Darklands

Darklands is a pioneering realistic-fantasy role-playing game set in 15th-century Germany. Leading a band of four adventurers, you face the Middle Ages not as it was, but as people of the time believed it to be, a land seething with mythical beasts, religious power-mongers and blood-thirsty robber-knights.

Your quest for fame and fortune carries you hundreds of miles by land and sea, from the Frisian Coast to Bohemia and from the Alps to Prussia, visiting over ninety cities along the way. You travel raucous city streets, dank mine shafts, robber-knight towers and the terrifying Sabbaths of witches, with savage real-time battles you can freeze at any moment to issue new orders.

It was notably forward-thinking in its design: rather than artificial character classes or levels, you improve each character's individual attributes and skills as the game progresses, and you can learn alchemical formulas to brew your own potions. Brilliant watercolor-style graphics bring the myths and mysteries of the era to life. This release includes bonus content, with the soundtrack in MP3 and original MIDI formats, a cluebook, a map and the original reference card.