Crystalis

The Good
A very involving storyline and the first with a well-balanced mix of sci-fi and fantasy that I played. The first game I played where they killed off established characters. I remember one scene in the game in particular where you go to this town of wizards and wizard trainees and are told to continue on with your questing, then you get this urgent flash message some time later telling you to return quickly and when you return, the whole town has been massacred. Totally a "No way..." feeling, especially then when it wasn't the standard to wipe out entire towns. Gets you a little more involved than other RPG's of the same time period.

The Bad
Obviously graphics, but thats the great part of RPG's at that time. The storyline had to make up for the lack of technology.

The Bottom Line
Swept me off of my shoes back in the day...I remember playing it for days and always something new was happening. Time to scroll around and explore and gain experience, but its not entirely at your own pace as you are prompted by current events in the game...so much more proactive/reactive play than other RPG's of the same time period. I considered it pretty revolutionary and different, as a young 10 year old master of the RPG.