Windows

Ultima IX: Ascension

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Ultima series
• Ultima universe

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User Reviews

A beautiful, immersive game, and a worthy conclusion to the great series	Unicorn B. Lynx (53162)
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 (54876)
Sucks to be you Avatar!	Zovni (9114)
Extremely bug-ridden game but its actually quite fun!	cimerians (48)
Ultima IX: growing stronger in 2001: Review update	frank rieter (142)
An appropriate death knell for the single-player Ultima adventures.	JubalHarshaw (287)
Ahead of it's time, for good and bad.	tino rossi (2)
George gives a blank stare at U9 box, CDs, and materials	George Shannon (110)
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
PC Games (Germany)	Mar 07, 2001	85 out of 100	85
PC Gamer	Aug 01, 2000	80 out of 100	80
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Dec 13, 1999	80 out of 100	80
PC Player (Germany)	Feb, 2000	79 out of 100	79
FiringSquad	Feb 25, 2000	74 out of 100	74
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 24, 2000	14 out of 20	70
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 (9114) Sep 27, 2007
the game	4	MichaelPalin (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!