Although the compass is self explanatory, the journal in Ultima IX serves as more than just an options screen when you access it. Though you can save or load, alter you game options or quit the game from within the journal, there are several new features added. For instance, every time a quest is mentioned by an NPC during the course of the game, it is logged in your journal. Upon choosing how your character will enter Britannia via the fortune teller s cards, you are deposited in a tower. After going down the stairs, you will find your spell book.
Spells look spectacular once cast.
Although Ultima Online was an exception, most RPGs don t support multiplayer and Ultima IX is no exception. Due to this fact, the points normally allocated to this category will be transferred to Storyline. I will reiterate once again how important this final installment of the Ultima series is to us who ve been waiting for this title, more or less since the original Ultima was published in 1980 by California Pacific. Ultima IX once again begins with the Avatar being summoned to the land of Britannia by Lord British. This time however, Lord British informs you that his people are shedding their belief in the eight virtues and are starting to lose faith in his rule.