I deeply enjoyed this game. In my opinion it's one of the best CRPG games so far. The story is nice and keeps being interresting. Except from Storm of Zehir. Well. The main campaign is quite fun. The first add on is even better. If you like D&D CRPGs this is your game. Have fun and enjoy this game. But do not expect something as complex as Planescape: Torment or Baldurs Gate 2.
Like Ultima VIII this is no real Ultima game considering the complexity and size of its predecessors. The amount of bugs and the abysmal performance on anything aside from 3dfx cards did not help this game either. But after a lot of patches and a new generation of graphics hardware I was able to play the game. Its a nice open world game. You can go where you want to, but you might get killed if you are not strong enough. The world design is quite nice (e.g. visit Moonglow at night) and sometimes you can see the good old Ultima focus on details. Compared to its predecessors the world is quite empty and the dungeon puzzles are primitive. But it can still be fun to play. Give it a try if you like role playing games and the open world style.
Star Control 2 was an incredible game. I bought it as it hit the shelves and it was perfect. Fascinating story, interesting alien races and an incredible combat system. If you ever played Archon it looked a bit familiar. It was great fun. And I was abloe to beat every one of my friends. Well, they still loved the game. I was only banned from playing Super Melee. :) In my opinion it still is one of the greatest games ever made. But why buy it? There is an open source version of the game available. Play for free and enjoy better visuals and audio. I do like gog, but this game just does not belong here. It has been available for free for some year now. So go and get Ur-Quan Masters instead.
