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.
