ZeroTolerance writes: It has been a long time coming. The sequel to BioWare's space opera is finally here, and it is once again time to step into the shoes of Commander Shepard. Mass Effect 2 is easily one of the most hyped sequels since Halo 2, and believe it or not, it really does live up to the expectations. Everything that we loved so much about the first one has returned, while all the things you likely had issues with have been alleviated. The frame rate is stable, the quest system is more streamlined and the combat rivals some of the better shooters. Mass Effect 2 is a prime example of what happens when an amazingly talented developer takes all of the criticisms of their first effort to heart, and delivers a sequel that redefines the genre.
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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Diandra worked on Diablo 4 and also other games at Blizzard including WoW: Dragon Flight. She’s also been at Bioware, Carbine, RIOT, and she is currently working at Crystal Dynamics.
Brian was the Lead Writer on Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls, worked on StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft: Wings of Liberty, and was also a writer on Mass Effect 2. He’s also been involved in movies such as the Iron Giant.
Diandra and Brian discuss their industry experience, the games they have worked on, how the writing process works, and much more.
So ZeroTolerance, did you like Mass effect 2?
10/10 reviews Galore!
Bioware must be extremely happy. They deserve the praise. If you have an Xbox 360 or PC.. Buy this game!
The first game disappointed me very much because it was more of a shooter. Now reviewers are saying that the RPG element that was in part 1 is almost non existance. Is this the evoultion of RPG that you westerns really want?. To be a shooter?. Perhaps i am being too harsh and call me old fashion but if its not turn based and last more than 40hrs its not an RPG to me.
what the guy means is that do decisions has any importance in the battle itself? in jrpgs its your decisions in the battle that determines the outcome.in mass effect does this happen? cus from what I'm seeing,those decisions affect the scenarios but not the battle itself.are there options like attack,defense,summon,magic,ev ade,etc when you fight an enemy? if not and you are pressing a button to shoot and a button to dock then this is pretty much a shooter to me.thats why jrpgs feel more like a special genre.wrpgs feel like shooter/action with scenario derisions.but I could be wrong so I hope someone will clarify this to me ;)
@ Montrealien : do you do these actions by pressing different buttons or you choose those from commands list while fighting?
actually no.I didn't play wrpgs to be honest.there was a friend who showed me oblivion but my impression was like this -_-'.my brothers who are jrpgs fans played mass effect and were disappointed and told me to skip it.I saw videos of dragon age and didn't like it mainly because of the horrible character design.now I saw videos of mass effect 2 and if someone told me its a great shooter,I would have agreed.but then I hear that its an rpg and I was like :S. I'm a guy who only played mega drive,psX and ps2 games and the only rpgs I played were japanese so you might understand my confusion XD
I wish I could see a video which shows me how decisions are important in battles in mass effect 2.it might change my view over wrpgs :)