Hi.
Anyway, see this page:
http://members.aon.at/hacki-ultima/e...itpicks_u9.htm for why Ultima 9 was one of, if not the worst game ever. Yes, even worse than Atari ET. In short though, it rots because it was made by a team that had no knowledge of the prior games except bits and pieces of Ultima 8 and besides the graphics developers, was formed of the dregs of people thrown out of other teams. EA (who bought Origin) made it simply to kill single player Ultima and move on with their online nonsense.
Martian Dreams, along with the rest of the Ultima series, is simply incredible. A steampunk tale worthy of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.
xoopx, I don't know you, but stick with this game. You'll like it.
By the way, I have a problem. The door in the power plant is closed and I just can't get it open... I suppose I have to go through the mine complex to get to the plant, huh? Always the hard way.