Although Ultima 8: Pagan collected some bad reviews, it is impossible to argue that it's a very good game. People who criticised it did that based on the fact that it is more an adventure game than a RPG, breaking with the focus in the previous titles, and it may be so. But it is an extraordinary adventure game with touches of RPG. It develops an interesting story set in a fantasy world, not too large (Pagan is an island) but enough to have lots of places to explore, lots of secrets to discover, many enemies to fight and lots of items to experiment with. Moreover, the game has very good looks considering its age (almost twenty years by now). It was one of the first adventure-RPGs I ever played and it's, still, among my favourites. I use to replay it every year or two. If you never played it, seize the opportunity to get a 30-40h game for a meagre $6. If you like adventure-RPGs this is a definitely must play.
The Throne of Chaos is surely among the best cRPGs of all time. A game that maybe was not the best of its time when looking at graphics or sound, the story it narrates is among the best in computer videogaming history. Full of twists and surprises, it seizes the player and forces him or her to go through the whole of it and complete the game. Definitely worth buying. The second part was not nearly as good, but The Throne of Chaos is definitely worth the price.
