I played all Ultimas and the decline started with part 8. Part 9 is like one of the 3D Kings Quests, a mild mannered adventure with some RPG elements. Its not bad, the atmosphere was glorious back when it was new mainly because of the graphics. If this Version is patched to a point where its playable than its an ok-good game. (unpatched the game produced some mind boggling errors, like important items flying 50 feet above ground etc),
