Ultima Online (1997)
4.02 from 59 ratings
124 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 21 backlogged · 11 wish listed
Details
- Developers
- Origin Systems
- Publishers
- Electronic Arts
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Business, Fantasy, Open world, Sandbox
- Franchises
- Ultima
- Series
- Ultima
Release dates
- Sep 24, 1997 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Also available on
Related
Expansions
- Ultima Online: The Second Age (Oct 1998) · PC
- Ultima Online: Renaissance (May 2000) · PC
- Ultima Online: Third Dawn (Mar 2001) · PC
- Ultima Online: Samurai Empire (Nov 2004) · PC
- Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn (Jun 2007) · PC
- Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss (Sep 2009) · PC
- Ultima Online: The Second Age (Oct 1998) · PC
- Ultima Online: Renaissance (May 2000) · PC
- Ultima Online: Third Dawn (Mar 2001) · PC
- Ultima Online: Samurai Empire (Nov 2004) · PC
- Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn (Jun 2007) · PC
- Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss (Sep 2009) · PC
- Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge
- Ultima Online: Time of Legends
- Ultima Online: Mondain's Legacy
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Rating distribution
5 stars
26
4 stars
13
3 stars
16
2 stars
3
1 star
1
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review Oddkins 5/5 · Jan 27, 2013
Okay so I've got Archery, Magery, Fishing, Tailoring and Anatomy... crap I forgot something didn't I. What can you really say? It exists now only as a shining beacon in our memories. Now a dark shadow of what it once was. It was arguably the first and the best MMORPG there ever was. If you played it, you know what …
Read moreOkay so I've got Archery, Magery, Fishing, Tailoring and Anatomy... crap I forgot something didn't I. What can you really say? It exists now only as a shining beacon in our memories. Now a dark shadow of what it once was. It was arguably the first and the best MMORPG there ever was. If you played it, you know what I'm talking about, and if you didn't - I wish you could have been there to see it.
Basically the best thing I can say about it is this: A lot of MMORPG games have in them somewhere... a table, chairs and the ability to actually sit down and eat something. Ultima Online is the only one of them in which I actually invited friends to meet me in game and do so... IN A VIDEO GAME. UO, man, it just put you there.
Best Traits:
- Unhinged sense of exploration and sharing of an open world.
- Deeply rewarding skill system that encouraged multiple characters to support each other. Choices, Choices.
- Utterly engrossing.
- Managed to - without having any goals to speak of - be one of the most entertaining pieces of software. It introduced us to crafting and required the player to set their own personal goals.
- Community.