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Ultima Online (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Role-playing/Persistent World Online RPG

RELEASE DATE

--/--/97

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Animated Blood & Gore, Animated Violence

DEVELOPER

Origin Systems

PUBLISHER

Origin Systems

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THE SETTING #USES

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HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

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DESCRIPTION

Ultima Online is a spin-off of the Ultima series started by Richard Garriott, aka Lord British, at a time when RPGs were merely text on a screen. This incarnation takes place entirely online and contains no stand alone version of the game. After establishing an account, which initially cost ten dollars a month, players log on and create a character. Gameplay occurs in an online world that literally takes hours to walk across.

Events continue as you log out and the game contains its own virtual economy and ecology. Resources are limited and pricing of items is controlled by a market economy ruled by supply and demand. As is standard with most RPGs, experience brings the character more power and greater abilities. Ultima Online was designed to update frequently by Origin via a system of downloadable patches. ~ Jim Muntone, All Game Guide

Ultima Online (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Role-playing/Persistent World Online RPG
RELEASE DATE:

--/--/97
TOP TRAITS:

Fantasy, Freedom, mmorpg
DESCRIPTION:

Ultima Online is a spin-off of the Ultima series started by Richard Garriott, aka Lord British, at a time when RPGs w... more

players 1,957

followers 1

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Added by: Sky-Dexter
Date: 18/NOV/2009
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created 18/NOV/2009

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“Sortie avec les Templiers (1999)”

Added by: Sky-Dexter
Date: 18/NOV/2009
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created 18/NOV/2009

Steeds and Mounts

“Alright, so it's on a free server, still....”

Added by: TigersharkIV
Date: 17/NOV/2009
Views: 4
Votes: 0

created 17/NOV/2009

Rycharde played Ultima Online on 11/NOV/09

“Playing Runescape reminded me of UO. So I began playing and died fairly quickly and almost died soon after. No wonder why its been so long since last I played it. LOL”

created 12/NOV/2009

Ultima Online (PC) by: OakenShield

“Wasn't ready to invest all time & money to play when I first got it... sort of just sat there and collected dust. Tho for the short time I did play, it was enjoyable.”

created 30/OCT/2009

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“RIP: Gareth Daventry, Lake Superior shard, Ulitima Online, 1997 to 2003.”

Added by: dereth
Date: 29/OCT/2009
Views: 13
Votes: 0

created 29/OCT/2009

My Top 5 Influential Games by: tibbon

“1) Ultima Online - Totally broke the mold and pushed for a world of immense freedom and flexibility. I feel they screwed it up later on. I miss the anarchy of 1997's beta. 2) Betrayal at Krondor -...”

created 09/OCT/2009

colliny2k was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“I need to take a step back in time and try most of these. Growing up I seem to have missed a few big ones...only one of the 5 of you picked I actually played, which is Quake.

I actually own Ultima Online...new and still sealed in wrapper. I won it in at one of the ctrl-alt-del lan parties a couple years ago...but figured it's one of those games that was amazing for its time, but just wouldn't translate over the years.”

tibbon was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@colliny2k Krondor is now freely downloadable (legally) online somewhere. I tried it out again and it is impressive, but it does show its age quite a bit. If you can get past that, its pretty damn good still.

Baldur's Gate is still freaking amazing. Another great one (maybe even better?) is Planescape.

I'm not sure how well UO has translated. Its still maintained and they just released another content pack, so that's pretty cool. They also have a 3d-hybrid client that I think is supposed to work pretty well.

And FFII is still well worth playing.

One thing I've noticed about older games is that they are actually hard! New games step you through simple tutorials, have tons of carebear stages and easy monsters. Everything is also intutitive and well explained. Older games (for better or worse) don't have this and aren't as welcoming to new users always.

I'm playing Fallout 1/2 right now and DAMN, those are 100x harder than Fallout 3. Fallout 3 I didn't die until I was out of the vault and ran into a super mutant while all I had was a crappy rifle. Fallout 1, there's a good chance of dying on your first monster. ”

a2nt was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Quake blew me away. I ran it on a very low end PC, slow LAN and it still looked great.”

ChangeAgent was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Man, some RPG madness in there. I keep trying to put together my top 5 but that is a small list :)”

tibbon was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@a2nt Yea, I remember that it was the de-facto lan party game because it could run on nearly anything unless you had a 386SX or 286.

I also remember when Sony came out with their first netbook like computers in 1996 dreaming about getting a tiny computer to run Quake on and travel. ”

tibbon was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“@ChangeAgent Yea its definitely RPG heavy, but I was really thinking about what influenced me. I've been really happy to see a lot of newer games incorporate RPG elements (levels, skills, etc) even if they aren't RPGs.

I had an NES/SNES and C64 when I was a kid, but never got as much into the newer systems until recently. I missed the N64/Playstation thing and was entirely PC then. Zelda 1 was influential on my imagination more than anything else, but not as much for story, depth or gameplay.

Other things that were big for me were Nethack, Braid, 7th Guest and early Sierra games.

I'm REALLY enjoying playing through the new Monkey Island game too. I <3 Steam. ”

Tarinth was the last to comment - about 1 month ago...

“Baldur's Gate = teh awesome. Can you say 'Butt Kicking for Goodness'?

I'm glad you also included Betrayal at Krondor. One of the best RPG's of the 90's, but mostly forgotten. Great game. They tried to make a sequel but forgot about everything that made the first one so good...”

tibbon was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“@Tarinth Krondor was also one of the first games that offered a fully voice acted script if you bought the CD (I didn't, so I missed on it).

The sequels (there were actually two) were definitely bad. I did however get a bit into Feist's books in my early teens, which were fun. ”

GamerDNA Top 5 Games Contest by: MarvzMitts

“Well my Top 5 are going to be. 5) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Xbox It was hard to pick my #5 so I went with SW: KotOR. To me this was one of the most immersive and fun games based...”

created 08/OCT/2009

MarvzMitts was the last to comment - about 1 month ago... show previous hide previous

“I meant still hadn't played KotOR 2, but I still own it.”

Ultima Online (PC) by: Keldon95

“The best game.”

created 05/SEP/2009

MacroPlanet played Ultima Online on 04/SEP/09

“Checked out the United Pirates hold, south of Trinsic. Lovely place to visit.”

created 04/SEP/2009

Best MMORPG ever made by: GandalfPT

“This was the most rewarding MMORPG i have played yet. The skill progression engine was amazing, had the best player driven economy only surpassed by EVE Online. And everything looked right. If you...”

created 12/AUG/2009

Ultima Online (PC) by: booiiing

“Played a bit on the (german) Vetus-Mundus freeshard with the Iris3D-client. I like the concept and the players, but lack the time to truly immerse.”

created 12/AUG/2009

Ultima Online (PC) by: cap1

“Most fun I have ever had in an MMO. You die, you lose all your loot. You kill other players? You are a murderer who is the target of everyone. No classes just skill progression was ingenious and needs to be implemented in modern games. Leet boat PKer”

created 22/JUL/2009

Ultima Online (PC) by: disce

“The origin and the best.”

created 11/JUL/2009

locked down

“Back in the day when I played this game I owned a house near a few reds on the Atlantic shard. This was me trying to get some plants growing on the roof.”

Added by: lagdaemon
Date: 03/JUL/2009
Views: 68
Votes: 0