dtgreene: And there are games that I think are terrible, but are for some reason quite popular:
* Ultima 7
* Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
gog2002x: Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 were awesome games...way back then. Now I keep them just to own these classics. There are too many other games to play to look back for a replay of the old, but being able to own them is quite satisfying. :)
I have a love/hate relationship with Ultima 7. Loved the exploring and the lore, hated the inventory management and the combat at times. It's also another must own game, even if I may never play it again lol.
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The biggest problems I had with Baldur's Gate and its sequel are:
* Real time with pause combat is not good; it's worse than turn based, and it's worse than full real time.
* I don't like the isometric view. Also, you can't directly control your characters; movement requires clicking on a spot and hoping that the game's pathfinding algorithm does its job, which becomes particularly obnoxious when there's traps invovled.
* BG1 keeps you at level 1 for too long, which results in the game inheriting the issues that low level AD&D has
* BG2 keeps interrupting you with side quests, often with time limits, when you're trying to do other things. (It would be better if conversations that result in side quests would only be initiated as the direct result of player actions.)
For me, Ultima 7's terrible combat is a dealbreaker for me, along with the need to manually feed your characters (forcing interaction with your inventory that would not have been necessary otherwise).
