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Vargrahim · #1 Post by **Vargrahim** » Sat May 20, 2006 3:37 pm

Any of you play some other RPGs? (like Diablo etc)

Been looking for modern dungeon crawls lately, haven't found anything. Anyone knows any?

#2 Post by **Abharsair** » Sat May 20, 2006 6:27 pm

Depends on what you mean with "modern". There's "Sacred", which isn't that old yet and is very similar to Diablo II. It would be actually a good game if the multiplayer option wouldn't be so darn buggy.

Vargrahim · #3 Post by **Vargrahim** » Sun May 21, 2006 4:04 am

I'm thinking about the original kind of Dungeon Master "1st person POV", party of four exploring a huge dungeon etc. Been playing one of those now and after a few years it feels like I can finally take on the bottom-of-the-dungeon creatures with too little effort. So, I need a new one =)

#4 Post by **Abharsair** » Sun May 21, 2006 5:28 am

Hmm, I think 1st person with a party isn't all that popular anymore. Most of the RPGs where you can play like that are already a couple of years old. To mind come "Wizardry 8" and maybe the latest "Might & Magic" games.

Vargrahim · #5 Post by **Vargrahim** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:09 am

Why are there no such games ? =(

What happend with the good old world ?

chara · #6 Post by **chara** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:40 am

It's not first person with a party, but Divine Divinity was one of my favorite RPGs. Nice story, nice gameplay!

#7 Post by **Abharsair** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:04 pm

Vargrahim wrote:Why are there no such games ? =(

What happend with the good old world ?

I guess with the rise of graphical online multiplayer games the old-fashioned RPGs with parties and 1st person perspective lost their appeal. Why would you want to have a decent story-line and character development if you can "group up and l3wt da enemy" online?

tessa · #8 Post by **tessa** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:08 am

*is a young child that doesn't really understand everything*

Are we talking about the old pen and paper types of RPGs? Or text based ones on the computer? Or something else?

Kortha · #9 Post by **Kortha** » Mon May 22, 2006 10:19 am

http://www.rinkworks.com/vault/index.cgi

Nothing fancy, but they're a lot like the old Wizardry games. (At least the first one is. I haven't tried the sequel yet.) Not exactly recent though...

This is both a feeble attempt to entertain Varaghrim and to try to explain to Tessa what we're talking about.

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tarlon · #10 Post by **tarlon** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:15 pm

For those guys who realy liked the god old dungeon master and chaos strikes back. My first computer game on the Atari ST. The page says it has a release date of 1987

http://ragingmole.com/RTC/

#11 Post by **Abharsair** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:42 pm

While I become just as nostalgic as you when looking at those links, I don't think they are what Vargrahim had in mind. I have the feeling he is looking for a modern, up-to-date equivalent of those games, and not retro-games. Unfortunately I don't know of any.

Kortha · #12 Post by **Kortha** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:46 am

This is why someone needs to hire me to make games. *nodnod*

#13 Post by **horwitz** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:04 pm

Maybe something like http://falconseye.sourceforge.net/ is what you are looking for. It's basically just a nethack clone with a nice 3d frontend.

There's a Screenshot if you wonder what it's look like:

genesis · #14 Post by **genesis** » Wed May 24, 2006 4:17 pm

Nethack is awesome.

I play Civ4.

iske · #15 Post by **iske** » Sat May 27, 2006 11:56 am

The ones I can think of aren't exactly new and if you're into those games you've probably played them already. Baldur's Gate I and II (II also has an addon but i forgot the name, lots of giants there) and Neverwinternights. I don't know about Neverwinternights but Baldur's Gate II is pretty boring in multiplayer cause the mage usually pauses the game and pulls out all his spells while the fighters just wait to get to do their next hit.

shannon · #16 Post by **shannon** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:17 pm

dungeon siege I, dungeon siege: legens of aranna (which is an addon but includes the main-program) and dungeon siege II are also nice to play in multiplayer. yet DS focuses more on action like diablo then on roleplay, still it was a lot of fun, last time i played it during a lan-party.

BG multiplayer-option is a pain in the a.. I'll never use it again.

valgor · #17 Post by **valgor** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 11:45 pm

ummm check this out.... http://www.projectoffset.com i cant wait till that is released or even beta... i will be all over that like white on rice

shannon · #18 Post by **shannon** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:20 pm

interesting graphics...

Delia · #19 Post by **Delia** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:39 am

If discussing oldies, I must recommend both Ultima Underworld games, so far, graphics aside, I haven't encountered such great atmosphere as in UW1.

But of more "recent" games, Gothic 2 was really nice, and Arx Fatalis was a nice "remake" of the old classic UW1.

#20 Post by **Abharsair** » Sat May 05, 2007 1:59 pm

I just finished playing Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, and I must say I was pleasantly surprised. I'm actually not a big fan of that Vampire/Goth stuff, but I can say it was (bugs aside) the best RPG I played since Planescape: Torment. It's also as depressing as Torment was, because Troika - the company which produced it - went out of business, and there's probably little to no chance that there'll be a sequel. Anyhow, if you are looking for a high-quality, immensely entertaining and also cheap (should be now in the bargain bins of stores) single-player RPG, check it out, because good games should be supported.