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. Read the review 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. Read the review 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. Read the review Download the demo 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. Read the review 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. Read the review
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