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3.9
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Description

For the last time, the Avatar is being summoned to free Britannia from Guardian's curse. The eight Shrines of Virtues, the pride of Britannia, have been all desecrated by this evil and mysterious creature. The glyphs which protected them have been taken, and put into huge columns the Guardian built in Britannia, with their entrances hidden deep in dangerous dungeons. And so, the people of Britannia lost their virtues. You, as Avatar, must now cleanse the shrine and let the virtues return to the people. Your task is especially difficult since you can't trust any more the people you encounter. But a shrewd and beautiful pirate girl Raven changes your life forever, and helps you on your dangerous quest. With her help, you'll liberate the Britannians, and learn about the true origin of the Guardian.

This last single-player Ultima game is an action/adventure with very slight elements of role-playing (weapon and armor customization), while the levelling-up doesn't depend on the amount of enemies you've killed and the combat is real time, without a party to help you. The game features support for EAX sound and a full 3D world with an almost unrestricted freedom of movement.

Alternate Titles

  • "創世紀 IX" -- Chinese title (traditional)
  • "Ultima: Ascension" -- Working title
  • "Ultima 9" -- Informal title

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User Reviews

A beautiful, immersive game, and a worthy conclusion to the great series JazzOleg Bronze Star Contributing Member (53181) 4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars4.29 Stars
Everything you've heard about its beautiful aesthetics is true Donn Thomson (4) unrated
Once again, we see the genius of Lord British, the master storyteller. Jeanne Bronze Star Contributing Member (48655) 4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars
Extremely bug-ridden game but its actually quite fun! cimerians Bronze Star Contributing Member (48) 3.43 Stars3.43 Stars3.43 Stars3.43 Stars3.43 Stars
Ultima IX: growing stronger in 2001: Review update frank rieter (143) 4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars4.57 Stars
An appropriate death knell for the single-player Ultima adventures. JubalHarshaw (287) 3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars3.57 Stars
Sucks to be you Avatar! Zovni (8842) 2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 Stars
Ahead of it's time, for good and bad. tino rossi (2) 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars
George gives a blank stare at U9 box, CDs, and materials George Shannon (110) 2.29 Stars2.29 Stars2.29 Stars2.29 Stars2.29 Stars
Well seeing as I could hardly even play it... Sam Tinianow (102) unrated

The Press Says

Gamezilla Feb 10, 2000 95 out of 100 95
Game Over Online Dec 03, 1999 90 out of 100 90
Power Unlimited Jun, 2000 8.3 out of 10 83
PC Gamer Aug 01, 2000 80 out of 100 80
Privat Computer PC 2000 76 out of 100 76
Gamekult Sep 21, 2000 7 out of 10 70
Gamezone (Germany) Apr 26, 2001 6.5 out of 10 65
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Jan, 2000 64 out of 100 64
GameSpot Dec 10, 1999 6.4 out of 10 64
IGN Dec 10, 1999 6.2 out of 10 62

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
XP? 2 Zovni (8842)
Sep 27, 2007
the game 4 MichaelPalin (458)
Aug 27, 2007

Trivia

In an interview with Richard Garriott in the mid-1990's, he stated that the original idea for the Ultima IX cover art was to show the standard Ultima logo in crystalline letters against a cloud/sky background. Another prototype cover, published as a poster in 1996, was done in a stained-glass window style and showed the Avatar rising (ascending) with the Guardian's huge red hand attempting to pull him back down.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by JubalHarshaw (287) on Jan 23, 2000.
 

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