Editing Ultima IX: Ascension (section)

{{Short description|1999 role-playing video game}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox video game
|title = Ultima IX: Ascension
|image = Ultima IX - Ascension Coverart.png
|developer = [[Origin Systems]]
|publisher = [[Electronic Arts]]
|director = [[Richard Garriott]]
|producer = Eric Lux
|designer = Seth Mendelsohn<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/ultima-ix-ascension/credits |title=Ultima IX: Ascension (1999) Windows credits |website=[[MobyGames]] |publisher=Blue Flame Labs |access-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101125606/https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/ultima-ix-ascension/credits |archive-date=January 1, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|programmer = Bill Randolph
|artist = Scott Jones
|writer = Brian Martin<br>Michael Morlan
|composer = George Oldziey
|series = ''[[Ultima (series)|Ultima]]''
|engine = 
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 23, 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-3459,00.html |title=Ascending Onto Shelves |last=McClendon |first=Bill |date=November 23, 1999 |website=Gamecenter |publisher=[[CNET]] |access-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000124062510/http://gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-3459,00.html |archive-date=January 24, 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>|EU|March 17, 2000<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-03-17 |title=New UK releases |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/article-26539 |access-date=2023-04-20}}</ref>}}
|genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]
|modes = [[Single player]]
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
}}

'''''Ultima IX: Ascension''''' is a 1999 [[Role-playing video game|role-playing]] [[video game]] developed by [[Origin Systems]] and published by [[Electronic Arts]] for [[Microsoft Windows]]. It is the ninth and final main installment of the ''[[Ultima (series)|Ultima]]'' series. 

It takes place after the [[Avatar (Ultima)|Avatar]]'s escape from [[Ultima VIII: Pagan|Pagan]], where he is transported back to Britannia for one final battle with the Guardian, who is increasingly ruining the physical and moral fabric of that land by the use of eight columns. The Avatar must fight his way to the runes of virtue found in each of the columns, and cleanse them in the shrines of Virtue, then face off against the Guardian himself.

The game received mixed reviews from critics, with significant criticism on its lack of polish and disregard for previous installments in the series, though the gameplay received praise.