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Ultima VII: The Black Gate is a fantasy role-playing game released for MS-DOS in 1992, developed and published by ORIGIN Systems, Inc. The game presents its world from a bird's-eye view perspective and incorporates puzzle elements alongside real-time gameplay systems. It continues the narrative of the Avatar, the series' protagonist, who is drawn back to the land of Britannia.

Players control the Avatar, who arrives in Britannia to find two centuries have passed and must investigate a murder while learning about a growing group called the Fellowship. The primary objectives involve exploring towns and wilderness, gathering clues from non-player characters, and completing specific story tasks to progress. Gameplay systems include interacting with the environment by clicking and dragging objects, solving puzzles that involve manipulating items, and managing an inventory where equipment is visually represented on a character model. The world is open for exploration from the start, featuring many characters who follow their own daily routines, and conversations are conducted through expanded dialogue trees with multiple topics.

Combat occurs in real time, with the player directly controlling the Avatar while party members act based on preset strategies. The game pauses when the player accesses their inventory during a fight. Character progression involves automatically increasing attributes after earning enough experience points. Survival mechanics require the Avatar and companions to consume food regularly. The story advances as the player uncovers the Fellowship's motives and addresses the warnings of a mysterious entity known as the Guardian.