Ultima Online

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Ultima Online

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Windows - USA - 1st edition.

Developer Origin Systems
Publisher Electronic Arts
Published 1997-09-24
Platforms Windows
Genres Exploration, MMORPG, Role-playing game, Sandbox
Themes Adventure, Fantasy
Series Ultima
Multiplayer Simultaneous co-op, Simultaneous versus
Distribution Commercial

Ultima Online is an MMORPG developed by Origin Systems and published by Electronic Arts on 1997-09-24 for Windows as part of the Ultima universe.

Personal

Own?No.
Won?No. The game has no win condition.

I spent an entire summer vacation playing Ultima Online every day for about 8 hours a day. I let an acquaintance borrow my Ultima Online CD in exchange for his Quake II CD, but we never got in touch again.

Review

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5 7 8 8 10

Best Version: Windows

Media

Documentation

Videos

Postmortem.
Interview - Economy rework.

Representation

Strong female character?PassYou may play as a female character.
Bechdel test?PassWhen playing as a woman, there are many female NPCs you can talk to.
Strong person of color character?PassYou can adjust the skin tone of your character.
Queer character?FailAs far as I know, queer characters are not part of the game's canon.

Titles

Language Native Transliteration Translation
English Ultima Online
Japanese ウルティマオンライン Urutima Onrain Ultima Online

Expansion

Several expansions were made for the game including The Second Age, Renaissance, Third Dawn, Lord Blackthorn's Revenge, Age of Shadows, Samurai Empire, Mondain's Legacy, Stygian Abyss, High Seas, and Time of Legends. Each introduced new monsters, items, and the like.

Links

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