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Well, UO is the quintessential case of the danger of judging a book by its cover. Notwithstanding its graphical limitations, UO is quite simply the deepest, most complex, immersive, varied and thoroughly addictive experience that the MMORPG genre has to offer. Unlike many games where you have 6-8 character classes to choose from, perhaps a few more if you are lucky, in UO you have no classes per se, only skills that can be used to develop into professions based on skill levels ... and the list of possible professions you can end up with is long -- 25 plus, including not just the typical warrior and mage professions but a number of interesting ones like merchant, miner, blacksmith, tailor and the like. Your character advances not so much by experience points but by enhancing skills through using them over the course of time. There are so many to choose from, the possibilities for customising your game experience are nearly limitless.

The game is thoroughly engaging, the goals are challenging, advancement is steady but challenging as well and rather time consuming, but the results are very, very satisfying. The world is very social, the players like to communicate with each other, and it is a huge world environment as well. The game world is divided into facets, with the largest environment being divided between the Felucca facet and the Trammel facet, the difference being principally that the former, known as "Fel", allows for player killing, while the latter allows this only under limited circumstances.

The learning curve is steep for UO, but that is part of the fun. The message boards and guides at stratics.com are very helpful in learning the game, and there are numerous approved add-on programs that help make the game experience flow more smoothly. But in the end it is the clever design, the outstanding variety, the combination of challenge and satisfaction that make UO almost unique among MMORPGs, and clearly head and shoulders above others in terms of gameplay and player satisfaction.

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Ultima Online is a unique game. I have played many Online games, including DAOC, Everquest, Ragnarok Online, Diablo 1&2, Star Wars Galaxies, and many more. So I think it is fair to say Im experienced with online gaming. In Ultima you can do so many thing, there are dozens of skills, and an endless ammount of playing styles. You can be a hunter, a fighter, a merchant, a thief, a bard, a smith, a carpenter, a tailor, an animal tamer. there is SO much you can do in UO.The thing that really sets it apart from the rest of the games out there, is that it has the best social system of any game. You can join a guild, you can join an army, or you can join a mall (a large player owned house of merchants). I have been playing UO for almost 3 years now and I have made great life long friends because of it. Most of the other online games out there, you fight a rabbit-level up, then you go and fight stronger rabbits- level up, then you go fight super rabbits-level up, you dont have much freedom. We know UO is a unique game, now lets get down to the ratings.

Combat 3/5 ( Its fun at first but after a while the automantic combat gets kinda lame)

Sound 2/5 ( the town music is ok, but it gets so anoying after a month or two, you will end up muting it)

Graphics 2D 3/5 ( Its nothing to jump over, but for 2d graphics it is clean and smooth)

Graphics 3D 2/5 ( the 3D graphics have been dubbed 2 and a half D, your char, and monsters are sort of 3D but the background is 100% 2D so its not like you can zoom around)

Gameplay 5/5 ( It has the best gameplay I have ever seen, your first few months will be building your char(s), next 3-4 months will be collecting items, maybe buying or building a house, and finishing your char(s) skills, after that its mainly hanging out with the friends you have made, running vendors, running guilds, fighting other players, doing whatever tickles your fancy. Like I said I have been playing this game for near 3 years, If you can get past the outdated graphics, and are a social type of person you will Love this game). HOWEVER, If you only like to Pvp(player vs player) and need good graphics you will Barf when playing this game, it is all about your style.

Down to AOS its self, it gives you a whole new land, about 50% the size of the normal land, a large new dungeon, a few new monsters, some new weapons&armor graphics, and of course the 2 new classes, Palidan and Necromancer, Chivalry(palidan) is one of the best skills in the game now, it near doubles any combat type char's fighting potential, Necomancy isnt all that great of a skill but its great for roleplaying. so if your already a big fan of UO or a begininer it is worth investing into AOS

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I've played this game since it's release September 1997 at a friend's house constantly. Then in 2001 I finally got a pc and of course I got Ultima Online. I love it. But of course, I need to be reviewing the newest expansion Age of Shadows :) It comes packed with extras. It contains installation for both 2d and 3d version. I use the 2d version more than the 3d version because I am so use to the 2d graphics of UO that I have been playing for so long. The 3d version is very pretty, though. The only gripe about the 3d version is that the characters look like anime cartoons in the face. The magic effects are beautiful and lush. Some complain that the 3d version runs very slow and is buggy. That's nonsense. I have MSN DIAL-UP v.9 and it works just fine. My connection usually only gets up to 50kb/s which makes the 2d run perfect, and the 3d version run good.

This expansion comes packed with new monsters and a whole new map to explore. Most of the new map is just housing plains, but that's fine, because there are some interesting monsters. It also contains the map Ilshenar which was recently only available on the Third Dawn expansion.

If you havn't joined UO yet and you plan to don't buy this now, but wait for the 7th Anniversary to be released this year (2004). It will contain all of the expansions and some rare items, and a full Ultima game included. More bang for the buck.

The most important aspect of any game is the gameplay. In UO, it's flawless. It's not like Everquest where you just fight to gain level. On UO, you fight to live and thrive in the beautiful world or Britannia. Another great thing about UO is that gaining level is more flexible and realistic. You don't just gain HP, you gain other skills and attributes as well. The currency system is easy to grasp onto.

Countless skills to learn and master, and countless gameplay hours. This is the best MMORPG ever. Probably the best video game ever as well.