Uo 3rd Dawn was for me to be the highlight of my year, i've been there from the start and have always tested new shards and inputted feedback into the game, but this left me kinda wondering where the orignial feel of the game has gone. I have all the upgrades including this one. It was worth it. Its UO in 3d. Looks pretty crappy, but some of it is ok.
Spells look really nice, and some of the new animations are fun.
UO is not about graphics though, its about gamplay. Its the ability to own a house, set up a shop and sell your wares, tame animals and monsters, be a blacksmith or a carpenter, be a mage and kil huge monsters, bea murderer and kill other people. It is empty though, so there is always monsters around, and there are alot of them. I prefer the 2d grpahics over the 3d graphics. The spells are very cool in 3d though.