlock Magic. As you may have gathered, Nicodemus isn't fond of the public.