09/08/2018 (2 of 2 found this helpful)

Of Archaic UIs and Compatibility Layer Obscura

While largely a phenomenon of the once-separate console ecosystem, the RPG Golden Age of the late ‘90s did have some effective spill-over into the world of PC gaming. The earliest PC RPGs that could be considered ‘playable’ by a gamer with modern, 21st Century sensibilities all arose during this time period, beginning with Brian Fargo’s new ‘Fallout’ IP and culminating in the Infinity Engine series of D&D-based games that put BioWare and Black Isle Studios on the map. Fairly late in the cycle, though, a group of Interplay employees became disgruntled with their corporate overlord, and left to create a new, independent development studio: Troika. Troika only lasted ~7 years, and only managed to produce 3 games during its brief lifespan, each published by a different (and increa...

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