When Bethesda announced last week that “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” development team are moving on, as a whole, to the studios next big project; the developer stated that fans shouldn’t expect anything other than minor updates for popular role-playing game in the future. Further clarifying exactly what was meant by minor updates, Bethesda’s Pete Hines has now stated that no additional features will ever be included to “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.”
Players originally hoped that content added outside of major DLC releases, such as Kinect Support and mounted combat, might be considered to be minor updates that fans could still look forward too. However, this isn’t the case. Any gameplay feature that isn’t currently part of “Skyrim” simply won’t ever be added.
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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Additional features...Like functionality.
One of the greatest games of this generation. Glad Bethesda supported it so well and so long. Yes, they had some shortcomings with the PS3 version.
But whatever they achieved was simply phenomenal. The main game combined with the 3 DLCs can give you 400 hours of gameplay.
A world so massive, I wonder how they pulled it off on current gen consoles.
Great job Bethesda. I simply can't wait for Fallout 4 and Elder Scrolls 6.
Skyrim ordered everything from the menu, couldn't finish the meal. The critics thought it was horseshoes and they scored points for an almost.
Agreed game runs great on my console, its a masterpiece of a game too, i still haven't finished or gotten halfway lol, its just so huge, and i get side tracked alot when im just roaming the world.