With that caveat, if there was ever a game to go to the bother of installing a new graphics card for (as some have for this), it's Ascension. For those unfamilar with the series, it's a fantastic hybrid: a game with a mature rating (for gore and violence) with a plot based on a stalwart and moralistic quest for virtue. The purpose of battle is the archetypal fight to preserve good, and as the the accompanying journal explains: "when selfishness seeks to divide man from woman, parent from child, brother from brother... the power of virtue must be seeded in the minds of the people." In this Medieval setting, your battle continues, with spells and skills to protect you.

Designed by the Ultima creator Richard Garriott (known as Lord British), the newest edition boasts impressive artistic direction, including 3-D design and spoken dialogue between characters. For RPG players, Ascension is nirvana, but the price for entry--dealing with the "additions" of the game itself is steep. - Jennifer Buckendorff

• Stunning 3-D graphics and exclusive 3-D THX sound blur the lines between fantasy and reality
  
  
• Features day-and-night cycles, weather effects, real-life physics, and item manipulation
  
  
• Interact with more than 200 intriguing characters, all with full speech recorded by professional actors
  
  
• Conjure 45 incredible spells, using circles of magic, alchemy, and rituals
  
  
• Uphold the 8 sacred virtues--Honesty, Justice, Humility, Sacrifice, Valor, Compassion, Honor, and Spirituality

Another great epic in the Ultima saga.

This is the ninth and final chapter in the famous Richard Garriott's Ultima series. As the heroic Avatar, only you can save Lord British and his people from the evil Guardian, who has devastated the landscape and tainted the eight sacred virtues.

Valiant combat, magical prowess, and knowledge of the eight virtues are your weapons against evil in Ultima Ascension.

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