Actually NeverWinter Nights was released in 2002 so it cant count. I suppose you could count the expansion packs. Personally, with Deus Ex 2, I think it has gone to action game to be counted as an RPG <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
So you are right, there arent many real contenders on the RPG stakes. But then again, that award was for all platforms and there were some great RPG's released for console machines. For KotOR to come out first is actually an achievement.
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