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Tragic waste

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 19 / 29
Date: March 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Cannot believe they are going to release this to the public as it stands. It looks awful, doesnt go for 5 minutes without crashing, lags horribly even on my 1gig Tbird with 64mb Geforce2 and cable connect. There are going to be a lot of unhappy people who buy this and then have to sit through 30 meg of patches before they can even try to play the game, and then suffer the crashes and lockups those of us in beta are still suffering. This game is not ready for release, be forewarned.

UOTD - the game that isn't

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 13 / 20
Date: March 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game shows wonderful promise as an extension to the original Ultima Online, but it delivers nothing. The game is seriously bugged and cannot be played for more than a few minutes on most common machines even if they meet the specs on the box.

In short, don't waste your money!

I've played Ultima Online for 4 years...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 19
Date: September 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Let me make this short and sweet. I have played UO since it started and have many longtime friends in game. That being said, we all have UO3D from the beta testing cd and NONE, NO ONE, ZILCH of the people i know use the Third Dawn version for regular gameplay. Its buggy, laggy, everything moves slow, the 3d graphics are blah for the most part. Its a joke. I would uninstall it if not for the fact that the new land mass Ilshenar is only accessible through UO3d. UO Renniasance is the game interface everyone uses to play UO, at least everyone I know and play with. UO-Third Dawn is a joke.

Horrible Disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: March 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

After playing Ultima Online for over two years - I joined the Beta Test of this game. They are releasing the game well before it is ready. There are memory leaks, the grahics are horrible and it is laggy as a game can get. Unfortunately, a once great game has been "corporatized" and is dying. I would suggest not purchasing this game as the flaws are too numerous to list. UO is "hoping" to patch this "gold CD" after you buy it. Check the UO.com message boards for more information on how the customers feel.

Frustrating

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

A long standing player in the UO community (2 years) I have enjoyed almost every aspect of the game. I was happy when I got my name into the Third Dawn Beta. I spent hours and hours playing Third Dawn, finding bugs and posting them. I was and am frustrated with Origin for sending the game Gold before it was ready.

The game is virtually unplayable (Build 61). Massive memory leaks, crashes, and poor graphics should keep any serious MMORPG gamer away for the time being.

The Game, we must also remember, is part of a virtual community. This community is presumably nutured by the company which made it, however any serious gamer who plans on sticking around will want to make sure they agree, and follow, the companies views of customerism. OSI is not committed to their customer base. A solid 3-4 month lay over of their Veteran 'rewards' program is a good example of their desire for the bottom dollar. Third Dawn was rushed for money, not for your playability.

Instead of Third Dawn, I suggest buying UO: Renaissance and take advantage of the free month of play before you commit to Third Dawn.

Would that we could put 0 stars, as a review...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: April 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've played Ultima Online for over 3 years. I participated in the beta for this 3D add-on for the game. I run a large guild, and host bi-weekly events. Despite all it's problems, I've always been a supporter of the game in general. There is so much to it, and so much to do... it can keep a gamer busy, literally, for years.

This 3D client has the potential to add a lot of worthwhile content to the game. New items, new areas, and new creatures can all be added to the new areas without having to cut new CD's. New gestures, new lands to explore, new monsters to fight. All of which is needed in a 3+ year old game.

That said this 3D client, as delivered, is non-functional. It's got a memory leak so big you can throw a truck through it. Most players refuse to use it anywhere dangerous (such as fighting monsters, or other players... or anywhere that might happen) as more likely than not the 3D client will crash to your desktop before it hardly gets started. Leaving you at the mercy of what you were fighting.

While the environment art is beautiful and some of the new creature art are wonderfully done, the rest is rather childish. They still can't even get the colors to match the 2D client, for the character models. The character models themselves, are ugly till you zoom in close enough that it's the only thing you can see. Most of the creature graphics are just as bad. The "wonderful" character animation you read about in the description, is awful to the extreme.

If you wish to play UO with the same old 2D client, then do so. But don't buy this expecting to play with the new 3D client. This Alpha stage client, that was tossed out as a beta... is barely in what should be considered beta stage, upon release.

Dont be fooled by employees reviews

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: April 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Come to the ultima board at uo.com. There you can see that this game is not worth anyones money and time. Do you really want to pay for a product that hasn't gone past beta yet? Many of the things advertized on the box and for the game don't exist. The development team hasn't figured out how to do them. And if you believe that it will improve, realize this: those that are currently playing have been waiting 6 months to over a year for fixes and the last promised additions. Many promised additions get dropped and never implemented. Its this type of poor planning and programing that has come to typify Orgin work. The fantasy of the game has been destroyed, pop up instructions like You see an item:a box serve to remnd you that yup, its a game. And the multitude of skills advertised? The majority do nothing for nothing, only serve to add to the total numbers. The game has stagnated. The current development team throws a new graphics skin on an old creature and calls it an update, and that they added new content. There are no aspects of roleplay, no storyline nothing. Nor will there be, as OPSI has fired most of the stafff associated with it. The play itself is bad. 1 gig computer 526 MB RAM and I lag and crash every half hour. The graphics harken back to Doom 1. You can zoom in on your character, but in doing so you are the only thing on your screen(they did this trick on the box), making play impossible. The game does not support windows ME or any Vodoo grapics cards, and has issues with ATI cards. And on a final note, dont be fooled into thinking this is a game of sword and sorcery. Its just sword. The magic system has been gutted over player vs player(which if you talk to those who do it will tell you there is no challenge in it, its just leathal rock paper, sissors), and is reduced to mere visual effects. The current heads dont like magery(have said so in fact), so dont expect any future improvements to it.

Not yet ready for prime time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game was released too early. Probably within the next weeks/months it will stabilize as new on-line patches are released. However, for now (build 61), the game is just plain too unreliable. Some people claim to be able to run without problems, but I (and many, many others) experience client crashes every 20 minutes or so. Either buy the older UO Renaissance, or wait until this version has stabilized.

Wait a Year.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

UOTD was released buggy with many problems left unaddressed. There's a HORRIBLE memory leak that locks up most systems after awhile, as a beta tester it would lock crash my computer so hard I had to reboot to recover. The product has potential but was dumped into the stores 4-6 months early. It will take them a year to fix all the problems they're introducting into the game TODAY.

Customer service is so bad that it's almost comical. Technical support consists of: "Go buy a new computer." They've ripped the heart and soul out of the Ultima mythos and replaced it with a cold and sterile 'localized' version that no one understands.

Give this one a miss.

Not Ready Yet...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I totally agree with other beta testers. This product is NOT ready to be released yet. It crashes occasionally, and lags terribly. It has good graphics, and nice interface - but it should not be released at this time.

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