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[extemporanea]

I have been whiling away the days, or at least so much of the days as are characterised by an absence of Evil Landlord, since I need to use his computer, by playing Dragon Age. This is not quite meeting my deep-seated need for a first-person fantasy RPG (i.e. the sequel to Oblivion), but it’s more than somewhat entertaining. The world-building is,

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[strawberryfrog]

If you want "sequel to Oblivion"-esque first person RPG, try the Fallout series. if you squint, it's fantasy.

[extemporanea]

The EL has played an awful lot of Fallout, and looking over his shoulder it is indeed what I want in terms of gameplay. However, the current jones is for fantasy fantasy. Swords and magic and horrible Tolkien clichés, and finding myself new and fancier armour and magical weapons. I really, really miss Oblivion. It's also driving me demented that Dragon Age is so D&D-narrow in its characters - you're either a fighter or a mage, and never the twain shall meet. I like to play a sort of warrior mage hybrid. Semi-spell users ftw.

Lotro

[dicedcaret]

By the Great Moons of Phaark, try Lotro already! It fits precisely into the tin you just painted: Tolkien cliche, magic equipment, and no managing of companions if you don't want to. Semi-spell user doesn't really exist, although all the 'magic' classes do whack as well as zap. And a big chunk of it is free and will probably run on your machine. Hell, you wouldn't even need to do the huge download, the installation just needs to be copied over to your PC.

[tngr_spacecadet]

Um hellooo? Fantasy... swords... Tolkien... now what does that remind me of ;)

[tngr_spacecadet]

It's Spring Festival time, so things are quite bizarre. Love it.