Phantasy Star II: Nei's Adventure

Has some of the best writing to be found in these little mini-adventures, but as a game it's pretty lacking. There's very little direction given at any point in the game short of when it closes paths off behind you, so there's a lot of aimless wandering around and experimenting with items and the LOOK command. There's also a lot of puzzles where the solution isn't telegraphed at all - by which I mean you may have solved a puzzle with consequences elsewhere in the world, and not be told that anything has changed. It's pretty frustrating, since if it was a smoother playing experience the story here could have evoked some genuine emotion. A huge portion of the writing hammers home how much it just absolutely sucked to be Nei prior to the events of PSII.