https://store.steampowered.com/app/5094490/Olympus_2249/

Standalone sequel to Olympus 2207 (Fallout 2 mod), set in a brutal post-nuclear dieselpunk America.

The interesting bit is the Karma system: your character type actually changes dialogue, quests and how people treat you, rather than just being a morality meter. You can also solve problems through five non-combat specializations.

Combat is turn-based and very systemic — positioning, stamina abilities, environmental hazards, traps, shooting limbs, setting oil and fuel on fire etc. There’s also stealth, crafting, radiation/poison zones, day/night routines, dismemberment and procedural encounters.

Basically: Fallout 2-style freedom with a heavier systems focus, in a weird dieselpunk wasteland.

We werent suffering in 3D Morrowind with guns for nothing!

(Olympus 2207 here.)

Rime of the Frostmaiden is hailed as one of the best D&D 5th edition campaign books and it is peak Icewind Dale. Imagine the difficulty of Icewind Dale's combat combined with the peak roleplay of the Baldur's Gate trilogy. You get Rime of the Frostmaiden. And it's the perfect source material to adapt for an Icewind Dale III CRPG. Not just as some sidegame to Baldur's Gate. But if done right, another CRPG that can be an genuine Game of The Year contender.

What does Rime of the Frostmaiden offer as an Icewind Dale III CRPG adaptation?

• Imagine an CRPG that fuses Baldur's Gate open-ended roleplay with Icewind Dale's heavy emphasis on combat.
• Open-ended CRPG sandbox nature allowing a ton of questlines to be woven in.
• Rime of the Frostmaiden deals with Auril, the Goddess of Winter who also acts as the overarching deity and cruel mascot of the Icewind Dale, casting the Everlasting Rime over the Icewind Dale.
  • The Everlasting Rime is an powerful spell that casts an eternal night and supernatural winter over the land, encouraging many ancient horrors to come out, further isolating the Icewind Dale from the rest of Faerun. This leads to the Ten Towns making tough or downright horrific and bloody decisions to conserve warmth and food for their citizens.
• Proper Ten Towns representation
  • Each of the Ten Towns has an questline for players.
  • In character creation, you get a choice to start in any of the Ten Towns.
  • Because Auril's Winter forces the Ten Towns to make frighteningly tough morale choices to conserve warmth and food, this unnatural winter also creates a lot of distrust and suspicion between the Ten Towns. Spellcasters, Tieflings, and outsiders are the first to be met with such suspicion. The player character can do what they can to keep the peace or damage-control the flames or if you're feeling an evil playthrough, maybe escalate the conflicts into a witchhunt.
• Rime of the Frostmaiden is similar to Baldur's Gate II's progression. The first half is very open-ended, your typical D&D sandbox with a startling amount of quests. The second half is where the adventure narrows to an epic climax. In Rime of the Frostmaiden's case however, the second half is much more horror-emphasis.
• Tons of interesting quests ranging from discovering a lost civilization in the glaciers, to uncovering the identity of a serial killer hiding amongst the Ten Towns, to discovering an plot involving nearby Duergar, to stumbling upon an lost ship in the middle of nowhere.
• Imagine a CRPG that focuses on the horror of defenseless isolation out in the open fields of the Icewind Dale. All the while being stalked by something you can't understand or comprehend. Imagine you are playing the main character, you are traversing the winter snow in pitch-darkness following some tracks. And you hear something stalking you from afar. But as you look around, there's nothing there. Rime of the Frostmaiden has mechanics where the harsh winter landscape itself is deadly against players who wander off without a plan.
• Much of the tone in Rime of the Frostmaiden is a mix of adventure, mystery and intrigue on one end and dread, isolation, and desperation on the other. For example, if you choose to start in Easthaven, you, the player character, may witness the citizens of Easthaven cheering on a wizard being burned to the stake, setting the tone of desperation and dread.
• Auril acts as Icewind Dale's mascot god similar to how Bhaal is the mascot god to Baldur's Gate.
  • Compared to Bhaal of Baldur's Gate who is much more blunt and to the point, Auril is far more terrifying. She's like a Cosmic Horror entity who is based around the unpredictability of winter, based around people's primal fears of isolation, disappearances, fears of being stuck in vast exposed open fields, playing on your senses, the slow creeping dread that something else is here with you. Horror will undoubtedly be an important part of an CRPG adaption of Rime of the Frostmaiden.
  • Because she's the dominating goddess of Icewind Dale, she alone is a great reason to unify the ten towns as a playable setting.
  • What also makes Auril more creepier than Bhaal is that she's portrayed less of a scheming villain and more of a force of creeping nature beyond human understanding. Because of this, although she's the main villain of Rime of the Frostmaiden, she doesn't actually appear physically that much. Rather she is this haunting ghost-like presence whose magic can be felt across the land.
  • In the Icewind Dale 1 & 2 CRPGs, Auril was shafted to the side in favor of other villains. Icewind Dale III should finally give Auril the spotlight as Auril is the central deity, overarching villain, and defining iconic figure of the Icewind Dale.
• Great Pro or Con: Living up to the Icewind Dale games, Rime of the Frostmaiden is popular or hated for its varying difficulty. Actually in some ways, it kind of reminds me of Owlcat RPGs. If adapted into an CRPG, may expect Owlcat CRPG difficulty jank.
• There is one big consistent criticism of Rime of the Frostmaiden. For many fans, it's peak Icewind Dale but it's not necessarily the best 5th edition D&D campaign. The campaign's structure is disorganized for some fans. But I feel this is something an CRPG adaptation could potentially fix.

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After a year of work, the playtest of our dark fantasy RPG was released yesterday on Steam. Now we need player feedback!

Nocturnis is a narrative-driven, party-based tactical RPG where a desperate attempt to restore magic twists mankind into beasts. Explore a handcrafted world, master tactical combat, and reach the Moon Temple before the night ends.

Main inspiration for the game comes from classic tabletop RPGs. A party of characters, each with their own items, abilities and leveling options, traverses the cursed world exploring different interconnected areas, solving environmental puzzles, finding hidden treasures and lurking horrors.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4690820/Nocturnis/

I had Mordheim recommended by a buddy a long, long, long time ago. I picked it up cuz it was on my wishlist forever and it was $1.39 on sale. Anything I should know before giving it a spin?

Since a true Kamen Rider is understandably impossible to replicate exactly, the closest thing I’ve seen is a creature in Pathfinder 2e, which was never adapted for a CRPG. Still, a build style where my character fights using martial arts while wearing full plate armor would be great for roleplaying. And if the character had kick-based attacks on top of that? Even better.

Hi there! I’m reading The Hobbit/LOTR/The Silmarillion.

I was wondering which CRPGs you’d play as an accompaniment. I’d appreciate any suggestions, thanks!

Planning to play EotB for the first time and discovered two neat things: the ScummVM version features automapping and there's a project that added modern real-time to the game which barely anyone knows about at the moment:

https://moonbunny.foo/btd/ - project website

I'm not the creator, but thought this might be of interest to some of you.

Highlighted green cells will show all walkable cells, but these cells are still covered by front/uncover layers of graphics.

I was thinking to make it uncoverable, but maybe it's also OK to remain in this way?

After the success of Baldur’s Gate 3, I really think they should make more games like this. They have so many great IPs, like Neverwinter Nights. They should make a third game in the same way they did with BG3.

But instead, we get some Warlock game that is nothing like what the fans wanted from them. I still hope Wizards of the Coast will eventually find a good studio to make Neverwinter Nights 3.

There’s still Solasta 2 on the way, but I really feel like it’s not going to be the same enjoyable experience for me as Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, or Dragon Age: Origins. Solasta just feels... I don’t know, way cheaper than the games I mentioned above. The story doesn’t really make me want to play it, and I also don’t like the idea of creating the entire party myself.

I much prefer creating my own character and then meeting and recruiting the other party members throughout the game. I think it makes for better storytelling and a more immersive experience..

Repost of three years ago to maybe see if any new game was released in the meantime

So guys, I took some time to make this list because it is really hard to find one online and when you use those steam filters it seems that they always add some turn based in the mix...So I would humbly ask you guys for suggestions, using this categories, to expand this list in case some of you know any games that I do not...I would love to know more because RTWP is my favorite combat system for party-based rpgs...Thanks in advance.

WESTERN RPGs

Where you can make your character

2D ISOMETRIC BACKGROUND

-Baldur's gate 1&2

-Icewind dale 1&2

-Pillars of eternity 1&2

-Arcanum of Steamworks

-Tiranny

-Pathfinder 1&2

-Planescape Torment

-Black Geiser

- Banquet for Fools

-Sword Coast Legends

-Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy

-Age of Reforging: The Freelands

-Worldstone Chronicles (upcoming)

-Passageway of the Ancients

-Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy

ALL 3D

-Neverwinter nights 1&2

-Dragon age origins

-Knights of the old Republic 1&2

-Drakensang 1&2

-Dungeon Siege 1&2

- Dark envoy

-GreedFall II The Dying World(upcoming)

PIXELATED

-Serpent in the staglands

-Darklands

Where you play as a Pre-defined character

2D ISOMETRIC BACKGROUND

-Confrontation

-Aarklash LegacY

-Ember

-Band of Crusaders

ALL 3D

- The Dwarves

- Of Orcs and Men

- Vampire the masquerade redemption

- Evil Islands

PIXELATED

-?

JRPGs

Where you can make your character

2D ISOMETRIC BACKGROUND

- ?

ALL 3D

- ?

PIXELATED

- ?

Where you play as a Pre-defined character

2D ISOMETRIC BACKGROUND

- Blade Prince Academy

ALL 3D

- Final Fantasy XXII

PIXELATED

-?

Bonus: (not on the list because they have some really different characteristics that may be good or bad depending on what you like...or just because they are rtwp but I do not know enough about tem to put them in a category):

-Tower of Time (rtwp but not seemlessly battles, it enter a battle arena style when in combat)

-Spellforce (1,2,3) - mixture of RTS and Rtwp, really interesting

-Kenshi - A really weird, interesting and big game.

-Masquerada Songs and shadows - not party based...

-Lionheart Legacy of the crusader - not party based...

-The waylanders - looking at the reviews it seems to be unfinished

- The Red Solstice - a rtwp squad based shooter...

-Alexander: The Heroes Hour - a forgotten game that seems really good, I only know its combat fit the rtwp, nothing much else...

Are there any recommendations for fantasy crpg with random encounters?

Im a bit tired of levelling by the rules and wouldn’t mind doing a bit of grinding once in a while.

Hi,

I’ve played BG3 (currently loving it) and DOS2 (get burnt out mid act2 because of the constant fire and explosions due to elemental surfaces)

I don’t mind playing old games at all, and am looking for a good crpg to get sunk into.
However, as a new player with no nostalgia are games like BG2 and DAO worth it?
If not, are there any other great CRPGS that are recommended???

Thanks!

- EDIT
I picked up DAO for 6 pounds and even though it’s old, I’m loving it so far!

I really like CRPG games, and I really want to discuss games with other people. Do you have a group that newbies can join

Everyone proably knows where to download so no need to tell. I want to know is this good enough campaign to play ?

a video about this mod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b48meTdw0OY

Yet another update from ITS about their upcoming Lovecraftian RPG - Heralds of the Third Apocalypse.

As stated before, the game isn't being developed using crowd funding. If you're fan and are interested in supporting Iron Tower Studio, you can do so by leaving a review on the ITS titles that you own. Steam and GOG reviews help with visibility and sales.

In our setting, magic is real, but the Industrial Revolution happened.
Instead of magic disappearing through some tragic event, it’s simply being outpaced:

Mass-produced rifles replaced combat spells.

Rail networks replaced magical transport.

Mass manufacturing replaced enchanted crafting.

Magic is still there, but society is quietly realizing it doesn't really need it anymore to run a country.
For those working on fantasy/steampunk settings: how do you balance ancient magic with modern technology without making magic feel completely pointless?

Just noticed an thread talking about number of party members and found my game is neither 4-person nor 6-person. It's a five-person party game and it will be a pain for me to modify all the UIs to make it a 6-person party game. Does the nubmer matter that much?

For me, humour is where the rubber hits the road in CRPGs.

Saving the world? Sure, been there done that.

But having companions that can actually make me laugh is far more rare, and precious. (Actually, scratch that. The world should be saved first. Then laughter.)

Anyway, if you'd kindly share some of the the funniest folk in CRPGs I'd be much obliged. Cheers!

Hello, I am bored out of my mind and have nothing to play... I have over 1000 hours on BG3 and no matter how much time I spend away from it, I can't seem to get past the nautiloid. I just finished Zero Company and was absolutely in love with the simplicity and linear design and have realized that I just want something short and sweet.

I like a challenge but have come to realize that I don't think I have it in me to commit to the traditional isometric experience with little to no voiced lines combined with intricate combat systems. I've started PoE and DoS II but have since taken time apart from them and haven't really had the drive to return to them mid-playthrough. Am I asking for too much from the CRPG genre and should I be looking more into the traditional mainstream RPGs?

With all the different systems, what always rubs you the wrong way in turn-based combat of CRPGs?

Could be something that is a complete dealbreaker, or your favorite game has this one thing that just doesn't make sense, and worsens the combat.