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.
