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Role-playing games without a keyboard

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I'm lookin' for role-playing games which can be played without making use of a keyboard.

To exemplify:

Fallout and Fallout 2 can be played on mouse only.

NEO Scavenger can be played on mouse only.

:bounce: I don't want to jack off and my arm is not crippled, nuh-uh. But post your NSFW recommendations, if you feel like it.
 

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Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss can be completed with only a mouse.
I think many late '90s to early '00s isometric RPGs can be completed with only a mouse, but I may be wrong about that.
 

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technically, you could use your mose to send key presses to the game using an on-screen keyboard.
 

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there are even voice recognition programs for cripples that send keys based on your words
 

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KOTOR 1,2. Pretty unique in that regard. I replay them regulary mostly because of how convenient the controls are.
 

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technically, you could use your mose to send key presses to the game using an on-screen keyboard.
Cool stuff. But I'm lookin' for games that you can play only using the mouse, by default.
 
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I have a mouse something like this, could probably play most games with one hand:
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Every turn-based "isometric" RPG and probably most RTwP ones can be played with mouse only. In turn-based games, I usually only control the camera with my keyboard, but that can be done comfortably with the mouse as well. I can also attest that all IE games can also be played with mouse only if you find a way to comfortably pause the game (maybe get a mouse with buttons on the side).
 

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I'm lookin' for role-playing games which can be played without making use of a keyboard.
Dungeon Master possesses an innovative, mouse-drive user interface:

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Not only did Dungeon Master in 1987 create the "paper doll" inventory screen, but for its main interface ringed the central first-person view with controls and info relating to each party member, the party members in relation to each other (and individual party member facing!), the magic system for spell-casting, weapons/items held by each character for immediate use, and directional movement --- all contained on one screen!
 

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...And of course Eye Of The Beholder followed Dungeonmaster; playable with just the mouse—excepting copy protection challenges.
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Legend of Grimrock is notable for adding click-arrow control due to a comment on their blog, from someone who really needed it.
LoG2 also supports this.
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Wizardry 8 can be played with mouse control only . include walking and camera control
 
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It might be easier to name the games which are not controllable via only mouse. Anything not action oriented and made after 1993 has a mouse-centric GUI.
 

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