# Lowlander — user reviews > 77 indexed App Store user reviews of Lowlander by Flat Black Films, rated 4.80/5 from 84 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lowlander/id903215411/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lowlander/id903215411.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 75 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Lowlander? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great homage to Ultima - 👍 Captures old-school RPG feel - 👍 Nostalgic experience - 👍 Well-balanced gameplay - 👍 Charming and challenging gameplay - 👍 Streamlined and intuitive controls - 👍 Open and interesting world - 👍 Perfect balance of retro and modern - 👍 No ads or pay-to-win - 👍 Worth the price - 👍 Addictive and deep gameplay - 👍 Good for short play sessions - 👍 Responsive developer **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional confusion at the start - 🐛 Tedious and unrewarding for some - 🐛 Dialogue and humor can be terrible - 🐛 Some bugs reported - 🐛 Torches disappearing from shops - 🐛 Difficulty progressing due to specific mechanics **Commonly reported bugs** - Talking to Holly quest never clears - Dungeons got messed up (maps all showed up as revealed) - Auto-saving turned off unexpectedly - Minor glitches in shops when selling duplicate items - Holly unaware her brother was freed upon game completion - Torches disappear from shops **Most requested features** - Sequel - Open game editor - More games like this - Map with coordinates - Sequel with more adventures ## Newest reviews (18 of 77) ### 5/5 — Amazing Ultima-style RPG! *2022-05-15* Not too much to say that’s not already been said - this is a really fun game in the style of Ultima II. Would wholly recommend if you’re a fan of the older Ultima games and are itching for more! ### 5/5 — Awesome Game. Huge Map! *2021-12-13* This game was unexpectedly delightful. Great story, huge map, and took me a long time to complete (about 14 hours). If you’re a fan of old time RPGs then this game is absolutely for you. Can’t wait to try out number 2! ### 5/5 — Ultima(-te) Fun! *2021-08-22, version 1.2.3* For anyone who’s life was changed by Ultima, this game is a retro-must. ### 5/5 — Back to the 80s *2021-07-29* LOVE this game! Reminds me of Ultima Exodus so much, my first RPG computer game. Long live Lord British! Massive thanks to those who made this - I needed this in my life again, lol! ### 5/5 — Wonderful retro hommage *2020-10-21, version 1.2.3* Playing this game, I felt like I was back on my old Apple II clone! They did an excellent job recreating the feel of a retro game like Ultima without all the technical problems of games of that era! Please make more of these! ### 5/5 — Hat Spaß gemacht *2020-04-10* Hatte viel Spaß mit Lowlander. Ultima kenne Ich überhaupt nicht. Danke für Lowlander an den/die Entwickler. Bin ohne Hilfe bis zum Ende gekommen. ### 5/5 — Wow.... *2020-03-11, version 1.2.3* Thank you - at last a wonderful recreation that actually looks and feels like the originals. I would enjoy third game just because it is NOT a “pay to win” piece of junk. But this is so well done it is amazing. Just thank you! ### 5/5 — Wonderful tribute to the Ultima series! *2019-12-27* Thank you, thank you, thank you for creating this tribute to the Ultima series. This game brought back such fond memories of playing Ultima III on my Commodore 64 as a kid. Very well done! ### 5/5 — Perfect 1980s Ultima game recreation *2019-12-13* This is a Flawless recreation of the early Ultima games. It has great balance between difficulty and playability. It is a quest based game where the people you meet give you tasks to perform, which then show up on a checklist so that you don’t have to write them down. The mapping works really, and everyone should know that you can pan the map by swiping it. No glitches. No ads. Perfect! ### 5/5 — Ultima 2.5 *2019-11-04, version 1.2.3* Overall an enjoyable game. I played it all the way through twice. Looking forward to playing Lowlander 2. It’s very reminiscent of Ultima 2 with many improvements. Best Ultima-like game for the iPhone. The beginning can be a little tough and my first time trying this game I gave up to soon and didn’t play it again until 3 months later. I did run into some bugs(11/4/2019): -Talking to Holly quest never clears -Once when going through the 2nd time the dungeons got messed up and the maps all showed up as revealed. -Once auto-saving got turned off without me knowing. I died and the game reverted to a much earlier save point then a manual save I had made. -Some minor glitches in shops especially when selling a duplicate of an equipped item. -Upon completion of the game Holly was unaware her brother was freed. ### 5/5 — Ultimate revisited *2019-08-02, version 1.2.3* Great game! Took me back to the old ultimate iii and iv days A great game made well and well worth the money. I hope to see more like it in the future. How about offering a open game editor so people could create world and adventures for your engine! Thank you ### 5/5 — Great game! Ultima reborn *2019-05-17* I never write reviews but for this one I had to. This game has a HUGE world. Great quests. Interesting items. Hours of play! Kudos to the developer such a cool game. Thank you. Worth every penny. ### 5/5 — This was already OLD-SCHOOL when Elder Scrolls was in nappies. *2018-12-02* Very satisfying dawn-of-electronic-RPG game. No in app purchases—yay! (I abhor IAPs. I can understand spending $ to get into a dungeon. Once in, though, anyone who attempts to shake down an adventurer should get a footman’s mace +1, +2 vs. thieves, in the teeth.) ### 5/5 — Very fun! *2018-10-03* I am long time Ultima fan. This game is exactly what I was looking for. Plays great on the go on my iPhone 8. The only thing missing from this game is the cloth map! I like the controls and the auto mapping minimap. ### 5/5 — Ein Traum! *2018-05-21* Ultima II at it‘s best. Liebevoll gestaltet, mit viel Humor! Mehr davon! ### 5/5 — A True Ultima Experience *2018-01-04* This is sure to be my favorite game on iOS (and Mac) until I play Lowlander II. If you are a fan of the original Ultima games, this is a must own. ### 5/5 — A ton of fun! *2017-12-30* I have a bad habit of downloading (or even paying for) games and then not playing them. I have tried out many Ultima style games and even though I loved the original series as a kid, I haven't really enjoyed any of them since Jeff Vogel’s Exile series back in the 90s. Lowlander was a wonderful exception! I admit it took a while to get started (I starved to death several times before finding food), but after that initial hurdle, I spent many hours with it (often killing time on airplanes). Even the glitches made it feel more like the original! Just downloaded Lowlander 2 today (hilarious title, btw). Special kudos to Richard Garriot for giving it his blessing. ### 5/5 — A fun game and worth it if you like Ultima *2017-12-26, version 1.2.3* At the start it was difficult but I pushed through did the dungeon and fortune went in my favour, I really enjoy playing this game. It has some grinding but that’s no issue, the quests are simple and the magic system is greatly useful. For the price you can’t really beat it here. If you love Ultima games then this will be for you because the creator even credits Lord British. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad *2015-06-21, version 1.0.9* – Hard to use controls – Hard to understand the option of this game -would not recommend this app to anybody ### 1/5 — Almost *2015-04-25, version 1.0.9* Seems like a good game but it cost too much gold for essential items and snakes attack and attack, poisoning me nonstop. Can't progress at all. Blah. ### 2/5 — Pass *2023-11-11, version 1.2.3* Ultra tedious and unrewarding. It’s Ultima ][ with slightly better graphics minus anything interesting or imaginative. ### 2/5 — Gute Idee, aber... *2016-11-17* So richtig Ultima Feeling kommt nicht auf. Die Monster lassen keine Schatztruhen zurück und auf der Suche nach der ersten Stadt verhungert man. Ein wenig Hilfe am Anfang wäre besser. ### 3/5 — Well made game but... *2019-07-26, version 1.2.3* This is a well made game that faithfully recreates Ultima, but the dialogue and humor is absolutely terrible and detracts from the experience. ### 3/5 — So. *2017-08-03, version 1.2.3* Ape Man is Break Dancer? ### 4/5 — Fun ultima remake *2015-03-19, version 1.0.8* Took me about 10 hours to beat, well worth the amount to pay if you remember playing the old ultima games on your Commodore 64. Hail lord British!!! ### 4/5 — Ganz lustig *2015-01-30* Netter Ultima II Klon. Aber passt auf: schaltet das Autosave unbedingt aus! Grade in Verbindung mit Vergiftungen kommt ihr bei unguenstiger Autospeicherung nicht mehr aus so einer Situation raus und muesst komplett neu starten. Es gibt naemlich nur einen Spielstand. ### 4/5 — Found a bug *2015-01-27, version 1.0.3* All and all an awesome game with enough challenge to be addictive, but there seems to be a bug where torches (a very necessary item) disappear from the shops. Could be because I'm on an iPad, but since everything else works that seems unlikely, but otherwise a purchase worthy retro trip down memory lane. Bravo. ### 4/5 — Back to the roots of CRPG *2015-01-25, version 1.0.3* This game is closely following the Ultima 1 gameplay which few people will remember. For those that do, or who enjoys going that far back in RPG history, they should give it a try. Challenging is the best way to describe the game itself. Hunger, finding the next city, poison... You name it. From today's perspective this will not appeal to many gamers out there, but I as an Ultima fan enjoyed it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — How you remember Ultima II but better *2026-07-05* Played a lot of Ultima II over my friends shoulder as a kid. Played a lot of Questron as well. This scratches that itch. So fun. Beat it this morning and immediately purchased the sequel. Played 19 hours. ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-06-26, version 1.2.3* Really fun little ultima esque game, had to look up a couple things to progress but overall was just a good experience ### 5/5 — Only $1.99? *2026-01-28* I just defeated the final boss and immediately rushed here to buy the sequel. If that’s not a ringing endorsement then I don’t know what is. Seriously, I don’t even find most of the Ultima games fun (interesting but not fun). I had an incredible blast playing this. Like this is how I imagine an Ultima remake would look like for people who grew up after the Apple II was a thing. Don’t think it over. Get this and let it waste like 10-12 hours of your life. It’s well worth it. ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-12-25* If you are a fan of the early Ultimas, this game is for you! Love this game as well as the second one. ### 5/5 — If you loved Ultima *2025-01-17, version 1.2.3* Its a great homage to the Ultima games I loved as a kid, adapted for a mobile experience. ### 5/5 — One of the best games on iOS. *2024-10-16* The design of this game is quite simple but for a one handed game that is a plus. For how streamlined and intuitive the controls and graphic is the story is cool and gameplay is charming and challenging. The game is basic but given but the map feels big. The world is open and interesting to explore but not overwhelming in it being a grind. I would say it’s a perfect balance. I have played ultima in the past (apple iie and nes) and some other ultima clones (one for ti-82 that was excellent) and this is top notch. Finally I would like to say that the gameplay loop is appropriate for old school gamers that have since lost interest in gaming as well as modern gamers interested in retro style gaming. It’s the perfect balance of retro vibe and streamlined gameplay. With very little confusion. Unfortunately there isn’t a lot of info on how to play online or game faqs. I would seek out a gameplay demo of the first 10 minutes so you don’t starve to death or die. ### 5/5 — Retro throw back *2024-09-30, version 1.2.3* Great game brought back Questron and Ultima feelings. On to the next. ### 5/5 — Garriott, Ultima, Lowlander! *2023-01-15* Both of the Lowlander games are excellent! Reminiscent of Ultima 3 and games from 1980’s, but current for today, these games are a blast. Puzzles that drive you crazy and then suddenly seem so obvious! Well worth the diminutive price. Love these games! ### 5/5 — Love this game *2023-01-03* I’m a huge fan of ultima which has a great balance of adventure, side quests, epic story, etc. I used to get tired of all the combat as it took much of the game play time. Lowlander is perfect. Right MoZ of everything and a good story. Plus I no longer have as many hours to game so Lowlander meets that need of being the right amount of game play. We’ll done, keep em coming! ### 5/5 — Brilliant game and perfect homage to Ultima! *2022-05-21* Lowlander is a phenomenal game that brought back a lot of fond memories of playing Ultima III and IV for hour upon hour on my Commodore 64. The storyline, game play, sense of humor, complexity were fantastic and ended up working quite well on my iPhone. Kudos to the author. Would love to see more games just like this. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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