Posted December 07, 2015
Man, this is driving me crazy. I was just playing Ravenloft: Stone Prophet when I had a sudden memory of playing another first-person RPG. I just looked through the RPG section and GOG and don't think it's there. I can't remember much of it at all - I didn't even play it that long ago, comfortably within the last 3 years.
Sadly, a lot of this sounds generic as hell, but please guess away if you can....
I am 99% sure that it's not a Wizardry or Might and Magic.
You start in a castle, most of the walls are grey. It's not fully 3D, it's one of the pseudo-3D ones IIRC yet it doesn't look as rugged and pixelly as those often do. You wander around a bit before being given your task by someone. The rooms are quite detailed and not just empty cells. I believe there're quite a few items to collect from them. Your task takes you down some stairs in the castle to a lower level where it's a bit darker and there's a blacksmith that you talk to. The stairs down are things you actually walk down, it doesn't just load you into a different area... I think. I'm also getting vague recollections that there was something more to the combat than the usual clickfest.
Now this stuff is really vague and I'm not even sure if I'm remembering it right. I have a memory of a black woman, most likely my character but I'm not 100% sure. I also seem to remember there being a blocking mechanic, like an Elder Scrolls game. I remember my friend watching me play and I think I was saying something about how good the graphics were for the time, something about it made it stand out to me against other similar games and I was telling him about that.
Sadly, a lot of this sounds generic as hell, but please guess away if you can....
I am 99% sure that it's not a Wizardry or Might and Magic.
You start in a castle, most of the walls are grey. It's not fully 3D, it's one of the pseudo-3D ones IIRC yet it doesn't look as rugged and pixelly as those often do. You wander around a bit before being given your task by someone. The rooms are quite detailed and not just empty cells. I believe there're quite a few items to collect from them. Your task takes you down some stairs in the castle to a lower level where it's a bit darker and there's a blacksmith that you talk to. The stairs down are things you actually walk down, it doesn't just load you into a different area... I think. I'm also getting vague recollections that there was something more to the combat than the usual clickfest.
Now this stuff is really vague and I'm not even sure if I'm remembering it right. I have a memory of a black woman, most likely my character but I'm not 100% sure. I also seem to remember there being a blocking mechanic, like an Elder Scrolls game. I remember my friend watching me play and I think I was saying something about how good the graphics were for the time, something about it made it stand out to me against other similar games and I was telling him about that.
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