Quite simply the Best RPG of all time...
The plot is unusual. Of course, there is this big bad evil thing (The Guardian) that needs to be flattened, but most of the plot deals with this new, strange cult that has sprung up.
But my only gripe is when the game begins you know who the bad guys are and of course you have to play through the whole story like a dumbass doing jobs for the evil cult when the gamer knows from the start that these people are freakin' evil.
Aside from that the storytelling Is what sets It apart from other games and It's suprisingly simple here's an equation to explain it all!
Setup - Characters - Conversations + Quests = Awesomemness!
Here we have a rather interesting look at groupthinking and collectivism. The minor bits of plot have everything for every gamer taste: Romance and true love, swordfights, dragons, gruesome murder mysteries, bananas, pirates, gambling, bread baking, mining, crossing the high seas, ghosts, geeks, humor in various forms, mysterious artifacts, Kilrathi Starships and flying carpets!... the list goes on and on.
The game is extremely free-formed, which is a good thing. The player is free to explore every place in the world. The main plot doesn't really ask you to hurry to do anything special - except at the very end. The game world is beautiful. Even if the game is very old by now, the graphics are still rather amazing. The world also feels alive - animals going from bush to bush, monsters leaping around the dangerous places, and townsfolk scurrying around doing their usual daily things.
There are some small problems - most are fortunately fixed in Exult, the fan-made game engine rewrite. Installing the original game on modern computer is almost impossible, and it was tricky even on the era's computers.
I remember to even get this game to work I had to take an Update that took 2 days to complete and a New Graphics & sound card. And Even then it was Close to impossible to get it work Smoothly.
Also, the user interface is pretty challenging at times - Exult has some some very helpful hotkeys. It's sometimes pretty difficult to get hints on what to do next, but fortunately, there are no completely illogical puzzles.
It is one of the few games that truly fits the definition of Epic Adventure. It is a game that needs to be experienced - all other games seem quite pale in comparison.