Damage is never reduced as armor is only used to calculate evasion. Ranged weapons are significantly better than melee ones. Many battles are easily finished by lining the enemies up, and taking them out one at a time from one side. The AI has the advantage with the ability to attack diagonally, and the only way to even the odds is to take advantage of their attack pattern. However, that delusion quickly fell apart. My initial reaction is combat was very tactical. This port suffers from being one of the earliest attempts of converting a computer RPG to fit on a console. A number of things that will no doubt aggravate the player come with very little warning. Ultima: Exodus has not fared the test of time well.
