As the title implies I played Betrayal at Krondor back when it first released. In fact, the game brought to my attention the book series from which it is based; The Riftwar Saga, which I also thoroughly enjoyed. The graphics, while dated, are still good enough to immerse yourself in. The point of view is similar to the dungeon crawlers of the day. That of your party's either first person view or overhead map view. The story is what keeps you interested even on subsequent playthroughs. You can miss huge chunks of the story if you simply run to the finish without exploring and wow is there a lot of exploring to be done even in the first Chapter! So take heed, don't just run to Krondor go explore every location you can and build up your skills. This logic applies to all chapters and if you are clever you can stash items of use that you can later come to with a different group of characters to help them out. Return to Krondor improved the graphics portion of the series. Originally Return was supposed to be Betrayal at Antara but licensing issues arose as they often do. Return was released at the end of the 90's and featured a robust storyline as well. I've only played Betrayal at Antara through once or twice but it is a solid title and definitely has a great story and the system and graphics are improved over Krondor the first. So give it a go! You won't regret it. And if you've played these long ago you will wile away even more hours on it again.
