EuroGamer: "The open world RPG yardstick is Skyrim. That's the game, the series, the success that The Witcher 3 has in its sights. And to listen to CD Projekt Red, you'd believe the Polish studio could better it."
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
Given the medium's wild diversity, this primer of the essential video games everyone should try is a good place to start.
I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.
Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1
Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.
Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
"The open world RPG yardstick is Skyrim. That's the game, the series, the success that The Witcher 3 has in its sights"
the Witcher 2 is my RPG yardstick, much better in story/characters and a deeper combat/progress mechanic.
from the interview W3 will be bigger than Skyrim and still have the better story/quests of W2
I have faith that CD Projekt will nail this one. I've been a fan since they released the first Witcher game, and they are by far one of my favorite new developers.
and it says lot about the industry and it's journalists for the most part. The combat was like swining an empty garbage bag at a stockpile of dry twigs. The enemies and AI moved around like two legged crabs. Lipsyncing was among the worst this generation, and 90's of the world was empty. I spent most of my time walkin long distances hoping for a horse, and horse travel wasn't much better. It was a world where you could do almost everything, unfortunately almost everythin in that world was boring to do, and the story... forget it. If a game is crap atleast make it a small bag a crap, so maybe the small entertaining parts aren't so sepereated by trash, but Skyrim was a big bag of crap, a HUGE ball of crap.
How in the world did they make this game, game of the year, and give Kingdoms of Amalur low 80's range scores, That game was waaaayyyy better than skyrim, and so is the Witcher.