The point of CDDA is exploring the world and get stronger while doing so, pretty much like any other classic rpg. It's an open world roguelike, as such you can go anywhere and play the game however you want. Theres even multiple ways to start the game, so the 'goals' varies between character to character. The immediate goal is obviously figuring out how not to die, after that? Figure out how to get into a military lab and explore the depths of it, perhaps get some mutagen and mutate your character or find some nice weaponry. After that figure out how to build a vehicular death machine which will allow you to explore the greater area of the world and see if you can challenge the great old ones from the other dimension? It's a huge sandbox you're only limited by your own imagination and obviously, ability.
All the classic crpgs I've ever played you can beat. Granted the only two or so crpgs I played on console before switching to computers were Ultima 4 (I think) and Wiz 1, and then switched after playing Quest for Glory 1 at a friends. I can't think of one game I ever bought that didn't have a goal or quest to beat the head back guy at least.
Ok, time to churn out some really obscure stuff.
Dark Disciples 1&2 - unfortunately the original webpage is down, but there were working versions of them floating somewhere on the net.
Reconstruction series, which includes a TRPG, a space sim and even a fucking roguelike - all of them made in RPGMaker, but you can never tell because the guy remade everything, from sprites to combat and character system.
Hellion is a great dungeon crawl, also made in RPGMaker and also heavily customized. Features full character generation, 7 really different classes with extensive skill trees and an array of non-combat skills.
Added bonus - everything on this list is freeware.
God bless you. I can't believe I never heard of these. The dodgysoft website that is soppossed to host the dark disciples doesn't, but I found them here - http://en.uptodown.com/search/dark-disciples-ii
Is this a troll/joke? That statement is silly on many levels.
Please articulate. Please tell in which ways with exact specifics. I am sure you cannot because Dark Souls is like Undertale and other monkey-hype games. Shit for shitheads that will like it with vigor because they want to belong.
For everyone else, thanks for the advice. I'm still interested what people think of the games I listed like Crea or if there are other non-armada space games with pilot skills like Void Expanse and Star Wolves.
I am old and played old games so am looking for more modern games (over and over and over again). I have played the Quest and Madman (and hopefully they are improving the controls and UI on Madman before releasing on steam), and Swords & Sorcery Underworld. I am a huge proponent of indie crpgs so I know about the more well known games in the genre like these.
Thank you all again, your help is very appreciated.