Daemonsgate

You start off all by yourself at the "Pigge and Ballbearing" inn located within the city. You can converse with many non player characters, the innkeepers tend to be more knowledgeable - so they can be a valuable source of information. There are a few minor subplots and distractions from the main task as your journey progresses. But the game is event driven so there is no passing task X before completing task Y first. The game uses three-quarters overhead perspective and boasts a conversation system with over 70,000 words.