I'll go with Planescape Torment. It's a great story about a man who is immortal and seeks to find his sould, wherefore to become mortal again

Hands down for just me it'd be Wizardry 8 as it's game world is unique and doesn't feel too linear and the stat system and classes don't feel so heavily borrowed just off of D&D. The races also feel freshly original and the tactical aspect really is challenging in a fun way. The incorporation of light sci-fi elements in such a smooth way also isn't something you get to see everyday!

Planescape: Torment for me as well. And Dragon Quest for series.

Divinity Original Sin 2.

The story / plot. The Characters. The soundtrack. The graphics. The UI. The voices were ENGLISH! I have played it through twice now, and at the end of the second one, I had to stop myself just starting again. Simple, enchanting, relaxing pleasure.

Geralt, I should thank you for starting this thread. I just read through your other one on "abominations". I almost put this game in there because it spoils you for all other games, seeing what is possible and what can be achieved. (I said as much a while ago here in the main forum and on the sub forum).

A close second would be HoMM3 and 5 because I spent so many hours on them once I found the "Maps for Heroes" site and the hundred on fan made maps there, some of them truly outstanding.

My favorite fantasy game is the Legend of Heroes series. But I can't isolate one game in it, since they are all tied together, and each game is an important piece of the overall tapestry that the series as a whole creates when all the games in it are considered together. The story and plot and characters are D:OS 2 are actually quite bad. The plot is incredibly cliche and generic and brings nothing new whatsoever to the table that hasn't already been done millions of times before. And the characters barely get any development throughout the whole game.

Fantasy General 96'. Haven't completed it yet but its the most rounded game. I may have spent a lot of time on Baldurs Gate 1 and Diablo 2 but but somehow FG is a personal favourite despite the old system and repetitiveness.

Suikoden 1 and 2. There's something amazing in the fact that you gather 108 heroes (including yourself) to gain freedom for your own people and kingdom. In many RPGs the story felt claustrophobic was with how everyone always focused on the only one character as if he/she can fix a world sized problem with fetch missions.