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Name this old role playing game.
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A long time ago, I played a game on my PC of which I can only recall the beginning. I must not have known how to advance further in it...
It plays from a first person perspective. When thinking of its title, the words dragon and cave come to mind. I have not been able to find it using those words.
Upon only a couple of minutes or so into the game, you come across some goblins. They may have been man eating goblins. They talk about something and then attack you. The way you fight them is by moving the cursor to either defend or attack. I believe you have a shield.
I also remember a cliff and an inventory in which a rope is contained.
I imagine the game was created somewhere between 1995 and 2000.
It plays from a first person perspective. When thinking of its title, the words dragon and cave come to mind. I have not been able to find it using those words.
Upon only a couple of minutes or so into the game, you come across some goblins. They may have been man eating goblins. They talk about something and then attack you. The way you fight them is by moving the cursor to either defend or attack. I believe you have a shield.
I also remember a cliff and an inventory in which a rope is contained.
I imagine the game was created somewhere between 1995 and 2000.
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When they talked about something, was it voice acted?
Is it like a tile based RPG where you always turn 90 degrees and map the whole thing out on graph paper, or did it feel open world like Skyrim?
There are so many games that fit your description there that it might be tough to narrow it down. If you can remember anything about the graphical style or story or even the manual that might help.
I'll delve into my archives if I have some time tomorrow.
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Memory tends to distort these things. Back then, the graphics seemed flawless...
I believe it was three dimensional. Graphic style was about in par with might and magic viii.
It was voice acted, yes.
There may have been a cauldron somewhere which the goblins were in the process of mixing. I recall three in all, but I could very easily be mistaken.
If I had to guess, I would say that the mode of movement was not free, like, say, in might and magic. Rather, you used arrows on the edges of the screen or some such device to chart your path.
Very much free movement, though.
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I am certain it was a first person view game.
Also, the only parts I remember occur outdoors. In a forest, most likely. Again, I only played the very beginning of the game.
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Was it like Stonekeep or Ultima Underworld or was it more like Arena?
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I'm not sure what you mean.
imgur'd that for ya
I believe the combat system is structured in such a way that you cannot run, or, at the very least, move during it, unlike in most games.
Also, I seem to recall that the inventory had its own screen. I don't know if it's shown on a sidebar also.
Horrible controls? Must be one of the Gothic games.
I just want to comment that Wizards & Warriors is a really great game by a legendary designer.
As for this game, I don't remember them well enough to call them horrible. It was pretty difficult, but then I was inexperienced with playing those sorts of games and had very little idea of what I was doing.
You had to push Up on the keyboard while holding the mouse button to pick things up off the ground!
What do you mean by that?
I mean that, unlike in games such as might and magic, you did not have a combat system wherein your character/s were taking turns to attack. It's still possible that multiple characters were controlled, but I doubt it. I also remember the goblins threatening or talking about doing harm to the player as though he were a single person.
Because it's really vague and generic. I mean, like this:
What does that mean? If there's a menu on the screen, then you can move your cursor to click the menu item that says defend or attack. If so, does it say "defend" and "attack" or are they little pictures of sword and shield? If not, what else does it mean? Move your mouse in a certain shape, like vertical means thrust and horizontal means slash and moving downward means block? Do you directly control the sword and shield using the mouse?
Is it like Dragon Quest Swords or something?
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Maybe people didn't post it because it doesn't meet the criteria?
first person? check
kinda 3 dimensional? check
voice acting? well it had a voice over in the intro iirc.
inventory has its own screen? check
but I don't think that there was a forest in there.
Nah, no goblins.
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The title may involve the words "dragon" and "cave," the goblins themselves are supposed to be voice acted, and there's supposed to be a cliff and a rope.
It's not generic, or vague. The beginning of the game isn't shared by any other game. If someone had played this game before, he would instantly know to which game I was referring.
There's no item to tell you to defend or attack, not unless it's simply a button that changes the shape of the cursor from sword to shield and vise versa. You directly control the weapon or shield using the mouse, yes. I don't know if you can alternate your method of attack at all like you can in Morrowind.