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To me BaK is the best RPG of all time - it really feels like a story. I just love the various descriptions the game gives for even mudane things (try using a door while you are standing in the doorway )

The skill system is awesome, and the characters are extremely well-developed. Also, I like the idea that you can loot all the stuff your opponents were carrying and the fact that perhaps until very late in the game your characters aren't all-powerful killing machines (remember the fight with the six Moredhel mages?).
Also, even the most insignificant enemies are given some character in the pre-battle texts.
Theres many, many nice little details in the game that help bring it alive, make it into a living, changing world - like the drunken mercenaries at the taverns, the various ancient, rusted weapons lying forgotted in piles of dirt, the atmospheric music, the ability to play your Lute in the inn (and hear the music you're playing) and of course the wonderful dialogue and descriptions.

All in all, this game shows something most modern RPGs lack - a good plot and good storytelling. It has substance, gameplay, feeling - not just graphics and the ability to make a demigod character and massacre hordes of bland, stupid enemies.

And yeah, the sequel is crap. In a good part this is due to the fact that Feist didn't write the text for it.