I like this game! Ok, I can understand why so many people are disapointed. When it (finally) arrived it was painfully buggy, had a bad performance and it was nothing like the developer had promised years before. But it has it's own charme. I started my Ultima-career late with Ultima 8 and I loved it for what it was, because I didn't had this expectations longtime Ultima-veterans had. And it's the same with Ultima 9. It feels and plays alot like the first Gothic just from the opposite side of the morale scale and without the dirty talk. If you just take it as a big and rich world to explore with plenty of wonderous places and characters you will have a great time playing this game! It may be no great Ultima but is has it's own virtues and isn't Ultima all about discovering your own virtues?!
This is still the best thiefing simulator out there. You have much more freedom to tackle each mission than in its grandchildren like Dishonored.
