This site is Pro Euro, even if the game is crap.
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For the record I do like the Gothic games. two worlds 1 and 2, The original Arkania games(which these guys butchered it seems), the drakensang games(even if they are very similar to NWN), Spent a ton of time on Spellforce 1 and 2. I backed LoD on kickstarter. It's weird it's like I like RPG's….strange that. I don't give them a free pass because they were made in europe…
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Seeing your list you are probably an anti Euro cow boy.
- Legend of Grimrock, best RPG of its release year.
- The Witcher 1, best RPG of its release year.
- King's Bounty The Legend, half RPG but one of the best tactical RPG ever released and much better version than original.
- The Witcher 2, good stuff, at least much better that ton of crap out there.
- Divine Divinity: With first 2/3 just among the best RPG stuff if you can bear the fights (play a magic user).
- Divinity 2 Saga: Great game, one of the rare of its time showing skills in exploration design.
- Risen 1&2: Good stuff, not at reach of Gothic 1&2+NOTR but worthy stuff (hahem I haven't yet played the 2, yeah I'm anti Euro too).
- EYE: Divine Cybermancy, flawed, but deliciously weird, special gameplay, and will mark the mind of any player that succeed play it and go above the flaws.
- Stalker series: Overall much better than similar US equivalent in area of RPG shooters.
- Venetica: Very flawed games but many good gameplay elements and unique stuff.
- Some I haven't played myself but I don't try be an educated specialist RPG player like you seem aspire to: Dark Messiah of M&M, Silent Storm series, Space Ranger series, Mount & Blade series (well aren't Turkish in CEE? or going to?),
- And more.
If there's one significant event those last ten years in PC RPG it's the grow of Europe production.