r/rpg_gamers • u/Wild_Chef6597 • 1d ago

Helping a friend find a game

Fantasy isometric RPG

Late 1990s to early 2000s (before 2010)

Pixel-based 2D sprite graphics, slightly worse than Diablo II (2000) but better than Diablo I (1996), similar to Shadowflare and The Fate in quality

Real-time, click-to-attack combat, no pause/play or turn-based features

Dark tone, not high fantasy or gothic, more grounded

Starts in an open snowy forest with snow-covered trees and ground, beginning in the top-left corner of the map

First enemies are generic gray or brown wolves

Single male protagonist, sword-focused combat at the start

Reach a village or settlement after fighting wolves in the initial snowy area

Played on PC, uncertain if available on other platforms

Static environment (snow-covered trees and ground do not move), with only the character, wolves, and falling snow (white pixels moving diagonally) animated

Likely Western-developed, possibly from the Slavic sphere (e.g., Russian, Ukrainian)

Ruled out games: Diablo, Diablo II, Icewind Dale, Nox, Darkstone, Divine Divinity, Arcanum, Revenant, Throne of Darkness, Blade & Sword, Exile III, Dungeon Siege, Sacred, Dungeon Lords, Silverfall, Lamentation: Sword of Sorrow, The Fate, Shadowflare, Kult: Heretic Kingdoms, Konung: Legends of the North, Konung 2: Blood of Titans, Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul, Siege of Avalon, Blades of Exile, Blade of Darkness, The Last Express, Sanitarium, Outcast, Restricted Area

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u/Flimsy_Procedure3184 1d ago

Original Baldurs Gate? Maybe Dark Alliance or Planescape?

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u/Wild_Chef6597 1d ago

Doesn't Baulders Gate 1 start in a dungeon? I know Planescape does

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u/deltasalmon64 19h ago

BG1 starts in a town. No snow. Icewind Dale has snow but also starts in a town

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u/Elveone 1d ago

Might be Loki: Heroes of Mythology - if you choose the viking sword guy you start in a snowy area with wolves. It is a 3d game though.

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u/Owlstorm 23h ago

Icewind Dale maybe?

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u/VanceStubbs- 22h ago

Maybe one of the Konung or Golden Land games

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u/Darkspire303 15h ago

I was thinking of the Golden Land games too.

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u/Sciminoc 1d ago

Oh wow. Sounds like something to check out. :-)