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Ultima Online: The Second Age

Ultima Online: The Second Age

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Rating: 0 stars
Summary: The most addicting game I have ever played!
Review: An online fantasy game based on the 80's mega-hit Ultima series. It's you and the rest of the world! Virtual hanging out at its best! Instead of going to 7-11 with your buddies, you're off to a dungeon for fame and gold.

The best part is that there are no preset character styles/classes. Just like your dad told you, when you grow up you can be anything you want! Be a warrior, a blacksmith, an animal tamer, or a combination of all three, its up to you! 100's of skills allow you customize a totally unique player. Hey, if evil is up your alley, be a murderer! In UO you can so WHATEVER you want!

The biggest problem with the game is lag! When there are 10,000 people playing all over the world, it's hard to aviod! If you have a powerful computer and REALLY GOOD internet provider (not AOL), you can have a blast with Ultima Online!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Ultima Online: Second Age
Review: Arrgggg, I Finally Come to this place after phoning everwhere, and Ultima Online: Second Age isn't In Stock?!?!?!?!?! AHHHHHH, Please tell me, Do you just not sell It anymore or has everyone bought it???

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: great if u got the right equipment
Review: Great game, if u got the right hardware and software to run it, u can only play it online, u haveto pay $10 a month to play it and u cant run it on AOL. other than that it's an awsome game, total person to person interface, thousands of options great game

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: You want to join another world?
Review: Here's your chance. To become part of a growing universe of the alter-ego's.

You can have many different characters, on a variety of servers..Which in turn = major diversity and opportunity.

This is all about living another 'hero, thief, warlock, average joe' life..and its done well. Down to the details: writing a book, cooking food, making clothes, working for a living, buying a house, slaying monsters, finding treasure...the list goes on.

Its also a beautiful reminder of the many Ultima games that graced the software age. Buy this game and leave your regular for awhile. It's like a vacation from you...

(also recommended, Ultima Collection)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I can't say anything bad about this game.
Review: I bought this game over a year ago from Amazon, and I would have to say the three day wait was definatly worth it! The game is amazing with thousands of other people you can chat, hang out, go shopping, kill monsters, anything! Even play the guitar (well, something like it)! Once you play this you will be hooked, I promiss.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Fun for awhile
Review: I enjoyed Ultima Online immensely when I first started playing over two years ago. There is a wide variety of activities in which your character can participate including spell casting, tailoring, blacksmithing and joining a guild. The world is large and diverse and it's fun to interact with real people from all over the world. Player killers can be an annoying inconvenience if you enjoy traveling outside of towns but luckily aren't too numerous. In my opinion, money is too easily obtained making items worth very little. You can literally gate travel or 'recall' from bank to bank, city to city, picking up items dropped by other characters and make a profitable living! Also, the graphics, although attractive, are now outdated. My experience with online GM help was very positive, unlike the horror stories I was told. In conclusion, this game was fun for awhile but lost it's appeal over time. Then again, that can be said about most games, right?

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: I used to Love this game .. now .. well its a sad story ...
Review: I have been playing RPGs since I can remember. I Love them. From DnD to MUDS to Everquest and Asheron's Call not to mention the myriad of single player RPGs I've played, I have always enjoyed them. Then came UO (Ultima Online). I began playing UO the first month it was released. The world was new, and it felt huge compared with other computer games I had played. I remember countless hours hunting in dungeons with friends. I played for over a year, but unfortunately technology passed UO by, and the culture deteriorated to random mass killings and basically pure anarchy.

ONE: I love the diversity of professions/skills and other aspects of the variety of skills available. In UO you can become a chef, or a blacksmith or a scribe, or any of several other professions. This is really unique to UO as the other MMRPGs out there don't do professions nearly as well if at all. This aspect of the game adds a sense of "realism" of the world.

TWO: The anarchy in UO is too much to handle. Basically in UO there are no laws. If you wish to walk up to someone in the wilderness, kill them and take whatever they have on them, go for it. The only repercussion is that you will become known as a murderer and will have a slower time of resurrecting and what-not. Origin never understood that if player killers are allowed to walk the land, then they should have a legal system, court system, and prisons. That same player that killed you will be "out on the streets" again in a day or two. This is the largest flaw in UO that I can see. Innocent citizens are not protected from random killings except in town. In town, guards will kill anyone who attacks you, but there are loopholes that the PKrs (player-killers) know about and exploit to avoid the guards.

THREE: the graphics in UO are severely behind the times so much so that they bring down the over-all play experience. Essentially in UO there are no 3-D elements whatsoever, and your view of the world is an isometric (almost top-down) view of your character and immediate surroundings. The trees and undergrowth all look alike, and the monster graphics are quite limited with minimal animations. In essence, the graphics are abysmal compared to today's standards.

FOUR: The economic system in UO is in disarray. When I first started playing UO, a small house cost me 4000 gold. Now, nearly 3 years later it is over 1 million gold. If we had that kind of inflation IRL (in real life) governments would collapse and anarchy would take over. Even if you can afford to buy a house, there is no land left where you can actually place it, so the idea of housing., although a great idea and unique to UO vs Everquest and Asheron's Call, is unusable in its current form in UO.

FIVE: Character development. UO is completely a skill-based system. This means to improve something you must do it over and over and over and over (you get the idea). This would be OK except that origin has all sorts of skill caps so that at some point you cap out and are afraid of even seeing someone make bake a cake as it may raise your baking skill which would automatically lower your hard-earned, cap'ed-out, magic skill. Essentially once you reach the caps you have nothing to strive for. The other MMRPG games allow you to almost indefinitely strive for new heights giving you one more goal to continue to game for.

SIX: Cheating. It is well known that there are "cheat" programs available for UO. Inevitably the same characters randomly killing other characters in the wilderness are using these to gain an unfair advantage. Also, because of these and other "macro" programs available. It is possible to "cap" a brand new character in a matter of days. "Cap" means to get a character trained in skills all the way to their maximums. The fact that it can be done in a few days is distressing to other players wishing to enjoy a more level playing field and to actually earn the skills vs. using macro programs to get the skills maxed.

SUMMARY: If you already have a large group of friends playing that you can use to help protect you, if you like the idea of professions, and you have some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket, perhaps give UO a shot. However, due to the anarchy, the terrible graphics, and the overall player culture, I do not recommend this game to anyone looking for an enjoyable on-line RPG experience. My suggestion is to try Asheron's Call and perhaps even Everquest, NOT UO

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Game if you Have the time...
Review: I have been playing Ultima Online for over two years. This game is advertised as a "Role Playing Game" where it should be advertised as "Alternate Reality". I spend about 2-3 HOURS a day playing this game- No joke. If you have children, I would not recommend this game because unless they play it everyday, and for at least an hour, they will get nowhere. This game is rated Mature Audiences for a reason. I have met some of my best friends thru Ultima. We have luncheons and talk about various UO subjects. One of my close friends is Danish, and I have learned how to speak danish from a game; amazing, isnt it? You can NEVER stop finding new things to do. From slaying dragons to taming them. Guild Warfare, Stealing, Fishing, Ultima Online has it all. If you are a serious RPG fan, go for Ultima.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I'm not so sure about this
Review: I have no problem with the game or gameplay, in fact I was looking to buy another account, but looking at the price of the second age disk, 30 bucks, I thought..this can't be right. I mean, it's over 5 years old and it's one of the earliest expansions to this great game, so why does it cost so much?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: the best game
Review: i have played this game for about three years now and i think its the best mid-eveal game around!!


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