37. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC)
Ahhh... this takes me back to when I still clung to some small hope for the Star Wars franchise. Sure, Attack of the Clones wasn't long out, and it had somehow managed to be even worse (like, waaaay worse) than its B-movie name would suggest. But when Bioware dropped this bad boy, it was easy to pretend - if only for a little while - that all might still be right in a galaxy far, far away. Just as they had previously done with Forgotten Realms, Bioware showed a remarkable deftness at handling someone else's well established IP. Knights of the Old Republic feels like Star Wars in a way that none of the prequels did. That's even an even more impressive feat when you consider that this is a true RPG, one in which your choices have a profound impact on the world (and culminate in the MOTHER of all plot twists). And who can doubt that HK-47 is the greatest thing to happen to the Star Wars universe since Return of the Jedi (or at least since the Thrawn Trilogy)? Sadly, like George Lucas before them, Bioware has been seduced by the dark side. They were last seen hard at work debasing the KOTOR sub-franchise with a fucking shitty MMO. /wrists
