<s>
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warriors	I-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
Ultima	B-Device
released	O
in	O
March	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
takes	O
a	O
darker	O
turn	O
from	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Ultima	B-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Britannia	O
's	O
king	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
is	O
missing	O
,	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
tyrant	O
named	O
Lord	O
Blackthorn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
sports	O
numerous	O
advances	O
from	O
Ultima	B-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Ultima	B-Application
VI	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
False	I-Application
Prophet	I-Application
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
having	O
mastered	O
the	O
eight	O
Virtues	O
,	O
attaining	O
Avatarhood	O
,	O
and	O
retrieving	O
the	O
Codex	O
of	O
Ultimate	O
Wisdom	O
in	O
the	O
previous	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Avatar	O
is	O
summoned	O
back	O
to	O
Britannia	O
by	O
his	O
old	O
comrades	O
Iolo	O
and	O
Shamino	O
using	O
a	O
magic	O
coin	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
trinket	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
repelling	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
amulet	O
(	O
a	O
feat	O
that	O
cannot	O
be	O
replicated	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Avatar	O
brings	O
the	O
heavily	O
wounded	O
Shamino	O
to	O
Iolo	O
's	O
nearby	O
hut	O
where	O
Iolo	O
fills	O
him	O
in	O
on	O
recent	O
developments	O
:	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
has	O
been	O
lost	O
on	O
an	O
expedition	O
into	O
the	O
Underworld	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
tyrant	O
known	O
as	O
Lord	O
Blackthorn	O
now	O
rules	O
Britannia	O
in	O
his	O
stead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
the	O
Avatar	O
learns	O
that	O
the	O
Shadowlords	O
sprang	O
from	O
three	O
shards	O
of	O
Mondain	O
's	O
Gem	O
of	O
Immortality	O
(	O
destroyed	O
at	O
the	O
conclusion	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Device
I	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
his	O
old	O
companions	O
and	O
some	O
new	O
ones	O
,	O
the	O
Avatar	O
forms	O
the	O
Warriors	O
of	O
Destiny	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
eliminate	O
the	O
Shadowlords	O
,	O
undermine	O
Blackthorn	O
's	O
rule	O
,	O
and	O
rescue	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
to	O
restore	O
him	O
to	O
his	O
throne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warriors	O
of	O
Destiny	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Ultima	B-Device
to	O
implement	O
a	O
time-of-day	O
system	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
sun	O
rises	O
and	O
sets	O
,	O
and	O
non-player	O
characters	O
follow	O
daily	O
routine	O
schedules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Ultima	B-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
interact	O
with	O
non-player	O
characters	O
(	O
NPCs	O
)	O
by	O
typing	O
a	O
word	O
or	O
phrase	O
that	O
signifies	O
the	O
topic	O
to	O
discuss	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Ultima	B-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
only	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
letters	O
of	O
player	O
spoken	O
text	O
are	O
read	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shadowlords	O
play	O
an	O
integral	O
role	O
in	O
enforcing	O
the	O
oppressive	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
Britannia	O
in	O
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
.	O
They	O
appear	O
at	O
various	O
times	O
in	O
different	O
towns	O
,	O
and	O
affect	O
the	O
townspeople	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
additional	O
modes	O
of	O
transportation	O
,	O
the	O
grapple	O
and	O
the	O
magic	B-Application
carpet	I-Application
,	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magic	B-Application
carpet	I-Application
is	O
a	O
handy	O
way	O
of	O
traversing	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
can	O
float	O
over	O
almost	O
any	O
terrain	O
(	O
not	O
mountains	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
increasing	O
the	O
party	O
's	O
speed	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
escape	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
used	O
a	O
modified	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
Elder	O
Futhark	O
runic	O
alphabet	O
for	O
some	O
game	O
text	O
,	O
adding	O
some	O
letters	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
complete	O
one-to-one	O
correspondence	O
with	O
the	O
English	O
alphabet	O
(	O
plus	O
a	O
few	O
runes	O
to	O
represent	O
some	O
common	O
two-letter	O
combinations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
all	O
the	O
earlier	O
Ultima	B-Device
games	O
since	O
Ultima	B-Device
II	O
had	O
used	O
runes	O
on	O
accompanying	O
material	O
such	O
as	O
maps	O
and	O
manuals	O
and	O
Ultima	B-Application
IV	I-Application
had	O
shown	O
single	O
runes	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
in	O
specific	O
situations	O
,	O
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
incorporate	O
multi-letter	O
runic	O
texts	O
into	O
the	O
actual	O
on-screen	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warriors	O
of	O
Destiny	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
Ultima	B-Device
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
;	O
the	O
limits	O
of	O
that	O
system	O
(	O
excluding	O
the	O
16-bit	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
)	O
were	O
increasingly	O
becoming	O
a	O
hindrance	O
to	O
further	O
technological	O
advance	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
all	O
later	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
on	O
PC	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
last	O
time	O
in	O
which	O
Ultima	B-Device
creator	O
Richard	O
Garriott	O
did	O
a	O
major	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
actual	O
coding	O
;	O
in	O
the	O
later	O
parts	O
he	O
acted	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
designer	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
NES	O
by	O
Origin	O
and	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
previous	O
two	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
published	O
through	O
FCI	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Ultima	B-Application
:	I-Application
Warriors	I-Application
of	I-Application
Destiny	I-Application
in	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
port	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
came	O
on	O
five	O
1541	O
disks	O
(	O
around	O
1.5MB	O
total	O
)	O
and	O
was	O
criticized	O
for	O
the	O
excessive	O
amount	O
of	O
disk	O
access	O
and	O
swapping	O
required	O
,	O
although	O
like	O
Ultima	B-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
can	O
utilize	O
two	O
disk	O
drives	O
if	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
mode	O
and	O
if	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
C128	O
,	O
the	O
extra	O
system	O
RAM	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
background	O
music	O
that	O
is	O
absent	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
C64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
also	O
has	O
a	O
built-in	O
fast	B-Device
loader	I-Device
,	O
although	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
timing	O
of	O
NTSC	O
machines	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
on	O
PAL	O
C64s	O
,	O
therefore	O
European	O
gamers	O
without	O
a	O
C128	O
suffered	O
from	O
almost	O
excruciating	O
load	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
played	O
in	O
C128	O
mode	O
and	O
a	O
1571	O
drive	O
is	O
used	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
"	O
burst	O
mode	O
"	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
fast	B-Device
loader	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
appeared	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
the	O
entire	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
one	O
new	O
composition	O
that	O
only	O
appeared	O
on	O
that	O
platform	O
—	O
the	O
same	O
song	O
repeated	O
throughout	O
all	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
the	O
songs	O
were	O
played	O
in	O
different	O
places	O
from	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	B-Device
128	I-Device
versions	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
all	O
songs	O
from	O
those	O
versions	O
were	O
reused	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
editions	O
contained	O
:	O
the	O
game	O
media	O
;	O
a	O
cloth	O
map	O
;	O
a	O
metal	O
coin	O
with	O
the	O
symbol	O
of	O
the	O
Codex-as	O
described	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
introduction	O
;	O
The	O
Book	O
of	O
Lore	O
;	O
Lord	B-Application
British	I-Application
's	O
Odyssey	O
;	O
A	O
quick	O
reference	O
card	O
;	O
a	O
player	O
reference	O
card	O
(	O
version	O
specific	O
)	O
;	O
a	O
registration	O
post	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
depicts	O
(	O
left	O
to	O
right	O
)	O
:	O
a	O
giant	O
mouse	O
in	O
a	O
dungeon	O
;	O
Castle	O
British	O
area	O
including	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
a	O
ship	O
and	O
a	O
headless	O
;	O
and	O
battle	O
screen	O
with	O
player	O
casting	O
'	O
In	O
Flam	O
Hur	O
 '	O
on	O
various	O
skeletons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
release	O
for	O
IBM	O
shows	O
the	O
same	O
screenshots	O
as	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Scorpia	O
described	O
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
as	O
"	O
well	O
worth	O
the	O
wait	O
,	O
"	O
citing	O
improved	O
graphics	O
and	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	B-Application
she	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
a	O
worth	O
follow-up	O
...	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
missed	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
criticizing	O
the	O
Underworld	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
disappointment	O
,	O
being	O
vast	O
but	O
essentially	O
empty	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garriott	O
claimed	O
in	O
1994	O
that	O
V	O
was	O
his	O
favorite	O
Ultima	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ranked	O
the	O
18th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan-made	O
recreation	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
using	O
the	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Siege	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
Ultima	B-Application
V	I-Application
:	O
Lazarus	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
