Realm of the Paladin is a lackluster top-down RPG created by Cavalier Software and published by Micro League.
While knowledgeable gamers know that graphics don't guarantee a good game, they should complain when a game has such grainy EGA graphics in 1995, a time when VGA had already been the industry standard for over 4 years, and SVGA was taking off as 'the next big thing' in game graphics. Realm of the Paladin's graphics aren't just grainy: the resolution is so poor that you'll sometimes struggle to distinguish buildings (most of which you can enter) from the landscape. The plot is typical 'hero ventures from his hometown to slay a great foozle', and there's not much to keep it above the banal level. On the plus side, combat is few and far between in the game, so you can spend more time exploring the land and talking to the various inhabitants. But since the land isn't interesting enough to begin with, you'll find yourself stopping playing this Real Dog and going back to the classics instead.
