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7.3
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Score Breakdown Based on 108 ratings
  1. 10 (13)
  2. 9 (12)
  3. 8 (40)
  4. 7 (21)
  5. 6 (9)
  6. 5 (6)
  7. 4 (2)
  8. 3 (2)
  9. 2 (0)
  10. 1 (3)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:8.2

    By AtreusGS | Review Date: Jul 07, 2004 | PC

    Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness is the game that launches one of the most influential game series of all time. Though already creating Akalabeth, Richard Garriot who is known as Lord British in game brings us for the... Read Full Review

    3 of 3 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness

  • Rating:8

    Ultima Unus

    By rhetayk | Review Date: Nov 27, 2023 | PC

    Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness is the first in the legendary Ultima series. It is one of the most successful computer RPGs in that early PC age. It being one of the earliest CRPGs some aspects of the game are pretty... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    Mass Effect and Oblivion into one huge classic.

    By aryoshi | Review Date: Jun 19, 2008 | PC

    Graphics: They're nothing huge, but I would say even for a PC game, were pretty good for 1980. There's quite a few 3D elements in it, mostly when you're in dungeons and caves, and they're actually decent. You can get los... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5

    The first official game in the Ultima series.

    By GrahfZilla | Review Date: Aug 18, 2007 | PC

    Ultima I is the first official game in the Ultima series. It is a rather straightforward action rpg, sort of like Diablo but 10 or 15 years earlier. Gamespot states that the PC version of Ultima was released in 1980 but ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5

    The first official game in the Ultima series.

    By GrahfZilla | Review Date: Aug 18, 2007 | C64

    Ultima I is the first official game in the Ultima series. It is a rather straightforward action rpg, sort of like Diablo but 10 or 15 years earlier. Ultima was first released in 1980 for the Apple II and the Atari 8-Bit... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6.6

    A definite product from an adolescence child.

    By Azghouls | Review Date: Aug 03, 2007 | PC

    Granted. Ultima I definitely for its time was a revolution. Even when I was a young lad I thought the idea of space travel and fantasy was the 'hip' thing. However I never got to finish the game so 25 years later I did. ... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful