It has been over 30 years since I played this on an Atari ST but I remember having a lot of fun with Questron 2. It had a similar feel and gameplay to the early Ultima games, so much that the publisher reached a settlement with Origin Systems/Richard Garriott. I just bought it from GOG and will give it a try and see how well it holds up today.
I played this on the Amiga years ago. It was a good game but I never finished it. When you start the game one of the items you have is a crucifix. It can be used to make a spell, but if you do that then the crucifix is gone and towards the end of the game hours later it is needed to get past some vampires. I had used it early in the game and wasn't going to restore an old save and play through most of the game again. See Scorpia's review in Computer Gaming World Issue 92. She encountered the same issue.
I bought this at release back in the mid 90s. It reminded me a lot of Heretic with the fantasy theme and combat. It had some RPG elements such as XP and leveling. There was a wide selection of medieval type weapons, though all would degrade over time and needed to be replaced. I didn't know that there was a sequel so I will be picking both up today.
I played the Les Manley games back in the early 90s. They most closely resemble a budget version of the Leisure Suit Larry series so if you enjoy those games, chances are you may like this. It has been nearly three decades since I played it so I don't remember much of the puzzles, though I do remember I got stuck at one point and had to find a hint - not as easy to do pre-Internet. I am going to pick up the GOG version and give both another play through.
A Plague Tale: Innocence is a game about an older sister Amicia protecting her five year old brother Hugo after their castle was overthrown by the Inquisition and they were forced to flee. The brother has a blood ailment and they set off to find help in a nearby village. Throughout the game Amicia has only a sling for a weapon but it can be improved and there are also various alchemical resources that can be combined to make useful items. The game combines three primary game play elements: Stealth - They are often sneaking around avoiding and ambushing soldiers. Puzzles - Often these involve the plague rats which will swarm and devour you. Light keeps them at bay so many of the puzzles involve manipulating light to make a path through an area. It is the best use of using light as a mechanic in a game that I have seen since Alan Wake. The puzzles are not really very complicated Combat - Her sling only is effective against soldiers without helmets but later she finds a way to craft a potion to get them to remove their helmets making them vulnerable. She can also use the rats to her advantage, for instance if a solider is carrying a lantern she can use her sling to shatter the lantern causing the rats to swarm the solder. Combat difficult increases later in the game with having to use potions and the sling combined to take down an enemy. I enjoyed the game. The combination of stealth, puzzle solving, and combat is something that appeals to me. I also liked using the historical setting of The 100 Year War and the Black Plague. I would recommend A Plague Tale: Innocence to anyone that enjoys those game elements.
I enjoyed this game, though I went in knowing it was only similar to a Dark Souls game. I played the Warrior. I found it a lot more forgiving than a Souls game, some of the bosses I beat on the first attempt instead of having to learn their moves and develop a strategy to defeat them. My one complaint would be that once you achieve the higher abilities later in the game then there are very few challenges, even some of the bosses were defeated easily.
I have played most of the action RPGs that came along since Diablo, and Darkstone was one of my favorites. It allowed single player co-op where you could control two characters and switch between them with a single click, as well as true multiplayer co-op. I played it through once with just a single character to see what that was like - a bit tougher but I still completed it. The dungeons are randomized each time, so it has a lot of re-playability.
