by Snorb » Sat Dec 8, '07, 3:46 pm
(Warning: References to several really old/obscure PC RPGs below. Read 'em.)
BioWare is up there on the list because of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and OBSIDIAN took KotoR and improved it with Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (wow, item creation, lightsaber forms, more Feats, and almost every character can become a Jedi! ^_^)
Also New World Computing for an obscure little gem called Planet's Edge. I've had this game since I bought it at a computer show in Raritan in 1992, and I still haven't beaten it yet.
Sierra/GameArts for the PC version of Zeliard. Hard as all hell, but I enjoy my 16-color EGA games from years that started "Nineteen eighty-/ninety-"
Hell, GameArts for Lunar Legend and Lunar DS. (Even though you couldn't choose targets in Lunar DS.)
A special "Wow, you rock" award goes to Mike Singleton and Beyond Software for the game Lords of Midnight, which is half war game, half epic Lord of the Rings-like quest. And it was made before I was born. =/
Tonkin House for the Ys series, particularly Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim, which is a really (great, hard to find) PS2 game.
And finally, Origin Systems for Ultima IV and VI. (Yes, that Ultima.)