Yes the controls can be horrible but that did nothing from making this one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time. Also animals don’t always listen, not sure if that was intentional or not but it felt like it was part of the story to me. The story and the music and the graphics were all stunning.

There plenty of little things you could criticize this game for, however it was a staple for me during my formative years of gaming as a child. The music, the colors, the spells and weapons, the personality of each level. The maps of the levels are non-linear in many ways with a lot of freedom to move. I loved going into this as a hero on an adventure and I still love to hop back in 30 plus years later. Also I still have this music stuck in my head after all this time.

There were moments where I just wanted this game to end. No more looting, no more killing, no more dying, no more twists in the story but it didn’t and at the end I was so glad it didn’t let up and somehow I want to keep replaying it over and over.