[GenXCub]

I don't know if it's considered part of Origin's abominations (I personally hated every ultima after part 5), but one of my favorite games was and still is Privateer 2: The Darkening. It's several years old and it still beats out the graphics on most other flight combat Sims... I remember 2 years after that, wing commander prophecy came out (also by origin), but they hadn't changed much since WC 4, Privateer 2 is still a great game to sit down and play a bit.

As for Sir-Tech, I wouldn't worry about companies folding, it's the developers you have to watch, because the next project they do will have a lot of the heart of Wizardry in it. I'm still waiting for Fred Ford and Paul Reiche to do a follow up to Star Control 2 (Star Control 3 is a piece of crap, and wasn't done by them).