Value for money:) worth getting if your into 3rd person RPG style games.
First of all i'll start by saying they fixed up magical items in this game there is some really cool new stuff like skill and stat enhancing items which really beef up a character like never before.
Player Housing is brilliant i see EA have added some aspects from the SIMS series of games you can now totaly customise your home, tho im told this is an old feature tho its new to me since it was never in game when i last played.
Guilds have also improved, you no longer need silly guild stones to make a guild which was always a problem when recruiting new members well not anymore you can do it all from the guild tab on your paper doll its too easy:)
Many new craftable Items such as Ninja and Samurai equipment which looks really cool:) also many new types of Mounts like Dragons and Undead horses etc etc,
what really makes the game worth picking up is that its real cheap i got it for 40 bucks at EB and it comes with a few bonus items like Anniversary Gifts and Tokens like the Adavanced token which allows you to start a near maxed out char to help you gain a foot hold in this imense world or worlds should i say that is Ultima Online.
This game also comes with 45 days free play which is sweet:) its a top game which you can play for days on end or just half an hour with No silly downtime just lots of fun and plenty of exploration to do, although the graphics arn't the best around it has that Ultima feel which you can't get anymore since older Ultima games will not run on New PCs so its worth picking up. I will not go into game mechanics nit picking every little thing only one last thing i must add, Armor no longer has negetives on stats it only enhances stats now and Magical resistance has changed aswell with resistances seperate from each other like energy resist and poison resist Phyisical resist, much better :)
Currently UO is working on a revamp of PVP which i look forward too seeing whats has changed in that area.
The only bad thing i found was some skills have become useless due to new skills and abilitys but this is only a minnor set back when the good far outweigh the bad.
I could rave on more about this game but i'd be here all nite so go out and grab yourself a copy and find out for yourself i don't think you will be dissapointed if your an RPG or Ultima Fan.