Put simply, this game changed what I think about storytelling in video games. Even for an RPG, the level of control and depth that Planescape extended to the character in terms of dialogue, alignment and interaction--it's something that could still hold up today. The property also makes excellent use of the D&D license by making it the first D&D based title that made me feel like the focus was on the role playing and not on the battles. Top that off with some of the best voice actors in the world and you've got, and I do not exaggerate here, my favorite game of all time. For what it's worth.
I loved this title as a kid (I knew it as "Out of this World"), but the older I get the more I realize this was just a precursor to cutscene's masquerading as gameplay. Especially when put against the far more satisfying spiritual followups "Flashback" and "Heart of Darkness" (the latter by the original creator of Another World). This game isn't a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a building block for what would become much better iterations. I would say Flashback is a 4 star game and Heart of Darkness is a 5 star title. Compared to those games this is a conceptually weighted tech demo. Cool, but lacking.
