Unbelieveable!! Gamespot gave 5 for ULTIMA ONLINE!!! :'(
I remember I first saw it on a games magazine some years before it came to life and waited many years so I could play it..
Unfortunatelly I couldnt afford to play on official server, but I played it on emulators (such as POL, SPHERE and RunUO) and I couldnt believe that they made a PERFECT game like this...
I spent YEARS (not hours) playing this game and its sooooo adictive that you forget about everything else and you want only to play, and play a little more...
You have many skills you can train that its even hard to choose the one you want to be a GrandMaster...
The outfit, I never saw a game like that, you can make any clothes you wear and it can be REALLY personalized, I can ensure you will never see anyone with a clothe like you (unless your guild mates use some kind of uniform :P )...
The big deal on Ultima Online is that you can do ANYTHING you want, If a GM (GameMaster) appear you could even attack him (lol). You can steal other ppls house, you can kill anyone you want, you can run from the guards.
There are many dungeons for you to explore with your friends to find good items and also the world is REALLLY huge...
Of course Im talking about the first version of Ultima Online, because the new ones are not good like the old ones were, they changed so much things to help newcomers that the experienced players lost some of the joy of playing the game..
But my conclusion is:
THIS IS THE BEST MMORPG IN THE WORLD!!