Windows Ultima nuts and others who like old-school RPG's, try Eschalon (60MB demo)

Luukas · 24 Nov 2007

Turn/stat-based exploration madness in glorious 2D isometric worlds.

http://basiliskgames.com/book1.htm

Eschalon: Book I is a classic role-playing game experience that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who - or what - you are.

A tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined. Strategy is paramount to success; careful skill management, equipment selection and magic usage will win your fights, not rapid button clicking. We are very pleased to say this is not another "action RPG".

Hundreds of items and dozens of creatures await your discovery. A combination of randomly generated treasure and carefully hidden goodies means that no two games will play the exact same way.

Unlimited character development style: Choose from 24 unique skills to make the character you want and 8 base attributes that affect your character's every action throughout the game. The game world does not scale or adjust itself to match anyone's play style, so the ease or difficulty of the game is directly related to how successful you are at developing your character.

Combat plays out at your pace. Eschalon: Book I features a turn-based system that allows you to roll through combat as fast or slow you want...make it fast and furious, or analyze every option for maximum advantage.

A non-linear storyline means that the game world is open to explore as you desire. Follow the storyline or don't...it's up to you. Just be careful where you go and who you choose to trust- the world of Eschalon can be a deadly place for an inexperienced adventurer.

An epic adventure that you must face alone...a single-player RPG carefully designed to feel like the great old school RPGs of the past such as Ultima®, Might & Magic®, and Wizardry®.
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System Requirements: Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP or Vista
1.8 GHz processor // 256 MB RAM (512 recommended) // 3D accelerated graphics card
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It's not perfect, but you should get ~15 hours or more gameplay out of the full version. Joe, you should review this gem amongst indie games.

Woodstock · 24 Nov 2007

hmmm i give the demo a whirl, looks like there is plans for linux native port which would make me more tempted to buy it

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