Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge

Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge (2002) was the first of the two "darker" Ultima Online MMORPG expansions (the second being Ultima Online: Age of Shadows). The game featured creatures designed by Todd McFarlane (creator of Spawn in comics).

Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge
Developer(s)Origin Systems
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Platform(s)Windows
Release
  • NA: February 24, 2002
  • PAL: May 3, 2002
Genre(s)MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Story

The story tells about the return of Lord Blackthorn, the corrupt noble who usurped the throne of Lord British in Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny. Included in the game box was a comic drawn by McFarlane.

Development

The game was announced to be in development on October 31, 2001.[1]

Reception
Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
GameSpot6.7/10[2]
Aggregate score
GameRankings66%[3]

Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge holds a 66% rating on GameRankings.[3] GameSpot rated the game 6.7 of 10.[2] GameZone rated the game 8.1 of 10 saying "Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn’s Revenge has added some very strong elements to this world, making it more enjoyable and not just the hack-and-slash game it could have easily become".[4]

gollark: Ideally, pylon-of-civilization-hunting von Neumann machines, but those might not be practical yet.
gollark: The obvious solution to this """voting"" is to send really fast people out to gather all pylons of civilization and move them to a central base.
gollark: Yes. This is a good idea. I don't like it.
gollark: Any civilized person should aim to overthrow the system and improve this sort of thing.
gollark: Imagine using first past the post voting, instead of obviously superior approval voting.

References
  1. Walker, Trey (October 31, 2001). "Next Ultima Online game unveiled". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  2. Desslock (March 26, 2002). "Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 25, 2003. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  3. "Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 10, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  4. Lafferty, Michael (March 15, 2002). "Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge review". Archived from the original on June 16, 2002. Retrieved September 28, 2019.


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