I recently remembered playing this game long ago but can't remember the name of it and its been bothering me a bit. Gog community seems to be very knowledgeable in these things so I thought I'd try asking.

So here is what I remember:
genre: RPG
party based (pretty sure)
remembering from graphics I'd guess its a game from 1990-1995
isometric view (I think I can call it that basically you see your party in an birds eye view)
as for the detail I only remember two things:
1. I got this sword from drop that got stronger( in stats) the more I used it may also have life leech (at the time I thought this was extremely cool)
2. there was this area either cave/underground maybe volcano later on into the game where you had to pass it in certain time or it would be game over. (like from cave collapsing) I remember this because I didn't know and saved over when there was very little time left heh.

please post the name of any game that is a possibility thanks.
I know this is very limited amount of info so I understand if no one gets it thank you for trying through. Appreciate it!

Bird's Eye View is "Top-Down" view,
"Isometric" is about 45-degree angle

Not sure about the game - sounds like Final Fantasy V - you could get the "Chicken Knife", which powered up if you ran from battle, or the "Brave Blade" which powered down if you ran from battle - but not powering up if you used it.
There was also a timed level in a dungeon, which blew up if you didn't make it - but there was an on-screen timer to show you so you couldn't have missed it (though you could still save and screw yourself over).

Hopefully someone else will have a better idea.

Sounds a little like Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager. I remember having the LifeStealer sword and a timed bit in a volcano. From the walkthrough:

Inside the Volcano
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1) Head straight east along the southern edge of the lava lake.
You will be ambushed by Draxans. Kill them, proceed until a
rock with children on it falls down from above. Use your
grappling hook on a pillar on the west side of the rock to
rescue the children. Escort the kids back to the exit.
Continue on east, and then north.

2) You will have to fight more Draxans, and then they will blow
up a bridge. Use your grappling hook from pillar to pillar to
shimmy across the broken parts of the bridge. You will also
have to fight some Draxans on the bridge.

3) Once you get off the demolished bridge, proceed to east along
the southern shore until you find a place where you will be
asked if you want to jump across the magma. Say yes.

4) Now you will be on a rock puzzle. This puzzle has a time
limit. The fourth explosion will kill you, so hurry. Some
bricks make others appear and disappear. Experiment, there
is more than one way to solve the puzzle. In the north edge of the
puzzle there is a pair of Drake claws that the verni smith can
make into +3 gloves. Getting them, however will slow you
down.


5) Once you get to the other edge of the lava puzzle, you will
have to fight some Draxans again, then follow the escaping templar.

6) Once you catch up to him, he will summon some skeletons, and
toss the ruby onto a rock. You must defeat him and the
skeletons before the ruby sinks into the lava.

7) Once you get the ruby, hurry back out (timed once again) and
use the ruby on the seal to close it. You will get MEGA
experience bonus. You may wish to get the claws made into +3
gloves, but it will take the smith almost 5 days. Also, to get
back, you have to use the fire ruby on the tapestry with
pyramids on it, which hangs in the room in just north of the
temple entrance.

Thanks for the info I was never sure what the exact difference was.

woah you guys are good. I think it is dark sun(80%). The name sounds familiar and after looking at some pictures/game play/beginning plot/ It is probably this, although I have to play it to be 100% sure. I remember the big guy in one of pictures looking like that. Now this game seems to be sequel of Dark Sun: Shattered Lands too interesting. Thank you!

Btw should questions like this marked as “question / problem” was thinking of doing that be wasn't sure this qualify since its not technical game problem?

Marking the topic as a question allows you to choose one reply as the answer (which also gives that person a few extra rep points). There's no hard rule on what may be marked as a question though, it's pretty much up to the topic starter to decide.