I played this on Steam- I am going to be honest, this is perhaps the worst possible ending I've encountered in any adventure game. It ruined the entire trilogy for me, so I cannot really recommend it to anyone. Proceed at your own risk.
An excellent start to this installment. We have been waiting far too long for this- and now that it's here, I have to say that it isn't disappointing at all. Although it was a slow start, it's necessary for the setup, and I enjoyed exploring the city as much as I did. I can't wait for the next book!
I got this game hot off the presses back when it was first released... and it's the reason why, although I have Ultimas I-VII here on gog.com, I do not intend to buy it ever again. Electronic Arts is responsible for the death and desecration of many once-great development houses (Bullfrog, anyone?) and Origin was not spared this fate. Already the taint could be felt in Ultima VIII, but it was Ultima IX that received the full love of Electronic Arts' kiss of the spider woman. The game is disrespectful to canon established in all of the previous Ultima games, is chock-full of plotholes and many familiar faces that return are grossly out-of-character. The story makes little sense and it was obviously hurried out the door. What Electronic Arts did to the Ultima franchise is not unlike what Achilles did with Hector's corpse in the Trojan war. Stay away from this albatross and go back to playing Ultima VII.
