Skyrim fans got a jolt of excitement a few days ago as the Dawnguard expansion popped onto the Steam store without so much as a whisper of an announcement, except for Bethesda‘s sneaky QuakeCon announcement that it was already available on PC that day. PC gamers all over rejoiced in this fantastic news, after having to wait more than a month after Dawnguard’s release onto the Xbox 360.
Blindfolding myself and clicking a Steam page at random would serve me better recommendations than Steam’s algorithm
Hmm, not sure I agree with that. The recommendations I get are usually pretty good, but then again I have pretty large library of games on Steam and hundreds of them in my wish list, along with lots of curators I follow for it to build recommendations off of. On occasion it will throw me a random FIFA game or something I've never bought or shown interest in, but mostly its decent IMO.
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
sigh, patiently waiting.
I know I'll get disagrees for saying this but Dawnguard is nothing special.It's short and boring.