Ultima Online Demo

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 3:55 pm

Where can I find a demo of Ultima Online to see if I like it?

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 5:48 pm

Well... you see... there is and there isn't.

Ultima Online is a MMORPG classification of multiplayer game, with multiplayer being the keyword. You can only play the game online, and it costs money to play the game online.

If you purchase UO you receive one month free of online playing. So in a sense, there is your demo, if you really want to call it a demo because you still have to pay to buy the game.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 11:33 pm

Well you don't actually have to pay. There are many unoffical servers that people have put up around the place and these servers have lots a benefits despite being free. Also, UOX3 on sourforge.net is a project that lets you create UO servers for lans. VERY GOOD!

kila · Post by **kila** » Fri Apr 26, 2002 12:25 am

Nice. BUT the gfx are bad ( I need screenies is what I mean) lol.

XxVenomxX · Post by **XxVenomxX** » Fri Apr 26, 2002 1:46 am

You still have to pay for the game itself, is what Eric was getting at. As for the graphics, I have to disagree (of course, just my opinion). While they're not 'brand spankin new, 3d-ariffic!' graphics (UO3D blows chunks, so I dont even acknowledge it), I find that the isometric view and graphic style lends itself perfectly to a medieval setting. I tried DAOC, which was okay, played EQ at a friends house, didn't enjoy it, but I dunno, UO just seems (and I'm only speaking cosmetically here) a lot more solid to me. Granted it takes ages for new stuff to come out, but I like to see spoken text come from a character rather than a chat box. I don't play UO as much as I'd like (I'm part of an excellent role playing guild), but my time playing is *fun* and thats the point, even if I'm not playing an Ultima.

Check my new comic I've been making based on my guild and UO as a whole. It takes some good shots at it

http://venom.gamersgraveyard.com/DC

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Fri Apr 26, 2002 3:05 pm

No, actually there is a demo for it. It's a single player kind of thingy with this stupid wisp that follows you and won't shut up, like Zelda! Anyway, I just trap it...

Hehehe...

But where can I find it to download? You sent me garbage.

XxVenomxX · Post by **XxVenomxX** » Fri Apr 26, 2002 3:09 pm

No, actually, there's no demo

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Sat Apr 27, 2002 6:47 am

He's right, there is no demo, you can't have a demo, you don't understand anything I said, the game is an MMORPG. War3, Asherons Call, and other MMORPG's don't have demos either.

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Sat Apr 27, 2002 4:48 pm

I KNOW IT DID ONCE! It's completely single player.
Look here once. It's the only thing I can find on it:

http://www.mwc.ne.jp/kettya/uo/2nd/2ndage05.htm

But it's in Japanease...
Like I said, there is a wisp in the demo that won't leave me alone!
I remember playing the demo, so humph.

Please translate it if you can!

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Sat Apr 27, 2002 10:28 pm

Goto here and translate from Japanese to English
http://world.altavista.com

This is some rip off of "UO: Lord BlackThorns Revenge". According to this it's some "UO: The Second Age" game. I'm not a big Ultima geek freak so maybe there is an EAGAMES game called this. So I dunno what this is, but I don't think it's UO.

Anybody agree or disagree with me?

SB-X · Post by **SB-X** » Sun Apr 28, 2002 3:52 am

"Ultima geek freak"?

XxVenomxX · Post by **XxVenomxX** » Sun Apr 28, 2002 6:41 am

The Second age was the 2nd installment of UO which added new lands and creatures, etc. For all those screen shots show, they could just be a mock up in a UO server emulator to give an idea of how the games played. Either way, there's no demo for it. Even if there was one a long time ago, the games changed so much that playing single player for a little bit wouldn't do much good, hehe.
Once in a long while PC Gamer has a CD with UO on it with a free month of playing, I suspect if there was a demo, they wouldn't do that.

Darkfist Dragon · Post by **Darkfist Dragon** » Sun Apr 28, 2002 11:19 pm

I agree.
There is no demo for Ultima Online. For Screenshots go to www.uo.com or uo.stratics.com.
I checked also the link to the japanese "demo" and have to say: It reeks very much like a mock up on a server emu. One example is the glass sword that does not exist in the current "original" Ultima Online.
I personally like the 3D version a little bit better than the old version with pre-rendered sprites.

(maybe a demo would be nice.. gonna have to talk to OSI, maybe a small demo, random character, not saved, no money, and limited area.. hmmm)

Soul Harvester · Post by **Soul Harvester** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 7:52 am

Venom and darkfist, you are both wrong. I've been playing the game since the alpha, (I've since quit), but I believe the charter (not sure on that one) and I KNOW the T2A CD came with a single player "demo" (optional during the install of the game itself, ran on a seperate executable) that put you with a generic character called "Avatar" alone on Occllo island with you, NPC's, and a wisp. The wisp would tell you how to interact with objects, how to talk with NPCs, and how to do some other basic things. It was buggy and was a little messed up. You can't die in the demo until after you kill a dragon in the woods with a "glass" sword, and the engine itself is very akin to the original release of UO, i.e. is not "patched".

So, yes, there IS (or should I say WAS, I've never purchased a ren or LBR CD) a demo.

Stephan · Post by **Stephan** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 7:54 am

My T2A CD doesn't have a UO demo.

Soul Harvester · Post by **Soul Harvester** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 7:57 am

If I have to take a screenshot of it to prove it, I will. After you install UO, before setup exits, it will ask you if you want to install the demo. If you do, it runs a mini-setup to install it, and creates a shortcut to it.

IT DOES EXIST.

SB-X · Post by **SB-X** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 8:11 am

*SB-X pats Soul Harvester on the back.*

"Don't worry. We believe you."

XxVenomxX · Post by **XxVenomxX** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 10:43 am

hehe, don't freak out man. I've played since the beta, my beta disc has no demo on it. I actually have a disc of every version (I only paid for 2, got the rest for free through OSI related stuff) and none of them have a demo on it. Anyways, I said even if there *was* one, there's not now. Here, let me quote myself:
"Even if there was one a long time ago, the games changed so much that playing single player for a little bit wouldn't do much good, hehe. "
So my statement stands firm. There's no demo for it. There might be an old demo for an older version of it. It's like running a demo of Adobe Photoshop 1.0 and expecting to get used to 6.0. They're 2 different things. If you want to see if you'll like UO, get it and try it online.

Either way, calm down dude! It's all just a game

Darkfist Dragon · Post by **Darkfist Dragon** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 1:01 pm

True... Ultima Online has now so much changed a Demo of UO Second Age would not be a very valid demo anyways. I dont know if there is a Demo on my 2nd Age disc cause I never cancelled the installation but generally finished the install.

And as Venom stated: Its just a game!

Valliant Dragon · Post by **Valliant Dragon** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 1:36 pm

Well, for everyone who likes to actually roleplay, there is an awesome shard to play on

www.mytharria.com

You still have to buy the game, put you can gnab it for 10 bucks canadian, so ...

Thanks,
Valliant Dragon

Oh and btw, I *am* back! =)

Post by **Dominus** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 1:52 pm

Soul Harvester:
I just installed UO:t2A and no mention of the Demo, either when you complete installation or if you cancel it halfway through. BUT there was an empty Dir named Demo after the installation.
Even though, we all agreed it's just a game I would really like to see screenshots of where in the installation you got the Demo option.

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 5:26 pm

Actually, Soul Harvester, your right. I seem to have read that on a few different pages how it says "it comes with a single player demo that you don't have to connect to the Origin servers to play too!"

Just remember that I started this topic!

Hey, can you put it up on an FTP server or something so I can download it?
I haven't been able to find it...

BTW, what kind of ill logic would make Origin put a demo on the retail disc?
Can't even mention how many times I've seen that.
Hehehe.

EXULT RULES!!!

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 7:58 pm

I wouldn't really call it ill logic. Some people (like myself who has money coming out of my yinyang!! ~sarcastic~ hehe) have mixed feelings about paying for a game and then having to pay to play it before even getting the chance to play it just once. From an MMORPG standpoint, as long as the game is single player, cannot connect to a any sort of server, and cannot be patched, and is very very limited then having a demo is alright.

IMO anyway

Nuclear Loser · Post by **Nuclear Loser** » Tue Apr 30, 2002 9:17 am

wow..If i would've known about that I might have actually played the game rather than just letting my month expire, but then I'd be addicted to DAOC like my roommates are

Mirek · Post by **Mirek** » Wed May 01, 2002 10:20 pm

YES, there was off-line demo (I think on UO: Second ). There was some wisp explaining you what to do.

The demo was on game CD and I think it required to have UO installed before (probably using the same data files?).

I do not know whether this was ever available somewhere separately from UO CD.

So to sum it up: there was a demo

, but it was on the CD with the game itself

.
And now I guess it would be rather obsolete. It is also probably impossible to get right impression of online game from off-line demo.

Mirek

Stephan · Post by **Stephan** » Thu May 02, 2002 2:53 am

Well, then it must've been on some special version of UO:T2A. I know that my T2A doesn't have a demo included.

XxVenomxX · Post by **XxVenomxX** » Thu May 02, 2002 3:04 am

Right, so posting a demo thats only included on a game CD that you must buy would be considered 'WAREZ', right? Isn't that against your morals Skutarth? hehe

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Fri May 03, 2002 2:28 pm

Why is it on the RETAIL cd when it's a DEMO?

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Fri May 03, 2002 2:28 pm

Exactly my question!

XxVenomxX · Post by **XxVenomxX** » Fri May 03, 2002 4:09 pm

Probably because it's an effort to get people cancelling an install (as it seems) to try it out and re-install it. Or maybe give people a taste of the game to see if they like it before using the new account code which comes with each CD, in order to make a new account. That way if they didn't like the single player (way back then), they could return it without invalidating the code.
Wow, 2 people from cox-internet.com post after each other in the same minute. Strange coincidence!

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Fri May 03, 2002 4:58 pm

Yeah...

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Fri May 03, 2002 4:58 pm

Yeah...

Raving Idiot · Post by **Raving Idiot** » Tue May 07, 2002 7:28 pm

>>Wow, 2 people from cox-internet.com post after each other in the same minute. Strange coincidence!>So to sum it up: there was a demo

, but it was on the CD with the game itself

.
And now I guess it would be rather obsolete. It is also probably impossible to get right impression of online game from off-line demo.<<

I'll have to dig up my t2a cd tonight and check for the demo. And yeah, the demo wouldn't help now considering how much OSI's changed their policy in the span of two and a half years, which is how long I've been playing.

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Sat May 11, 2002 10:59 am

It's S-K-U-T-A-R-T-H. Like this: Skutarth

Andrew LB · Post by **Andrew LB** » Mon May 13, 2002 10:28 am

There is a Demo for UO and it is on the upgrade disk for "the second age".

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Fri May 17, 2002 2:09 pm

WE KNOW ALREADY!

DROP THE STUPID POST!!!

HellRazor · Post by **HellRazor** » Fri May 17, 2002 4:32 pm

I think it was intended to be more of an offline tutorial than a demo.

HellRazor

Skutarth · Post by **Skutarth** » Sun May 19, 2002 9:11 am

SB-X · Post by **SB-X** » Sun May 19, 2002 10:28 am

suraimu · Post by **suraimu** » Mon May 20, 2002 2:38 am

*begin sarcasm*
I don't know if you guys noticed this or not, but the wisp's ass is shiny.
*end sarcasm*

Darksheer Dragon · Post by **Darksheer Dragon** » Fri May 24, 2002 5:49 pm

shiny shiny ass.... OHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!

Elcangri69 · Post by **Elcangri69** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:44 pm

I actually downloaded UO 4 free, inwhich i guess it was a demo cuz i only had it 4 3 days but da thing is, dat i needed a password and a username and 2 get that, u would need 2 pay.....so in other words, it waz a rip off and that u have 2 pay to play it, or just hack it............ u can hack it buy installing a program but i couldnt do it because it was firewalled. But my cousin, Eric, downloaded the game, free, and emailed this guy, and he got a password and a username the next day. I dont know wat he did and he made me an account, but he also erased it just cuz he felt like it, which suxxx........oh well, @!#$ happens.... so there is a demo, but u just can't play it.........

SB-X · Post by **SB-X** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:20 pm

!?!?!

Debonaire Hero · Post by **Debonaire Hero** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:12 pm

I'm scared. What does it mean?

nex666 · Post by **nex666** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:41 pm

Uhm...I remember I got a UO cd off a magazine that had the demo on it, and some free days on OSI. It was T2A.
Most of the ones you download for free give you 30 days.

Justaguy · Post by **Justaguy** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:49 pm

While there may not be a demo for UO, isn't there a 15 day free trial? You can download the game legally free at gigex.com. Pretty sure the download doesn't include the Samurai Empire (groan) expansion though.

XxVenomxX · Post by **XxVenomxX** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:12 pm

Yay for three years ago, hehe.

Michele · Post by **Michele** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 1:44 pm

EA has publically released various versions of UO for free from time to time.
Most can be found somewhere on the web.

Norfic · Post by **Norfic** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:11 am

Okay, read a few posts and didn't see the correct information...

The Ultima Online Demo was included only on the T2A Upgrade disk.
They quickly realized it was a mistake and haven't included it on anything else.

You do the full install of UO and then when done, it will ask you, if you want to install the Demo. Then when you run the demo it walks you through a Quest. Once you complete the quest you can run around playing as you would in game.

Problem is no one buys anything, the Wisp bugs the heck out of you until you finish the quest. Not alot of starter creatures to build up on. Nothing is locked down, no save option, so if you quit, you start again.

Hope this helps. Yes I own 2 or 3 of these CD's. If price was right I might ship it to you. First come first served. No I won't burn you a copy, upload an .iso or anything else, and no the account doesn't come with it.

Grin.

WID3R · Post by **WID3R** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:15 am

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Edited by Dominus. Behave!