Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, Indie Dark Arthurian Fantasy “Scrolls-like” RPG Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

For those who are interested or just mildly curious, I decided to go ahead and make a thread for Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. It’s an indie game made by a Polish team called Questline, and set in a dark fantasy world based on a series of board games (also called Tainted Grail), which is itself based on Arthurian Legend. The game world takes inspiration from a few different sources, most notably ancient Celtic, medieval European, and even (strangely) the works of artist H.R.Giger. As for video games, The Elder Scrolls series is a major influence on Tainted Grail:The Fall of Avalon. In fact, this game plays very similarly to Skyrim, at its basic level. You have two hand slots, and you can choose to fill those slots with a variety of weapons, shields, or even spells. Unlike Skyrim it does have an attribute system more akin to Oblivion. You raise skills by using them just as in TES. The lockpick game is nearly identical to Skyrim’s and the BGS Fallouts. In level up you get a point to raise one of your attributes and a point to spend on a perk. The perk trees work very similarly to Skyrim.

The story is a bit weird but I think it’s interesting. You start off in an asylum/prison suffering from a plague known as “The Red Death” (like from my favorite Poe story!). You are there because you were captured by a group of people known as the Red Priests, who are trying desperately to find a cure for the plague, but unfortunately they are taking very extreme measures in most cases. A jailor interrogates you in the beginning, which serves to determine what skills you start out more skilled in. Then you are let out of your cell to explore the nasty asylum. After a few surprises you eventually take a boat to a nice little inhabited area where you can trade and get quests. Very familiar stuff for TES fans.

So, with that very basic introduction, I have some pics! Naturally I chose to play as my favorite witchy lady Brenna. I’m having to play this game on low settings so if the pics don’t look the best, that’s why.

Brenna in Avalon. Her eyes look like solid white because what looked like pale grey eyes in the Character Creator looks white in game.

Brenna wielding spear and spell. Just an example of potential loadouts.

Creepy Temple A weird temple under the Asylum.

Kamelot! It’s only a model. Most environments are more mundane. This pic was taken in an “otherworld”, similar to a plane of Oblivion.

I hope some of you check it out. As fans of TES, I think y’all might really like this.

[Kane]

Sounds like another good one, Khajiit! I'll have to add to my GoG wishlist.