Describe a game in such a way that it's impossible to guess what it actually is. Others guess.

[V_K]

Technically, they belong to Uukrul now, but previously they belonged to the last heroes of Eriosthe.

Ambiguous word usage is like 50% of the craft of being cryptic.

 

[octavius]

What? Heart is an organ.

I was facepalming myself for not getting it.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

0451

Deus Ex.

undecaf both SS2 and Deus Ex use same code for 1st lock.
There might be other games that do the same.

edit.
damnit, I was wrong SS1 does 451 and SS2 has 45100

additional reading:
https://suimachine.github.io/0451/

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

What has no weight, can be seen with the naked eye, and if you put it in a hole, it will make the hole lighter?
I think the dungeon is talking to me.
Are you sure the compass is pointing in the right direction?
Hang on, the Vorpal Sword doesn't do any more damage than a regular sword. I've been had! Oh, wait, it can do that...? Muahahaha!

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Thou shalt help those in need, or thou shalt suffer the same need.

edit.
octavius got this one.

 

[octavius]

Thou shalt help those in need, or thou shalt suffer the same need.

Ultima V.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Thou shalt help those in need, or thou shalt suffer the same need.

Ultima V.

Thought this one was easy.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

In this game, you discover that not only are you the patient zero for your own species, but also the progenitor (gasp!) of your own entire race. Something you are none too pleased about.

Second hint: Quite probably the best "Little N Large" pairing in the history of RPGs. Kevin Phillips & Niall Quinn would be quite proud. That is if their job was mangling & assassinating people instead of banging goals in on weekly basis.

Third hint: Everybody EXPECTS the Spanish Inquisition!

The smaller one got a spin-off series.

Of Orcs and Men.

 

[mediocrepoet]

You have to stay overnight in No Man's Land. Fortunately, magnets will always bring you home.

Hint: During your quest to become King of the land, a red shirt meets his tragic end.

Hint 2: During your quest to become King of the land, a great work is mysteriously destroyed.

Hint 3: You have the chance to save a lost soul from the Underworld. Will you choose darkness or light? Love, redemption, or something else?

Edit: Solved by Fowyr: Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire.

 

[SlightlyRadioactive]

In this game, you discover that not only are you the patient zero for your own species, but also the progenitor (gasp!) of your own entire race. Something you are none too pleased about.

Second hint: Quite probably the best "Little N Large" pairing in the history of RPGs. Kevin Phillips & Niall Quinn would be quite proud. That is if their job was mangling & assassinating people instead of banging goals in on weekly basis.

Third hint: Everybody EXPECTS the Spanish Inquisition!

Of Orcs and Men
Edit: Oh, it was already answered.

 

[Fowyr]

You have to stay overnight in No Man's Land. Fortunately, magnets will always bring you home.

Hint: During your quest to become King of the land, a red shirt meets his tragic end.

Hint 2: During your quest to become King of the land, a great work is mysteriously destroyed.

Hint 3: You have the chance to save a lost soul from the Underworld. Will you choose darkness or light? Love, redemption, or something else?

QfG5

 

[vazha]

MoistCloister Well done, good sir. Though you might have made it a bit easier for the others with the in-your-face hint ))
Taka-Haradin puolipeikko SlightlyRadioactive Well done gentlemen!

 

[SlightlyRadioactive]

MoistCloister Well done, good sir. Though you might have made it a bit easier for the others with the in-your-face hint ))
Taka-Haradin puolipeikko SlightlyRadioactive Well done gentlemen!

I would have guessed it with only the second hint, but I missed it earlier. BTW Styx has some of the coolest lore for a character/race in a game.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

What has no weight, can be seen with the naked eye, and if you put it in a hole, it will make the hole lighter?
I think the dungeon is talking to me.
Are you sure the compass is pointing in the right direction?
Hang on, the Vorpal Sword doesn't do any more damage than a regular sword. I've been had! Oh, wait, it can do that...? Muahahaha!
The player characters in this game are weird, we have the duke of a group of religious fanatics, a Playboy Playmate, a viking, and possibly the ultimate evil.

 

[octavius]

What has no weight, can be seen with the naked eye, and if you put it in a hole, it will make the hole lighter?
I think the dungeon is talking to me.
Are you sure the compass is pointing in the right direction?
Hang on, the Vorpal Sword doesn't do any more damage than a regular sword. I've been had! Oh, wait, it can do that...? Muahahaha!
The player characters in this game are weird, we have the duke of a group of religious fanatics, a Playboy Playmate, a viking, and possibly the ultimate evil.

This better be a game I haven't played.

 

[Darth Canoli]

What has no weight, can be seen with the naked eye, and if you put it in a hole, it will make the hole lighter?
I think the dungeon is talking to me.
Are you sure the compass is pointing in the right direction?
Hang on, the Vorpal Sword doesn't do any more damage than a regular sword. I've been had! Oh, wait, it can do that...? Muahahaha!
The player characters in this game are weird, we have the duke of a group of religious fanatics, a Playboy Playmate, a viking, and possibly the ultimate evil.

Cthulhu saves the world?
Grotesque Tactics? (one of them)

 

[Sharpedge]

1. You are already dead, you just are not aware of it yet.
2. If you had done nothing, nothing bad would have happened.
3. An over-reliance on medical substances could lead to an undesirable outcome.
4. Your companions include a mercenary and a corpse.
5. Everyone is going mad and its your job to stop it.
6. The main plot is heavily influenced by Carl Jung's idea that humanity has a collective consciousness (seriously, this clue is damn obvious).
7. The protagonist has daddy issues.
8. You begin the game as a shipwreck survivor and depending on your choices, you can end the game in a very similar way.
9. Give me a nice crisp piece of meat.

Mods fixed it.

1. Will she, nil she, the Lady of the Tower at Charm is at war with her husband once more.
2. Croaker is a companion, the Limper is missing and there is only a sex changed knockoff version of Soulcatcher.

Belief grants power.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Mods fixed it.

Fallout 3? Doesn't fit the shipwreck part, but I can see it in other positions.

 

[vazha]

1. You are already dead, you just are not aware of it yet.
2. If you had done nothing, nothing bad would have happened.
3. An over-reliance on medical substances could lead to an undesirable outcome.
4. Your companions include a mercenary and a corpse.
5. Everyone is going mad and its your job to stop it.
6. The main plot is heavily influenced by Carl Jung's idea that humanity has a collective consciousness (seriously, this clue is damn obvious).
7. The protagonist has daddy issues.
8. You begin the game as a shipwreck survivor and depending on your choices, you can end the game in a very similar way.
9. Give me a nice crisp piece of meat.

Mods fixed it.

1. Will she, nil she, the Lady of the Tower at Charm is at war with her husband once more.
2. Croaker is a companion, the Limper is missing and there is only a sex changed knockoff version of Soulcatcher.

Belief grants power.

First got to be Enderal? Crisp piece of meat gave it away I think ))

 

[rusty_shackleford]

It's cold and dark outside.

 

[Darth Canoli]

It's cold and dark outside.

Bard's Tale?
Trudograd?
Wasteland 3?

 

[Sharpedge]

First got to be Enderal? Crisp piece of meat gave it away I think ))

Correct and yeah I thought it did as well. I was running out of ways I could describe the game without saying anything about it tbh, I was surprised nobody guessed it sooner.

 

[jackofshadows]

It's cold and dark outside.

Kotor 1/2? Fucking Mass Effect?

 

[V_K]

I was surprised nobody guessed it sooner.

...of the whooping 3,5 people who played it.

 

[lukaszek]

It's cold and dark outside.

is 1st quest to find food?