Ultima™ 9: Ascension

sorry gog i love you but this game is crap, broken on every level. watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQUVfo_kBMU&t=516s much more entertaining than the game itself.

I purchased this when it was released at retail, and despite the fan patches and years of hard work that went into them, this game remains a virtually unplayable mess of code. It's difficult to review the game properly when so much of it is ruined by the ceaseless technical issues that plague it. Suffice to say, I did not enjoy my time with Ultima IX, and it's one of the rare games that I feel I have to warn people to simply avoid. It has no redeeming features, save for the soundtrack - which is actually really quite nice.

The Ultima games had a similar trend as the Star wars movies. Doomed to repeat it...

If it didn't have Ultima in the title I might be slightly less critical about it, but even then I wouldn't consider it a good game. Considering the legacy it has to live up to this is an extremely disappointing end to the series. A watered down action adventure with an incoherent plot that is in no way the 'classic Britannia Ultima' it should have been.

This game is just plain carbage. How come so many praised it back when it was released, when it infact was a bloody mess? First of all, why is the Avatar asking so stupid questions like "What's a Paladin?" when he infact knows very well what a Paladin is since he's basically one and a friend of his was too. And second, its buggy as hell. Seriously, the game's riddled with more bugs then a swiss cheese have holes. For examples, please look at Spoony's review of the game, one of the bugs being a wizard glitching out by flying around in his tower making gibberish noises. And I honestly don't get why some reviewers here on GOG are giving it a high score despite its MANY MANY flaws, not even the 3D graphics and music can help to save this horrid mess. Do yourself a favor and DON'T buy this one, stick with the previous 8, even Pagan is better then this one.