A while back, we interviewed Ian “Tiberius” Frazier about the first release of the Lazarus project, a complete remake of Ultima 5 using the Dungeon Siege engine. They have released their second alpha version and it looks even better than the original.

New features in this demo which were not seen in demo 1 include:

– Fully functional mini-quests
– Ultima-style reagent-based spellcasting system!
– The Lycaeum, noble keep of Truth
– Zachariah’s Observatory
– A dozen new NPCs
– Brand new music
– All new in-game GUI
– All new frontend
– Complete day/night/lunar cycle, which can be tracked with a pocketwatch
– Tons of new objects!
– Working telescopes: look at the night sky!

Drop by their website and grab a copy for yourself!