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I really enjoy the gameplay of 3d free movement first person rpgs, but I am specifically referring to games like Might and Magic 6-9 and Wizardry VIII; where it is first person free roam, but has more tactical combat than the Elder Scrolls games for example, and allows you to build and manage a party. I feel like this is a pretty rare genre though, and I was wondering if there are any recent examples of games in this similar vein. It seems like a missed potential for a lot of fun; to have a modern game made in the style of these classics. Just kind of my random thoughts. Any games come to mind?
pillars of eternity + dragon age origins... thats about it really
Grimrock and its sequel come to mind. Personally, I found them quite underwhelming, but they generally reviewed well so it's probably just a matter of taste.
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ussnorway: pillars of eternity + dragon age origins... thats about it really
What? Neither of those is first person you know. PoE is isometric and DA: O has a camera that can go from almost top-down to over the shoulder but that's it.

To the OP, I'd say Legend of Grimrock and its sequel are the only recent games I can think of that fit your criteria, but there are many older party-based dungeon crawlers like Stonekeep.
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OneFiercePuppy: Grimrock and its sequel come to mind. Personally, I found them quite underwhelming, but they generally reviewed well so it's probably just a matter of taste.
I have played both games, only beat the first one though. I did enjoy these games, and while they are real-time, they don't offer the free roam movement of the previously mentioned Wizardry and Might and Magic games, specifically Wizardry 8 and MM 6-9. I guess that sub-genre of rpg really didn't last long.
The only one that comes to mind is the indie RPG Frayed Knights: The Skull of S'makh-Daon, which seems heavily inspired by Wizardry 8. I haven't played it myself though, so I can't say if it's any good.
There is Wizards & Warriors made by D. W. Bradley, but it's buggy as hell and isn't likely to run on modern systems.
MMX came out, but it's made by Ubisoft, not by the original developers. Similar to how they've taken over HOMAM since they own the rights.
Kinda sorta maybe Mount and Blade games? If you stretch your definition to include them as RPGs. Doesn't fit the tactical bit, and you only have full control over yourself.

But a lot of fun!
Yes yes, the M&B games! There are demos for the first and for Warband.
Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan may fit the bill. Haven't played it myself yet, though.
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OneFiercePuppy: Grimrock and its sequel come to mind. Personally, I found them quite underwhelming, but they generally reviewed well so it's probably just a matter of taste.
Yep, very disappointed in Grimrock.
@op: Have you tried Might and Magic X ? It wasn't the best game around but i enjoyed it.
Also, another great game that fits most of your criterias and has a first person view (but turn based combat, though): Paper Sorcerer... I reaaaaly enjoyed this one.
https://www.gog.com/game/paper_sorcerer
Post edited October 01, 2016 by Faenrir
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OneFiercePuppy: Grimrock and its sequel come to mind. Personally, I found them quite underwhelming, but they generally reviewed well so it's probably just a matter of taste.
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Faenrir: Yep, very disappointed in Grimrock.
@op: Have you tried Might and Magic X ? It wasn't the best game around but i enjoyed it.
Also, another great game that fits most of your criterias and has a first person view (but turn based combat, though): Paper Sorcerer... I reaaaaly enjoyed this one.
https://www.gog.com/game/paper_sorcerer
Oh yeah, Paper Sorcerer! How could I forget! It's a really good, old-school modern 1st person dungeon crawlere where you play as the villain, and you summon monsters as your fellow party members (later on you can switch them, but people usually stick to the first ones they've summoned, or switch out one or two members). If you buy it, go and check the GOG subforum for a fix/patch for two important bugs, since the dev never managed to fix them. I've only played the demo but I loved it.

https://www.gog.com/forum/paper_sorcerer/the_latest_update_may_2015_i_believe_thoughts

In the meantime I've remembered more modern games of this genre:

The Quest - a really good RPG, originally for Palm PC, the base game has been ported to the PC on Steam now. It's not party based though.

Wizardry sequels - on various platforms, the PS3 and DS, are new Japanese Wizardry games, since they own the license now, but most of them are in Japanese. However some are fantranslated (and fan translations are usually high quality), romhacking or what's the name of the site has the patches for them.

Elminage Gothic: A very hard Wizardry-like game. Or semi-hard, people say it's got some pretty hard mechanics, like aging of characters and stats going down during levels up as well, not just up.

If you have handheld consoles, then you're in for a treat:

For the DS:

Etrian Odyssey 1-3: Very little story, the third game has supposedly the most story content, but classic old-school gaming with teleport traps, warping tiles, holes and so on. (the teleport traps come in quite late in the game, at least in the first game). You also have to make the map yourself, but you can select auto-maping where every tile you step on is filled in (no notes, just that you've been there), so you only have to draw the walls and doors, and whatever else you want. Drawing the map on the lower screen is a big draw of these games!

SMT: Strange Journey: Another classic dungeon cralwer like EO, however this one is darker and you collect demons like in the Persona and SMT games. It is scifi themed.

The Dark Spire: A love letter to Wizardry games, as many reviewers put it, this game even has a classic mode you can switch to where you have 8-bit music and Akalabeth like graphics. Has three endings btw and they unlock consecutively, however at least with the third ending you can continue your normal game to get it. Not sure if you need to replay it twice or only once to get all of them.

Wizardry games, one of them has a partial translation (menus, items and so on). - Japanese language only

Elminage DS: Hardcore Wizardry-likes games, but Japanese language only.

For the PSP:

Class of Heroes 1+2: Basically Wizardry, but with an interesting setting.

Unchained Blades: Cool monster party members and summons!

Elminage Original: A very hard game, not recommended by outlets because of its unforgiving and hard curve.

EDIT: Practically all of these are turn-based, like the old Wizardry and Might and Magic games, since I initially misread your post. As far as I'm aware, Legend of Grimrock, Frayed Knights (which I heard are good and a comedy too!) and few supposedly not so good games on Steam are the only ones, besides single character hanheld games mentioned in the posts below.

Oh, and The Questlord for Android has swipe-based realtime attacks, not sure how good the game itself is. It has a number of good reviews on Amazon and other places.
Post edited October 01, 2016 by Green_Hilltop
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Green_Hilltop: For the DS:
You forgot Orcs and elves (pretty fun) and Fighting fantasy (not very good).
Post edited October 01, 2016 by Faenrir
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Green_Hilltop: For the DS:
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Faenrir: You forgot Orcs and elves (pretty fun) and Fighting fantasy (not very good).
I didn't, they're not party based. However I thought the OP was only looking for turn-based games, now that I've re-read it I would probably include those two as well (I blame it on the late hour :D). However I heard that FF is an underrated gem, so I'd definitely recomend it! Also in that case Deep Labyrinth for the DS, it's got 50/50, although I'm not sure how many dungeon crawling fans reviewed it (which might've landed it some bad reviews).

Edit: Mazes of Fate are what you're looking for, they're for the GBA and NDS, but I the GBA version is better in my opinion.

Also there's The Keep for 3DS, which is single person.

http://www.indieretronews.com/2014/09/the-keep-retro-inspired-dungeon.html

I also recommend checking this site for any recent games I might've missed and when new games come out.

http://www.dungeoncrawlers.org/
Post edited October 01, 2016 by Green_Hilltop