Well that's part of what I was getting at when I mentioned that I used to play AD&D. That is role playing. Your character doesn't speak or act for you. I like a game driven by an interesting story and cool characters, but sometimes I like to really be in control, ya know?
Daggerfall had a freakin huge world. You could beat the game and explore maybe 1% of the world, though granted much of it is repeated structures and designs. Anyway, they released a lot of patches for Daggerfall that helped a ton. Though not all bugs are bad - you can raise your stats just by going to your character screen even if you haven't gained a level
though I only exploited that once for my super-monstrous magic-immune werewolf character . Arena is pretty good too, and actually there are a few things about it that are better than the second one. For one the guards yell "Stop thief!" and not a high-pitched "Hey! Hey! HEHEHEHEY!" (as they overlap Heys in large numbers).