With not much having happened or come out over the holiday break, we've not got a ton new to talk about this week. Though Perry picks up the slack there by talking about a ton of iOS games, including the recently reviewed Hundreds.
There's also a few interesting news stories we get our teeth into, including Tomb Raider getting multiplayer and the ongoing saga of THQ. We end with a couple of twitter questions.
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While gamers usually take notice of the mainline missions, these 5 side quests deserve more widespread attention for how entertaining they are.
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.
Hundreds is the zeitgeist. The zeitgeist is Hundreds.