Agreed. I meant M&B generally speaking, whether the original game or Warband.

I also have to recommend Soldak games. I've enjoyed both Kivi's Underworld and Din's Curse. And I think you just persuaded me to pick this up from GamersGate (currently on sale for $5. I'd been on the fence about it, but you make it sound like a lot of fun - more so than the product description did.

Curse you! It is just heavily castrated Spellforce! :(

Since you are familiar with Spiderweb, I'll refrain from going all "fanboy" on you. Suffice it to say that the Avernum series is simply the best indie RPG ever.

http://www.avernum.com/

Runner-up is the phenomenal "Mount and Blade", which just keeps getting better and better and better.
http://www.taleworlds.com/

And Honorable Mention needs to go to Dink Smallwood.. While it *barely* qualifies as an RPG (more a Zelda-style adventure), the amount of free, high-quality, fan-created content is mind-boggling, and Dink has one of the most active, friendly communities you will ever find. (and unlike the above two, which are "Shareware", Dink and all created content is 100% free.).
http://www.rtsoft.com/pages/dink.php

Yeah, look at Avernum 6. Was my CRPG of the year behind New Vegas.

Cheers for all the suggestions.

I have played quite a few already - Mount and Blade has a nice little home on my pc and is great for whenever i feel the need to dish out some 'couched lance' damage. Gonna check Depths Of Peril out but i think i may just go with Avernum 4 or 5 and wait for Spiderwebs next shake of the dice.

Thanks.

Yes but Inde style games were requested, nothing i suggest has a massively polished feel... if you wanted polish i could have recommend tons of other off beat AAA worthy titles...