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Looking for a TERRIBLE PC fantasy RPG from 5-8 yrs ago

No_It_All

Junior Member
I have a game that I've been trying to remember the name of recently.

-It was a PC fantasy RPG (I played it on my Dell Windows XP laptop).
-It came out around 5-8 years ago (at least, that's when I first saw it on shelves, and that's when I played it).
-It was NOT a popular or well-known game, and among those who actually did play it (including myself) it was universally considered terrible.
-It played like an excruciatingly slow, dull, and bug-riddled version of Sacred - you chose a single character, played from a 3rd person perspective. Each character had his or her own backstory and an adventure specific to them.
-It was NOT a multi-player or on-line game, to my knowledge.
-The front cover of the game package showed the 5 or 6 characters you can choose from, sitting crowded together in a forest (if I remember correctly).
-The only character I can remember in detail (and probably the biggest selling point of the game) was a female with long black hair, in a blue two-piece outfit, showing her entire bare midriff, and carrying a bow and arrow. There was another female character I believe, who was blonde.
-When you clicked on another character in the game to talk to them, your own character would say, "Hey, wait a minute...," and then you'd have to wait an eternity while your character slowly made their way across the screen to talk to the other character.
-The game was riddled with bugs, and often experienced freezes or crashes at certain points in the game.

-I'm almost certain I remember the game being a sequel, although I had never heard of the original game either.

-I also believe (though I can't be sure) that the name began with "Ever_____." I don't want to say this for sure, because I don't want to throw off anyone who might otherwise know the answer.

Thanks in advance to anyone for their help.
 
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Bullshit. Elvira was awesome. So was Elvira 2.
Wish I could play them now, but even if I pirated it there was a complicated in game DRM. You had to use a spin wheel to look up a code every time you moved between major game areas. SOOOOO annoying it almost made me quit, but the game was fun enough to keep pushing ahead.
 
Bullshit. Elvira was awesome. So was Elvira 2.
Wish I could play them now, but even if I pirated it there was a complicated in game DRM. You had to use a spin wheel to look up a code every time you moved between major game areas. SOOOOO annoying it almost made me quit, but the game was fun enough to keep pushing ahead.

ahhh, the ol' spinwheels, just about as good as the ol' page/chapter/word DRM.
 
These two seem to be the closest matches to OP's description.
Perhaps, but Divine Divinity is a very good game and has plenty of reviews to match. Not to mention, that isn't the cover of the game, and the real thing looks nothing like what he described.
 
Icewind Dale? That game deosn't fit any of the criteria.

1) it's not 5-8 years old

2) There aren't any seperate backstories

3) it's a really fun game

I seem to recall the "wait a minute...". That wasn't PoR:RoMD, was it?
 

Released in 1999.
Was very well known and popular
Not played 3rd person
IS a MP game
Front cover shows 2 playable characters
Girl has light hair and carries a staff

Does start with Ever though and was riddled with bugs 🙂 🙂
 
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