My favorite game on GOG.com is one of the lesser known, older titles:
Betrayal at Krondor (1992) still holds up well against GOG favorites like PST, Baldur's Gate, Fallout and the like.
Based on the popular fantasy series by Feist, and written by Neal Halford, it is quite possibly the most well written of the RPG storylines during the golden age of computer RPGs: The plot is epic in scope, and much better than its contemporaries like world of xeen, while more accessible than say wizardry 7. Even the item descriptions are written beautifully in prose, and not just some placeholder text with statistics. And the puzzles are actually quite good, requiring real thinking to solve. Playing the game feels like reading a good novel. If you're familiar with the novels, it takes place after the 3rd book and before the 4th book, but you don't need to have read the novels at all to enjoy it. (though there are a few easter eggs and cameos for novel readers to appreciate)
The game is one of the earliest open worlds. You can pretty much explore the whole game world from the very beginning and disregard the main plotline, except you would probably get your ass handed to you, since there is no level scaling, and combats can be brutally difficult if you don't strategize. The openness of the game is actually a great mechanic, since you, the player character, have to figure out the best way to reach your mission objectives, and that's not always a straight line path if there are ambushes and traps in your way. The game gives careful players lots of clues about what lies ahead. Combat is turn based and tactical, since you are almost always outnumbered, and you need to flank enemies, lure them in etc while protecting your mage.
If you want to play it, use my
music/sfx guide.
In for
King of Dragon Pass please :)