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Ultima Online

1997 81 / 100 Role-playing (RPG)

Ultima Online is the product of Richard Garriott's idea for a fantasy game involving several thousand people who can all play in a shared fantasy world. It is responsible for grandfathering the genre of the MMO, and showing the industry that MMO's were the next era of gaming.

World design Open World StructureSandbox Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing

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During the earliest span of the age of darkness; found in the writings of only the most aged of manuscripts, lived a world born of mystic arts and ancient sorcery: Sosaria. Despite Sosaria's enchanted origins, it's people shunned magic, for it's very use corrupted the souls of the unwary. But one man dared to awake the slumbering powers of Alchemy. Twisting the awesome power of the Gem of Immortality to his will, and binding all of Sosaria to his corruption: Mondain the Wizard. His power was absolute, as the whole of the planet was gripped in his cruel embrace. Only the appearance of a stranger saved Sosaria from impending destruction. From whence he came, no one knows; but his strength and his courage were without peer. In this stranger, lied Sosaria's only hope; Only a traveler from the stars could release this world from Mondain's vile stranglehold. He would prove himself a savior; sh Show full description

During the earliest span of the age of darkness; found in the writings of only the most aged of manuscripts, lived a world born of mystic arts and ancient sorcery: Sosaria. Despite Sosaria's enchanted origins, it's people shunned magic, for it's very use corrupted the souls of the unwary. But one man dared to awake the slumbering powers of Alchemy. Twisting the awesome power of the Gem of Immortality to his will, and binding all of Sosaria to his corruption: Mondain the Wizard. His power was absolute, as the whole of the planet was gripped in his cruel embrace. Only the appearance of a stranger saved Sosaria from impending destruction. From whence he came, no one knows; but his strength and his courage were without peer. In this stranger, lied Sosaria's only hope; Only a traveler from the stars could release this world from Mondain's vile stranglehold. He would prove himself a savior; shattering the Gem of Immortality, and defeating Mondain. But... A deeper and more sinister evil was released with the destruction of the Gem; For Sosaria was not free of the stone's power. The planet was still bound to the Jewel's magic, even as it laid shattered on the floor of Mondain's Castle. For within each shattered remnant of the jewel, dwelled a perfect likeness of Sosaria... Thus is the world in which you are born, live, and die. Britannia, that was once Sosaria, now exists as a thousand worlds; each with it's own peoples, history and destiny. This Britannia is but one of many, in the multiverse that is: Ultima Online.

StructureSandbox Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing GenreRole-playing (RPG) ThemeAction ThemeBusiness ThemeFantasy ThemeOpen world ThemeSandbox Trait2d Traitalligator Traitbarbarians Traitbink video Traitbow and arrow Traitcamping Traitcharacter creation Traitcustomizable characters Traitday/night cycle Traitdeveloper cameo Traitelementals Traitescort mission Traitfairy Traitfetch quests Traitgoblins Traitgraphics overhaul Traitgriefing Traitgrinding Traitguild Traithorse riding Traithuman Traitinteractive achievement awards 1998 Traitleveling up Traitloot gathering Traitmagic Traitmana Traitmedieval Traitmelee Traitmining Traitminotaurs Traitnecromancy Traitnever-ending Traitnon-player character Traitogres Traitonline Traitorcs Traitpaladins Traitpay-to-play Traitpersistent world Traitplayer vs environment Traitplayer vs player Traitpotion Traitpower leveling Traitpre-release public testing Traitsnow Traitspider Traitstat tracking Traitsummoning support Traitundead

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Origin Systems
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Franchise
Ultima
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action, Business, Fantasy, Open world, Sandbox
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Sep 24, 1997

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