75
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.9
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

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 Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (53164) 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 (54876) 4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars4.14 Stars
Sucks to be you Avatar! Zovni (9114) 2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 Stars2.14 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 (142) 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
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

GameStar (Germany) Jan, 2000 92 out of 100 92
PC Games (Germany) Mar 07, 2001 85 out of 100 85
Power Unlimited Jun, 2000 8.3 out of 10 83
Privat Computer PC 2000 76 out of 100 76
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) Mar 16, 2000 76 out of 100 76
Gamekult Sep 21, 2000 7 out of 10 70
Jeuxvideo.com Mar 24, 2000 14 out of 20 70
GameSpot Dec 10, 1999 6.4 out of 10 64
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Jan, 2000 64 out of 100 64
IGN Dec 10, 1999 6.2 out of 10 62

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
XP? 2 Zovni (9114)
Sep 27, 2007
the game 4 MichaelPalin Bronze Star Contributing Member (826)
Aug 27, 2007

Trivia

Because Electronic Arts pushed Origin to get the game out for Christmas, the game was notorious for its technical problems and bugs. After numerous complaints, EA responded by mailing a remastered cd with the latest patch plus a bonus copy of Ultima Online to the registered owners of the Ultima IX. Unregistered owners had to download the very large patch from their website. This has to be one of the few known cases where it actually paid to register the game!


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by JubalHarshaw (287) on Jan 22, 2000.
 

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