Ultima Online Renaissance (Jewel Case)

The battle system is just as bad. There is no EXP. Every time you use a skill, there's a chance of randomly increasing its power as well--as the intensity corresponding stat (There are three: Strength, Speed/Endurance/Dexterity, and Intelligence.) If you want to play as a mage, know that this game won't be that fun. The magic spells don't bring any fun to the battlefield (all of them are simple 2-or-3-frame animations that lack excitement, and they tend to fizzle when you need them the most--there's nothing more annoying than trying to cast a spell and failing continuously.) You have to pay for spell components (which makes it hard to make much of a profit), and the spells that you cast deal insignificant damage at a very high cost of mana. I've had to run away from enemies--even in the newbie dungeon when my magic stats were high--because I didn't have enough mana to finish them off. Even when your stats are at their highest, it is clear that spellcasting is more intended for support and healing rather than offense--which makes it very hard to play as a dark mage, especially since all others can learn magic too. The easiest way to gain mana and raise your INT is to click on a horse again and again and again--a boring, painstaking sequence. There are other similar ways of non-combat 'levelbusting', but all of them just prove that the game is a complete waste of time.

There are a lot of other skills out there, too. Many of which are completely useless and serve no purpose in the game.

You can play on a free private server if you stumble across one of them, but the fact that it's free doesn't make the game any better. I'd rather pay and be entertained than to bask in redundance for free.

All in all, this game has very little to offer. I got sick of it after a few days, and now see no reason in ever playing it again. Don't waste your money--there are far better games out there than this one.


Great Rolepalying   January 23, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Ultima Online Rennaissance may be a little graphicly outdated for some of todays games, but that really doesn't matter. This game offers a more versitile and sentual world than any I have yet seen. You have more character options, continuously new patches and in game missions are being given, always making a dull day iteresting. Oh about the graphics, don't worry about it because you can always upgrade to Blackthorns Revenge or newer versions without loosing your characters or anything.


UO, Free Shards, Other false Reviews   December 26, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

This game is not for people who are impressed by the graphics. I saw on other reviews that it is expenisive because you have must pay for the online service. Not true there are various servers that are free. All you have to do is buy the game then download the file needed to play at ...then apply online for an account and your playing. Ive also heard on other reviews that it is too hard because players just kill you then they take your stuff. Not true in most towns there is a guard system and if anyone attacks you then you call the guards (.guards) and they are dead and in some places they are jailed in a real jail and real time for up to 1 day to a week. If they do kill you then they cant take your stuff in a town anyway. Alex from USA says that this game is not fun because it has cheap grapics. It was made somewhere in the 1990's, but there are other versions that have modern graphics. In conclusion this game has somtimes been called the greatest computer game ever created and many who play it says that it is.


Ultima Online yet another faliure   October 18, 2002
Alex (US)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful

Oh my god i can't even begin to talk about how boring this game is. All you do is walk around a baddly made and animated world, killing stupid creatures. Don't be deluded by the low price either, as a matter of fact the creators of the game will acctually leach money out of your banck account, about [$$] every month amounting to a stunning [$$$] a year. I'm sorry but WHO in thier right mind would pay that much for this, AND IT NOT EVEN WORTH IT. You go around getting whiped by super players that play WAY too much. but the wierd thing is even when u manage to struggle up to the top with these super players u get really BORD cos u can beat every thing. And i mean who finds accumulating virtual money, FUN and braging about it afterwards to your friend NOT ME. I would say more bad things but i won't but keep all i said in mind. :)