Werewolves in Skyrim are great, but is it the best werewolf game ever?
Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
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I haven't gone hands on with those other examples. In Skyrim, being a werewolf came in handy once or twice at a low level. But eventually it's useless. You can't use your magic/potions/weapons/armor/bl ocking and you can't heal. So go up against a group of armored warriors, mages, or archers at a formidable level and you're going to have some trouble.
I barely scratched the surface of this kickass game. But my only question is this, do all warewolves look alike? Or do they have varied colors and fur patterns? If not somebody should write the developers and have them do something about that, because after all, real wolves don't all look alike or are the same color. Having only one type of warewolf seems super lame.