New old-school fantasy RPG's

MightyUnclean

Hey guys,


Are there any newly developed fantasy RPG's that harken back to the days of Ultima IV, Questron, Legacy of the Ancients, Phantasy and the like?  I looked on Steam, but there are so many $1.99 titles to choose from, I don't know where to start.


Thanks!

Scorchien

 Avadon series .. im currently trying to finish 2 before 3 gets out this month ..http://store.steampowered.com/app/233310/

Avernum series .......http://store.steampowered.com/app/208400/


Balrum is Excellent .................http://store.steampowered.com/app/424250/

Eschalon Series..........http://store.steampowered.com/app/257870/

Heroes of Steel .. very well done .............http://store.steampowered.com/app/291190/


Lords of Xulima  ... great game .......http://store.steampowered.com/app/296570/


   enjoy

MightyUnclean

Thank you!

MightyUnclean

I've been plaing Lords of Xulima for about 5 hours.  Great game so far!  It does have a true old-school feel.

cagan

wow, checked them out on steam, really great games.

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MightyUnclean

blueturtle13 said:

Scorchien said:

 Avadon series .. im currently trying to finish 2 before 3 gets out this month ..http://store.steampowered.com/app/233310/

Avernum series .......http://store.steampowered.com/app/208400/


Balrum is Excellent .................http://store.steampowered.com/app/424250/

Eschalon Series..........http://store.steampowered.com/app/257870/

Heroes of Steel .. very well done .............http://store.steampowered.com/app/291190/


Lords of Xulima  ... great game .......http://store.steampowered.com/app/296570/


   enjoy

Balrum is awesome. Can't recommend that game enough. Fun game.

Balrum does look pretty good.  Do you have to be a hardcore crafter to be successful?

MightyUnclean

I also picked up Avernum:  Escape from the Pit (at these prices, why not?) and it's excellent so far, very nice writing.

Theocritus

Seems like this is more a plug for Steam than for old school RPGs.....

MightyUnclean

Theocritus said:

Seems like this is more a plug for Steam than for old school RPGs.....

If you're looking for newly developed games in an old school style, is there a better place to go?  I didn't ask about games on Steam, I only mentioned that there were a ton on there to sort through.  Scorchien was kind enough to point out several on there that perfectly met my wants.  Do you have any suggestions, or are you just here to be critical?

Octagon7711

Grim Dawn
Path of Exile
Titan Lords
Kings and Heroes
Risen
Kingdoms of Amalur
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Drakensang
Pillars of Eternity

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Cleffy

Stardew Valley
Legend of Grimrock

MightyUnclean

Thanks for the suggestions!


I have a question about classics like Baldur's Gate.  I haven't played most of the old ones like that since release, so I forget how they played.  Are the UIs terribly clunky and out-of-date by modern standards?

Cleffy

Forgot Neverwinter Nights II. Not many played the sequel which was done by Obsidian with 3 games in the series that takes place through the sword coast. The first one is so so, but the other 2 have interesting stories.

MightyUnclean

Thanks to all these suggestions, I am not splitting evenings between Lords of Xulima and Avernum:  Escape from the Pit.  Both are excellent in their own way!  So many others I want to try now, too.

lahnmir

Scorchien said:

 Avadon series .. im currently trying to finish 2 before 3 gets out this month ..http://store.steampowered.com/app/233310/

Avernum series .......http://store.steampowered.com/app/208400/


Balrum is Excellent .................http://store.steampowered.com/app/424250/

Eschalon Series..........http://store.steampowered.com/app/257870/

Heroes of Steel .. very well done .............http://store.steampowered.com/app/291190/


Lords of Xulima  ... great game .......http://store.steampowered.com/app/296570/


   enjoy

That list is beyond excellent! I more than recommend each and every title on there. Special mention does go out to Lords of Xulima and Balrum. Combined there is 100s of hours of rock solid entertainment to be found for extremely reasonable prices.

hmmm. Might fire one of the above up again soon. Only one I don't own is Heroes of Steel, might check that one out tonight.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

Dakeru

Personally I have a weakness for RPG parodies:

Breath of Death VII
Cthulhu Saves the World
Doom & Destiny

Phry

MightyUnclean said:

Thanks for the suggestions!


I have a question about classics like Baldur's Gate.  I haven't played most of the old ones like that since release, so I forget how they played.  Are the UIs terribly clunky and out-of-date by modern standards?

Must admit my baldurs gate discs were one of my treasured possessions for quite a while, and if its the original, yes, it probably is a bit clunky now, unfortunately the 'remastered' versions had a bit of a script rewrite by people who had a bit of a controversial view on life, i won't really say more about that, but, if your thinking of getting BG on Steam, it might be a good idea to take a closer look at some of the reviews. O.o

SavageHorizon

Drakensang: The Dark Eye. 

Seriously underrated RPG because it's European. 


http://store.steampowered.com/app/12640/

cameltosis

MightyUnclean said:

Thanks for the suggestions!


I have a question about classics like Baldur's Gate.  I haven't played most of the old ones like that since release, so I forget how they played.  Are the UIs terribly clunky and out-of-date by modern standards?

My opinion comes as someone who never got into the old school CRPGs like Baldurs Gate. 

I bought Baldurs Gate 2 about a year ago. Its one of those games that everyone talks about but I somehow missed the first time round. I love the forgotten realms books so thought I should probably give it a try, especially with the remastered versions. 


The UI for BG2 certainly felt clunky to me. I only put maybe 4 hours into the game before giving up so I expect I missed out on a lot of the magic the game has to offer (well, thats pretty much guaranteed). You very quickly build up a big party of followers so combat couldn't be controlled in real-time. I was constantly pausing, cycling through characters to issue commands, unpausing, waiting 5 seconds, pausing again, repeat. 

On top of that, I seemed to get endless loot, so inventory management was a pain. This all placed a large emphasis on the UI. 


I'm sure that if I'd stuck with it longer and gotten used to the UI then I'd have been able to get to the magic of the game, but those first 4 hours were just not fun for me and I had other games to play. I try to set myself a rule of giving a game 3 hours of my time before quitting, but BG2 just couldn't capture me in that time. 


Now, as I said, I'm not into CRPGs so I can't compare the UI to other, similar games. BG2 might actually be quite good for the genre and as you already like the genre you may be alright, but as an "outsider" I didn't like it. (I work in IT for a living, building websites, so much of my day-to-day is focused on UI so I may just be overly critical!)

Razeekster

Theocritus said:

Seems like this is more a plug for Steam than for old school RPGs.....

Considering Steam is the largest distributor of digital PC games, this nitpicky comment had me going, "huh?" Most PC gamers use Steam nowadays-kinda thought that was well known.

MightyUnclean

MightyUnclean said:

Thanks to all these suggestions, I am not splitting evenings between Lords of Xulima and Avernum:  Escape from the Pit.  Both are excellent in their own way!  So many others I want to try now, too.

Ooops, I mean I am NOW splitting!

d_20

This thread is going to wind up costing me money.

Iselin

Nyctelios said:

Most of good ones already been listed so I'll add:

Divinity: Original Sin (1 and now the upcoming 2).

Incredibly well done with fantastic attention to detail. I especially like how they implemented the interactivity between elemental effects and the environment... Monsters are standing on a puddle? Zap them with lightning; you can't get at that chest on the other side of a fire? Put out the fire with a rain spell.

Top notch game.

immodium

Avernum is a great series. Made by one guy at Spiderweb Studios. It's actually a remake of Exile series which I played to death in late 90's.

Made the Avadon series of games aswell.