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2D top down/isometric action RPG recommendation? (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Kindymycin@lemmy.one to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml
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Hi everyone! Glad to be here on the new Lemmy community ☺️

I've been mostly out of the gaming scene since about 2012 due to grad school, starting a family, etc, but am wanting to get back into it. I love games like Zelda Link to the Past and had a lot of fun recently playing Hyperlight Drifter and Tunic (though I prefer 2D over 3D). I'm not looking for a rogue-like and rogue-lite style game. I'm leaning towards giving Crosscode a try, but am open to suggestions and would love to have a list to work my way through 😁. I'm perfectly happy playing games that came out last year or 30 years ago.

Does anyone have any recommendations for good PC games that scatch that 16bit action RPG Link to the Past itch?

Thank you all in advance and I appreciate your time and input ☺️.

UPDATE: wow! Thank you all so much for all the suggestions! I'll check all these out. Y'all are great πŸ˜ƒ

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[–] realChem@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've also heard great things about Crosscode. I haven't started it yet (mainly because I'm worried about what it will do to my already flagging productivity), but from what I've heard about it, it sounds like it'd fit the bill quite well!

I really enjoyed Death's Door, which is frequently compared with Tunic. That might be one to check out!

You might also be interested in Supergiant's older games: Bastion and Transistor. They're the team behind Hades, but those older games don't have the same rogue-like elements that Hades does. (They also both have absolutely phenomenal soundtracks by Daren Korb!)

You might also like Divine Divinity (the 21 year old predecessor to the popular Divinity: Original Sin).

[–] Kindymycin@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Pulled the trigger on Crosscode! I'll put the others on my list. Thanks!

[–] zergling_man@lemmy.perthchat.org 1 points 1 year ago

Din's Curse.