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1 star only because there's no zero.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: February 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As a longtime Ultima Online player (3 1/2 years) I cant even begin to describe how angry and upset I am at what EA has done to this once great game with the release of Age of Shadows.
They've changed Ultima Online from a fun, easy to understand game to a complicated, irritating headache. It's not even the same game anymore! It's a poorly thought out clone of Diablo2 and that was a loser of a game and Age of Shadows is no different.
Couple this with EA's poor to nonexistant customer service I strongly urge anyone who's considering buying Age of Shadows to save themselves the [money] for the game and the $... a month to play it. Not to mention saving yourself the hassle of dealing with EA's poor excuse for customer service.
I'm going to cancel my Ultima Online account right after posting this review. If a 3 1/2 year Ultima Online player doing that dos'nt say it all about Age of Shadows I dont know what will.

The Final Nail in the UO Coffin

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: February 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was first exposed to UO over 4 years ago, shortly after the Second Age expansion had come out, and was completely blown away by it. I still look back at how it was and wonder how Origin (now EA) could destroy such a simple, beautiful concept, but they did. The UO:Renaissance and Lord Blackthorn's Revenge were downright terrible, but they did have one or two redeeming values to offset the horror of how they bastardized the game.

Age of Shadows is a completely different issue. If you are able to log on to the game (which you pay $10 a month for), you are in store for jerky, time-delayed actions/movement which would make a Commodore 64 seem state of the art. Add to that the fact that EA has completely turned the previous ranking system (which was simple and precise) on its head and made it to where no one understands the value of anything.

Last but not least, lets not forget the bugs. This "upgrade" looks like it was written by a first semester student from the DeVry Institute, I bet even Bill Gates is laughing at this thing. Note to Origin: Lets at least get something 50% finished before we release it.

I guess not all is lost, I bet I can get a ton of cash on eBay for my 52 month account with all its vet rewards.

Complete, utter, overrated GARBAGE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 15
Date: March 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I don't get it. I really don't. I expected an intricate, fun, community experience with this game. I was excited throughout the registration process, looking at the box and reading about the handfuls of trades to take up and all of the other wonderful features of the Ultima Online experience. I was pleased to hear about the 30 day free trial.

I made it to day 5.This game is boring.

The trades system is a joke, seeing as how the apparent goal of UO, to most of its gamers, is to make money. Well the truth is only one or two trades really make you any money in this game. PvP combat is restricted to specific areas. I'm sorry, but PvP is a fact of life with online RPG's. Player killers were always all the more incentive to be careful outside city limits, and to hone your combat skills. There is very little to even do in the game. All I ever see is players huddling around the bank, trading items and selling their properties.

Maybe I just don't understand this style of game, but this was the biggest waste of money I have ever spent, and I only spent 10 dollars on it. Really, I want my 10 dollars back.

First and Best MMORPG ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: January 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

At first I was a little nervous about being a part of an online world and hadn't got into it because I just didn't have the time, also I thought that UO online was outdated because of all the newer games out, but after playing the beta version, I really can say it is the most inmersive role playing experience ever, period.

Ultimate online

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: January 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing UO since the first release 5 years ago.How many other online games can claim that kind of track record?
The people at EA strive to bring us the very best in our little RPG world. From being able to own your own home to the constantly changing varity of creatures, some so powerful you need to bring a "LOT" of friends with you to help you kill it. Carrying your own vendors and using your craftsmen charactors, you can amass a small/large fortune, trade with other players, start or join a guild.
Age of Shadows is the latest upgrade in this fantastic series, with two new charactor types and a whole new land mass to explore, along with all the older lands, that seem to hold hold more suprises each time I log-on.

Waste of Cash

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: February 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

OSI really Drolled the ball on this way, they have NO CLUE what the players want or how do get it done, the Shards have been down for 2 days now, and no clue when they'll be back up, the Bugs and issues are Everywhere, and they are in "closed ranks" people are quitting left and right and they refuse to answer the simplest Questions... STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME.

I had really hoped for the best, but this is what I got...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing for 3 years now, and not once have I seen an expansion that was so earth shattering or confusing. Nor have I had one that so totally damaged my ability to enjoy the game.

The item-based combat is their biggest mistake in my opinion. Because UOs combat was more geared toward skill-based combat than item-based is the main reason I liked it. The game always used items...what is a swordsman without his sword? Without his armor? What is a mage without his reagents? Of course we relied on items as our tools to fight with, but now they are becoming more than tools, they are becoming the total basis and soul source of our abilities. No longer was that mage bested because that warrior's slowly and deftly trained resistance to spells kept him from taking as much damage as he normally would. No longer will there be the breathtaking and skillfull duels that we could all watch for hours, now they will only last 5 seconds. No longer does the man who can tame the mighty dragons hold any respect, now anyone can do it with a few + skill items. (This is not restricted to taming either, this applies to all skills.)

In short this game has gone from where your abilities meant everything to where your items mean everything and anything in combat.

This is why I rate this game poorly, I once loved it, but now it drives me away, see you all in Shadowbane or Dragon Empires if either ever hits the market :) but I most defenitely wont see you in UO.

Where is the game???

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I pre-ordered this game 2 weeks ago to be delivered on 2-12. Now it's the 13th and the game hasn't even shipped. Needless to say I'm not a happy customer.

More frustrating than fun

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you are into frustration, you should play this game. I played for 13 months, and the only reason I hung on for so long was the promise of a new version with more land and better game play. Instead what we got was the same old thing. The players with the cheats got all the new land, and the rest of us got left out in the cold. The lag became unbearable even with my dsl connection. Connections kept getting dropped. It is a mess. After 13 months of nightly play to try to build up my character, putting up with all the rude people and trying to earn enough money to buy a house when age of shadows came out and to find out that 1 day after it did come out all the land was gone, I decided to cancel. I am now one of the thousands of FORMER UO players. DO NOT EVER start playing any version of this game. You'll wish you hadn't.

Put this game on hold for a few months!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm not new to online gaming but am to the Ultima experience and have found the game to be very enjoyable to play (more on that later). If you played AD&D while growing up and liked it then you'll love this game. Currently there is a major problem with instability with the servers used to play that Origin blames on not enough server memory. They state no more memory can be added to the current servers so now we have a major problem. Constant server crashes and more often than not, major lag becomes a huge factor making the game nearly unplayable at the current time. The features and gameplay are fantastic WHEN you can get on and play for a while. My suggestion would be to wait until summer before spending your money on this game. Maybe then they'll have there end working. A quick comment on in game support, I'm writing this review while waiting on it (6 hours and counting).

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