Those of you who have never played an Ultima, and the earlier games are a little too dated for you to play, have a go at this one. Despite what everyone says, it contained a lot that made Ultima games Ultima games. It has a good story and characters (compared to other RPGs, if not other Ultimas), great music, and the gameplay is also fairly good (especially if you prefer your games to be story oriented rather than action oriented). If you enjoy the game, you might then find yourself more able to play the earlier games as well (I'd start on 7 after this one), having some background knowledge of the world, story and characters. Not that the older games don't hold up well, but some gamers aren't used to games being about the story, not the graphics.
