Any Dark Fantasy adventure games?

[Korgoth of Barbaria]

Hey --

I was wondering:

Are there any good Dark Fantasy adventure games out there? By Dark Fantasy, I mean similar in style/tone/spirit to Conan the Cimmerian (either the original stories or the original movie), or the Warhammer Fantasy Gotrek & Felix series. Basically, just grimdark high fantasy, but in an adventure game?

 

[Sranchammer]

Diablo is all I can think of

 

[V_K]

Well, there was that obscure Goth thingie called Mortalus. I don't remember if it was any good though.

 

[iqzulk]

Well, there was that obscure Goth thingie called Mortalus. I don't remember if it was any good though.

Oh my. It wasn't. It so wasn't, it wasn't even funny, that's how much it wasn't.

Spoiler

I did actually complete that piece of shit. Honestly.

Also, QTEs, QTEs everywhere (actually, Cyberia-ish rail-shooter sequences, but, my God, are they infuriating here, also, worst fighting minigame ever to grace videogaming).

As for OP's request. Well, Tlon: A Misty Story (it's completely unlike Conan though, being much more akin to Witcher, although much more grimdark-ish) is ridiculously moody, but I only ever watched the youtube playthrough, so, in theory, the game itself might end up being pretty unplayable in case you decide to tackle it yourself. I know for a fact, that you'll need a special savegame file in order to get past a gamebreaking bug near the end of the game.

 

[V_K]

Also, QTEs, QTEs everywhere (actually, Cyberia-ish rail-shooter sequences, but, my God, are they infuriating here, also, worst fighting minigame ever to grace videogaming).

But I seem to remember they were skippable, weren't they?

 

[iqzulk]

But I seem to remember they were skippable, weren't they?

They actually were, yes. I don't remember, just why it was exactly that I didn't ever do it though (and I definitely knew about that possibility back then).

 

[groke]

Lure of the Temptress:


Darkmere/Darkstone:


Dark Sun - Shattered Lands:


Severance - Blade of Darkness:

 

[V_K]

Daemonica probably qualifies, though it's a very uneven game.

And come to think of it Daedalic's TDE adventures were pretty dark. Maybe not grimdark-dark, but they have a pretty nice sense of dread to them.

 

[JudasIscariot]

Daemonica probably qualifies, though it's a very uneven game.

And come to think of it Daedalic's TDE adventures were pretty dark. Maybe not grimdark-dark, but they have a pretty nice sense of dread to them.

I was about to post Daemonica

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Shadow of the Comet?

Not exactly dark fantasy (set in early 20th century Earth), but does a good job of evoking the fantastical and incomprehensible horror that characterized Lovecraft's work.
Doesn't hurt that it's also a pretty good game in its own right.

 

[SCO]

If you loosely define 'good' i guess, Eternal Darkness on the gamecube (aka dolphin emulator) is dark fantasy.
Loosely because to see the 'real' ending you have to play 3 times you sucker.

Waxworks obviously.

 

[Trash]

Don't forget Elvira and Elvira II. Both gothic horror blobbers with big tit Elvira in a star role.

And then we got Giger's nightmare stuff in the adventure game Dark Seed.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Warcraft: Lord of the Clans (never released).

 

[Berekän]

Shadowgate is p. cool

 

[Outlander]

Veil of Darkness?

 

[JudasIscariot]

And then we got Giger's nightmare stuff in the adventure game Dark Seed.

Good but buggy and the sequel is a 16-bit Windows game so it requires a 32-bit operating system to even run and even then MOAR BUGS :/

 

[SCO]

Good but buggy and the sequel is a 16-bit Windows game so it requires a 32-bit operating system to even run and even then MOAR BUGS :/

false, it only requires windows 3.11 in dosbox.

 

[rohand]

Tormentum comes to mind.

Also:

http://store.steampowered.com/tag/en/Dark Fantasy/#tag[]=21&p=0&tab=NewReleases