pretty sure scummvm pulled in one of the ultima remake projects. Think it was exult but I could be wrong.
Do you need to play the prev ones? hmm I would say if you play 6 and 7 together you should be ok. You could get away with them standalone probably. I would not play the expansion packs of 7 without playing the base first though. the extra 6 ones you could play standalone. But you would probably want to play savage empire before martian dreams.
Out of those my personal fav was savage empire for some reason. A remix from origin using the ultima 6 engine.
Do you need to play the prev ones? hmm I would say if you play 6 and 7 together you should be ok. You could get away with them standalone probably. I would not play the expansion packs of 7 without playing the base first though. the extra 6 ones you could play standalone. But you would probably want to play savage empire before martian dreams.
Out of those my personal fav was savage empire for some reason. A remix from origin using the ultima 6 engine.