Ultima IV Quest of the Avatar

The player's goal is to become the Avatar, a spiritual leader who can access holy artifacts, descend into the Stygian Abyss, and access the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. To achieve this, they must uphold the Eight Virtues by making morally conscious decisions and helping others. The game does not reward behavior such as backstabbing or picking up unwanted items, but instead focuses on becoming a better person.

Gameplay involves character creation through responses to morally ambiguous questions, which assign a class and starting location for the Avatar. The player can then explore Britannia in various ways, collecting items and reaching the highest level in all virtues. Combat takes place on separate top-down screens, and characters accumulate experience points and level up.