Westwood Studios for me, the Lands of Lore games were the shit back in the day, the third one was experimental and not the strongest installment, but it did a few things that late RPGs would follow. And the Command & Conquer series speaks for itself.
Really though, it's beyond saddening to see a collection of legends like that in one picture, while seeing the stuff that studios pump out today and sell to children. There was certainly poor fare presented even in the 90s and early 2000s, but I dare say that the average game today is much weaker than the average game back then, relatively speaking it has become much easier and accessible to make games, and with the breadth of demographics and the sheer size of the industry, there's too much room for hacks and peddlers of poorly made slop.







