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Aspic - The Curse of the Snakelord is a pretty generic A-RPG, originally on computers from 86. However, its end game (and ultimately ending) pulls a surprising "No. You are the demons!" twist.

The game starts as your usual warrior must save the princess from demon lord. When you start the game and get to the castle you meet several guards who just say "Hello!" just comes off as a bit weird. Eventually at the end of the game you defeat the Snakelord and bring back the princess, but the king throws you out of the castle. The game is not over. Attempting to re-enter the castle and the "hello" guards will now spawn endessly and kick your ass. On top of that your party members are gone and nobody wants to join your team anymore... Except, if you go back to the demon realm and recruit skeletons, which were previously enemies. Bring the skeletons to fight for you in the king's castle, eventually kick the king's ass, kidnap the princess... and now cue ending, turns out the Snakelord had cursed you with his dying breath and you are now the Snakelord.

On the topic of RPGs in which random battles are on a side view, this is another one but it's not very good. Only point of interest is the plot twist at the end.

Aspic - Curse of the Snakelord

>be warrior
>gotta save the princess from evil snakelord, typical plot
>reach the snakelord end boss within the demon world
>snakelord says "You are cursed!"
>kick his ass anyway, save the princess
>return to the castle to bring her back to the king
>King says "You've been cursed! gtfo of here!"
>thrown out of the castle, back to lvl1
>attempt to re-enter the castle, the guards kick your ass, game over
>okay so now what?
>go back to demon world
>recruit skeletons that were previously enemies as allies
>go back to the castle, call the skeletons to fight in your place
>go through an endless swarm of guards, killing them one by one
>reach the king
>kill him
>find the princess
>cue ending
>the curse of the Snakelord was that he transferred his soul onto you.
>You are now the Snakelord and you contributed to capturing the princess again

Aspic - Curse of the Snakelord

>be warrior
>gotta save the princess from evil snakelord
>reach the snakelord end boss within the demon world
>snakelord says "You are cursed!"
>kick his ass anyway, save the princes
>return to the castle to bring her back to the king
>King says "You've been cursed! gtfo of here!"
>thrown out of the castle, back to lvl1
>attempt to re-enter the castle, the guards kick your ass, game over
>okay so now what?
>go back to demonlord
>recruit skeletons that were previously enemies as allies
>go back to the castle, call the skeletons to fight
>go through an endless swarm of guards, killing them one by one
>reach the king
>kill him
>find the princess
>cue ending
>the curse of the Snakelord was that he transferred his soul onto you.
>You are now the Snakelord and you contributed to capturing the princess ago
>back to status quo
>Game Over, for real this time