The other "Infinity" games

Buttercheese

So there are quite a few games out there from the good ol' isometric RPG era that have been mostly forgotten over time ... Lionheart and Temple of the Elemental Evil come to mind.

Do you know others that have been forgotten?
What is your general opinion on these games?
Do you think they are worth picking up for fans of BG and IWD?

And please, no spoilers ~

Kamigoroshi

Temple of Elemental Evil in itself is mediocre.
*However*! If one installs both the Circle of Eight modpack, as well as the rewritten Project Temple+ engine upgrade, it transforms from a caterpillar into a butterfly. Heck, it won't be an overstatement to say that you end up with another Enhanced Edition game. My dwarf crayfish can vow for this! Also of note are fan-made expansion packs of high quality. The Keep on the Borderlands comes to mind.

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura feels more dated than even ToEE.
Nevertheless, with the right mods it becomes fresh as a fiddle. (I'm looking at you, High Resolution Patch and High Quality Music Pack!).

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader's prologue and early chapters are rather fascinating with its alternative reality setting of the Middle East. Kind of a magical Fallout with demons and spirits walking about. It's kind of a shame that it degenerates from cRPG into a hack-'n-slash title when hitting the later half of the game. Still worth a playthrough though if you're looking for something different, yet eerily familiar.

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JuliusBorisov

I have a humble feeling Buttercheese knows about PST a lot

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FinneousPJ

Well obviously Dragon Age Origins and more recently Divinity Original Sin which is actually turn based

brus

Somebody is talking about, what did you call it, Planescape: Torment?
Never heard of it.

Buttercheese

@FinneousPJ Right, Divinity! Had that one lingering in my Steam library for years now, time to finally get on that ... Also, I highly doubt that you can count Dragon Age as a "forgotten" game It's one of the most widely know videogame franchises on the planet.

@Kamigoroshi Does Lionheart have any worthwhile mods? Widescreen, higher res maybe.
Does is feature multiplayer co-op (and is it worthwhile)?

@Shandyr I do know about PST Just waiting till the EE comes out.

Kamigoroshi

@Buttercheese In contrast to the other games, Lionheart has very few mods. According to Mod DB, the only non-cheat mod would be Scion of Lionheart. This one mainly pushes up the level caps and provides additional perks.

Edit: Oh my, it appears there indeed is a Widescreen Patch. Never noticed this one before.

Edit 2: And yes, Lionheart indeed has a multiplayer modus. Although I can't commend how it plays as I never used it.

Belanos

Personally I'd like to see the old Gold Box games adapted for the Infinity engine. I played the Pool of Radiance series many times long ago, I just really enjoyed them. Though I couldn't get into Pools of Darkness. The Krynn series was pretty good as well. It would be nice to see those games with some updated graphics, and they shouldn't be that difficult to adapt as far as the rule set goes.