V_K
Arcane
Having a short vacation this week and looking for something to play. Currently I'm in the mood for a classic-style high fantasy RPG that fits the following criteria:
- reasonably large (several cities/towns) and reasonably open gameworld;
- coherent setting (not goofy/silly/whimsical) and at least somewhat sensible geography (silly, but that's what put me off Bludgeons&Krakens);
- relatively minimalistic writing: not overwritten (like e.g. Pillars) but not underwritten either (like e.g. M&M games);
- exploration-focused;
- completable in under 30-40 hours. I only have 4-5 days to play it.
Basically, as the title suggests, I want something in the vein of Exile/Avernum or Eschalon.
I'm pretty sure I've played all of the old ones, but I was wondering if anything like that was released recently and flew under my radar. I've tried Nox Archaist but found the visuals (mostly the text rendering really) rather off-putting and the first 30 minutes failed to hook me.
- reasonably large (several cities/towns) and reasonably open gameworld;
- coherent setting (not goofy/silly/whimsical) and at least somewhat sensible geography (silly, but that's what put me off Bludgeons&Krakens);
- relatively minimalistic writing: not overwritten (like e.g. Pillars) but not underwritten either (like e.g. M&M games);
- exploration-focused;
- completable in under 30-40 hours. I only have 4-5 days to play it.
Basically, as the title suggests, I want something in the vein of Exile/Avernum or Eschalon.
I'm pretty sure I've played all of the old ones, but I was wondering if anything like that was released recently and flew under my radar. I've tried Nox Archaist but found the visuals (mostly the text rendering really) rather off-putting and the first 30 minutes failed to hook me.