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Posted May 25, 2017
Big in Japan.


<span class="bold">Throne of Darkness</span>, a fast-paced ARPG where you slaughter hordes of exotic demons with your well-trained samurai, is now available DRM-free, exclusively on GOG.com.

Combine powerful warlords with demonic influence and trouble will soon follow. When the most prominent shogun surrenders to darkness, only a handful of heroic samurai is left standing against the evil that now threatens to engulf the land of Yamato. Seven distinct classes, tons of neat loot, and massive demonic armies that can't wait to meet your mouse pointer make this a real treasure for lovers of Diablo-style gameplay.
Posted May 26, 2017
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JinseiNGC224: Can anyone think of notable RPG's, other than those mentioned here, that aren't here yet? Whether they're classic or indie and/or modern doesn't matter to me. I'm a sucker for anything RPG.
Here are a few worth mentioning for me:

Wizards and Warriors
Dungeon Lords
If you're patient with the bugs, they are gems.

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
It's a D&D isometric dungeon crawler. The USA release version was full of bugs and an almost fatal uninstaller for the system. The European version, which was released a few months later was fine though.

Hellgate London
It's not considered good by many, but I like it.
Post edited May 26, 2017 by vanchann
Posted May 26, 2017
Very nice GOG and Activision. :)
Posted May 26, 2017
Lol, well this was a mistake. Tried playing the game, and yeah... it feels awful to play. The animation is choppy, the lack of sound effects when attacking is extremely offputting, and it just feels... ghetto. Definitely hasn't aged well.
Posted May 26, 2017
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JinseiNGC224: Can anyone think of notable RPG's, other than those mentioned here, that aren't here yet? Whether they're classic or indie and/or modern doesn't matter to me. I'm a sucker for anything RPG.
Superhero League of Hoboken
Shadowcaster
Posted May 26, 2017
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vanchann: Hellgate London
It's not considered good by many, but I like it.
Don't know much about it, but had heard it mentioned quite a few times when I was on my "PC gaming Hiatus" otherwise known was my tryst with the console darkside ;) I'd check it out if it showed up here. For some reason, I vaguely recall it and the first Witcher game being mentioned at the same time.

Anyway - neat to see this game here. I might have to pick it up at some point. I remember I liked the concept on release, even though I thought it was more an "RTS RPG" (think Dungeon Siege). Now that I know it's more Diablo with a mini party, I'm even more intrigued.

*EDIT TO ADD* ...

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tremere110: Superhero League of Hoboken
LOL - like New Jersey? That Hoboken?
Post edited May 26, 2017 by Ixamyakxim
Posted May 26, 2017
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Chacranajxy: Definitely hasn't aged well.
That's mainly why I stopped jumping on most everything old some time ago. Hell, there are even quite a few games I enjoyed 15/20 years ago that I just can't put up with anymore.
Posted May 26, 2017
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tremere110: Superhero League of Hoboken
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Ixamyakxim: LOL - like New Jersey? That Hoboken?
Yup, it was a fun little RPG that satirized quite a bit and took place in the tri-state area. The superheroes had useless powers for the most part - the leader was the Crimson Tape who had the power of making organizational charts.
Posted May 26, 2017
I'd be curious to hear from someone who plays the GOG release and finds it enjoyable.
Posted May 26, 2017
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Chacranajxy: Definitely hasn't aged well.
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mistermumbles: That's mainly why I stopped jumping on most everything old some time ago. Hell, there are even quite a few games I enjoyed 15/20 years ago that I just can't put up with anymore.
Yeah, I hear ya. I mean, I don't remember the game being great -- it was alright-ish for the little bit of it that I played... but wow. This really was a second-rate Diablo clone.
Posted May 26, 2017
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vanchann: Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
It's a D&D isometric dungeon crawler. The USA release version was full of bugs and an almost fatal uninstaller for the system. The European version, which was released a few months later was fine though.
I have the European version and it's still buggy as hell and very badly balanced.
Posted May 26, 2017
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Chacranajxy: Lol, well this was a mistake. Tried playing the game, and yeah... it feels awful to play. The animation is choppy, the lack of sound effects when attacking is extremely offputting, and it just feels... ghetto. Definitely hasn't aged well.
What do you mean by "lack of sound effects when attacking"? Too few or none at all? I watched a gameplay video on YouTube and it had sound effect on attacking. Is there something wrong with the GOG version perhaps?
Post edited May 26, 2017 by Leroux
Posted May 26, 2017
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JinseiNGC224: Can anyone think of notable RPG's, other than those mentioned here, that aren't here yet? Whether they're classic or indie and/or modern doesn't matter to me. I'm a sucker for anything RPG.
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vanchann: Here are a few worth mentioning for me:

Wizards and Warriors
Dungeon Lords
If you're patient with the bugs, they are gems.

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
It's a D&D isometric dungeon crawler. The USA release version was full of bugs and an almost fatal uninstaller for the system. The European version, which was released a few months later was fine though.

Hellgate London
It's not considered good by many, but I like it.
I definitely agree with you on the Wizards and Warriors + Dungeon Lords - these games should be here as well, those would be instabuy for me :)

Edit: Did my civic duty in the community wishlist section :)
Post edited May 26, 2017 by Tarhiel
Posted May 26, 2017
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vanchann: Hellgate London
It's not considered good by many, but I like it.
For some reason I always thought it was an MMORPG ... So it actually had an offline single player mode?



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JinseiNGC224: Can anyone think of notable RPG's, other than those mentioned here, that aren't here yet? Whether they're classic or indie and/or modern doesn't matter to me. I'm a sucker for anything RPG.
I can think of several (including all kinds of subgenres and crossovers, although "notable" is a matter of preference, of course, not all of them are that popular or good):

Dungeon Master 1 & 2
Buck Rogers series (SSI Goldbox)
Faery Tale Adventure 1 & 2
Hero Quest (the MS-DOS board-game adaptation)
Drakensang 1 & 2 (The Dark Eye)
Dragon Age 2 & Inquisition
Mass Effect series
Deus Ex: Human Revolution & Mankind Divided
Alpha Protocol
Dungeon Siege series
Sword Coast Legends
Kingdoms of Amalur
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Demonicon (The Dark Eye)
Mars: War Logs
The Technomancer
Game of Thrones RPG
Mordheim: City of the Damned (Warhammer)
Venetica
Avencast: Rise of the Mage
Ember
Prince of Qin
Gorasul: The Legacy of the Dragon (thanks for reminding me, nightcraw1er.488!)
Technomage: Return to Eternity
DeathSpank series
FATE series
Costume Quest 2
South Park: The Stick of Truth

The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians
Knights of the Chalice (combat is closely related to turn-based D&D, think Goldbox or Dark Sun)
Frayed Knights: The Skull of S'makh-Daon (looks like a Might & Magic / Wizardry parody)
Teudogar and the Alliance with Rome (no idea if it's any good, style looks similar to Ultima VII)
Kivi's Underworld (Soldak Entertainment)
Nethergate: Resurrection (Spiderweb Software)
Fortune Summoners
LISA - The Painful RPG
Post edited May 26, 2017 by Leroux
Posted May 26, 2017
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vanchann: Hellgate London
It's not considered good by many, but I like it.
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Leroux: For some reason I always thought it was an MMORPG ... So it actually had an offline single player mode?
Yes, H:London had single player. It was extremely repetitive, i.e. there were two graphics sets, the underground and the city, these repeated over and over. Character animation was shockingly bad. Enemies seemed to number 3 or 4 different ones, though they changed color occasionally. I couldn't figure out if there was a storyline. Quests were "go here, get that" or "go here, kill that". It wasn't the worst game ever made, but really wasn't a good one, or one I would ever go back to.

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Leroux: Dragon Age 2
Another game I would never go back to or pay for again. Dreadful repetitive, lack of enthusiasm money grab based on DA: Origins success.

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Leroux: Hero Quest (the MS-DOS board-game adaptation)
There are a couple of free versions out there, fan made ones with extra missions and such like. I can dig out the links if you like.


A final thing, does anyone remember a game called Gorasul: Legend of The Dragon? Had it years and never got round to playing it. That looks like a good RPG. And the Pools of Radiance later release was pretty good (ok you need to have the patch otherwise the uninstall doesn't work, and play solo player, but good fun and could have been so much more.).
Post edited May 26, 2017 by nightcraw1er.488
Posted May 26, 2017
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nightcraw1er.488: There are a couple of free versions out there, fan made ones with extra missions and such like. I can dig out the links if you like.
I think I know of them, thanks! There's also a pretty neat free version of Dungeon Master out there, called Return to Chaos. What I posted above is not a personal wishlist, just a list of classic, modern and indie RPGs not on GOG that I could think of. :)

I forgot about Gorasul, otherwise I'd have added it, too. I don't think it was received very favorably though.
Post edited May 26, 2017 by Leroux
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