Indie CRPGs - post 'em if you find 'em

[Jason]

All the roguelikes are (try Gearhead). The Spiderweb Software games (Geneforge, Avernum, etc) are all around 15 mb so they shouldn't take too long either.

 

[chaedwards]

A sport rpg:

New Star Soccer 3
You start as a 16 year-old trainee, and aim to become World Footballer of the year. You play the matches yourself, and can improve skills through training, which improves your stats. You also have to juggle your family, friends and girlfriend, as well as avoiding alcoholism, gambling and the temptations of illegal drugs.

Plays a lot like Sensible Soccer but with additional depth - good fun.

Edit: Link should work now.

 

[Jason]

Sports make me angry, but that sounds awesome. If you have to avoid the temptations of alcohol and drugs, are there in-game reasons why they would be tempting? Or is it just that players who lose more games tend to get addictions?

edit: I keep getting Server Not Found for the link.

 

[chaedwards]

Alcohol increases your confidence, and you'll only be selected if you are confident to a certain degree. Playing well and getting high match ratings gives you confidence, but if you play badly, it's time to hit the bottle...

Drugs increase your stats without having to train, but are expensive, and there are random drug tests.

 

[Section8]

Mad. I've always wanted a Sports RPG, where there's more to character development than how you play on the field. I'll give NSS3 a whirl.

 

[Greenskin13]

I tried it. Painful loading times, and the controls are a bit weird as well. Great concept, though.

 

[chaedwards]

You can avoid the painful loading times by switching autosave off on the options menu. I agree the controls are a little bid odd, but that's partially because of the stats of a beginning player - the game becomes easier as your player improves.

 

[Jed]

A nice-looking party-based graphical rogue-like: Helherron.

Hypenation, baby.

 

[Crnobog]

The Cleaner
Not really an rpg, more like a platformer with stats, but it's a fun game with some nice physics

This was all made by one lone person, I recall. In The Cleaner, you play a lone mage who's job is to scour dimensional pathways for anything that threatens your country. Your only means of attack are the variety of spells at your disposal, each of which can become devastating in their own right when enough points are put into them. You can really trick out your mage, making him focus on rapid fire spells with a mana pool that recharges quickly, use slower, more ponderous spells that cost more magic but are devastating, etc. If spells fail, then you can always use your mind to brutalize enemies with whatever objects are handy, including their fallen comrades. The graphics are pretty, especially the spells, and your character looks cool flying around raining hellfire on enemies. Exploration and puzzles flesh out the gameplay so you aren't always blasting things.

 

[whatusername]

Can't believe you guys missed Mount & Blade.

http://taleworlds.net

War has come down on Calradia and war attracts its own bunch of misfits. Mercenaries, cutthroats, knights and adventurers flood into the land looking for employment, fortune and glory. But war is a harsh master. It gives away death and grief to the lot, fortune to a chosen few, and glory, wise men say, to none. Still, men ride to war, for one or other reason. Some because they are looking for thrill and excitement, some because they are desperate and know no other way. Some because they are so bitter and hateful that they are willing to unleash doom on earth... And yet some, because they are the very heroes who will step forward to stop that...

 

[Vault Dweller]

We didn't.

 

[whatusername]

I know, but they were missing it in this thread.

 

[onerobot]

Freegamer has a pretty comprehensive listing of free and open-source games. They aren't rpg exclusive, but they have many interesting things like a comparison of space sims and open-source game engines.

 

[sheek]

I know, but they were missing it in this thread.

Mount&Blade is not an RPG.

 

[whatusername]

I know, but they were missing it in this thread.

Mount&Blade is not an RPG.

You can certainly role-play in it.

 

[Naked_Lunch]

I can roleplay in notepad, too ^_^

 

[St. Toxic]

Well then, it deserves a spot.

http://www.notepad.org/

 

[whatusername]

I can roleplay in notepad, too ^_^

Role-Playing in Notepad is really fun. Sometimes, I do it too when I'm bored.

 

[Roqua]

http://www.morningswrath.com/index.php?c=main.html

15 bucks. Has gay RT combat so I'll pass, but you bitches should love it.

 

[Nicolai]

I'm there.

 

[rei1974]

Spring Sale?

We are in July...

 

[Nicolai]

Life of D. Duck - my candidate for game of the year '06.

 

[mytgroo]

A few from Rake In Grass

There are a few from a company called http://www.rakeingrass.com . I really do like Styrateg which is an interesting combination of strategy and fantasy with modifyable characters. It is well worth playing so far. The other one from Rake In Grass is Undercroft -- not so much to my liking but you do get an initial quest to find the chickens and the introductory story is appropriately ridiculous. They also have an arcade style game called Troll where you have to save the kingdom of King Uterus.

 

[Hazelnut]

Life of D. Duck - my candidate for game of the year '06.

Hehe - that was a fun diversion for an evening.. cheers.

 

[Moggs]

Anyone tried this:

http://www.battlephase.com/warrior

It looks like a Bard's Tale "remake". Might be worth a try?