Looking for first person RPGs, hoping to dig up one I haven’t played yet! Have played Skyrim ad-nauseum, and looking for something else, or something I have forgotten about. Any you can think of that you like? Looking for stuff on PC as I have no console at the moment, thanks a ton!
Dungeon Master
In the vain of Dungeon Master with some Heroes of Might and Magic thrown in, I quite enjoyed Heroes of a Broken Land, although it is fairly basic and pointless if you are looking to experience anything beyond leveling up and dungeon crawling.
How about either of the Legend of Grimrock games?
For what it’s worth, the very first game for which I was a beta tester was Dungeon Master on the Atari ST. I think that was back during the Eisenhower administration.
Played both of the Grimrocks, thanks for the suggestion though! Haven’t heard of HBL before, downloading demo as we speak, thanks!
I wish I could find a 1st person RPG that had a class system ala final fantasy tactics. Something that would let you try a lot of different combos for class leveling…
Did you play the recent Might and Magic X - Legacy?
It has a ton of evolving/branching classes and is first person.
I haven’t Armando, I’ll check it out, thanks a ton!
Another good suggestion from Armando. He nailed it in another thread too.
Would ultimately like something that isn’t grid based, though I do like those as well. Looking for something that plays more like a FPS, but is an RPG in terms of character development etc.
I’ve actually played Wizardry 8 quite a bit, and loved it. Great game, and really simple and elegant way to handle multiple people in a party but in a first person UI. I think the last playthrough I did of that was a solo fairy dual wielding something or other lol. I went way down the Wizardry rabbit hole at one point.
How about The Witcher 3 with the first person mod? I’m not sure how well it works.
Unless Ultrazen didn’t play the Ultima UnderworldS (I hesitate to mention System Shock, as it is a bit of a different beast, but the recent windows update makes it very playable), those would go well with your suggested retro vibe.
Speaking of which, I remember loving to roll characters, but bouncing off the main game of the mid-early Might & Magic (Opus 3 to 5) series back in the day, because I thought - already!- the interface was dated back then.
I grabbed them, out of nostalgia, from GoG a couple of years ago, and totally fell in love with their wacky freeform gameplay. It justs feel like an exhilarating vast playground where you kick butts and grab stuff. There is such a pure childish joy to them, I have had a great time and they have now their little special place in my heart. What’s the reverse of rose-tinted?
I assume you’ve tried the rest of the Bethesda line-up? Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3 / 4, and Fallout: New Vegas?
What about the terrible Gothic / Risen series that some people seem to like for reasons beyond my ken? Oops, looks like they might be 3rd person.
Mount & Blade? Another series I found to be terrible but many people like.
Ultima X? Haha just kidding, it’s terrible an unsalvageable after countless community mods.
Dark Massiah of Might and Magic was good, just don’t ask for Tom’s opinion. I believe there was kicking.
There’s a little game called Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, of course.
Deus Ex? System shock? :)
One of the Borderlands series (2 probably being the best one to jump into)? It’s a FPS with guns, but has RPG development, a quest system, and loot.
I always played Fallout 3/New Vegas in first person mode, but if you’re looking for more of a shooter how about IV?
STALKER series maybe? No character progression but loot progression is great, quite a lot of choice in quests, etc.
If you’re not too particularly hung up on the classic RPG elements then I think a case for Dead Space (1 and 2) and Alien: Isolation could also be made - both feature a number of RPG elements but they are for the most part on rails with little player agency when it comes to influencing story outcome.
And how could I forget Dishonored and Bioshock games!
There’s Malevolence - an infinite procedural, Might & Magic, FPS roguelike. I played it a while ago and it was pretty rough so don’t know if it has improved any.
If you liked Skyrim, Enderal is the obvious choice.
The Gothics/Risens are almost completely 3rd person. If you want more of an FPS with skills, why not Far Cry 4? Can’t remember how the new Deus Ex handles first and third person but that’s another.
Talking old shool there is also The Quest. Grid based movement though.