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Summary: People who haven't a clue shouldn't write reviews
Review: Sorry, just feel the need to rant a bit here. Would all of you who have no idea how MMORPGs work please just stop buying them and then complaining about your own inability to understand the ins and outs of how to play? Of course they charge a monthly fee, that's how they pay the support and design people, and that monthly fee, in turn, is what makes the items in the games worth money. How difficult is it to grasp the concept that the large tower you want took someone else several months, or even years, of playing the game to acquire during which time they paid their monthly fee, not to mention the value of their actual hours spent playing, which is reflected in the real cash value of said tower? You do not need to spend real cash to acquire the items in the game, however. If you prefer, you can spend the hours and months required to accumulate the gold needed to purchase what you want. As for the housing situation, join the rest of us in urging EA to reinstate the housing decay system so the houses of players who are no longer active will drop and you can buy a deed and place a house of your own. In the meantime, any 12 yr olds with systems that aren't fast enough to support the program properly and the inability to understand the need for EA to continue making money, and everyone who believes they should be handed the wealth that others have spent considerable time and money accumulating should cease and desist with their inane commentaries on things about which they clearly have no knowledge.
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Summary: People who haven't a clue shouldn't write reviews
Review: Sorry, just feel the need to rant a bit here. Would all of you who have no idea how MMORPGs work please just stop buying them and then complaining about your own inability to understand the ins and outs of how to play? Of course they charge a monthly fee, that's how they pay the support and design people, and that monthly fee, in turn, is what makes the items in the games worth money. How difficult is it to grasp the concept that the large tower you want took someone else several months, or even years, of playing the game to acquire during which time they paid their monthly fee, not to mention the value of their actual hours spent playing, which is reflected in the real cash value of said tower? You do not need to spend real cash to acquire the items in the game, however. If you prefer, you can spend the hours and months required to accumulate the gold needed to purchase what you want. As for the housing situation, join the rest of us in urging EA to reinstate the housing decay system so the houses of players who are no longer active will drop and you can buy a deed and place a house of your own. In the meantime, any 12 yr olds with systems that aren't fast enough to support the program properly and the inability to understand the need for EA to continue making money, and everyone who believes they should be handed the wealth that others have spent considerable time and money accumulating should cease and desist with their inane commentaries on things about which they clearly have no knowledge.
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Summary: Big disappointment DONT BUY IT!!
Review: THERE IS A... MONTHLY FEEThis is a piece of [garbage]!! First off, your character moves like a bucket of concrete. The control is sluggish in 3D and 2D modes and don't even think about getting through your first challenge-getting out of the first 2 cubic inches of the... screen. THE MONTHLY FEE IS A DIRTY TRICK. The box has in small font: cannot be played offline, monthly fee subject to raising... OH YA I only gave this a 1 star becuse there is no 0 stars...
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Summary: LBR doesn't deliver
Review: This feels like the 3D client with a gloss of 2D graphics. I have many of the problems with LBR that I have with the 3D client, including added lag. The "new" graphics for some monsters are very poor and jar with the old graphic style--the new monsters (recycled from the 3D client) appear small and thin next to their 2D counterparts. The sounds for many monsters (including the lich and dragon) and spell sound effects have been changed to those from the 3D client, an unnecessary change in the first place and one which means players have to re-memorize sounds that have been perfectly fine for years. The new sounds are largely very poor, too, and in some cases seem to have been applied randomly to various effects and monsters without deciding if they actually fit (i.e. the corpser, a plant-like monster, now growls instead of rustles). I was very disappointed with this expansion just for the above reasons, but add to that that none of the promised new ridable creatures and craftables are in the game yet and I was doubly disappointed. Ilshenar is a new area to explore in 2D (previously only available through the 3D client), but it's a very small land. There is no new housing space. The comic and action figure included with the game do not fit with the feel of UO.
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Summary: best online game by any standards
Review: This is by far the best online game going. No matter what all the other critics say, they are just saying it out of spite for a few reasons. They are complaining about one or two small issues and then they say they hate the game. If you are new to these types of games, I definitely recommend this over all the rest. You can do practically anything in this game including buy houses and host guilds. In the other online games, they consider roleplaying as just going out and hacking and slashing. If you want a good hack and slash game with no story, buy Diablo. You make your own story up in Ultima Online. The only negative I give it, which is why I gave only 4 stars is the splitting of the world into two and making one world a pking world and nonpking world. As a beginner you may like the non pking world but I am positive once you know the game, you won't like it anymore. The fact that UO never made "safe" zones is what made it great but now I think the game lacks a little. I am not a player killer but it makes the game more realistic if there are murderers around and even when there wasn't a split in the worlds, the pking was never that bad anyway. Now the "safe" world is overpopulated with people just wanted to build stats and not have a story. ...
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Summary: New UO Enhances Online Gaming
Review: This version differs little for longtime players of UO: The Third Dawn (at least so far as I can tell). There are however additional themes, monsters, etc. The new story lines and incrementally released virtue system really hone what is developing in the online gaming world, viz., creating a community "to game" in as opposed to just killing with little more. I must say that having played it during the first day, that this enhancement has made things which were already great even better. The musical additions complement the game in a way that must be heard and experienced in order to appreciate...these alone make the [price] worth it. I must also admit that it is great that now my guild members can join me in Ilshenar regardless of 3D/2D. As regards complaints about a "safe zone" and a "PvP zone," I must say that having both worlds allows gaming to be a lot more fun for everyone. I have been playing for over two years and still prefer the safe zone regardless of my abilities. The fact that this game accomodates diverse playing styles it what makes it so great. Want to kill your fellow humans? Go for it! Want to live peacefully? You can do that to! Origin has provided me with excellent gaming experiences for over 20 years and I manage to be even more impressed with every release. I will agree with a previous reviewer who said that you should only buy this game if you're interested in spending most of your freetime at the computer...you'll never want to log out! Sincerely, Alphonse of Britain, Second in Command: Flier's Band of Slayers.
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Summary: WOOOT
Review: Three words, best game ever. I have been playing for about 6 months maybe 7 and its still fun, I think pvp is the best aspect but some of you people might not agree (trammies) After pvming for a while, it always gets old so try something new and try to kill someone ;) I highly reccomend this game although its addictive. WARNING: IF YOU HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE YOUR COMPUTER, AFTER YOU BUY THIS GAME YOU WILL NOT
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Summary: Ultima Online
Review: Ultima Online gives you what no other MMORPG can; community. EQ and DAoC try with the latter coming closer than any others. It's all leveling. In UO, you can go hang out with you friends and gain skill and have a good time without worrying about levels. Ultima Online is skill based rather than level based. Sure, you don't have a huge choice of races other than human, well, none infact. But, part of the fun is choosing a race and roleplaying this. You're given so many items you can use to portray yourself as a race (orc masks, tribal masks and savage paints). Yea, OSI is about to screw everyone over with Publish 16 that may ruin UO all together but, what can you do?
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Summary: Redeemed after the Third Dawn Fiasco
Review: Ultima Online is unique to any other MMRPG out there. I have tried most of them, and they all pale in comparison. EQ and DAOC are copy cats of each other..where the object is to mindlessly level on the same monster renamed with people at your level. Forget playing with your friends if you aren't the same level. Ultima Online allows you to be totally diverse. If you want to be a cook..or a fisherman..or a tailor..or a armsman..you are. Unlike DAOC and EQ where you buy your materials for crafting off an npc..you can go out and gather your own materials and create items at no cost but time. You can also own a home, and run a store. No other game offers this kind of playstyle. You can go out hunting with someone who started yesterday. That said..they released Third Dawn with a lot of problems, not to mention its looks aren't very appealing..Warily I purchased LBR. I am very pleased. I'm so glad to be able to use the client I prefer (2D) to go to the new lands. I have not yet seen any downfall to LBR..it's running smoothly on my system..and furthermore..I was even able to run the 3D on it fine. If you are new to on-line gaming..give Brittania a try...
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Summary: Ultima online isnt all that any more
Review: Well I have played over 3 years now. If you are first starting out dont expect to find a house with out paying tons of cash. yea I mean cash.. A normal house on ebay goes for 50.00 buck. A large house is way to high. I have seen large towers, castle go for over 1000.00 dollars..that real cash. Orgin is in process of make some radical change to the skills now. Most of the people are about to quit the game. They introduce LBR but dint tell everyone how they were going to kill some of the best skills. On top of that they say they are going to make new monster...never happen so far this is the biggest let down for online games.
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