Ultima Ratio Regum is a very special roguelike game, and as is common in this genre, the main focus of difficulty is not on combat or traps. But about the need to find evidence scattered around the world to help show an intellectual conspiracy to rewrite human history. These tests are everywhere, including religion, customs, and government types.

The first thing you need to do when starting a game of Ultima Ratio Regum is to generate the universe. By doing so, the game will procedurally generate the entire galaxy on each planet. Then you can select the planet that will generate the game. In this phase of the game, you can choose from several preferences of the planet, such as government priority types, cultural types, religious beliefs, and even the legal system. Alternatively, you can randomize all these elements, if desired.

Once we have a world in which we live, we can start playing. At first, as with most roguelike games, the game can be a bit confusing. Fortunately, the Ultima Ratio Regum has a guide integrated into the game itself, giving you access to all the controls you have at your disposal at any time. In any case, from the beginning we have the absolute freedom to move anywhere and start the investigation.

Ultima Ratio Regum is an absolutely unique roguelike game and one of the most ambitious approaches you can find in video games. Even at the visual level, the game has a lot more appeal than ASCII style, with some procedurally generated ANSI artwork. And that’s the key to the game. Everything, absolutely everything is generated procedurally, making each game unique and different from the others.