It's hard to believe but it's been fifteen years since Ultima Online launched. To celebrate this momentous event, developers are kicking off a new seven month story arc that will result in a new king being crowned in an in-game event.

With 15 years under its belt, Ultima Online is a sandbox RPG that has truly evolved into a creature of its own. Players have 58 skills they can build in any way they want to become whatever kind of character they want, such as a warrior, mage, miner, lumberjack, among others. The player choice within the game is endless - players can engage in Player vs. Player combat, fight against the game’s many types of monsters or even just sit at a bank and talk to people.  The only element that holds players back is their own creativity and imagination. 

Read more on the Ultima Online site.

happy 15th my most favorite game of all time.. you changed over the years, but I still miss you and love you. So many memories we had together, and i'm sad that we can no longer create those memories. Maybe one day there will be a newer, and better you. Or perhaps just a you with better 'graphics'.

<3

The only element that holds players back is their own creativity and imagination.

I disagree. The only reason that UO still lives is that players are creative and imaginative in a hardly supported game.

Wow, I haven't touched this game since that first year. The PKing was overboard. I remember a character named Bart Simpson waiting outside one of the towns, along the road hiding in the trees like a bandit. He and a buddy would kill everyone who left town for their starter cash. It went on until there were so many people standing around in the town that a riot broke out. A huge mob of noobs, myself included, rushed Bart and his accomplice and killed them buy shear numbers. It was crazy. Never got far in the game and moved to EQ when I got into the 3rd beta but it was fun for the time.

I think I will go check it out.

Happy birthday UO.

15 years later and no game has even come close to the amount of things you allowed in your game way back.

Originally posted by obii

The only element that holds players back is their own creativity and imagination.

 

I disagree. The only reason that UO still lives is that players are creative and imaginative in a hardly supported game.

Hardly suppported? They are still releasing expansions for UO, and they are doing this 15 year anniversary event. How is that hardly supported?