Dominions II - Low Budget and Overpriced? I think not.

[Karacan]

BaK still is freely (and legally) avaiable out there.

It stands out not exactly due to technology or elegance of implementation (while I still think the combat system very clever and well done, apart from the fact that it gets too easy once you got mass freezing spells - or too hard, once your opponents do -, there's a lot of things I really hate about it... chests and traps mostly), but primarily due to the great storytelling.

It's much more of an interactive story with a lot of interesting things happening to various interesting characters you control. Unfortunately, it's bloody hard to get to run, and if you do, there's a high chance that it'll crash at the end of the chapter where you venture into the Elven Hold...

Definitely a "you could still play it today" game, though.