This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'indie, rpg' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/indie/rpg/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'indie, rpg' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'indie, rpg' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/indie/rpg/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us The Universal
]]> 21 Aug 2007 06:46:40 Kamyran's Eye 2
]]> 25 Aug 2007 01:31:15 PlaneShift PlaneShift is a cross-platform, open source, and free MMORPG in development.

PlaneShift is has a classic medieval fantasy setting, with a slight twist. Instead of a generic planet, the game is set inside a gigantic stalactite named Yliakum, divided into eight levels, of which the lower two are flooded.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 02:44:47 Doom Roguelike DoomRL is based on the world from id Software's(tm) game Doom(tm). You're the sole surviving marine from a squad sent to investigate a distress call from the moonbase of Phobos. It turns out that all hell has broken loose on the plant... literally.

Your quest in DoomRL is to descend into the moonbase complex, find the source of this evil outbreak, and destroy it at all costs.

Unlike many other roguelikes, DoomRL is intended to be simple and easy to get into. To that end, there is a limited inventory, maps of the size of one screen, and one item per tile. The number of keys you need to remember is also quite small compared to many other games.
]]> 03 Mar 2007 08:05:39 CastlevaniaRL: Serenade Of Chaos
]]> 14 Aug 2007 11:52:53 Bedlam
]]> 09 Sep 2007 05:06:58 The Desolate Room
]]> 24 Aug 2007 10:53:27 Tabletop Network
]]> 31 Aug 2007 06:13:34 Last Scenario Last Scenario is a game made using the popular RPGMaker XP that could possibly rival Aveyond's level of professionalism, perhaps even surpass it. Tiles, music and sound effects are standard material that is included with the package, but most of the character portraits, sprites and backgrounds seen in this release were created by the developer.

The C key is used for most interactions and menu selections. Press the X key to access the inventory screen or to cancel any choices. A medium length RPG with over a thousand rooms, side quests, a unique spellcard system and even a collectible board game, it's quite unlikely that any fan would complete this production in a couple of sittings

(from Indy Gamer)
]]> 26 Jun 2007 12:16:14 Age of Time "Barbie horse adventure" is a fair description. Except you can kill the horses. And other people. And arrest people and beat them while they are in jail. And blow them up with dynamite.

It's a persistent online fantasy action game.
]]> 10 Oct 2006 02:52:07 Mr. Robot Asimov is a lowly service mechanoid aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. Carrying hundreds of frozen human colonists to a new world. When the Eidolon's computer brain malfunctions, it falls to Asimov to undertake a perilous journey through the bowels of the massive ship to save his robot friends and the precious human cargo. Solve puzzles. Overcome obstacles. Hack hostile networks. Evade crazed robots. Save the mission.
]]> 14 Nov 2006 04:37:13 UnEarthed Gods Why have you disturbed us,
What type of creature are you,
Where are you searching with your life,
Seeking power, lust, truth, nothing,

These we can give,
You who tread where forgotten gods sleep,
We ask for but a trifle,

Open the gate



UnEarthed Gods is a PC Role Playing Game being developed by Clint Brewer. If you would like to know more about Unearthed Gods or UnEarthed Games, send questions to Clint, or comment here.

To be notified when the game is available: Take a potato, cut it in half and insert a small piece of garlic in one half(it's important the piece is small...but not too small!), bind this in animal skin and bury it on an open hillock facing south.

The down and dirty:
This has been in development in a while. There is still a good deal of work to do to finish this and I'm reevaluating how I can best do this. Right now I'm planning on a more focused version. Focusing on the action of hand to hand weapons combat, and less on the magic casting and deep role playing aspect. There will still be magic but not the more complex type I have been planning for. Any feedback you can give me about what you think given the little you've seen will help me direct the future development. Your comments are most appreciated!

Thanks for taking a look!

-clint
]]> 22 Nov 2006 04:16:26 Aveyond Aveyond is an independent RPG in the style of the classic 16-bit console RPG adventures like the best selling "Final Fantasy" series and "The Secret of Mana."

Rhen Darzon's life in her quiet village has been peaceful and uneventful until the day a mysterious priestess, barely alive, comes to her for aid. Within hours, Rhen becomes captured by the evil forces that had attacked the priestess, and she slowly becomes aware that her life has never been what it seems. She discovers powerful magical powers within herself, coupled with a dark destiny that she must choose. As the "chosen one," she and her companions must face the powerful demon Ahriman bent on destroying the land.

Aveyond is a thrilling fantasy role-playing game with tons of secrets, items, spells, vast dungeons, monsters, mysteries, and quests! It features beautiful 2D graphics, an epic story, and a completely original musical score. Boasting over 50 hours of gameplay, 60 quests, and hundreds of locations across five large islands, Aveyond offers MANY MANY hours of exciting adventure!
]]> 22 Nov 2006 11:52:04 Cute Knight A young woman seeks her destiny, and the truth about her past in this roleplaying game from Hanako Games. Beneath the city lurks a deadly dungeon full of perils and treasure. But most of the action and tough decisions take place when the young woman is in and around town, trying to find her place in this life and unravel the mystery of her past. Find romance, find a job to pay for fighting lessons, or spend time as a street musician learning your trade and playing for tips. This is not your traditional dungeon - delving, dragon-slaying tale! It's something of "The Sims" meets "Princess Maker" meets "Dungeons and Dragons".

Everyday decisions such as where to work, what to learn in school, or how to handle one's social life has an effect not only upon your short-term wealth and well-being, but has long-standing ramifications in what your character will eventually become as she reaches full adulthood.

There are over 50 possible endings, from warrior to barmaid to princess and plenty in-between. The dungeon beneath the city, and events that occur during the game, and the items that can be found are all different every time you play. This is a game that is designed with replayability in mind, so there is plenty of fun and excitement to be had.
]]> 23 Nov 2006 12:18:33 Empires and Dungeons Would you like continent-spanning battles of great armies, or delving through forbidden dungeons looking for treasure? If you have trouble choosing between the two (and hey, who doesn't?), Empires & Dungeons may be the game for you!

Empires And Dungeons is a simple, fast-playing hybrid of strategy and role-playing. You are a medieval lord in a fantasy kingdom battling against rivals for control of the throne. You must hunt resources, upgrade your castle, raise an army, and battle armies in a quick-paced strategy game.

There are also randomly-generated dungeons to explore, loaded with magical artifacts to aid you and vast treasures to finance your campaign. Battle fierce monsters, and gain experience, honor, and quest items needed to vanquish your rivals and take the throne!

Empires & Dungeons is fast, easy to learn, addictive, and most of all fun! Download the free trial tonight and conquer your own empire!
]]> 23 Nov 2006 12:28:28 Kingdom Elemental Kingdom Elemental is a light-hearted and comical real time tactics game with serious game play. Set in a fantasy setting Kingdom Elemental takes core game play elements from RTS, tactics and RPG games and combines them into a game that is easy to play without investing most of your real life. Kingdom Elemental features an unlimited number of possible tactics by pitting combinations of your ten hero units and their unique abilities against waves after waves of enemies ranging from the lowly kobold to the mighty minotaur.

Kingdom Elemental combines the popular fantasy, strategy, tactics and RPG genres into a compact gameplay package. It is easy to pick up and play and has a simple 2d interface to get users involved in the 3d action.
]]> 23 Nov 2006 12:34:44 Styrateg Are you in the mood for some great turn-based strategy? Or a fantasy quest that cuts straight to the tactical combat? Styrateg combines simple yet compelling turn-based strategy with traditional roleplaying-game elements to create an easy-to-learn, fast-playing adventure!

Your odyssey begins when you receive a letter from your old friend, Gregorius, now a prior in the western march. Evil is pouring over the border and the kingdom's armies are being overrun. He begs you to defend the kingdom with your unique powers and martial skill. Before long, you will amass a small army of your own to protect the kingdom and strike back at the heart of the invading darkness!

Styrateg allows you to play one of several characters with their individual special abilities. As you undertake several quests your character will gain experience, levels, magical items, and new powers. You will also gain new and unusual troops to command as you do battle with ferocious enemy forces. The turn-based gameplay allows you to take your time with your moves, but the pace remains brisk and exciting.
]]> 23 Nov 2006 03:30:32 Dragon's Blood: The Rise of Vanir Dragon's Blood: The Rise if Vanir is a single player RPG in an island based world. You play Vanir, a dragon rider, and with your dragon counterpart, you journey on a quest to thwart evil.(cliche?) DB(for short) is the first game in development by Twilight Glow Studios, and is slated for release in 2008-2009.
]]> 30 Dec 2006 05:01:30 Morning's Wrath Morning's Wrath is a Classic Adventure / RPG fusion. It combines rich story and puzzles with intense melee and spell-casting combat.

Assume the role of Princess Morning of the Leowyn Kingdom and guide her on a quest to master the ways of magic and save her kingdom from invasion.
]]> 30 Dec 2006 08:25:10 Sword of Jade Sword of Jade is a full-length RPG which took over six years to complete. It's a story of those who choose not to give up on their dreams, and those who do, and the epic struggle for the world that the two groups engage in.
]]> 28 Jan 2007 03:11:25 Boundless Ocean You can feel your knees weaken as you see two soldiers walking to your doorsteps. You watch them anxiously through the window as they grew closer, wishing that it is not as you imagined. You open the door before the soldiers got the chance to knock. You greet them with a nervous glance as if asking for confirmation of your suspicion. One of the soldier doffed his helmet, and your suspicion is confirmed. And then everything goes black.

Boundless Ocean is a short (5-7 hours) console-style RPG with an emphasis on exploration. It was designed by Orchard-L and created in the Ohrrpgce.
]]> 31 Jan 2007 04:00:18 Purgatory It happened during class. Everything started trembling and shaking. An earthquake? You think that's what it was. There wasn't even chance to panic; the floor collapsed, the darkness swallowing you and your classmates.

Purgatory was designed by Orchard-L and made in the Ohrrpgce engine.
]]> 31 Jan 2007 04:16:24 Harlock and Rinku's Game which Includes Bill's Never Go West Who is Bill? And, why doesn't he want you to go west!? This game was created in less than 48 hours for a contest, and is based on a dream. It uses a multiple choice storytelling format, although there are a few limited RPG-style battles. There are five different discomforting endings.
]]> 31 Jan 2007 04:39:10 And& This simple game was created in 24 hours for a 48-hour Ohrrpgce contest. A mysterious girl loses her memories and has to gain experience points to get them back. All the player does is fight monsters and gain levels, but it has refined those into an end in themselves. Is this a statement on the typical RPG?
]]> 31 Jan 2007 04:51:32 Wingedmene: Part One If you're familiar with the early NES and SNES Final Fantasy games, Wingedmene plays and feels like those. Like those, it has a high level of difficulty; it's designed for people very familiar with 2D console RPGs, and if you've never played any of those you should probably leave this game alone.

The game is incomplete, but it's more than a quarter finished, and has about 15 hours of gameplay.
]]> 31 Jan 2007 05:29:38 Detelamane: Legacy of Scars If you have an affinity towards SNES styled role players, I invite you to give this a whirl. If you happen to be one of those pixel hating bigots, then I suggest you leave.
]]> 04 Feb 2007 12:01:06 The Broken Hourglass The Broken Hourglass is a single-player CRPG set in the Byzantine realm of the Tolmiran Empire. Your character must join forces to thwart an apocalyptic plot being hatched in Mal Nassrin, fading jewel of Tolmira's Narimir province.
]]> 05 Feb 2007 11:36:27 Freedroid Freedroid is a clone of the classic game
"Paradroid" on Commodore 64 with some improvements and extensions to
the classic version.

In this game, you control a robot, depicted by a small white ball with
a few numbers within an interstellar spaceship consisting of several
decks connected by elevators.

The aim of the game is to destroy all enemy robots, depicted by small
black balls with a few numbers, by either shooting them or seizing
control over them by creating connections in a short subgame of
electric circuits.
]]> 12 Feb 2007 04:38:29 Forgotten Legends Forgotten Legends is a new MMORPG using the Multiverse engine.

There are a vast number of design features in Forgotten Legends that make our game different to others. The main difference is the way players level and the way the combat system works. Players will be able to attain higher levels of skill and power without the grind that occurs in the majority of other MMOS. The combat system is very strategic with huge amounts of customisation for players who like the freedom to design the way their characters fight.

On top of this, we have based the game on 2 other concepts, freedom and variety. Players have more freedom that other games - whether it be being able to completely change your battle style, what faction you fight for, or where you go. When it comes to variety Forgotten Legends offers players more than they could imagine with numerous viable ways for players to advance in the game.
]]> 22 Feb 2007 08:42:11 The Avenge This really simple game based on a few warriors, wizards, archers, and paladins set out to avenge there alleged kings death, King Ferdinand of Seria. Your the main character and you set out to accomplish quests to complete the tasks at hand. This game is a bit like the classic Zelda games, gameplay wise. Its all 2D and midi music, which adds to the classic environment. Come join us in the world of Severty.
]]> 25 Feb 2007 10:46:35 Egg's Ultima Online EUO is an Ultima-based online RPG with many influences, varying from Diablo-style hack'n'slash to NetHack quirks. It is closely tied to the Origin Ultima V RPG.

Created originally by eggmceye to be a rogue-like game named Balrog in 1998, it was quickly turned into an Ultima-like game with the discovery of an Ultima 4 tileset created by Josh Steele, giving the game its retro feel. Over the past nine years, it has slowly evolved into an online RPG with a small but growing fanbase spanning two servers, each one incorporating slighty different gameplay.

In those nine years, the game has grown from a four player only server to one that incorporates a full Ultima V magic system, including the Runic alphabet, crafting and creature taming. It also contains numerous easter eggs in tribute to NetHack.
]]> 03 Mar 2007 07:44:19 Iter Vehemens ad Necem Fellow adventurer, turn back while you can! For here begins the roguelike Iter Vehemens ad Necem, a Violent Road to Death. If you choose to travel along it, you will dive into countless exciting adventures to gain items of great magic, attain powerful equipment made of mysterious materials, bathe in the blessings of mighty gods and recruit loyal allies of various shapes and sizes. Unfortunately, along the way you will also often be dangerously injured, poisoned, catch numerous diseases, lose several limbs and transform into manifold different kinds of pitiful creatures in the darkest depths of hostile dungeons. And, at the end of the road, you are bound to perish in a most gruesome and painful way. Don't say we didn't warn you.

Iter Vehemens ad Necem (IVAN) is a free graphical roguelike game, which currently runs in Windows, DOS and Linux. Unlike most roguelikes, which use ASCII graphics, IVAN uses an SDL-based tile graphics engine. This allows much more information to be displayed in the level map. For example, when the player or some monsters wield a weapon or wear armor, it's normally visible on the map. Also, several types of fluids (such as acid, blood, vomit, etc.) are visible on the map. This makes it possible to track a wounded monster by following a trail of blood across the dungeon.

IVAN employs an advanced bodypart handling system. In battle, one loses only if the head, torso, or groin is destroyed. If one's arms or legs take too much damage, they become severed, and the player will merely become disabled, and unable to wield a weapon with that hand, or have to bear greater burden. Many monsters can lose body parts as well. There are several ways to replace or reattach a lost limb, such as drinking healing potions or praying.

Another unique feature is the handling of materials. Each item, including body parts, has a material associated with it. There are several ways to change materials, such as scrolls or praying. For example, a hardened leather body armour may become significantly stronger if transmuted into a meteoric iron one. As this applies to body parts, one could harden a severed limb into stone or metal before reattaching it, thereby gaining a massive strength boost of strength at the cost of dexterity.
]]> 03 Mar 2007 08:58:46 Secrets of the Domus Aurea Secrets of the Domus Aurea is Eon Clash's entry into the Pascal Game Development contest 2007. Keep an eye on the home page for more information and downloads as they become available.

Storyline
In the year 64AD (after the Great Fire of Rome) Nero built the Domus Aurea (or "Golden House"). This is the story that is known. The story that is not common is the secret that the Domus Aurea hides and of your adventures within.

It is now 5 September 476 AD and yesterday Romulus Augustus was deposed (history will show that he will not be replaced). During Rome's fall stories of a powerful secret hidden within the catacombs of the Domus Aurea have surfaced, and being the curious type that you are, you have set out to find the truth or fiction of them.

Project Home Page: http://www.eonclash.com/JumpStart/v4/PGD07/
]]> 05 Mar 2007 08:58:43 Siege of Avalon : Open Source Siege of Avalon takes place in the fictional land of Eurale. Within Eurale are seven kingdoms: Nisos, Aratoy, Oriam, Fornax, Elythria, Cathea, and Taberland. The seven kingdoms united into an uneasy alliance and built a citadel as a meeting place, which was named Avalon.

Within the land is a civilization of nomads known as the Sha'ahoul. Their religion values very highly the earth and nature and therefore they are against farming, the building of permanent structures, and similar practices which they feel destroys the earth. After discovering the existence of Eurale, they declared war on the seven kingdoms to eradicate their way of life.

Many refugees of the destruction caused by the Sha'ahoul took shelter in Avalon. The seven kingdoms sent military support to defend Avalon and the refugees. To the people of Eurale, Avalon is seen as the last hope at stopping the Sha'ahoul. The Sha'ahoul and their leader, Mithras, chose to overtake the citadel by setting up a siege around it.

The game begins with an entry in the hero's journal. The siege has been going on for several years. His brother, Corvus, serves as part of the military in Avalon. When their father dies, the hero feels that it is his obligation to inform Corvus of the sad news, so he becomes part of the crew of a ship sailing from Elythria to Avalon to deliver supplies. The Sha'ahoul manage to sink all of the ships except the one the hero is on. The ship reaches Avalon, but has lost most of its supplies. It is not possible to make a return voyage to Elythria and so the hero decides to stay at Avalon, inform Corvus of their father's death, and help out Avalon in whatever manner he can. The player gains control at this point and begins by speaking to Corvus and informing him about his father's death.
]]> 06 Mar 2007 06:51:38 The Innominate Medieval environment, you need to defend the village and save the villagers from the Innominate by setting obstacles and traps and fighting them with different weapons 3rd or 1st person view Action-RPG style
]]> 06 Mar 2007 07:19:21 Fate Travel to the outskirts where the Old Wood meets the Dungeon Gate in the fabled forest town of Grove.

Beyond this mystic gate,you'll acquire power with unique weaponry and magic spells. Battle creatures that lurk within the dungeon's corridors.

Venture beyond the gate to steal glimpses of glory and fortune. Live to the next century, or look death in its fiery eyes and seek solace in the after-life.

The time has come to take the dare. Rise and test your worth! Step forward and determine Your FATE!
]]> 06 Mar 2007 06:03:16 U.G.o.D: Uber-Gauntlet of Doom To be decided.
]]> 07 Mar 2007 10:00:14 Drash Roguelike Mt. Drash: The Roguelike, is a roguelike game based in the ancient game Escape from Mt. Drash; it takes the main idea from the original and puts fast paced gameplay on it.

In the game, the Stranger from another world, is caught by evil garriontrots, a race of interdimensional beings, and given a chance to gain your freedom by fighting your way through different levels fulls of monsters and dangers.

Drash Roguelike is a fast paced roguelike game in which both strategy and tactics are very important to survive, you must carefully decide how you want to shape your character, as the options are limited. There are no experience points or levels, all advancement is made by transversing the levels of the Arena. There are combat tactics and magic spells for a great variety of interaction types.

This game has an active web community at http://www.santiagoz.com/web

Thereby you can share your comments and ask questions about the game and download the latest version.
]]> 09 Mar 2007 11:31:26 LambdaRogue In LambdaRogue, you play the role of the member of one the five religious orders of the underground country NeoTerr. Your mission is to travel down the river Styx and to find the reason why so many monsters come down the river since the last months. The river connects different populated areas with unpopulated wilderness in which you'll find dungeons to explore.

Unlike many over roguelikes, LambdaRogue has a detailed story. Every of the five religions is bound to one character class, and every class has it's own view on the ongoing events, reflecting in different story texts and class-specific quests. So if you have won the game with one class, the other four classes provide a completely new view on the same events.

Note: Currently LambdaRogue is still beta, so the story isn't fully implemented.

]]> 10 Mar 2007 07:14:03 Snuggle Children This is a turn based RPG fan game featuring 3 cute children. They are Xenosaga's Nephilim, HDM's Lyra, and Aveyond's Rhen. This game is at a middle stage of being in-development. Note that in this game, the term "nephies" means "children".

Not enough screenshots? Click here to view all screenshots!
]]> 10 Mar 2007 04:43:31 Winthrop In the near future, the world as it was known collapses and emerges once more as a network of barely connected city-states.

No longer the wide-eyed youth, you yearn to explore the world to learn the true mystery of the other city-states. Guide your team through this dangerous, unexplored world, and do battle in rich, multifaceted system that rewards thought and planning as much as brute force.
]]> 10 Mar 2007 05:48:18 BYOND BYOND is a Coding Tool provided by Dantom, a smallish company that specialize in this sort of stuff. It isn't a Game in itself, but with it people are able to create and host games, it's a Labyrinth of them, some good, some bad. It's mainly focused for RPGs.
]]> 11 Mar 2007 05:24:27 Egoboo Egoboo is a top down rpg in the spirit of Nethack and other games of the Roguelike genre. It uses Open GL graphics and will have randomly generated maps and customizable characters. The objective of the project is to bring the fun and depth of roguelike gameplay, kicking and screaming, into the third dimension. It is still in development, but is at a playable state.
]]> 14 Mar 2007 10:06:20 Galanz Galanz is a project I've been brainstorming over for quite some time now, it involves a Space Mercenary who is drawn to a planet by a disturbing message that has reached him (sound familiar?). Once he arrives, he sees that all traces of the natives have disapeared, the only things that inhabit the planet are strange monsters and the Robots created by the Natives. Galanz (The Main character in the game) goes out searching for any survivors, or clues to what has happened. Using his weaponry and his Psychic Abilities, he traverses the planet in order to discover just what is going on.

Influences are highly based on classics such as Metroid, Turrican, and the Andro-Synth sub-plot present in Star Control 2/Ur-Quan Masters.

The goal of the game is to basically find out what's going on. The "Galious" style gameplay is a reference to Knightmare 2: Maze of Galious, which was one of THE first Side Scrolling RPGs, complete with leveling and such. Of course, I'd like to go a little bit into more detail with this than what Galious did.

Since it's set to be like a NES game, there will be a restriction on the total buttons able to use, the current format it (in NES Controller format):

A - Shoot
B - Jump
Directional Pad - Move Left and Right, Aim Up and Down.
Start - Main Menu
Select - Use Psychic Ability

Psychic abilities won't be the usual "Fire Firebolt for X amount of P.P" but instead will be closer to actually changing the environment.

Can't jump over a huge wall? Flip gravity around. Can't toggle a switch? Go into E.S.P mode and flip it using your abilities. Oh snap, need to get the password, and the guy who might of had it is dead? Do a Mind Search on him, and find out his memories shortly before he met the wrong end of your gun.

This is the sorta thing I'm aiming for with this, not extremely complicated (mind sceens could just be cutsceens, and gravity for an object can easily be reversed), but fun and useful enough to warrant use.

However, I don't believe I can do this all by my own. As a Sprite/Traditional Artist or Designer, I will not be able to produce content fast enough alone, and coding is far from my strongest point. These are the current possistions available, if anyone is interested in helping out with this project, please PM me. Thanks for reading :D.

Needed!

Programmer - Average to Skilled Ability: Needs to be able to use Game Maker 6 or such, or another structure of coding that is compatible with Windows.

Music Composer - Average to Skilled ability: Needs to be able to produce catchy tunes that are not 10 second loops in the style of the NES chiptunes.

Sound Effects Engineer- Any skill level: Needs to be able to produce NES style sound effects (The Woosh Woosh noises and such).


I'll update this whenever I can, till then, see you later :D.
]]> 21 Mar 2007 05:50:21 Lands of Hope The King has been removed from the throne by an act of treachery led by one of his closest friends and a band of nobles calling themselves the Society.

The old ruler and his loyal allies are forced into Exile but vow to return the rightful King to his throne, as the eyes and ears of Myzan focus on civil war an ancient threat returns.

Weary travellers tell tales of burnt out towns and ransacked villages, the dead walk again and all signs warn of the growing power of the once defeated Reapers !

Enter the Lands of Hope and choose your allegiance
]]> 24 Mar 2007 02:37:24 Unreal World A rogue-like RPG with proper graphics, that puts the player in the shoes of a man in Finland during the iron age. There are several beginning scenarios, ranging from being simply lost in wilderness, to a failed hunting trip where your father was killed by a bear, to fleeing from eastern Njerpez-slavers.

The game is non-linear, and doesn't have a plot, but relies mostly on player-driven freeform exploration and everyday survival. The player can manufacture virtually all items required for survival: Clothing from fur gained from hunting, food from fishing, hunting or agriculture, and shelter by the means of a temporary spruce twig cover, or an entire timber cabin if the player chooses to build it. If the player wishes, you can even go to villages and start courting the girls, and get married.

There are four courses in the game, where one is free roaming, and the other three offer advice, and required items for pursuing anything from hunting, to long term survival and exploration and advanced adventuring.

The game is surprisingly easy to play, once you get used to the controls. The only downfall is the graphics, but considering that it's a roguelike, they are pretty impressive. One of the game's definite merits is the atmosphere, and how enjoyable the daily survival can be. All the features included are difficult to pursue with a single character, so making more after finishing with one is almost a must, if you wish to explore all the gaming options.

The game is shareware, and the instructions for ordering the full version are available on the author's website:
http://www.jmp.fi/~smaarane/urw.html

The trial has a time limit of 10 game days, and some restrictions, but plays almost like the full version.

One version registeration is 11 USD, but since the game is in constant development, 42 USD gets the registration to all future versions of the game.
]]> 25 Mar 2007 11:04:13 Geneforge 4: Rebellion From the game's description:
"The Shapers have the ability to create life, in any form they choose. They can make plants to grow in harsh wastelands, living tools that obey their commands, and powerful monsters to crush any who oppose them. They jealously guard their powers and destroy any who question their will.

Or so they did. Then the revolution came.Your Army

Some of their creations, tired of bondage, rose up. Jealous humans, wanting the powers of the Shapers for themselves, joined them. Now the lands of Terrestia are full of ruins, refugees, and maddened mutant beasts, hunting for prey. There is war. And the Shapers are winning."

You play as an apprentice life crafter, a rebel in the war against the Shapers. Of course, like most Spiderweb games, you have a choice of allegiance. Will you continue to fight against the tyranny of the Shapers, or will you help the Shapers restore order to the world?
]]> 26 Mar 2007 10:10:40 Puzzle Quest Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a brand new, genre-bending title that ups the ante on traditional puzzle games by incorporating strategy, role-playing elements and a persistent storyline. Set in the Warlords universe, the game challenges players to save the land of Etheria from evil Lord Bane as gamers engage in battles fought by means of competitive, head-to-head "match-three" style puzzle games in one of three gameplay modes: Single-player, Instant Action or Multiplayer. Victory will advance a player's customisable hero, magical arsenal, creature companions and more—ultimately rewarding gamers at nearly every turn and deepening their immersion into the richly diverse world. The game's remarkable mix of classic puzzle gameplay and an abundant suite of characters, customisations, spells, companions, tameable monsters and more provides a fresh take on the puzzle genre that offers endless hours of replayability. Designed specifically for handheld gaming systems, Puzzle Quest can be enjoyed in long or short doses, cultivating a casual but deeply satisfying and compelling gameplay experience.
]]> 31 Mar 2007 09:08:10 Lothlorien MUD Think you're the best PKer around? Lothlorien is a highly
competitive environment, perfect for players that crave rivalries
and challenges. I strongly suggest all mudders try Lothlorien
and experience what other muds strive for.

  • 2 Tiers
  • 101 Mortal Levels
  • 3 PK-Immortal Levels
  • 26 Races
  • 15 Classes
  • 15 Worshipable Gods
  • 12 Weapon Types
  • +20 Guilds/Clans/Player Organizations
  • 2 Non-PK Organizations for True Roleplaying Lovers

  • Class Specific Combat
  • Auto-Questing
  • Auction System
  • Coliseum Battles + Coliseum Stands
  • Mount Riding Available
  • Casino and Gambling
  • Hierarchal Equipment System
  • Banking and Investment Options
  • Automated Bloodbaths

  • Bonuses for playtime/hours
  • Extensive help-files
  • Structured enforcement procedures
  • Committed player base
  • Detailed areas
  • Unique and Stable code
  • Dynamic and Challenging combat
  • Competitive PK Environment
  • Interactive immortal-generated quests


    • Lothlorien is organized, structured, competitive, and
    balanced. But, if the statistics aren't enough, read
    our reviews, listen to our players, the good, the bad,
    and the responses. And you will come to understand what
    all our players realize:

    Lothlorien is captivating and truly exceptional.
    ]]>     05 Apr 2007 01:24:07     Epic Frontiers Epic Frontiers is an advanced-feature science-fantasy persistent world that is aimed at an audience looking for more than the standard fare in online role-playing games.

    Set in a richly detailed universe with a skill-based system of advancement and detailed gameplay for all kinds of players, Epic Frontiers intends to bring role-playing back to the fore. Events, more natural NPC AI, and constant expansion and improvement of features are just some of the features that set this persistent world apart.
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