Bethesda announced that their officially done with Skyrim Expansions and Add-ons and will instead shift their attentions to their ‘new’ project. Is this a bad thing? Not entirely. Now that their done they can finally release the GOTY edition that includes Hearthfire, Dawnguard and Dragonborn.
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.
A new Partner Spotlight Sale is now live on the Switch eShop, including Skyrim, lowest price ever for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and more.
but Skyrim already has a GOTY version out(the cover has a little GOTY stamp on it and no it doesn't have the DLC), so this new version maybe an Ultimate version? like Fallout New Vegas was with all the DLC. they can't release 2 GOTY can they?
Edit: Never mind the stamp says it won game of the year still, if it releases for 39.99 I will likely pick it up
Yep wait for the steam summer sale and get the GOTY versions.