First of all: thanks a lot for your great book, Matt! Your articles and your book gave me the motivation to play a couple more RPGs, which are now among my all-time favourites.
Wizardry 6, 7 & 8
I just have to mention the Dark Savant trilogy first. Wizardry 6 was the first RPG I ever played. When measured against the standards of the other two games of the trilogy, there are a couple of usability annoyances in Wizardry 6, which have prevented me multiple times from replaying it (i.e., you have to search for items everywhere since you can't see them on the screen -- interestingly, it didn't bother me at all at the time it was released). Nevertheless, this game was HUGE and very impressive. I will always love it and it's the primary reason why I became an RPG fan. Wizardry 7 and 8 are much more playable by today's standards.
@Matt: why didn't you include Wizardry 8 in your book? It was mentioned in your articles, but not in the book...
Planescape: Torment and Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
I played them after reading Matt's book and I love them all. Similar to the Dark Savant trilogy, they were worth every minute I played them -- this is a HUGE compliment since these games took me many weeks to finish!
Ultima Underworld 1 & 2
I also liked them very much at the time they were released.
First of all: thanks a lot for your great book, Matt! Your articles and your book gave me the motivation to play a couple more RPGs, which are now among my all-time favourites.
Wizardry 6, 7 & 8
I just have to mention the Dark Savant trilogy first. Wizardry 6 was the first RPG I ever played. When measured against the standards of the other two games of the trilogy, there are a couple of usability annoyances in Wizardry 6, which have prevented me multiple times from replaying it (i.e., you have to search for items everywhere since you can't see them on the screen -- interestingly, it didn't bother me at all at the time it was released). Nevertheless, this game was HUGE and very impressive. I will always love it and it's the primary reason why I became an RPG fan. Wizardry 7 and 8 are much more playable by today's standards.
@Matt: why didn't you include Wizardry 8 in your book? It was mentioned in your articles, but not in the book...
Planescape: Torment and Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
I played them after reading Matt's book and I love them all. Similar to the Dark Savant trilogy, they were worth every minute I played them -- this is a HUGE compliment since these games took me many weeks to finish!
Ultima Underworld 1 & 2
I also liked them very much at the time they were released.