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Ultima Online: The Official Strategy Guide (Secrets of the Games Series.)

Origin *Special*, Origin

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

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Whether you need to know where the dungeon Shame is located or how tough it might be to smite a Liche, Prima's official guide to Ultima Online has the information you seek. This exhaustive reference includes an incredible amount of information on basic game play, skill advancement, weapons and armor, magic, and all of the various animals and monsters you'll encounter in the game. Prima's book offers a quick primer on character creation and goes into great detail on most other topics. The game's sophisticated combat and magic systems, for example, are very clearly explained.

The book's outstanding town maps are quite handy and can help you track down that elusive reagent shop when you're running low on Spider's Silk. The intricate moongate system is also explained, complete with a timetable that any Britannian will find invaluable. As your character develops and becomes ready for some serious adventuring, you'll be able to turn to the excellent dungeon maps to see where the next trap or monster lair lies. Of course, the detailed descriptions of each monster (complete with special abilities and hit points) can also make your sword-and- sorcery escapades more fruitful.

Ultima Online Strategies & Secrets Unofficial: The Burning Heart Guild

Rusel DeMaria

List Price: $14.99 By: Sybex Inc Amazon Marketplace: 16 new & used starting at $0.50

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

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Less concerned with facts and figures and more concerned with narrative guidance, Sybex's unofficial guide to Ultima Online is a would-be adventurer's best friend. Beginning with a solid introduction to the game, its history, and its many nuances, the book proceeds with a thorough explanation of the game's character creation process. The often confusing notoriety system is covered in detail, as are the game's many skills. You'll also find a section on online etiquette as well as a thorough discussion of combat and magic.

The book offers plenty of tips for staying alive and becoming prosperous in the world of Ultima Online. You'll find basic information on guilds, interaction with non-player characters, and making money. You'll also learn a bit about owning a horse or a boat--two exceedingly valuable modes of transportation in this game. Featuring a number of first-hand accounts from Ultima Online players, the book offers solutions to sticky situations and advice for dealing with other players, be they good or evil.

The well-rendered town maps will help get you where you need to go. The dungeon maps are also useful, though the detailed descriptions of each, their location, and their contents are far more valuable. Additionally, the book provides a wealth of suggestions and strategies for surviving your adventures in the subterranean dungeons.

Ultima Online: The Second Age--Prima's Official Strategy Guide

Inc. IMGS

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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Origin's The Second Age update to its Ultima Online massively multiplayer role-playing game world provides new territory to explore and new monsters to battle. In order to make sense of the game's new surroundings--and the many changes in Ultima Online (UO) since its inception--Prima's official guide to the game provides information on everything from basic statistics and skills to dungeon diagrams for the die-hard adventure seeker. The book provides a thorough breakdown of each of the key aspects of the game, including skills, weapons, and magic spells. Other topics of interest, such as player-owned vendors and player-run guilds, are also covered. A complete bestiary covers all of the original UO beasties, as well as the mysterious creatures to be found in the new lands. You'll learn all about Ophidians, Terathans, Titans, and Ostards, among others. The book also includes a graph explaining the game's complex reputation system, as well as a brief listing of some of the many "Easter eggs" you might find in Ultima Online.

A full-color map of Britannia and the new lands of The Second Age comes with the book. On it, you'll even find thumbnail guides to each of the many dungeons in the game. More complete maps of these underground caverns can be found at the back of the book. Lastly, the guide offers a complete listing of the gateways between the original lands of Britannia and the new lands of The Second Age. Simply put, this book is as valuable a resource to current UO players as the first UO guide was at the game's inception. Don't wander the new lands without it! --Michael Ryan

Ultima Online: Age of Shadows (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

Nancy Moore

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Who Will YOU Be?
·Information on every profession, including Holy Paladin and Evil Necromancer
·Maps for every area, including the new and unexplored region of Malas
·Tips for using the custom house design tool to build the house of your dreams
·How-to for the new magic item system to help you create an endless array of magic items
·Updated stats and skills for all creatures, including 20 NEW monsters
·Combat tactics for the 13 new special moves, and more!

Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Nice but not very usefull 2 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I play UO almost since the game is out and I have the two previous Prima's UO books. The last one was for The Secong Age which was the first expansion for UO.

When I bought the previous book I was disappointd to see that the content was the same except for some fiction which was lost and some more monsters.

Now with three more "updates" (Renaissance, Third Dawn and Lord Blackthorn's Revenge) which brought in two more worlds (Trammel/Fellucca and Illshenar), a faction system and many new other things the book would have seen a major overhaul.

Nope. Nothing. Nada.

The book has been "updated" and is still handy to have some good info on creatures, monsters or weapons and printed maps (which are few and too small)... The only section I found interesting was the chapter on previous background events and characters of Britannia and the other factes, but it is still too short for my taste. Another "bonus" is an interview with Todd "Spawn" McFarlan. A last and disappointing point is that no fold out map is included this edition of the book.

In the end I recommend this book to newcommers who don't own one of the previous books or to customers who like to have some printed references. If you surf often on the previous mentionned site and use the third party program UO Automap then this book is a luxury.