Role-playing Game of the Year - Nominees

Baldur's Gate
Publisher: Interplay Productions
Developer: Bioware


Bioware's stats-heavy RPG did an excellent job of bringing the rules and spirit of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons to your desktop with this game set in the Forgotten Realms universe.

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Fallout 2
Publisher: Interplay Productions
Developer: Black Isle Studios


A bigger, better Fallout, this sequel to 1997's RPG of the Year was populated with more characters, more places to go, and more things to do.

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Final Fantasy VII
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
Developer: SquareSoft


The port of the best-selling PlayStation game came to the PC almost intact, with an epic and moving story, complex characters, excellent musical score, and good 3D-accelerated graphics.

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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
Publisher: 3DO
Developer: New World Computing


New World Computing's long-running RPG series returned with an enormous game world, dozens of quests, and hundreds of monsters awaiting your steel.

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Return to Krondor
Publisher: Sierra
Developer: Sierra Studios


The long-delayed sequel to 1993's acclaimed Betrayal at Krondor featured excellent graphics and an immersive story to bring Raymond Feist's fantasy world to life.

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