In the german community of this board, there is one game famous : The "Realms of Arcania" series.
It's a little bit older now (2nd half of the 90s), but it's well remembered here in the german part.
The combat there was indeed turn-based. It looked like a chess board to me - as I played it for the first time - because of the grid lines - and with it began my passion for RPG games.
Albion is turn-based, too.
