Just to get this out of the way right now, I actually played this game back in the day and formed my opinion about it long before Spoony ever made his review. Let's just ignore for the fact that this is an Ultima game, because that is mostly immaterial to the fact that this is a poorly made, poorly designed game. The controls are confusing, the art is bland and uninspired, the sound is annoying, the plot is unfinished and boring, and the gameplay just isn't fun. Quests and dungeons are always tedious, when they are not frustratingly impossible, and what little RPG elements there are, are superfluous and little more than window dressing. As well, the end game plays out more like a series of point-and-click adventure puzzles that what you would expect in an action game, which really leaves you wanting at least one decent boss fight; something that, sadly, never comes. Look I am not an Ultima fanboy, not by any means. In fact, I first played Ulitma 8 at around the same time I played most all of the others, via the Ultima Collection released back in 1998. The only other one I played before that was Ulitma 3 for the NES. Believe me when I say that this is my honest opinion about a game that I actually have experience with: this is a terrible game, and not worth your time.
