Games like Lands of Lore 3?

I know that LoL 3 does not have the best reputation among RPG-fans, and I get why (it felt rushed), but I just beat it, and I liked it. I did in fact liked it more than LoL 2 (though not quite as much as LoL 1). Now I'm in the mood for something else along that line. Does anyone know of any similar games that are worth playing?

I have played System Shock 1 & 2, Ultima Underworld 1 & 2, Arx Fatalis and probably a few others that I can't remember of the top of my head. I'm not looking for something party based, nor anything that's very "heavy".

How about Venetica?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/338140/

Originally Posted by crpgnut
How about Venetica?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/338140/

I've played it, but I thought it was quite different from Lands of Lore 3.

No idea. I haven't played LoL3 in 15 years. I just went with single-player, single-character and not heavy. All of those fit Venetica like a glove.

I skimmed a gameplay video on Youtube to try and find out what you were on about, but all I saw were cut-scenes and some hiking simulation.

Originally Posted by lackblogger
I skimmed a gameplay video on Youtube to try and find out what you were on about, but all I saw were cut-scenes and some hiking simulation.

I'm happy for you, were you looking for some type of justification for yourself? You posted nothing to contribute. Were you attempting some type of really lame trolling? What is your point, or was there one? How about making a suggestion for poor old Fnord.

Hmm…

Stonekeep
MM: Dark Messiah
Arx Fatalis
Maybe even the Gothic series.
Deus Ex

Anvil of Dawn

Party based (but are pretty simple):
Grimock 1&2
Ravenloft 1&2

Originally Posted by crpgnut
I'm happy for you, were you looking for some type of justification for yourself? You posted nothing to contribute. Were you attempting some type of really lame trolling? What is your point, or was there one? How about making a suggestion for poor old Fnord.

Wow, that's quite a gigantic overreaction. Especially as you met with confusion with your own suggested reply. I guess the point of my post was to inquire exactly what more specific features Fnord was looking for. If you think cut-scenes and hiking simulation are horrendous non-contributions then that's on you, not me. If you must know I was thinking of suggesting the cut-scene based classic game Dragon's Lair.

Originally Posted by crpgnut
No idea. I haven't played LoL3 in 15 years. I just went with single-player, single-character and not heavy. All of those fit Venetica like a glove.

I guess I was a bit unclear in my original post. What I'm looking for is a first person CRPG that's combat heavy (but not just all dungeon crawling), and that is single character. Oh, and not tile-based (I do like tile-based movement, but more so for party-based games)

Originally Posted by Caddy
Hmm…

Stonekeep
MM: Dark Messiah
Arx Fatalis
Maybe even the Gothic series.
Deus Ex

Dark Messiah quite close. Sadly already played it Same with Arx Fatalis.

Originally Posted by bjon045
Anvil of Dawn

Party based (but are pretty simple):
Grimock 1&2
Ravenloft 1&2

I would say that Grimrock 1&2 and Ravenloft are far closer to LoL 1 than 2 & 3.

Would Mount and Blade be a fit? I remember that I played it single-character though I think you could join a band too. I only demoed the game and never played very far. When I googled games like Lands of Lore 3, I got Oblivion and Skyrim

You'd want OOO or MMM mods to make them more combat heavy and to do away with the level scaling.

Have you played Two Worlds Two? I'm just throwing out ideas as they come to me.

Stone Keep is one that comes to mind for me, if you've not played it I think it would be worth a shot.

I don't understand why you guys keep suggesting 3rd-person games when he specifically said "first-person".

@Fnord - I agree you should try stonekeep if you haven't already played it. I don't think it's aged very well tbh, but I can't think of many games that fit the criteria.

Actually the Redshift games like The Quest might be good ones to try, especially since they just updated them:

http://www.redshift.hu/

I have Stonekeep on GOG, but I sadly did not like it very much. It was not terrible, but it was not for me.

Mount & Blade and Oblivion are more sandbox games. Oblivion is one out of two TES games that I don't like. Even when modded to a point where you can hardly find a trace of the original game, I just did not like the design of it. Some complete conversions worked, but the main game was just dull (Arena is the other one I don't like).

As for The Quest, does the steam version have the expansions?

The Quest

It's almost certain we'll update our own expansion: "Islands of Ice and Fire". All other expansions are by third parties so we would have to work with them. Because it is a lot of work to update an expansion, we'll be considering each expansion separately.

It is also tile based movement. Kind of a Might and magic for one party member. Very favorable ratings on Steam.

The Quest was great, I had a solid two weeks of entertainment from that game. I hope the expansions make it to the pc at some point.