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Fun Game but....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 27 / 27
Date: July 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ultima Online is a role playing game that takes place in Mideval Times. In this game, you can have a variety of different characters (5 per server). These characters can be customized to be very good at doing certain things. They can be trained to be good at anything from killing other people, to making boxes. It is very self-directed and customizeable.

The thing is that you must train your characters in their particular skills. This involves going out and doing certain activities over and over again (a.k.a macroing). The more you character does that activity, the higher their skill goes. Each character can have and where from 0 points (bad) up to 100 points (GM - Grand Master) in any 7 skills.

At the beginning of the game, you can even select what sex you want your character to be, select what color and style hair they have. In the game, you can also change what your character is wearing, thus making it easy to give your character a different look from anyone else.

At first this game can be rather confusing hard to do. I was lucky enough to have an experienced friend who was able to take me through some of the first steps. I can only imagine that it would be a lot harder to start out if you do not have anyone to help you out.

New players (or newbies as they are called by self-proclaimed veterans) are often scoffed at. There is almost like an initiation for new players.

After you have gotten started in this game, it becomes quite fun and quite self directed. It gets to where you are trying as hard as you can to get to certain levels, whether thy be in your skill levels, or maybe your bank account.

This game is also a lot of fun in that you can get friends, join "guilds" (kinda like clubs). The best part is that most of the people in the game are acutally real people that are also playing the game via the internet.

It is a great game that is lots of fun to play, but it can be very time consuming if you do not have a good sense of self control. It can become addicting very easily, so I caution against buying this game if you are in school or have a job.

This game did eventually start cutting into my school performance because I would spend my time playing it instead of doing my homework.

So in conclusion, If you have nothing better to do, then get this game. I promise that you will enjoy it, but be careful not to play it too much. It is very easy to do.

A great RPG bundle.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: August 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This set is a great introduction to the lands of Ultima and role-playing games in general. Ultima Online is a deep, rich, open-ended experience that allows you to create a vast variety of characters, and interact with others from all corners of the globe. Ultima IX is a beautiful, huge game packed with spells, quests, monsters, and a deeply woven plot. However, to play UO you will need to shell out $10 a month, and U9 requires a cutting-edge system to run. Other than this, I heartily recommend these games.

has it's problems but what game doesn't???

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: May 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

O.K. I just want to get this out in the open, Ultima Online does NOT have great graphics(on a scale from 1 to ten I would give it a 5). Ultima Online, if you don't know what you are doing when you start out is a HORRIBLE game. If you know what you are doing then it is extremly fun(to know what you are doing I would reccomend visiting "uo.stratics.com"). Ultima Online is great on so many levels. You are, in the game living your life, day by day. Just like in real life you have to make money. To do that you need a skill that will make you some cash. This game is also NOT a regular game where you mess with A.I. the other people are real players playing the game just like you in their own homes. If you are thinking that this would be annoying, morons running around saying "I'm a pony. I'm a pony" it is not because you can get jailed for that. Also you may have gotten the notion from some other reviews that there is a problem with lag. Well, I've been playing for 4 1/2 years and only two times have I had a problem with lag where I froze because of lag and a monster killed me. Just pick a server that is intended to be used by people in your general . For example if you live in Southern California then pick Baja if you live in Northern California then pick Pacific, Pick Chesaepeake if you well you get my point so just pick the right server, read uo.stratics.com and find someone in the game to be your friend and this game is soooooooooo much fun

Good Deal for RPG lovers!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: June 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ultima online is a great game for any one with plenty of spare time and a love for roleplaying games with fun on going adventure. I've been playing Ultima online for 3 years now and I still get great thrills every time I play the game! It's a bit fightening to dish out 9.95 a month for it, but its well worth it! Ascensions is a great offline version of Ultima online 'cept its a ton better in graphics and the game is great once you get the patches. Tons of fun for any offline or online gaming!

Incredible!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing Ultima Online:Renaissance for about 5 months on the Baja Shard, it has been the most incredible role playing experience yet. As I progress my characters and develop my place in this "world" I have found many new friendships on this internet only platform. The graphics and playablity of this game are excellent and enjoyable.

Teh best online game there is.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Number 1. Im saying this to crw1998. Ive played this game for a year and a half. And u cant get jailed for saying "Im a pony." You can get BANNED or suspended for harrassing people after they tell you to stop. Anyways. This is one of the best online games. They came out with a new thing called Ultima Online Third Dawn. This will 3d enhance some of the graphics. You can be a variety of different professions. Even a theif! You can cast magic, or fight with sword and shield. Fight mongbats...dragons....Earth Elementals...etc! I recommend getting this game over and over again.

Warning - 3DFX required for Ultima IX

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

While Ultima Online may work ok for most video cards, anyone with a TNT, Radeon, or Geforce is not going to be able to play Ultima IX. Running a 1 gig AMD Thunderbird with 256MB RAM I can't get decent frame rates even on the lowest 640x480x16 settings. (Note: The box says it'll run on a P266). When I had my old 3DFX Voodoo 2 it ran fine. Be sure to take this into consideration when purchasing this bundle. If you don't have a 3DFX card, just get Ultima Online Third Dawn and save your cash.

Could lead to divorce....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ok, granted, this not the best graphical game in the world. However, it's not about the graphics. For those that are looking for that "blow'em up" "shoot'em up" "Kill'em all and let God sort them out" type of game, look somewhere else.
Ultima is a game of patience, endurance, and above all else, creativity.
If you love games where you can choose to be the bad guy or good guy, to choose between being a warrior or a magician, basically where you can choose to be anything you want to be, this is the game to go with.

worth the money

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think uo is worth the money it is a live interaction game and can be realy fun. To find out more about the game go to www.UO.com.like I said it is worth the money if you ever find me in the game my name is Alexander White,and I will help you if I can.

Really I must say........

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: February 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

well, first I have played for a long while, the game is ok....Tram is the place to make the money , Fel is where ya go if you want to have fun. There is a big split between Tram an Fel ( those are two sides of the "world" ) There is way to much duping, hording an account hacking with this game, So be VERY carefull! This game is alot of fun, but it does lag a bit when it comes to really playing. I have seen alot of people leave, very poor customer service, over pricing, Ebay, an poor updates & coding problems. Depending on what "shard" you play on, the people will be good or bad.......When I say that I mean that I have seen entire shards made up of the worst gamers I have ever seen an other shards made up of the best people I have ever come across while playing. There is no RPing in this game, really very few people do it......Check the game out.....if you well want to spend 10 bucks a month on nothing more than a D&D game where everyone is a GM an no one is a player......

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