Really Obscure RPGs

[Iznaliu]

If I'm thinking of the right game, this is often cited as one of the worst RPGs of all time.

There's presumably good reasons why some of these games are obscure (though others were presumably just unlucky).

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Brady Skalsomething

Brany Skeldadu, mayhap?

 

[Lord_Potato]

Ok, maybe I'm scrapping the bottom of the barrel here, but here goes another pack of games obscure as it gets:

Borderzone - postapo, single character or party of up to 5

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Heath, the Unchosen Path - obviously a Diablo clone. Or is it?

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Legend: Hand of God - another hack & slash

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Neverend - western take on Final Fantasy style game

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Requital - a Russian witcher/Russian shovelware

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[ERYFKRAD]

Eh Lord_Potato this thread might interest you http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...state-of-russian-rpgs-with-screenshots.54777/

 

[Lord_Potato]

Eh Lord_Potato this thread might interest you http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...state-of-russian-rpgs-with-screenshots.54777/

Wow, some harsh reviews there

 

[Reinhardt]

Borderzone - postapo, single character or party of up to 5

Shit. I don't even remember why. Just that it's shit.

 

[fantadomat]

White Gold: War in Paradise/XENUS 2 it feels like some rpg fucked GTA and this popped up.
https://games.gamepressure.com/game.asp?ID=11381&GID=7429

The Precursors another one from the same rus devs.
www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/really-obscure-rpgs.119370/page-4

The games are not that bad,they could be nice time wasters.

 

[mondblut]

If what you're looking for is a good, obscure RPG in a nice setting then you should try Jewel of Arabia : Dreamers. It takes place in an Arabian Nights setting, focuses on exploration first and foremost, in a fully open world or so, and has everything you could expect such as party creation and turn-based combat. It uses a keyboard-based dialog system and in particular you'll hunt keywords to get quests...
The full game is long, with a big world to explore and there are definitely some cool moments, for example you can enter the story of a storyteller. The game makes good use of the setting, it never steps aside from it, there are many (mechanical as narrative) little things here and there that I won't spoil and the main story is nice.
The class system is cool, they're not classic. Besides they are a couple of actually strong items to look for (according new spell levels and reducing MP consumption for some level of magic and such).
The game is not perfect, there are some boring quests, combat is above average but it's not excellent ; exploration is great though, and you can probably do most things in any order provided you're strong enough. Overall it's a very good game.
You need an old mac emulator to play it. Just play the shareware version, then if you like it as much as I did then look for an activation code and go on, the game is big, in particular although I completed it I only got the 4 first levels of spells over 7 (you get these via items) so there are certainly many things, quests especially, I haven't solved.

Looks a carbon copy of Realmz, down to the font.

Would, if had a pc port, but probably not worth the hassle with mac emulation.

 

[mondblut]

Der Druidenzirkel, some shitty attic RPG/adventure.

It's the infamous Druid: Daemons of the mind, one of the nails in Sir-Tech coffin.

 

[mondblut]

Almost forgot.

26. Hiouden - Maou Tachi tono Chikai II

This gives off a Celtic Tales vibe. Any human tongue versions? Or is that in truth as bad as JRPGs are supposed to be?

 

[mondblut]

Brady Skalsomething

Brany Skeldadu, mayhap?

That one is pretty good. 7 mages is basically its sequel, as I understand.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Almost forgot.

26. Hiouden - Maou Tachi tono Chikai II

This gives off a Celtic Tales vibe. Any human tongue versions? Or is that in truth as bad as JRPGs are supposed to be?

The first game is available in English (only for SNES iirc), but I didn't get around to playing it yet.
The one I linked is only available in Japanese or Chinese from what I've managed to find and I didn't get very far because of that.

What's really impressive is that the interface can be moved and rearranged in any desired way (keep in mind it's a DOS game), which is a nice touch.

 

[Baron Dupek]

What about Hammer&Sickles? Does that count too? Being a spy behind enemy lines in Cold War (?) was nice yet people forgot about it.

Brady Skalsomething

Brany Skeldadu, mayhap?

That one is pretty good. 7 mages is basically its sequel, as I understand.

Gates of Skeldal / Brany Skeldalu - yep, that one.

And forgot about Deep Shadows' games, but they're not that good, only Boiling Point - Road to Hell might have some interesting parts but that's it.
On the contrary - I rather play them and not Skyrim or any Bethesda trash. Because Beth crap have no redeeming or interesting parts whatsoever so whatever.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Another obscure shitgame that was added to a potato gaming mag once is Dispel. It's a Korean (I think?) Diablo clone. All I remember about it is that it wasn't very good and that it had a gamebreaking bug when you met some kind of Obi Wan Kenobi lookalike.

^ that fucking Napoleon painting, what the hell

 

[Jasede]

What about Hammer&Sickles? Does that count too? Being a spy behind enemy lines in Cold War (?) was nice yet people forgot about it.

Brady Skalsomething

Brany Skeldadu, mayhap?

That one is pretty good. 7 mages is basically its sequel, as I understand.

Gates of Skeldal / Brany Skeldalu - yep, that one.

And forgot about Deep Shadows' games, but they're not that good, only Boiling Point - Road to Hell might have some interesting parts but that's it.
On the contrary - I rather play them and not Skyrim or any Bethesda trash. Because Beth crap have no redeeming or interesting parts whatsoever so whatever.

It would ordinarily count but, fapfap, due to our highly monocle nature it's a game most of us here know. (Hammer&Sickle)

 

[V_K]

Well, first, let me finally shamelessly plug the obscure indies thread - it doesn't get more obscure than that! Hope I'll get to updating it sometime this year.

Second, some obscure non-indies that weren't mentioned yet:

Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern
A decent-ish RPG/(Action-)Adventure aside from the clunky early 2000s camera.

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Clans
Bascially, same shit as Dragonfire: Well of Souls only on smaller scale and somewhat less shitty (not by much).

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Magic and Mayhem
I might be wrong on the obscurity of that one - it's a Julian Gollop game after all - but I don't see it being talked about all that much here. It's a nice wizard duels style RPG/RTS hybrid with great level design and tons of charm.

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Runesword 2
A Realmz-like RPG construction kit. Came with a short introductory adventure, and had a few decent (but equally short) fan-made modules. Had a nice magic system where both your party and opponents had to rely on the same pool of runes to cast spells.
It went open-source some years later, but right now I don't know whether it's still being maintained, or even whether you can download a working version anywhere.

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[CryptRat]

I guess then you can also play New centurions, although I haven't yet myself.

I may be blind, but is there any download link on that website, I can only find the Realmz demo

I linked to the site for the description, you're not blind or so am I.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Another obscure shitgame that was added to a potato gaming mag once is Dispel. It's a Korean (I think?) Diablo clone. All I remember about it is that it wasn't very good and that it had a gamebreaking bug when you met some kind of Obi Wan Kenobi lookalike.

^ that fucking Napoleon painting, what the hell

This room must be the pinnacle of art design! And interior decoration.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Eh Lord_Potato this thread might interest you http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...state-of-russian-rpgs-with-screenshots.54777/

Of the ones mentioned there, I decided to try out Spells of Gold and Beltion. Not that it's easy to find them

 

[fantadomat]

Eh Lord_Potato this thread might interest you http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...state-of-russian-rpgs-with-screenshots.54777/

Of the ones mentioned there, I decided to try out Spells of Gold and Beltion. Not that it's easy to find them

If you need help for spells of gold tell me .

 

[ghostdog]

Well I think, Prelude to Darkness hasn't yet been mentioned and it's probably by far the best of the games that have been mentioned here. I suppose since it has its own forum here it's not that obscure in the codex, but still, it should be mentioned as a hidden gem that almost no one knows outside the codex.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Eh Lord_Potato this thread might interest you http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...state-of-russian-rpgs-with-screenshots.54777/

Of the ones mentioned there, I decided to try out Spells of Gold and Beltion. Not that it's easy to find them

If you need help for spells of gold tell me .

I managed to trace Spells of Gold, but thanks for help

Well I think, Prelude to Darkness hasn't yet been mentioned and it's probably by far the best of the games that have been mentioned here. I suppose since it has its own forum here it's not that obscure in the codex, but still, it should be mentioned as a hidden gem that almost no one knows outside the codex.

Yeah, I did not consider Prelude to Darkness obscure. It's worthy of mention and reccomendation though. Although maybe not the final version of the game, but rather the one before - less buggy...

 

[V_K]

Spells of Gold reminded me of another Eastern European export:

Gods: Lands of Infinity
Surprisingly for a 2007 game, it's a turn-based blobber with elements of economic strategy and booooobs. Not bad combat, but level design is rather uninspired. Peculiarly, being mechanically a dungeon crawler, like all blobbers, this one doesn't have a single dungeon in literal sense, nor any other indoor locations.

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[fantadomat]

Spells of Gold reminded me of another Eastern European export:

Gods: Lands of Infinity
Surprisingly for a 2007 game, it's a turn-based blobber with elements of economic strategy and booooobs. Not bad combat, but level design is rather uninspired. Peculiarly, being mechanically a dungeon crawler, like all blobbers, this one doesn't have a single dungeon in literal sense, nor any other indoor locations.

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And this reminds me of "Hard to be a god" . It is pretty ok rpg.

 

[Fowyr]

I played only Blind Justice and Paradise Cracked from all mentioned games. PtD and Grimoire are not obscure indeed, at least in the enlightened halls of RPG Codex.

Some games are not really obscure, just obscure or even obscurish.


First part was closer to King's Bounty, but second is DM clone

Moraff's Revenge

Don't Go Alone, finished it, fair and square. One of the most retarded endings for the dungeon crawler ever. Dungeon just resets.

The Walls of Bratock

Psionics. Short and fun game.

Spellcraft: Aspects of Valour
Great, but pretty repetitive game. Fun magic system.

Xenomorph. Great ideas, sometimes not so great implementation.

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/xenomorph.110407/

Federation Quest, Spacewrecked, B.S.S Jane Seymour. Three names, one game with great ideas and options. Destroy floors, make your own robots, repair ship systems... Evade atrocious user interface and overall mediocrity.

Ancients

Infernal Tome

Ruins of Cawdor
Many know about and played Shadow of Yserbius and Fates of Twinion, but these games had third part, recently finally made playable offline.

Revolt of Don's Knigths

If you will check this site you will will find a lot of obscure games.