Age of Decadence Public Beta (2012) (PC) (Iron Tower Studio)

I've been following the development of indie studio Iron Tower Studio's "Age of Decadence" for several years now, and it's no exaggeration to say that it's one of the most promising hardcore PC RPGs in a long time. The game is nothing short of a Fallout-inspired isometric/turn-based RPG set in a rich pseudo-historical setting and built from the ground up to support player choice, with lots of non-combat skills which have a major impact on the overall gameplay experience. Interestingly, combat has intentionally been made the most difficult approach to finishing quests (rather than the default option, as in most RPGs), since you don't start out as a particularly capable warrior at all and going up against a numerically superior enemy is supposed to be as bad an idea in AoD as it is in real life...

The first Age of Decadence video on this channel was uploaded in 2008 (!), and even back then the project had been going on for quite some time. A short combat teaser was released a while back, but now all fans of serious RPGs have a great opportunity to finally check out a much larger and more refined chunk of the game (called "public beta" rather than demo), experiment with different character builds and experience how the chosen character class affects both the story and the gameplay options.

Download the public beta for free at:
http://www.irontowerstudio.com/