Hey folks, I know game requests can get pretty annoying - but please help a brother out.

I’m in a very specific mood, and I want to play an action RPG in a dark fantasy setting - the issue is, people got bored of all fantasy being medieval, so now games always come up with a twist “dark fantasy… But in the 40’s! But it’s cyberpunk! But it’s actually under the ocean!” and while I respect these subgenres… Just give me a knight in armour and a gritty story, pleeeeease.

By action RPG, I don’t even mean Diablo clone. It can be one, but also a 2D open world RPG, or a 3D old-school Skyrim-like, or a MMORPG style, or whatever. I just need one.

  • Ace0fBlades@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Kingdom Come : Deliverance is basically if Skyrim took place in a ren faire. No magic, no fantasy, just dudes in armor completing tasks for the local lords and monasteries.

    Any of the fable games are decent at least; some are better than others. Personally felt the series peaked with 2.

    You likely already know about the elder scrolls games, but there was a clone series called Two Worlds that were… interesting? Not fantastic, but good ideas and worth a shot.

    If you haven’t played all the Witcher games they are likely exactly what you’re looking for. Personally haven’t played 1, but 2,3 are excellent.

    Dragons age 1 and inquisition are good. Might be too turn based for your preference as the fights involve many party members.

    Then there’s the From soft games; darksouls, etc. No real story to speak of, but very dark medieval fantasy.