I played a PC RPG demo in the 90s, and I never wrote down the name of the game. I've been wondering about it, and its likely someone in GOG might know it.

It was in the style of Planescape Torment, Arcanum, Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader, Baldur's Gate. Similar isometric, over the top view, fantasy/medieval magic/steampunk style. The demo started in a city area with waterfalls. The game had a day/night system that progressed in minutes. I remember speaking to a cat(?) vendor/seller in a bazaar.

The only other thing I remember is being defeated by guards, which I think were dressed in red, and getting a game over screen, a black screen with the guard's face asking something like "did it hurt?". Not classy.

That's pretty much all the details I can think of, but I'm hoping someone knows the name of the game just to check it out. Could be it's actually fairly well known and I just don't know its the same game.

Thanks.

The part with the guards doesn't fit, but other than that, could it be Albion?
https://www.gog.com/en/game/albion

Thanks for replying so quickly and for trying, its not Albion, but that one looks interesting too.

The graphics in the demo were 3d/pre-rendered/artsy, in the style of Fallout/Planescape/Lionheart/Arcanum.

Whereas Albion seems to be pixel graphics in the style of Ultima/Wizardry/Dungeon Crawling games.

Septerra Core, perhaps?

Do you remember if the game was for DOS or for Windows?

I haven't played it yet but from what I know of it, maybe it was Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura?

Ultima 7 or 8?

Kings Quest 6-8?

Quest for Glory 7?

Look them up and get back to use with yea or nay

There was a Neverwinter Nights module that had the PC running around in a city with many waterfalls and fight the guards.

Edit: It might have been a fan remake of an older game, but i can't be sure since it's been many, many years since.

Thanks to all for replying and trying to help.

I've checked photos in Google for all the games you have listed, but they don't match what I remember.

I think it was running in Windows 95 or 98, and the graphics and style were similar to Arcanum, with a similar interface.

Early or mid 90s.

You had one character moving around and could talk to others. I remember the combat being like Arcanum and Lionheart (which came out many years later).

It was isometric pre-rendered, not 3D as Neverwinter Nights.

The thing that most comes to mind is the Game Over screen, which is as I described in my first post. None of the games listed seem to have this.

I also remember, but I could be wrong, that the interface showed the day and night cycle progressing as a clock or half-clock that rotates, and I remember it having an image of a moon.

My advice would be, to random buy old rpg's until you either have to conclude it is lost in time or hit the jackpot....

This advice is based on my random experience with Black Moon Chronicles, though, to be fair. I could not even remember the game any more, until i started playing. Straight back into a diaper experience.

No lies!!

I think it was a dirty one at that.

gl though, would be nice if you could at least get your self a title to go with the memory

Thanks, sound advice, and a good game recommendation as well.

Are you sure it's not Quest for Glory 5?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygdcF6zdUoM
It has a city with waterfall, night/day system and it has a cat vendor. I don't remember the game over screen.

Al-Qadim maybe?

https://www.gog.com/en/game/alqadim_the_genies_curse

I'll agree that Quest for Glory 5 is a good suggestion. I'll add another one though.

This doesn't perfectly match your description, but could it be Alien Logic: A Skyrealms of Jorune Adventure?

+ It was made in the 90s.
+ It has some isometric sections.
+ There are cat characters that you talk to.
+ It looks like there is some sort day/night cycle.
+ There are jungle environments.

- I don't see any waterfalls in the jungles.
- The actual gameplay/combat is sidescrolling.
- I don't see the all-important game over screen (unless the taunt only happens after losing specific fights).
- The day/night cycle does not appear to be real-time and there is not a day/night meter.
- I can't find a record of a demo being available for this game.

I will suggest a few things in order to aid in your search:

1. You may check out the games browser in MobyGames. There are a lot of filtering tools there that can help search by genre, platform, year, etc. Most of the game pages have screenshots which could help with identification.
2. There are also videos on YouTube which are titled things like "100 DOS games in 10 minutes" which have very short clips of games. Maybe you could find something buried in one of those videos.
3. I assume that you have already browsed GOG and confirmed that it's not already on the site somewhere?

Unfortunately, those games don't seem to match.

I've searched in the past, but I still haven't found a similar screenshot. It could be its not on sale in GOG or Steam.