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Anonymous Tue Mar 22 15:28:09 2016 No.3083210 [Reply] [Original]

What are the dark fantasy games of olde?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 16:59:15 2016 No.3083379 Hexen 2. Great art direction and superb monster animations, but gameplay kind of falls apart in the third hub. The first two Thief games are pretty much flawless.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 17:02:52 2016 No.3083384 Faxanadu The Immortal

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 17:07:01 2016 No.3083390 File: 108 KB, 640x480, Diabloscreen.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Diablo and Diablo II were gritty as fuck.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 17:13:41 2016 No.3083406 File: 126 KB, 600x600, 1456158161572.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3083210 Assuming you want something slightly more recent and 3D, the King's Field series was well known for its dark atmosphere.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 17:26:08 2016 No.3083431 File: 11 KB, 429x342, No...You_Move.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3083379 >Hexen 2 >2

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 17:45:39 2016 No.3083461 Darklands

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 17:53:28 2016 No.3083471 Quake 1

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 17:59:14 2016 No.3083482 File: 20 KB, 320x256, Abandoned_Places_2_1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] There's a lot of dungeon games like that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 18:06:31 2016 No.3083497 File: 14 KB, 320x256, Black_Crypt.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3083482

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 22 18:28:58 2016 No.3083554 >>3083431 It's way darker than the first game and about as good.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 23 08:59:10 2016 No.3084917 >>3083379 >>3083390 >II

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 23 09:10:48 2016 No.3084940 >>3083431 >>3084917 You're probably the same fags that praise Q1 and shit on Q2.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 23 09:13:19 2016 No.3084945 >>3084940 No because I realize Q1 and 2 aren't the same franchise.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 23 15:56:24 2016 No.3085435 File: 346 KB, 493x358, 6DsNOK4.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 23 17:21:17 2016 No.3085579 >>3083431 >using image from that retarded babby cartoon

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 07:50:18 2016 No.3086842 Warhammer Dark Omen had some kickass dark atmosphere.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 08:18:01 2016 No.3086876 >>3085435 People were always super angry in SNES covers

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 08:19:03 2016 No.3086880 >>3085579 Enjoying your gifted adult leisure outlet board?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 08:19:31 2016 No.3086881 >>3086876 Yeah, smiling skeletons and jovial snakebeasts would have made more sens.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 08:27:30 2016 No.3086893 File: 415 KB, 640x922, not-kids-games-no-siree.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3086876 >>3086881 "Agitated" is probably more accurate. It's mostly this guy's covers though

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 08:42:19 2016 No.3086908 File: 205 KB, 640x448, cant_change_the_channel_now.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Always had a soft spot for Light Crusader. Intriguing japanese attempt at conveying western fantasy sensibilities

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 08:43:33 2016 No.3086910 File: 7 KB, 640x448, anon.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3086908 Also this should be a header banner

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 08:44:26 2016 No.3086913 >>3083384 >>3083406 Faxanadu and King's Field both were amazing. Sadly I never could get into King's Field 2 all that well.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 08:47:18 2016 No.3086917 File: 757 KB, 1280x720, Demons-Crest-pic-4.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 09:30:06 2016 No.3086953 File: 198 KB, 1024x896, wights-n-spectres.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3086917 All that series has this awesome, over the top hybrid cartoon / dark fantasy mood to it. Really miss it

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 11:34:09 2016 No.3087117 File: 63 KB, 640x750, myth cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3083210 Obligatory when Bungie still made good games comment.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 11:52:14 2016 No.3087139 File: 1.84 MB, 2100x1500, GODS.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3087117 >John Bolton / Simon Bisley / Brom cover artwork That was the way to do it

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 24 14:46:49 2016 No.3087424 File: 64 KB, 628x360, top-100-rpgs-planetscape-torment[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Doesn't get much darker than this.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 09:37:42 2016 No.3089085 >>3087424 Dark Seed

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 09:43:20 2016 No.3089102 >>3084940 I don't think they're shitting on Diablo II as much as they're saying it's not very dark compared to the first one.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 10:01:33 2016 No.3089124 >>3083210 Surprisingly dark. Way good.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 10:17:47 2016 No.3089150 File: 24 KB, 250x248, Vagrantstorybox.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This game is pretty dark and it's awesome.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:39:56 2016 No.3089834 File: 91 KB, 480x683, loksr.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:42:40 2016 No.3089840 File: 21 KB, 250x323, ihnm.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:43:36 2016 No.3089846 >>3083379 Thief is boring as fuck

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:43:42 2016 No.3089847 File: 58 KB, 414x500, eviltwin.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:44:46 2016 No.3089854 File: 210 KB, 300x377, alice.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:47:49 2016 No.3089864 File: 136 KB, 200x283, chakan.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:48:50 2016 No.3089868 File: 52 KB, 500x466, berserk.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 16:52:44 2016 No.3089872 >>3089846 I believe I speak for everybody here when I say: Kill yourself

Anonymous Fri Mar 25 17:25:11 2016 No.3089938

>>3086913
Assuming we're using II in Japanese release order, I prefer the more open feel of the second game. I'll always appreciate the feel of plunging deeper into the dungeon the first one brings. Always found games like that and Diablo aesthetically pleasing for some reason.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 19:58:40 2016 No.3090204 >>3086893 How epic is that Michaelangelo. Best Mikey ever.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 20:04:05 2016 No.3090217 Severance: Blade of Darkness is one of the best games ever made for pc

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 20:09:30 2016 No.3090223 File: 114 KB, 1024x768, castlevania-wall.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3083210 Castlevania but that is probably a given. Also try 8 eyes and kick master which are like castlevania.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 20:14:53 2016 No.3090228 File: 74 KB, 1024x610, 44cc1cedfe895d5cee2d9411c1fb6824.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3090217 SEVERANCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw5QFCRN2n8 Hard to believe this game is almost 20 years old

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 25 20:25:18 2016 No.3090247 >>3083406 Eh, I'd say King's Field is more high fantasy

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 26 09:38:01 2016 No.3091369 >>3083210 (Shift+F=>no )Gothic 1 & 2.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 26 09:43:24 2016 No.3091379 >>3083210 Does (good/old school) vampire games count? If yes, then Legacy of Kain and Vampire the Masquerade indeed.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 26 10:42:01 2016 No.3091443 File: 106 KB, 500x448, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Arcus Odyssey had some Dark Fantasy vibes going on.

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