Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 are great games. But it's a bit tiring to see Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance 1 and 2 never part of the discussion (Despite their sharing of names). I get it, these are dungeon loot crawlers set in the same universe and not the rich and deep RPGs many the Baldur's Gate name is known for. However, that doesn't make them any less brilliant for what they are.
Despite both titles being made for consoles and not PC, I'd go so far as to say they stand pretty close to the top in the Dungeon Loot Genre regardless of platform. Their shorter length with multiple classes lends to a lot of replay-abiliy that doesn't drag out and become unwelcome. That coupled with local Co-op lends for some great gameplay among friends that personally, still sits with me to this day. Also let's not forget the highly quotable merchant and his dwarven weapons which come all the way from the sunset mountains.
Now to explain why i'm calling out Beamdog here, they currently seem to have the most hands on with these older IPs. Between BG 1 & 2, they also have the likes of Torment, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights. So if there's any company that could go through the trouble of working with these D&D licenses and Atari, it would likely be them before anyone else. After all, once these current batch of ports are done (Which are coming to just about everything under the sun that they haven't already hit). It might be worth looking into broadening their catalog of Forgotten Realms titles. There's a whole slew of other titles that are worth a second look in this line.
Despite both titles being made for consoles and not PC, I'd go so far as to say they stand pretty close to the top in the Dungeon Loot Genre regardless of platform. Their shorter length with multiple classes lends to a lot of replay-abiliy that doesn't drag out and become unwelcome. That coupled with local Co-op lends for some great gameplay among friends that personally, still sits with me to this day. Also let's not forget the highly quotable merchant and his dwarven weapons which come all the way from the sunset mountains.
Now to explain why i'm calling out Beamdog here, they currently seem to have the most hands on with these older IPs. Between BG 1 & 2, they also have the likes of Torment, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights. So if there's any company that could go through the trouble of working with these D&D licenses and Atari, it would likely be them before anyone else. After all, once these current batch of ports are done (Which are coming to just about everything under the sun that they haven't already hit). It might be worth looking into broadening their catalog of Forgotten Realms titles. There's a whole slew of other titles that are worth a second look in this line.
