Maybe "Silverfall" (2007)?TheParasomniac said:Looking for a PC game released between 2000-2005. Diagonal/top down action rpg. Colorful with fantasy elements
I could be wrong about the date range but I played a demo on a Computer Gaming World comp CD with this game on it. I think it had something to do with elves, and that might have been in the title (but I'm starting to doubt that), I believe it was one of at least two games in a series (also could be wrong about that).
The demo level was pretty bright, not cartoony, but for the genre it looked unusual. It had hack and slash elements. Medieval weapons.
Plays pretty similar to Revenant as far as gameplay goes.
It is not an RTS or anything like that, action was pretty direct and it was not turn based.
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/877/
Back then the Cel-Shading optically set it apart from the competition.