Ultima Online Renaissance for Windows

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Well many have asked where I have been, so I decided to share with you the game that has taken my life away from Epinions.com. Please step into my world and rediscover yourself through Ultima Online Renaissance edition. Please make sure to stop by...

Pros: The Ultima Online world is now twice as large
Cons: There are definitely not twice as many clients.

Overview: "ea.com", the company formerly known as Origin Systems Interactive, has released a copy of Ultima Online in a new box, hoping to cajole new clients into the game. A blaringly white box cover with a rather busty Enchantress...

Pros: a fantasy world, complex, neverending
Cons: highly addictive, poor support, poor skill system, a great deal of time wasted

I have quite a bit of experience with online RPGs; role-playing games had been a hobby of mine back when I was in high-school and had the time to play them! This game, though, probably had the most impact on me of any game that I've played. As I've...

Pros: enormous player base, large detailed world
Cons: not 3D

Having played Ultima Online for 3 years now, I can safely say that it is by far my favorite RPG. The graphics for the game have fallen a bit behind as other companies have started spawning their own massive 3D worlds. However the graphics in Ultima...

Pros: Meet new people, lots of freedom to do what you want
Cons: gets old after a while, sometimes dull

The Ultima series, created by Richard Garriot, has been with us some 20 years now. From the now antiquated Ultima 1 (which was actually based on Garriot's first commercial success, called Akalabeth) to the most recent installment, Ultima 9, fantasy/RPG...

Pros: pretty package
Cons: unplayable after a week of attempts

The box is great. The manual is pretty. 2 orders later, I still can't play this game. The long and horrible saga begins like this...

I saw Ultima Online:Renaissance ads. I went to the website and decided this game looked like that perfect...

Pros: not just monster-killing, quality gameplay detail
Cons: nighttime play slow and choppy due to bad connections

I had never been attracted to RPG's because all the ones I had heard about were just quests to kill all the monsters, which doesn't interest me, especially in a multiplayer setting. But one day I was browsing the local computer store's selection of...

Pros: Cheap, offers a fun environment, meet many different people, computer accessible to many types of CPU's
Cons: Same game, different box

I purchased Ultima Online: Renaissance mainly because it was cheaper than the original Ultima Online. I loved the original, and because it was a former friend's version on my drive, and also because I had just reformatted my hard drive, I didn't have any...

Pros: Simple, most players can do well, social interaction, you can run ICQ and listen to CD's while playing it.
Cons: Everything else (kinda boring graphics, smallish world, LAG, disconnections frequent, Servers down a LOT)

This is my Revised E-pinion of UO:Rennaissance. I have played the game for a lot longer now, and know more about the game.

I used to love UO:Rennaissance. But the last month of our account has frustrated and depressed me...

Pros: Easy to learn, Good price, Fun to play with friends
Cons: graphics

As I have been waiting for the release of Funcom's new MMORPG "Anarchy Online", a friend of mine convinced me to purchase Ultima Online Renaissance. At first I was skeptical because I had heard negative things about it from my co-workers, but...

Pros: Virtual community, in-depth, craftsman characters, not just hack n slash
Cons: Very unstable, doesn't have all of the features listed *yet*, bad customer relations

UO:R is a large multiplayer online fantasy game in which avatars slay dragons, compete for gold, or just stand around chatting and making friends. Your path in UO:R is entirely up to you. Ultima Online gave me hours of enjoyment, but I have only given...

Pros: A huge community of people to communicate with
Cons: Goals are not as inspiring as the creator's vision

Ultima Online was one of the first big MMRPGs (Massive Multiplayer Role Playing Games) to hit the market about three years ago. You can do practically anything and everything from taming animals and monsters to lumberjacking to making clocks to wizardry...

Pros: Immersive environment, game is becoming more balanced, good social element developing.
Cons: Servers go down often. Graphics need update.

After a two year absence from UO, I decided to check the game out again... at least to see where the game had gone in my absence.

So what has happened in my absence:

Then:

Houses, houses, everywhere (in UO, you can build...

Pros: Interact with Real people
Cons: Chicken land of Trammel

I have played Ultima Online for three years now. I have seen the massive changes they have made to this game. Let me tell you, this game is now for whinny babies that can't handle the real thing.

First let me tell you a little about the...

Pros: adventure, options, and always expanding
Cons: as soon as there is a problem let them know and they will fix it

Ultima Online Renaissance is not only a game is another world. In so many games you are limited to a few characters and skills that you may have. I first purchased the Ultima online game around Christmas 1999. After playing many popular games online i...