Hey Boron,
I understand how you can be tired of the 2D games. And from what I've read on the forums, fans of Ultima raved about Divinity: Sword of Lies (a.k.a. Divine Divinity).
If I were you, I'd get Divine Divinity and save it for when your bored and starving for a good rpg to play and pop the CD in. There is a demo of Divine Divinity you can play as well.
Also, make sure you hold down the CTRL key to target nearest monster and ALT key to show where items are. The game is old and has its limitations, but the npc interaction was something I didn't think was possible. You'll be wondering which game is better, the Divinity 1 or Ego Draconis. Right now there is a constant debate on which is the better game.
I always check out local game stores, and sadly, I haven't seen Divine Divinity in any for years. Personally, I bought it at the supermarket (Colruyt). It's sad, cause I had it, and I've been pining to play it again, but I lost the game cd in Canada. Still have both the other cd's, and the box and the manual... just not the friggin' game cd. It irks me to no end. When I was at Larian, I saw it sitting there behind the front desk thingy, and I was like... mmmmmm... /need that game cd.
Before you go checking that case, I didn't steal anything... but not grabbing it and running was quite hard :p
and about which is better - us nerds tend to romanticize the past, for nostalgia's sake... but really, they're both great games. And they can't be compared. They're obviously related, but they are different era games, with different mechanics, different graphical standards, etc. The 3d element alone pretty much renders any comparison null and void.
