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aside from bugs(on patch 118f) it's not a total failure on a new machine(as of 07)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I once wrote saying this game would not work on newer operating systems and the only PC's capable WERE the new ones, yet XPPro still plays it quite well, you will need to avoid RAID however and ICD errors are more frequent. Some bugs are very bad even as of now but it is not a showstopper! Thier are unaddressed or unspoken except in a hushed wisper bugs not anywhere addressed online-much like microsoft's hiding there error message knowledge from the public. The Ultima bugs are not a big deal yet somewhat annoying if in the spirit of the game as Karma hits in uncalled for places jumping a chasm in "Despise" can knock you for a few points 1 if your lucky, 10 if your unfortunate! This can happen before getting the wurm armur in pit or after comeing back this way out. Defeats the purpose of being anything but a Ranger!(low Karma anyway). Also you are not SUPPOSED to be able to steal eggs from the Gargoyle Queen but you can just fly down her backside granny shorts(not a pretty site) and get one not incurring a Karma hit that LB made such a big deal about implementing in his clue book interveiw. more bugs-though more on laughable comedy but detracting, the avatar "kan sit in chairs" Kan? as in on the backs not the seat. I misspelled on purpose, herbert! The mines of My-nok also disengage your input devices(namely keyboard and mouse) and cause you to cntrl alt to desktop. Toolbelt disapearence possible(though unlikely). If Keagan doesn't sell you that third map, your seafaring days are over! Yep it's a bug without his charts(he must sell you Map 3 before hand) your captancy is landed and so is your game! Lubber! Freeromaing abilty is present but not a good idea, this game runs on a linear path of evnets if you traverse Magincia via swimming or "Yew' without the open pass you'll blotch up the plot as it isn't intelligent enough to accept this as an alternative! Very disney in game intellect! but most annoying is ICD error, a showstopper if you've reloaded as much as I have.(patch 1.18f and 1.19f unofficial). Makes your tired of playing. It happens more frequently as time goes on and eventually so often you don't have time to even save the game(once every 5 seconds at later stages). In Windows 98(another conspiracy bug) a white desktop cursor ackompanies your game gauntlet cursor(ugly) and the humility movie cuts out to a permanant condition of your PC(the white cursor shows up in ALL D3D/GL(non voodoo FX) games from then on!). I told EA of this in '99 and the punky boarish teen on the phone said as predicted, "well -I- ain't never saw nutt'n like that happen! What are you talk'n bout, dude?!..." the exact words! very evil.(EA is to games as Disney is to amimatinon TV! And Holiwood to moves and so on.)

Ultima 7 [was bad] at first, too

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I pre-ordered Ultima VII: The Black Gate from Babbage's back when it was to come out. Its release was delayed for years, but I was a big fan of Ultima 6 and the wait didn't dull my desire for it. When I finally got the game, I couldn't get music to play, I needed a boot-disk, it took about five minutes to load and sometimes crashed before getting to the map, the save game slots were all broken (you could only have one save, and that took some time), and plot elements would randomly disappear (Namely, you are out to solve a series of ritual killings, but the bodies would disappear and everyone would seem to forget all about it! It made is quite difficult to progress.) Anyway, I ended up waiting until the add-on pack came out, and it fixed up the game, and Origin went on to make the best Ultima, 7 part 2: Serpent Isle, with the same engine. But U7 was by no means playable on my system when it arrived, and good luck getting it to work on modern machines.

Ultima 9 is a good investment, if you have a lot of RAM and a Voodoo. So, it might not be for everybody. But its high system requirements and bugs are by no means untrue to Ultima or a big surprise, given Richard Garriot's complete lack of good software engineering principles.

Ultima 9: Ascension

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

after a little tweeking on vidio card, i now have the best playing game in the history of rpgs, the graphics are phenomenal, the sound is good, (but maybe a little too much of it.). Some of the game playing is so intence, that the hairs on my neck, stand up, no other game has done this since Daggerfall. All rpgs should be this great, to bad this is the last of the Ultima,s. So long Lord British!

Solid game, shaky program

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'd highly recommend this game, but with one caveat: make sure you get the patch, and expect some troubleshooting even after you get the "lastest, bug-free" buggy version.

The game itself is awesome, and has a very solid plot line behind it. The Avatar's voice sounds... well, Grade-B acting, but the script is pretty good and largely to the point. The graphics, which are generally excellent, get kind of choppy when you're in town, however, so a high-end machine is recommended (I'm running on a PIII, 450, 128ram). There are also plenty of well-done cutscenes (a personal must-have) which keep you interested in the game and allow for additional plot development.

Don't expect flawless performance, but do expect a great and enjoyable game.

Typical of Origin

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

They make a game that surpasses the power of most if not all computers of 1999(the year it was made) and probably for many years to come. Like Wing Commander III it was Unplayable when it was out and it is now... But for different reasons. Yeah, in a couple of years you'll have that nice P9 /9 ghz with a Voodoo 7/75000 and whatever but will your operating system be compatible? No. These showy graphics games like this are useless. No computer can run them. Not now. Not ever. If I had a super-duper Voodoo 7/7500 ect. I could probably give you an acurate review. Who has that?(with windows 98). As for graphics they are excellent, stupendous, never seen anything like them; but since they are like a slide show I just see them as adequete. I imagine butterflys and what not flying gracefully and that would be "stupendous" but it's just stupid on my machine. The acting is not as bad as people make it out to be... It is... Well.. Adequate... For a game. Not as bad as Animae cartoons... Almost not. Dungeons are fun and beautiful but are like tome raider(a lot of people say that and now so do I). It's pretty though and has dialogue. Raven's fun. Get Redguard(not at-all bad acting) or Tomb raider they will surely work on most computers. The only difference is this one does not.

I enjoyed U9 very much

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 12, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Yes, of course, there were some bugs, and it was a little slow in parts. I have a PII 350 with 64 MB RAM, and a Voodoo 3 2000. Amazingly enough, the game ran very well, with the only exception being the capital city, but that happens to everybody. Ultimas have always been designed to last for a long time, and that means designing for a computer that will still be around in a few years. I have played the game all the way through, and only crashed 5 times or so...and there are very few games that don't crash at all, in my experience.

Even with the detail settings set at the minimum, this game is beautiful. The story is kind of linear, but it is a good story. My bottom line would probably be to wait until at least the second patch is out--around Christmas--before you buy the game, because once all the bugs are taken care of, this game will go down in history.

Edit: Now that it's 2003, I think that the only thing that will go down in history about this game will be the bug-filled release. However, I would like to urge purchasers of this game to download the fanmade dialogue patch (do a search on Google for it). This will make the dialogue more intelligent, improve the storyline, and actually tie in the previous games and their storylines. You won't be able to hear the voice acting, but you're not missing much. The graphics are still mostly compareable to today's 3D RPGs, so picking up a bargain copy of this game is worth it.

Great RPG! Should be game of the year!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was very excited when I first got this game. I played it every day. I have already beaten the game and I still play it. The graphics are great and it works perfect on my computer. I have a Dell 500 mhz with a voodoo 3. To get the great graphics it is highly reccomended you have a voodoo. Overall I think the game was worth the money.

Buggy, but Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

While not as complex as previous Ultimas, still an engaging game. The game itself however, requires a lot of Hardware to run reasonably, and a Glide compatible video card to run well. To their credit, the game's authors have been working diligently to make the game more accesible.

Forget the Flap-This game is great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I know about all the flap about this game and technical problems that people have had with it. I just bought the game and realized that I didn't have any video card to speak of in my PC so sprung for a $50 (after rebate) Voodoo3 card and the thing is amazing. This is without a doubt the best role playing game I have ever played on a PC. The graphics are beautiful and the storyline is complex and interesting - I amtotally hooked. The only thing that I wish that they would add to it is a little more intelligence into the dialogue so that it doesn't give you the choice of picking a statement when youare talking to someone that doesn't actually make sense yet (you haven't gotten there in the game yet). Really amazing and well worth the price!

Good, but not like the series of old.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game can really be very good,if you have the very latestin hardware, and down loaded all the patches it requires. Graphicallyand sound wise it is very impressive, with a real living breathing world and small touches like fluttering butterflys and the sounds and sights of lightning and thunder if a storm comes(this some times happens periodically in the game). My only complaint is that it is that it isn't the same kind of game as the Ultimas before it. It just isn't the same. The game actually plays more like tomb raider than a real role playing adventure, but fans of the genre and series should still enjoy this, and any new comer for that matter. It's all about the exploring, I hope you have a lot of time on your hands. END 0

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