Thank you all for your responses. Judging from all the positive things people say about W&W I guess it's about time for me to go out and get myself a copy (as soon as finals are over. Grrrr). I'm just praying that W&W functions on my computer unlike some of the unfortunate people on this board...
About Bradley... Well one of the reasons why I like him is because of all the stats/skills/races he lets you play with when you build your party. Granted the over-all story involves get this Artifact (Cosmic Forge, Astral Dominae, Mavin Sword) and defeat this pure incarnation of evil (the two vampires at the end of Bane (sorry I forgot who they were, it's been a while , and I dunno but even after I finished Bane I never got the sense that they were evil despite the fact that they had done some pretty evil things, the Forge just did such a good job of screwing up their lives I couldn't help myself feel a bit of pity for them. I think the female vampire was actually a 14 year old girl still...name began with an R...), go after the Dark Savant, kill Cet), along the way there he just provides you with so many interesting characters/races to interact with and choose sides from (yeah these often did involve the much hated Fed-Ex quest, but they were still fun), and then there were all sorts of dungeons to explore (I still love a good dungeon crawl every now and there where the goal is to kill things and get loot).
About Sea Dogs... It's pretty similar to Daggerfall from what I could tell. Your 'stats' (more like those of your ship) are determined by who you hire to man them. You have the option of siding with France, England, Spain, or just be a free-lancing pirate and there's also some kind of reputation system involved (like in Daggerfall). If you ally with England, Spain isn't going to be too happy with you. Non-linear gameplay is what I'm looking forward to.
About Morrowind... As much as I'd love to get my greedy little paws on that game it isn't coming out until 2001 (and I believe at least the 2nd half *prays so that it doesn't get delayed*). I have a very very bad feeling my TNT isn't going to be too happy when I attempt to load Morrowind... *sigh* Time to get a new video card...
Diablo 2... Well there's a certain 'zombie-like mindlessness' to it which makes it so addictive (having no jumping puzzles is also a big plus). Click click click click click... I really don't want to think how many hours I've spent clicking away. Customizable stats and skills help too (though far more simple than W&W it still is fun). And I think one thing Diablo 2 does far better than W&W is the random treasure generation system (I swear part of the reason why I play is to get that uber-equipment set-up for my chars). It's also got quite a nice story IMO (couldn't help sympathizing with the Dark Wanderer and his doomed-to-fail attempts to retain his humanity).
Thank you again for all those responses.
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