Orcs & Elves (2006)

Developer: Fountainhead Entertainment, id Software
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platforms: Nintendo DS, Legacy Mobile Device
Genres: Role-playing (RPG)
Rating: 3.5 of 5, 7 player ratings

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How it feels

A first-person turn-based dungeon crawler where every move counts as you battle orcs and cast spells on a grid.

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About

Orcs & Elves' is a turn-based role-playing game, played from a first person perspective. Each individual action by the player counts as a "turn", whether that be movement, using an item or weapon or casting a spell in which other foes will also move and attack in turns following each. Each forward move by the player is done on an invisible grid that makes up each level in order to retain the turn-based element while appearing more like a first person adventure due to its fast paced nature.

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