Quote Originally Posted by Midnight
Probably the reason my favourite games are SMAC, Ultima 7 and Planescape: Torment. All look ancient, now, but all deliver excellent gameplay. Ultima 7 has an amazing world, Planescape I returned to several times because there was so much to discover, and the replayability of SMAC means I'm still playing games of it, and probably will until (or even after) Civ4 comes out.

RTW just doesn't do it for me as is. I desperately want it to with BI, but I'm not holding my breath.
Ah Ultima 7 - now there's a proper game. And what a game! Full of bugs initially, and to be fair, there is still plenty of glitches and loopholes etc, but such an amazing gameworld. I think RPGs have gone backwards since. Morrowind in comparison was the most shallow gaming experience I can remember. I bought PT on ebay last year but haven't got into it yet, but seems great. And Fallout 2 was so amazing, and proves you don't need great graphics to be a great game.

And er, I seem to have gone off topic.

Barbarians smell! Down with the trouser wearing, bearded ones! Boo, to rubbish expansion packs; hurrah to great ones!

Think I steered myself ever so slightly back on topic.