CarrionCrow: Well, I've played Aarklash and beat it. Own Blackguards but haven't tried it yet. Probably going to get Banner Saga in the next couple minutes.
As for Aarklash, it's got pretty good active pause-based combat that reminds me of fighting in Icewind Dale.
Only problem is, the entire game is centered around that and it isn't so hot in all the other areas. You get different characters and fair to moderate amounts of customization, but everything else isn't good, and even the combat takes a hit when you get jumped by enemy parties while you're neckdeep in combat with a party that you know is built to be a challenge for your foursome of characters.
When that happens? Might as well kiss your ass goodbye and resign yourself to starting from your last quicksave.
Story's forgettable, voice acting's hit and miss at best, and it ends on a cliffhanger that will in all probability never be resolved in a sequel.

AgentBirdnest: That pretty much describes my entire existence.
Thanks for the summary. Maybe I'll finally give it a try.

Stilton: I know, and I'm upset (picture a H-U-G-E hairy Viking all wet-eyed because he's lost his snow).

I changed the picture to a slightly larger one (at Hyper's request), applied the snow, and now it won't work. Nor will the one I used before. I'm hoping its a bug that a PC restart/browser/general cleanup will cure, otherwise I fear the sadness will continue.

Thank you for your concern, little bird - it makes me feel better that people notice these things ;-)

Grilledfish: I just checked the main page and thought I saw "The Bladder Saga" and I laughed. :D

LaPtiteBete: Ho... sad thing...
Here you are, a snowy Stillton !
click click

Heehee, time to go to bed ? :D

CarrionCrow: All right, you have to go sit in the "no recommending stuff, even in a joking way" corner with Sinistar. As if I didn't have enough shit, I'm now contemplating buying the bird-dating sim thanks to your comments! =)