Talk:Technical Differences in Ultima Underworld on the PSX

Wow, looking at it, they REALLY butched the sprites in their attempt to remove the black outlines. They should have left that alone.--Tribun (talk) 12:51, 25 January 2025 (MST)

I get what they were going for, and it does match the "no black outlines" aesthetic they were going for. In my playthroughs I assumed they had some machine script simply rip out the black outlines. Now that I've put them side-by-side for comparison, I've changed my opinion. I think they were manually done. Some black lines are removed, some are not, some are blended in. That looks like it was done by hand. Overall most of it looks fine. They are some (like the keys) I think could be improved. The one I like is the chain boots, they made it distinct from the plate boots, in the PC version I was always stuggling to tell them apart. But the ones they really botched were ones like the leather vest, lantern, and the fish. And those aren't obscure objects, they're things you'll find and use from the very first level and throughout the game. I don't see how any playtester could have not seen that. I just assume it was done last minute and very rushed. --Sir Robin (talk) 19:28, 26 January 2025 (MST)