I've downloaded the demo for "The Guild 2". Really charming with neat graphics BUT I find the costumes and environment to be almost more early Renaissance than late Medieval with their baggy pants and hat styles. I sure wish this had been themed a couple hundred years earlier...call me picky! I can see why they went from this into a pirates add-on.

I'll bet the play would bore a lot of you to tears, but as a newbie with high medieval interest I would still find it to be fun...just for the activity...kind of like playing in a medieval sandbox IF it was set a bit earlier in time! Darn!

"Mount and Blade" is on my wish list, now that I've had a chance to check it out. I hope its not ALL just slash and bash, but it's definitely a RPG type of medieval theme and it looks like fun. As some of you pointed out, the graphics aren't the prettiest and polished as some, but not bad either. It appears to be a pretty good role immersive kind of game. I found some video clips of it posted on Youtube by googling.

I guess it's not historically faithful to medieval times, but it looks like it's got a strong medieval flavor. It sure gets high marks from players!

Thanks be to the wise sages who shared this wisdom...

Many thanks again for the latest suggestions and comments. This gives me a couple more things to check out.

As a newbie gamer, its really interesting to hear the opinions and comments about medieval games from veteran gamers who have experience with them.

Thanks again for all the great feedback.

I will check out all the suggestions and ideas. A couple of you have suggested using Oblivion with mods, so I have to ask...What mods? Where would I find them and how much difference would they make? I took a look at Oblivion reviews and it looks like a fantastic game...it sure ranks high, but the stock game appears to be full of monsters and magic. If it's possible to mod the game to play without them, that would be cool.

In the meantime I will check out Guilds 2, Mount and Blade and anything else that seems to have some RPG or sim elements.

Assassin's Creed looks really interesting...thanks reserati!

I'm grateful for all of the help...!

Thanks to all of you for the suggestions and comments!

It sounds like most of you agree that what I hope for probably doesn't exist at the moment. I will take a look at the other suggestions, though, and maybe I'll find something I like.

I wonder if there are any other RPG games that are 'fantasy-lite' but with good historical graphics that might be a compromise. I guess I could try one that isn't built too much on mythology.

It seems a bit odd to me that there are several medieval theme RTS and other genres that are historically pretty realistic, but none in the RPG or Action RPG genre. Maybe there is a good reason for it.....?

In any case, I really appreciate the help!

Hi Gang,

I'm a newbie at gaming in general, but an "older" player, so please bear with me if I sound naive. Unlike many gamers here, I didn't grow up with computers and gaming and I have a lot to learn.

I have a BIG interest in medieval history (is my user name a hint?). I have a decent custom pc that runs Medieval 2 Total War so it looks amazing. I love the game graphics currently available...they are outstanding!

But, I can see that I'm not really into the strategy type of medieval theme games...managing armies and directing battle maneuvers, at least not on that kind of a scale. I really would like something more on the line of the RPG or Action RPG and with a strong medieval theme. The problem is that most games seem to be of the medieval/fantasy type and not the more historically realistic theme like Total War. I have hunted and searched through past, present and upcoming pc games, but really can't find much other than medieval fantasy RPGs with their dragons, fairies, elves, monsters, etc. etc.

So, my question is...am I missing a good historic and more realistic medieval theme RPG or action RPG? Or, is there a game that can be played without using the dragons, monsters and other mythical creatures so it can be a bit more historically accurate?

Maybe my wish is sheer fantasy, but please post me a note if you have any suggestions.

Thanks in advance!